Program

Program for SusTech 2024 (subject to change)

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All Times and dates shown in Pacific Daylight Time (UTC-7)

Day 1 – April 14 (Sunday)
08:00-09:00 am	Workshop Registration & Breakfast
09:00-05:00 pm	Workshop: Roadmap to Low Carbon Emission Building Materials and Architecture
02:00 – 06:00 pm		SusTech Registration
03:00-06:00 pm		Virtual Student Poster Contest (Elowah)
06:00-07:00 pm	Opening Reception (Wakeenah)

Day 2 – April 15 (Monday) 8am-6pm
Setup
7:45am-8:00 am	Opening Remarks: Goodrich/Hayashi/Perkins
8:00-8:45 am	Opening Keynote: IEEE Climate Change Update – Liuken/Lee/Durocher
	Short Break
	Multnomah	Elowah	Wakeenah
9:00-10:20 am	PS1A: Efficiency I	PS1B: Societal Implications I	PS1C: Smart and Micro Grids I
	Short Break
10:30am-Noon	Panel 1: Ethics, Energy and Environment – Organized by IEEE SSIT
Noon-12:45 pm	Lunch Break
1:00-1:45 pm	Keynote 2: Solar Trends – Lee
	Short Break
2:00-3:20 pm	PS2A: Efficiency II	PS2B: Societal Implications II	PS2C: Smart and Micro Grids II
	Short Break
3:30-4:50 pm	Panel 2: Electrifying Agriculture – OR DOE
	Short Break
5:00-6:30 pm	PS3A: Efficiency III	PS3B: eWaste & Circular Economy	PS3C: Sustainable Electronics I
	Short Break
6:30 pm	Wrap Up
6:30-8:00 pm	IEEE Young Professionals for Climate Change Action Reception and Panel Discussion

Day 3 – April 16 (Tuesday) 8am-6pm
Setup
8:00-8:45 am	Opening Remarks and Keynote 3: Data Center Efficiency – Eric Dahlen, Intel Corp.
	Short Break
	Multnomah	Elowah	Wakeenah
9:00-10:20 am	PS4A: Renewable / Alternate Energy I	PS4B: Sustainable Management	PS4C: Sustainable Electronics II
	Short Break
10:30am-Noon	Panel 3: Novel Technologies for Sustainable Ocean Energy Generation – Organized by IEEE OES
Noon-12:45 pm	Lunch Break
1:00-1:45 pm	Keynote 4: Lithium Batteries Recycling – Eva Allen, Argonne National Laboratory
	Short Break
2:00-3:20 pm	PS5A: Renewable / Alternate Energy II	PS5B: IOT I	PS5C: Sustainable Electronics III
	Short Break
3:30-4:15 pm	Keynote 5: Microvehicles – Tyler Folsom, UW Bothel
	Short Break
4:30-5:40 pm	PS6A: ML Application	PS6B: IOT II	PS6C: Water
	Short Break
5:40 pm	Wrap Up
6:30-8:00 pm	Conference Dinner

Day 4 – April 17 (Wednesday) 8am-5pm
Sustainability Forum (Multnomah)
Setup
8:00 – 8:50 am	Opening Remarks and Forum Keynote 1: Electrification is a key strategy for decarbonizing all sectors of the U.S. economy – Hellen Chen, ACEEE
	Short Break
9:00 – 9:50 am	Forum Keynote 2: Electrification and the Grid, C. E. Ted Witham & Joe Cappeta, Eaton Corp
	Short Break
10:00 – 11:30 am	Panel: Heat Pump Developments – OR DOE
	Short Break
11:45 – 12:15 am	Special Session: Hot Topics, Maike Luiken
12:15 – 1:15 pm	Lunch Break
1:15 – 2:00 pm	Forum Keynote 3: Energy Efficiency of Computing is Key Requirement for Sustainability – Tina Kaarsberg, US DOE
	Short Break
2:15 – 3:00 pm	Forum Keynote 4: Fuel Cells – Shudipto Konika Dishari, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
	Short Break
3:15 – 4:00 pm	Forum Keynote 5: Off-shore Wind Power Studies – Dmitry Kosterev, BPA
	Short Break
4:15 pm	Student Poster Awards
4:30 pm	Closing Remarks & SusTech 2025
4:45 pm	End