Name
Senorpe Asem-Hiablie
Titles and Affiliations
Assistant Research Professor, Institutes of Energy and Environment, Penn State
Conference Agenda
This agenda includes all conference events that were livestreamed and recorded. Click on event/session names to watch recordings and view more information.
Sunday, September 15, 2019
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Registration Open
Monday, September 16, 2019
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Speakers
Name
Eric Barron
Titles and Affiliations
President, Penn State
Name
Jonathan Foley
Titles and Affiliations
Executive Director, Project Drawdown
Name
Tom Richard
Titles and Affiliations
Director, Institutes of Energy and the Environment, Penn State
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Project Drawdown’s Food Sector analysis includes both demand-side and supply-side solutions that reduce emissions from farming, ranching, and land clearing, create more efficient supply chains and sequester significant amounts of carbon.
Moderators
Name
Clare Hinrichs
Titles and Affiliations
Professor of Rural Sociology, Penn State
Project Drawdown Senior Fellow
Name
Eric Toensmeier
Titles and Affiliations
Senior Fellow, Project Drawdown
Discussants
Name
Whitney Ashead
Titles and Affiliations
Drawdown Scholar, Penn State
Name
Dennis Garrity
Titles and Affiliations
Senior Fellow, World Resources Institute
Name
Heather Karsten
Titles and Affiliations
Associate Professor of Crop Production and Ecology, Penn State
Name
Leah Lizarondo
Titles and Affiliations
CEO and Co-Founder, 412 Food Rescue
Innovation Talk Presenters
Name
Tom Price
Titles and Affiliations
Director, Inyenyeri
Online Moderator
Name
Steph Herbstritt
Note Taker
Name
Jessica Chou
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Protecting diverse ecosystems, including forests, grasslands, wetlands, and oceans, not only helps achieve drawdown by reducing emissions and sequestering carbon but also provides invaluable ecosystem services.
Moderators
Name
Tia Nelson
Titles and Affiliations
Managing Director, Climate, Outrider Foundation
Project Drawdown Senior Fellow
Name
Mamta Mehra
Titles and Affiliations
Senior Fellow, Project Drawdown
Discussants
Name
Senorpe Asem-Hiablie
Titles and Affiliations
Assistant Research Professor, Institutes of Energy and Environment, Penn State
Name
John Field
Titles and Affiliations
Research Scientist, Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University
Name
Gloria Flora
Titles and Affiliations
Director, Sustainable Obtainable Solutions
Name
Max Goodman
Titles and Affiliations
Drawdown Scholar, Columbia University
Name
Erica Smithwick
Titles and Affiliations
Professor of Geography, Penn State
Name
Brian Von Herzen
Titles and Affiliations
Executive Director, Climate Foundation
Innovation Talk Presenters
Name
Gloria Flora
Titles and Affiliations
Director, Sustainable Obtainable Solutions
Online Moderator
Name
Celina Scott-Buechler
Note Taker
Name
Haley Furman
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Advancing key areas of gender equity can reduce emissions in several significant ways, thus defining Project Drawdown’s Women and Girls Sector.
Moderators
Name
Crystal Chissell
Titles and Affiliations
Vice President Of Operations And Engagement, Project Drawdown
Project Drawdown Senior Fellow
Name
Alisha Graves
Titles and Affiliations
President, Venture Strategies for Health and Development
Discussants
Name
Christina Kwauk
Titles and Affiliations
Fellow, Center for Universal Education, Brookings
Name
Kathleen Mogelgaard
Titles and Affiliations
KAM Consulting, Principal
Name
Autumn Moore
Titles and Affiliations
Drawdown Scholar, Columbia University
Name
Jennie Stephens
Titles and Affiliations
Director of School of Public Policy & Urban Affairs, Northeastern University
Name
Brian Thiede
Titles and Affiliations
Assistant Professor of Rural Sociology, Sociology, and Demography, Penn State
Innovation Talk Presenters
Name
AlexAnna Salmon
Titles and Affiliations
President, Igiugig Village Council
Online Moderator
Name
Benjamin Pascal
Note Taker
Name
Kat Taylor
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Lunchtime speaker featuring Dean Justin Schwartz
Speakers
Name
Justin Schwartz
Titles and Affiliations
Harold and Inge Marcus Dean of Engineering, Penn State
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With roughly 40% of global emissions associated with buildings, rapid adoption of both better technology and better design are needed to provide human comfort for a drawdown world.
