Sample Program Schedule

PTA: Clean Energy Program Schedule (tentative)

 

Thursday October 10

5:00 PM – Reception

6:00 PM – Dinner – Keynote Speaker:  Dr. Bryan Leonard , University of Wyoming

8:00 PM – Adjourn  

 

Friday October 11

7:30 AM – Breakfast

8:15 AM – Proceed to NREL

8:30 AM – NREL Welcome and Overview

9:30 AM – Break

9:40 AM – Tours

11:10 AM – Viability of the Technology – NREL

12:00 PM – Lunch

1:00 PM –   Impact of the Inflation Reduction Act On U.S. Energy Policy – NREL

1:50 PM –   Break

2:05 PM –  Speaker: Dr. Dan Kaffine, University of Colorado

3:00 PM –  Return to Hotel/Adjourn

Dinner on your own

 

Saturday Oct. 12

7:30 AM – Breakfast 

8:30 AM – Siting, Transmission, and Environmental Opportunity Costs – Dr. Grace Wu, University of California, Santa Barbara

9:20 AM – Break 

9:30 AM – Breakout groups 

10:15 AM – Breakout reports 

10:40 AM – Break 

10:50 AM – The Future of Fossil Fuels – Dr. Holly Krutka, University of Wyoming

11:40 AM – Putting it All Together – Dr. Bryan Leonard and Dr. Ken Leonard 

12:00 PM – Wrap-Up/Logistics 

12:15 PM – Adjourn

 

                 

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