2017 MIT ENERGY INITIATIVE ANNUAL RESEARCH CONFERENCE: ENERGY ON THE MOVE

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1 2017 MIT ENERGY INITIATIVE ANNUAL RESEARCH CONFERENCE: ENERGY ON THE MOVE December 5-6, 2017, with related programming on December 7, 2017 MIT Media Lab Building E14, 6 th floor, 75 Amherst St., Tuesday, December 5, 2017 Main Conference Location: MIT Media Lab Building E14, 6 th floor, 75 Amherst St., Reception and Dinner Location: Samberg Conference Center Building E52, 7 th floor, 50 Memorial Drive, 8:15-9:00 am Breakfast and Registration 9:00-10:15 am Welcome and Opening Discussion: 10 Years of the MITEI Annual Research Conference 10:15-10:45 am Break Robert C. Armstrong, Director of the MIT Energy Initiative and Chevron Professor of Chemical Engineering at MIT Ernest Moniz, 13 th U.S. Secretary of Energy; Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics and Engineering Systems Emeritus and Special Advisor to the MIT President; Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO of the Nuclear Threat Initiative Reflecting on 10 years of MITEI Annual Research Conferences and looking to the future 10:45 am-12:15 pm Industry Perspectives on the Energy Transition Robert C. Armstrong, Director of the MIT Energy Initiative and Chevron Professor of Chemical Engineering at MIT Pratima Rangarajan, CEO of Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI) Climate Investments, on opportunities and challenges facing leaders of oil and gas companies on the path to decarbonization Regina García Cuéllar, Chief of Staff of Petreolos Méxicanos (PEMEX), on oil industry strategies to enable the transition Nick Pudar, Director and General Manager of Strategic Initiatives at General Motors Company, on the transportation sector in transition Agustín Delgado, Chief Innovation and Sustainability Officer of Iberdrola S.A., on how the power sector is approaching the energy transition 12:15-1:45 pm Lunch and viewing of undergraduate research posters MITEI Annual Research Conference Agenda - Page 1 of 5

2 Tuesday, December 5, 2017, continued 1:45-3:15 pm The Digitization of Energy: Machine Learning, Blockchain, and Cybersecurity 3:15-3:45 pm Break Una May O Reilly, Principal Research Scientist at the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) at MIT, on machine learning Christian Catalini, Theodore T. Miller Career Development Professor and Assistant Professor of Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Strategic Management at MIT Sloan School of Management, on blockchain Daniel J. Weitzner, Founding Director of the MIT Internet Policy Research Initiative and Principal Research Scientist at MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), on cybersecurity 3:45-5:15 pm Race with the Machine: How New Technologies Are Impacting the Workforce Barbara Dyer, Senior Lecturer, Behavioral and Policy Sciences at MIT Sloan School of Management Michael Renner, Programme Officer in the Knowledge, Policy and Finance Centre of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), on current trends and energy jobs of the future Daron Acemoglu, Elizabeth and James Killian Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics at MIT Sloan School of Management, on how new technologies are affecting labor and the demand for different types of skills Daniela Rus, Andrew (1956) and Erna Viterbi Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Director of the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) at MIT, on how robotics and other fields play into the future workforce Julie Ferland, General Manager of Shell TechWorks for Shell Projects and Technology, on human capital and the future workforce 5:15-6:00 pm Reception Location: Samberg Conference Center Building E52, 7 th floor, 50 Memorial Drive, 6:00 pm Dinner Honoring MITEI Society of Energy Fellows Open to all Annual Research Conference participants Location: Samberg Conference Center Building E52, 7 th floor, 50 Memorial Drive, MITEI Annual Research Conference Agenda - Page 2 of 5