Moderators
Name
Anna Siefken
Titles and Affiliations
Executive Director, Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation, Carnegie Mellon University
Project Drawdown Senior Fellow
Name
Jay Arehart
Titles and Affiliations
Research Fellow, Project Drawdown
Discussants
Name
Erica Cochran Hameen
Titles and Affiliations
Assistant Professor, Carnegie Mellon University
Name
John Fernández
Titles and Affiliations
Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Name
Stephanie Tsopanidis
Titles and Affiliations
Drawdown Scholar, New York University
Name
Esther Obonyo
Titles and Affiliations
Associate Professor of Architectural Engineering, Penn State
Innovation Talk Presenters
Name
Angelica Ciranni
Titles and Affiliations
Vice President of Strategy & Innovation, Green Building Alliance
Name
Shawn Hesse
Titles and Affiliations
Associate Director of Engagement, International Living Future Institute
Online Moderator
Name
Sarah Eichler Inwood
Note Taker
Name
Anna Nguyen
Titles and Affiliations
Drawdown Scholar, Penn State
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Electricity Generation sector examines solutions that decrease carbon emissions using renewable energy and other enabling technologies.
Moderators
Name
Chris Giebink
Titles and Affiliations
Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, Penn State
Project Drawdown Senior Fellow
Name
João Pedro Gouveia
Titles and Affiliations
Senior Fellow, Project Drawdown
Discussants
Name
Richard Adams
Titles and Affiliations
Office Director, Innovation, Partnering, and Outreach, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Name
Marilyn Brown
Titles and Affiliations
Regents' and Brook Byers Professor of Sustainable Systems, Georgia Tech
Name
Andreas Kuhlmann
Titles and Affiliations
Chief Executive, Deutsche Energie-Agentur (dena), German Energy Agency
Name
Shashank Priya
Titles and Affiliations
Associate Vice President for Research, Penn State
Name
Leigh Winfrey
Titles and Affiliations
Associate Professor, Nuclear Engineering, Penn State
Innovation Talk Presenters
Name
Marla Perez Lugo
Titles and Affiliations
Professor of Social Sciences, University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez
Name
Ryan Kushner
Titles and Affiliations
Author of "Accelerate This!"
Online Moderator
Name
Celina Scott-Buechler
Note Taker
Name
Dharma Santos-Santiago
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Drawdown solutions include several pathways to a more circular economy, where materials already extracted, produced, and used are recovered and efficiently reprocessed.
Moderators
Name
Bruce Logan
Titles and Affiliations
Evan Pugh Professor in Engineering, Penn State
Project Drawdown Senior Fellow
Name
Kevin Bayuk
Titles and Affiliations
Senior Fellow, Project Drawdown
Discussants
Name
Wayne Bowen
Titles and Affiliations
Recycling Program Manager, Pennsylvania Recycling Markets Center
Name
Christine Costello
Titles and Affiliations
Assistant Professor, Industrial & Manufacturing Systems Engineering, University of Missouri
Name
Lenny Koh
Titles and Affiliations
Chair Professor in Operations Management, University of Sheffield
Name
Farshad Rajabipour
Titles and Affiliations
Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Penn State
Name
Clive Randall
Titles and Affiliations
Director, Materials Research Institute, Penn State
Innovation Talk Presenters
Name
Aaron Claeys
Titles and Affiliations
Managing Partner, ECONCREED
Name
Christopher Contos
Titles and Affiliations
Drawdown Scholar, Rowan University
Online Moderator
Name
Anahita Bharadwaj
Note Taker
Name
Haley Stauffer
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With the transportation sector, there are a variety of existing sustainable mobility options to move people and freight in both urban and non-urban environments.
Moderators
Name
Chris Rahn
Titles and Affiliations
J. Lee Everett Professor in Engineering, Penn State
Project Drawdown Senior Fellow
Name
Ryan Allard
Titles and Affiliations
Senior Fellow, Project Drawdown
Discussants
Name
Joel Anstrom
Titles and Affiliations
Senior Research Associate, Larson Transportation Institute, Penn State
Name
Lewis Fulton
Titles and Affiliations
Director, STEPS (Sustainable Transportation Energy Pathways), University of California, Davis
Name
Tom Smolinka
Titles and Affiliations
Head, Department Chemical Energy Storage, Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE
Name
Elizabeth Traut
Titles and Affiliations
Assistant Research Professor, Penn State
Innovation Talk Presenters
Name
Emmeline Evans
Titles and Affiliations
Drawdown Scholar, Penn State
Name
Lee Lynd
Titles and Affiliations
Paul E. and Joan H. Queneau Distinguished Professor of Engineering and Adjunct Professor of Biology, Dartmouth College
Online Moderator
Name
Veronika Vazhnik
Note Taker
Name
Bridgit Spies
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Speakers
Name
Nick Jones
Titles and Affiliations
Executive Vice President and Provost, Penn State
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Presentation of a report from each of the day's working sessions.
