Program
Preliminary Schedule
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All times and dates shown in Pacific Time (UTC-7).
| Wednesday April 21 | SusTech 2021 Student Posters |
Thursday April 22 | SusTech 2021 | Friday April 23 | SusTech 2021 | Saturday April 24 | SusTech 2021 Sustainability Forum / Young Professional Forum |
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| Plenary Room | Plenary Room | Breakout Room | Plenary Room | Breakout Room | Plenary Room | ||||||
| 08:00- 09:00 AM | Opening Remarks and Keynote – “If We Build It They Will Come – The Intersection of Technological Systemization and Customer Proficiency” | Intro by Tim Lee, Region 6; Keynote 1: The Honorable Daniel K. Tabor, President, MOVE LA |
08:00- 09:00 AM | Opening Remarks and Keynote – “New Initiatives in Advancing IEEE Sustainability Thought Leadership” | Intro by Gora Datta, Chair SusTech 2021; Keynote 3: Maike Luiken | 08:00- 09:00 AM | Opening Remarks and Keynote -“ESG – Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance” | Intro by Charlie Jackson, Program Chair SusTech 2021; Keynote 6: Walter Iu |
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| 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM | Wednesday- Student Poster Competition | 1st Session | 9:05- 10:25 AM | Special Session 1: “Sustainability for 5G and 6G” with Mohamed-Slim Alouini and Brian Zahnstecher | Papers Session 1: Agriculture/ Water | 9:05- 10:25 AM | Special Session 2: Smart Grid Stds Panel Moderated by Mark Siira, Chair of IEEE SCC21 and IEEE P2030 project | Papers Session 6: Societal Implications | 9:05- 9:50 AM | “A new chemical process for ethanol production from carbon dioxide, water, and electricity” | Keynote 7: Dr. Stafford Sheehan co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Air Company |
| 10:25- 10:30 AM | Short Break | 10:25- 10:30 AM | Short Break | 9:50- 9:55 AM | Short Break | ||||||
| 10:30 – 11:50 AM | The New Norm? Water Supply Challenges and Resiliency for California | Panel 1: Moderated by Diane Gatza and Russ Lefevre | 10:30- 11:50 AM | Papers Session 7: Smart Grid I | Papers Session 8: Renewable Energy / Sustainable Electronics | 9:55- 11:05 AM | Young Professionals Panel – Sustainability in Tech Companies | Panel 4: Moderated by Alberto Tam Yong | |||
| 11:50 AM – 12:10 PM | Lunch Break | 11:50 AM- 12:10 PM | Lunch Break | 11:10 AM – 12:10 PM | IEEE Standards and Initiatives for Sustainability | Special Session 3: Rudi Shubert, IEEE Standards Association | |||||
| 12:10- 1:10 PM | “Our Tractor Fuels and Farm Fertilizer Demonstration System” | Keynote 2 Jay Schmuecker and David Toyne |
12:10- 1:10 PM | “Enabling What Customers Want: The Story of Enevate’s Technology” | Keynote 4: Benjamin Park |
12:10- 12:30 PM | Lunch Break | ||||
| 1:15- 2:35 PM | Papers Session 2: Energy Efficiency | Papers Session 3: Water Resource Management | 1:15- 2:35 PM | Papers Session 9: Smart Grid II | Papers Session 10: Sustainable Electronics II | 12:30- 1:30 PM | “New paradigm in renewable microgrids – lets change our thinking!” | Keynote 8: Niru Kumar |
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| 2:35- 2:45 PM | Short Break | 2:35- 2:45 PM | Short Break | 1:30- 1:35 PM | Short Break | ||||||
| 2:45- 4:10 PM | Future Networks & Applications Roadmap for Sustainable Cities/Societies | Panel 2: Moderated by Fawzi Behmann | 2:45- 4:10 PM | “100% Renewable And Zero Emissions Energy With Hydrogen” | Keynote 5: Jack Brouwer |
1:35 -2:40 PM | “Analysis and Synthesis of Sustainable Systems” | Keynote 9: Vasilios I. Manousiouthakis |
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| 4:10- 4:15 PM | Short Break | 4:10- 4:15 PM | Short Break | 2:40 -2:45 PM | Short Break | ||||||
| 4:15- 5:35 PM | Papers Session 4: Intelligent Transportation | Papers Session 5: Solar Topics | 4:15- 5:35 PM | Cybersecurity for Sustainable Infrastructure | Panel 3: Moderated by David Gonzalez | 2:45 -3:00 PM | Student Poster Awards | ||||
| 5:40- 5:55 PM | Wrap Up | 5:40- 7:00 PM | Papers Session 11: Sustainable Management | OPEN | 3:00- 3:20 PM | Closing Remarks & SusTech 2022 | |||||
| 5:55 – 6:00 PM | Short Break | 7:05- 7:20 PM | Wrap Up | ||||||||
| 6:00 – 9:00 PM | Thursday-Student Poster Competition | 2nd Session | |||||||||