Philadelphia Energy Futures Summit

Tuesday, November 15, 2016

6:00 PM-7:30 PM

The Philadelphia Futures Energy Summit will be held at Drexel University on November 15th and 16th.

 

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2016
The ExCITe Center, 3401 Market St, Philadelphia PA

6 – 7:30 p.m.
Legacy Infrastructures and Politics: How the Past Continues to Shape Philadelphia’s Future

• Chris Jones, ASU, “Mid-Atlantic Routes of Power: Energy Transitions Then and Now”

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2016
Bossone Research Center, 3104 Market St, Mitchell Auditorium, Philadelphia, PA

10 – 11:20 a.m.
Current Energyscapes in Philadelphia: What’s Happening, What are the Issues

• Emily Schapira, LEED AP, Executive Director, Philadelphia Energy Authority, "The Philadelphia Energy Campaign: Scaling Up Efficiency & Renewables"
• Christine Knapp, Director, Philadelphia’s Office of Sustainability, “Greenworks and City Energy Priorities”
• Diane Sicotte PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, and Kelly JoycePhD, Professor, Department of Sociology and Center for STS, Drexel University, “Expanding Fossil Fuel Infrastructure: An Overview”
• Chair/Discussant: Richard Dilworth PhD, Professor, Politics and the Center for Public Policy, Drexel University

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Lunch - All Attendees Welcome

12:30 – 1:50 p.m.
Energy Decisions Impacts: Health, Work and Climate Change

• Kevin Stewart, Director of Environmental Health, American Lung Association of the mid-Atlantic, "An Overview on Air Pollution and Energy Policy"
• Albert Presto, Assistant Research Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, "Energy Consumption, Air Pollution, and Health: From National to Local Scale"
  
• Joe Uehlein, Executive Director, Labor Network for Sustainability, “Making A Living On A Living Planet”
• Chair/Discussant, Susan Bell PhD, Professor, Sociology Department, Drexel University

2 – 3:20 p.m.
The Role of Universities in Philly’s Energy Futures

• Ali Kenner PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Politics and the Center for STS, Drexel University
• Mimi Sheller, PhD, Professor, Department of Sociology and Center for Mobilities, Drexel University
• Derek Parrott, PhD, Student, Cornell University, "Shifting Energy Cultures: A Case for Participatory Design in Smart Campus Environments"
• Matthew Wang, President, Drexel’s Fossil Free, "Fossil Fuel Divestment: Bring on the Clean Energy Economy"
• Meghan Fay Zahniser, Executive Director, Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE)
  
• Chair/Discussant: Heather Shayne Blakeslee, Managing Editor, GRID Magazine
  

3:30 – 4:50 p.m.
Breakout Sessions

• Kirk Jalbert, FracTracker Mapping tools
• Tracy Carluccio, Delaware Riverkeeper
• Matt Walker, Clean Air Council
• Susan Volz, MS in Public Policy, and Kristen Kepics, MS in Environmental Policy, Environmental justice digital tools (EPA, PADEP)
• Drexel’s Fossil Free Student Group 
  

5 – 6 p.m.
Dinner - All Attendees Welcome

• Book Signing: Featuring Chris Jones, Diane Sicotte, Robert Brulle, Gwen Ottinger

Participant and supporter tabling

6 – 8 p.m.
Renewable Energy Paths for Philadelphia: Possibilities, Obstacles and Effects

• Clark Miller, Arizona State University, “Getting Deep Energy Transitions Right”
• Micah Gold-Merkel, Founder of Solar States, “Looking at Solar's Power to Transform Low Income Communities”
• John McCawley, Director of Energy Acquisition, PECO, "PECO's Plans for Solar Energy"
  
• Noam Bergman, University of Sussex, “Future Visions of Personal Transport: Lessons from the UK”
• Chair/Discussant: Christian Hunold, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Politics, Drexel University

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Sponsored by: Drexel’s Center for Science, Technology, and Society, Center for Public Policy, Environmental Policy program, Department of Sociology, The Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine

Contact Information

Irene Cho
215.571.3852
irene.cho@drexel.edu