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Tuesday, September 17, 2019
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Plenary talk and facilitated discussion on systems integrations across the Drawdown sectors.
Moderators
Name
Amanda Ravenhill
Titles and Affiliations
Executive Director, Buckminster Fuller Institute
Panelists
Name
Ryan Allard
Titles and Affiliations
Senior Fellow, Project Drawdown
Name
Kevin Bayuk
Titles and Affiliations
Senior Fellow, Project Drawdown
Name
Chad Frischmann
Titles and Affiliations
Vice President and Research Director, Project Drawdown
Name
João Pedro Gouveia
Titles and Affiliations
Senior Fellow, Project Drawdown
Name
Mamta Mehra
Titles and Affiliations
Senior Fellow, Project Drawdown
Name
Eric Toensmeier
Titles and Affiliations
Senior Fellow, Project Drawdown
Online Moderator
Name
Sarah Eichler Inwood
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We invite a broad set of interested parties including investors, asset managers, policy makers, and the scientific community to see the current state and co-create future avenues for how the Drawdown Platform and Data Commons can provide the most value to you.
Workshop Organizers
Name
Denton Gentry
Titles and Affiliations
Senior Fellow, Project Drawdown
Name
Roy Straver
Titles and Affiliations
Director, Drawdown Europe
Name
Freek van der Pluijm
Titles and Affiliations
Drawdown Europe
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This workshop will explore ways of linking these natural systems to the assessment of technologies and practices that achieve drawdown.
Workshop Organizers
Name
Avit Bhowmik
Titles and Affiliations
Associate Professor, Department of Risk and Environmental Studies, Karlstad University
Name
Chris Forest
Titles and Affiliations
Professor of Climate Dynamics, Penn State
Name
Martin Siegert
Titles and Affiliations
Professor and Co-Director, Grantham Institute for Climate Change and Environment, Imperial College London
Note Taker
Name
Robert Ceres
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This workshop will explore how indigenous voices remains critical to enhancing sustainable and equitable drawdown solutions.
Workshop Organizers
Name
Erica Smithwick
Titles and Affiliations
Professor of Geography, Penn State
Panelists
Name
Sachem Robert HawkStorm Bergin
Titles and Affiliations
Chief, Schaghticoke First Nations
Name
Hanareia Ehau-Taumaunu
Titles and Affiliations
Doctoral Candidate, Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology, Penn State
Name
Abderrahim Ouarghidi
Titles and Affiliations
Assistant Teaching Professor, Penn State
Name
AlexAnna Salmon
Titles and Affiliations
President, Igiugig Village Council
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This workshop will examine providing equitable access to resources and empowering diverse communities to make decisions to reduce their carbon emissions.
Workshop Organizers
Name
Cecilio Ortiz Garcia
Titles and Affiliations
Associate Professor of Social Sciences, University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez
Moderators
Name
Marilyn Brown
Titles and Affiliations
Regents' and Brook Byers Professor of Sustainable Systems, Georgia Tech
Panelists
Name
Ramon Bueno
Titles and Affiliations
Climate Change & Development Specialist
Name
Alexis Santos
Titles and Affiliations
Assistant Professor, Human Development and Family Studies, Penn State
Name
Hannah Smith-Brubaker
Titles and Affiliations
Executive Director, Pennsylvania Association of Sustainable Agriculture
Name
Wendy Walsh
Titles and Affiliations
Higher Education Program Manager, FEMA
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In this workshop, we will review the latest scientific thinking on food-based climate solutions, and explore opportunities for additional research and application
Workshop Organizers
Name
Jonathan Foley
Titles and Affiliations
Executive Director, Project Drawdown
Name
Leah Lizarondo
Titles and Affiliations
CEO and Co-Founder, 412 Food Rescue
Name
Patrick Worms
Titles and Affiliations
Senior Science Policy Advisor, World Agroforestry Centre
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This workshop will explore sensors and control systems that offer a wide range of opportunities to enable and enhance drawdown solutions.
