Program

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SusTech Day 1 – April 19
12:00-05:00 pm	Registration
01:00-04:00 pm	Workshop (Multnomah) Planet Positive 2030: Imagine the Future We can Build Together
04:00-07:30 pm	Student Poster Contest (hybrid) (Elowah)
06:00-07:30 pm	Welcome Reception (Wakeena)

SusTech Day 2 – April 20
Setup
	Multnomah	Elowah	Wakeena
7:50 am	Opening Remarks and Keynote 1: K John Holmes, National Academies of Sciences, “Technology, Policy, and Societal Dimensions of Decarbonization: Where We Are Now, Where Did We Come From, and Where Are We Headed”
	Short Break
9:00 am	Agriculture Tech	Societal Implications I	Smart and Micro Grids
	Short Break
10:30 am	Panel 1 – “Electricity Transmission Future” (OR DOE)
Noon	Lunch Break (Willamette)
1:00 pm	Keynote 2: Ian Beil, PGE, “Electric Island”
	Short Break
2:00 pm	OPEN	Sustainable Electronics	Energy Efficiency: Bldgs
	Short Break
3:30 pm	Panel 2 – “Sustainable Ocean Energy Technology and Policy” (IEEE OES)
	Short Break
5:00 pm	OPEN	Sustainable Electronics	Energy Efficiency: Grid
	Short Break
6:00 pm	Day Wrap Up
6:00-7:30 pm	YP Reception and Talk “Climate Change and Sustainability”

SusTech Day 3 – April 21
Setup
	Multnomah	Elowah	Wakeena
8:00 am	Opening Remarks and Keynote 3: Jen M. Huffstetler, Intel, “Engineers + AI: The New Environmental Stewards”
	Short Break
9:00 am	ML Intel Trans/Soc Impl II	Software	Renewable/Alt Energy I
	Short Break
10:30 am	Panel 3 – “Maintaining Energy Resilience” (OR DOE)
Noon	Lunch Break (Willamette)
1:00 pm	Keynote 4: John Borland, J.O.B Technologies, “Energy Equity or Energy Divide”
	Short Break
2:00 pm	ML for Sust Technology I	Intelligent Transportation	Renewable/Alt Energy II
	Short Break
3:30 pm	Keynote 5: Jeff Allen, FORTH, “Everything that moves is going electric”
	Short Break
4:30 pm	ML for Sust Technology II	IOT	OPEN
	Short Break
6:00 pm	Day Wrap Up
6:30-9:00 pm	Reception/Dinner (Willamette)

SusTech Day 4 – April 22
Sustainability Forum (Multnomah)
Setup
8:00 am	Opening Remarks and Keynote 1: Eric Olson, NEEA, “Where We Thought We Would Be and Where We Think We’re Going “
	Short Break
9:00 am	Keynote 2: Dan Donahoe, “Electronics materials and components enabling sustainability”
	Short Break
10:00 am	Panel: “Implementing a Sustainable Future for Aviation: An Ecosystem Approach” (AIAA)
	Short Break
11:45 am	Special Session: Russell Harrison, “IEEE-USA’s policy efforts to support sustainable technology”
12:15 pm	Lunch Break (Willamette)
1:15 pm	Keynote 3: Mahima Gupta, PSU “Distributed Power Generation and Storage for a Renewable Energy Dominant Future“
	Short Break
2:15 pm	Keynote 4: Chris Mi, San Diego State University, “Second-Life EV Batteries for Renewable and Smart Grid Storage Applications“
	Short Break
3:15 pm	Keynote 5: John C Havens, IEEE-SA, “From Boundaries to Beauty – The Human Side of Sustainability”
	Short Break
4:15 pm	Student Poster Awards
4:30 pm	Closing Remarks & SusTech 2024
4:45 pm	End