Program Schedule

SusTech Day 1 – April 14 (Sunday)

08:00-09:00 am

Workshop Registration & Breakfast

09:00 am-05:00 pm

Workshop (Multnomah): Roadmap to Low Carbon Emission Building Materials and Architecture

02:00-06:00 pm

SusTech Registration (Foyer)

03:00-06:30 pm

Virtual Student Poster Contest (Elowah)

06:00-07:00 pm

Opening Reception (Wakeena)

SusTech 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 – Luiken

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

SusTech Day 3 – April 16 (Tuesday) 8am-6pm

Setup

8:00-8:45 am

Opening Remarks and Keynote 3: Data Center Efficiency – Eric Dahlen, Intel

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

SusTech Day 4 – April 17 (Wednesday) 8am-5pm

Sustainability Forum (Multnomah)

Set Up

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

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