Workshop Organizers
Name
Mehdi Kiani
Titles and Affiliations
Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, Penn State
Name
Shashank Priya
Titles and Affiliations
Associate Vice President for Research, Penn State
Panelists
Name
Rongming Chu
Titles and Affiliations
Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering, Penn State
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This workshop will discuss the technical, biophysical and socio-political opportunities and challenges associated with implementing negative emission technologies at a gigaton scale.
Workshop Organizers
Name
Tom Richard
Titles and Affiliations
Director, Institutes of Energy and the Environment, Penn State
Name
Chunshan Song
Titles and Affiliations
Distinguished Professor of Fuel Science, Penn State
Panelists
Name
Roger Aines
Titles and Affiliations
Senior Scientist, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Name
Jeffrey Bielicki
Titles and Affiliations
Associate Professor, The Ohio State University
Name
Grant Bromhal
Titles and Affiliations
National Energy Technology Laboratory, Predictive Geosciences Division
Name
John Field
Titles and Affiliations
Research Scientist, Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University
Name
Wei Peng
Titles and Affiliations
Assistant Professor, Penn State
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This workshop will cover a snapshot of efforts underway to make more accessible and engage further teaching and research of Drawdown solutions in the classroom.
Workshop Organizers
Name
Michelle Wyman
Titles and Affiliations
Executive Director, National Council for Science and the Environment
Panelists
Name
Peter Buckland
Titles and Affiliations
Academic Programs Manager, Sustainability Institute, Penn State
Name
Anna Nguyen
Titles and Affiliations
Drawdown Scholar, Penn State
Name
Laura Weiland
Titles and Affiliations
Director, Omega Center for Sustainable Living
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Partnering with media, engaging diverse audiences, and communicating effectively
Speakers
Name
Katharine Hayhoe
Titles and Affiliations
Professor, Texas Tech University
Moderators
Name
John Schwartz
Titles and Affiliations
Science Writer, The New York Times
Panelists
Name
Richard Alley
Titles and Affiliations
Evan Pugh University Professor of Geosciences, Penn State
Name
Dekila Chungyalpa
Titles and Affiliations
Director of the Loka Initiative, Center for Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Name
Katharine Hayhoe
Titles and Affiliations
Professor, Texas Tech University
Name
Jennifer Weeks
Titles and Affiliations
Environment and Energy Editor, The Conversation
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Moderators
Name
John Schwartz
Titles and Affiliations
Science Writer, The New York Times
Panelists
Name
Edward Maibach
Titles and Affiliations
Director of Center for Climate Change Communication, George Mason University
Name
Juliet Pinto
Titles and Affiliations
Associate Professor of Communications, Penn State
Name
Louie Schwartzberg
Titles and Affiliations
Producer/Director/Cinematographer
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In "The World I Want To See," a multi-generational group of performers led by Susan Russell, Penn State Laureate, interprets the science of drawdown through music, dance, and storytelling.
Wednesday, September 18, 2019
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Leading efforts to put research into action and implement climate solutions at global and local scales.
Speakers
Name
Grant Ervin
Titles and Affiliations
Chief Resilience Officer, City of Pittsburgh
Name
Johan Falk
Titles and Affiliations
Co-lead Author and Program Manager, Exponential Roadmap
Name
Sarah Kearney
Titles and Affiliations
Founder and Executive Director, PRIME Coalition
Name
Veerle Vandeweerd
Titles and Affiliations
Co-Founder and Policy Director, The Global Sustainable Technology and Innovation Conference
Moderators
Name
Emily Holden
Titles and Affiliations
Environment Reporter, The Guardian US
Online Moderator
Name
John Moorhead
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Speakers
Name
Sandrine Dixson-Declève
Titles and Affiliations
Co-President of the Club of Rome
Name
Chad Frischmann
Titles and Affiliations
Vice President and Research Director, Project Drawdown
Name
Paul Shrivastava
Titles and Affiliations
Chief Sustainability Officer, Director of Sustainability Institute, Penn State
Name
Michelle Wyman
Titles and Affiliations
Executive Director, National Council for Science and the Environment
Moderators
Name
Martin Siegert
Titles and Affiliations
Professor and Co-Director, Grantham Institute for Climate Change and Environment, Imperial College London
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Speakers
Name
Senorpe Asem-Hiablie
Titles and Affiliations
Assistant Research Professor, Institutes of Energy and Environment, Penn State
Name
Tom Richard
Titles and Affiliations
Director, Institutes of Energy and the Environment, Penn State