3 Wednesday, December 6, 2017 Location: MIT Media Lab Building E14, 6 th floor, 75 Amherst St., 7:30-8:30 am Breakfast 8:30-10:00 am New Energy Ideas and Talent at MIT Robert Stoner, Deputy Director of Science and Technology at the MIT Energy Initiative; Director of the Tata Center for Technology and Design at MIT 10:00-10:30 am Break Elsa Olivetti, Assistant Professor of Energy Studies in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at MIT Christoph Reinhart, Professor of Architecture and Director of the Building Technology Program in the School of Architecture + Planning at MIT Jing Li, Postdoctoral Associate at the MIT Energy Initiative Kripa Varanasi, Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT Sharing past and current sponsored research that is catalyzing the development of new energy technologies 10:30 am-12:00 pm The Evolving Power Market Landscape: Unlocking Value Frank D le, CEO of Engie North America, on positioning for the energy transition Eric Gebhardt, Vice President of Systems and Innovation at GE Power, on the future of electricity generation, transmission, and distribution Kayte O Neill, Vice President of Regulatory Strategy, National Grid, on on the regulatory implications of the sector s changing landscape Christopher Knittel, George P. Shultz Professor of Applied Economics at MIT Sloan School of Management, on energy policy Special Programming: First Workshop of the MIT Energy Initiative Electric Power Systems Low-Carbon Energy Center Open to all Annual Research Conference participants Location: MIT Media Lab Building E14, 6 th floor, 75 Amherst St., 12:00-12:30 pm Lunch and Welcome MITEI Annual Research Conference Agenda - Page 3 of 5

4 Wednesday, December 6, 2017, continued Location: MIT Media Lab Building E14, 6 th floor, 75 Amherst St., 12:30-12:50 pm Today s Electricity Sector and Its Evolving Techno-economic Landscape Speaker: 12:50-2:00 pm Opportunities and Challenges for the Design, Operation, and Regulation of the Evolving Power System 2:00-2:30 pm Break Joel Brenner, Senior Research Fellow for the Center for International Studies at MIT Marija Ilić, Visiting Professor at the Institute for Data, Systems and Society at MIT Jesse Jenkins, Doctoral Candidate in Energy Systems at the Institute for Data, Systems and Society at MIT 2:30-3:45 pm The Implications of Digitization, Electrification of Mobility, and the Built Environment Munther Dahleh, Director of the Institute for Data, Systems and Society and William A. Coolidge Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT David Keith, Mitsui Career Development Professor and Assistant Professor of System Dynamics at MIT Leslie Norford, George Macomber (1948) Professor in Construction Management in the Department of Architecture at MIT 3:45-4:15 pm Discussion and Path Forward 4:45-5:45 pm EPS Advisory Committee Meeting Open only to EPS Center Members. Thursday, December 7, 2017 Special Programming: Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Center Forum Location: MIT Media Lab Building E14, 6 th floor, 75 Amherst St., 9:00-10:30 am What Are the Opportunities for CO2 Valorization? 10:30-11:00 am Break 11:00 am-12:30 pm Is There Sufficient Storage Capacity to Enable Carbon Capture at a Large Scale? 12:30 pm Adjourn MITEI Annual Research Conference Agenda - Page 4 of 5

5 Thursday, December 7, 2017, continued Location: MIT Media Lab Building E14, 6 th floor, 75 Amherst St., Featured Participants, December 7: Alan Hatton, Professor and Director of the David H. Koch School of Chemical Engineering Practice at MIT, and Co-Director of the MITEI Low-Carbon Energy Center for Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Brad Hager, Professor of Earth Sciences, Director of the Earth Resources Laboratory at MIT, and Co-Director of the MITEI Low-Carbon Energy Center for Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Yogesh Surendranath, Assistant Professor of Chemistry at MIT, and Associate Director of the MITEI Low-Carbon Energy Center for Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Alissa Park, Lenfest Chair in Applied Climate Science, and Director of the Lenfest Center for Sustainable Energy at The Earth Institute of Columbia University Michael Szulczewski, Computational Modeling Technology Team Leader at Aramco Services Jordan Kearns 17, MIT Energy Initiative MITEI Annual Research Conference Agenda - Page 5 of 5