UIC Summer Institute on Sustainability and Energy
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Agenda.
Orientation Day
Sunday August 7 Orientation Thomas Lipsmeyer University of Illinois at Chicago 6:00 PM   
Energy and Sustainability Challenges
Monday August 8 Intro George Crabtree University of Illinois at Chicago 8:30 AM
Carbon Literacy Liz Moyer University of Chicago 9:00 AM
Sustainability Heriberto Cabezas Environmental Protection Agency 10:00 AM
Lunch 11:00 AM
Energy Policy Robert Topel University of Chicago 12:30 PM
Environmental Policy Thomas Theis University of Illinois at Chicago 1:30 PM
Break 2:50 PM
The Outlook for Energy: A View to 2030 Thomas Halsey ExxonMobil 3:05 PM
Climate Michael Mann Penn State University 4:05 PM
Dinner 5:05 PM
Panel Discussion 7:00 PM
Carbon and Energy Supply
Tuesday August 9 Pathway to Sustainable Energy Hamid Arastoopour Illinois Institute of Technology 8:30 AM
Carbon Sequestration Franklin M. Orr, Jr. Stanford University 9:30 AM
Break 10:30 AM
Energy Supply (Wind/Solar) George Crabtree Argonne National Laboratory 10:45 AM
Lunch 11:45 PM
Energy Supply (Biofuels) Steffen Mueller University of Illinois at Chicago 1:15 PM
Energy Supply (Nuclear) Mark Peters
Argonne National Laboratory 2:15 PM
Break 3:15 PM
Panel Discussion 3:30 PM
Dinner/Group Work 4:45 PM
Energy in the Urban Environment
Wednesday August 10 Electricity Grid: Technology Alex Flueck Illinois Institute of Technology 8:30 AM
Electricity Grid: Policy Lynne Kiesling Northwestern University 9:30 AM
Break 10:30 AM
Retrofitting Buildings Peter Locke TerraLocke 10:45 AM
Lunch 11:45 PM
Urban Farming: Sustainable Human and Business Energy Blake Davis Illinois Institute of Technology 1:15 PM
Flow of People: Public Transportation Peter Haas Center for Neighborhood Technology 2:15 PM
Break 3:15 PM
Water and Energy in the City of the Future Sarah Dunn University of Illinois at Chicago 3:30 PM
Panel Discussion 4:30 PM
Dinner/Group Work 5:45 PM
Energy Economics and Outcomes
Thursday August 11 Brownfields and Sustainability Susan Kaplan University of Illinois at Chicago 8:00 AM
A Systems-level Approach to Energy Planning and Strategy Development Pam Sydelko Argonne National Laboratory 9:00 AM
Break 10:00 AM
Energy Policy in Practice: The Case of Fuel Economy Jim Sallee University of Chicago 10:15 AM
Panel Discussion: Balancing Priorities 11:15 AM
Lunch 12:30 PM
Project Mentoring 3:00 PM
Break 5:00 PM
Reception 6:00 PM
Entrepreneurship and Careers
Friday August 12 Sustainability in Business Jason Blumberg University of Chicago 8:30 AM
Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Energy Michael Marasco Northwestern University 9:30 AM
Break 10:30 AM
Success Stories in Sustainable Business Nathan Kipnis Kipnis Architecture + Planning
10:45 AM
Lunch 11:45 PM
Life Cycle Analysis Weslynne Ashton Illinois Institute of Technology 1:15 PM
Urban Energy Sustainability Opportunities Peter Nicholson Foresight Design Initiative 2:15 PM
Break 3:15 PM
Panel Discussion
3:30 PM
Dinner/Group Work 4:30 PM
Sustainable Tours
Saturday August 13 Tours TBA
Research Day
Sunday August 14 Day Off
Presentations and Closing Banquet
Monday August 15 Project Introductions 12:15 PM
First Presentation Begins 12:20 PM
Closing Remarks George Crabtree ANL/UIC 4:00 PM
Banquet 6:00 PM