Event Description
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
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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
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Emily Schapira, LEED AP, Executive Director, Philadelphia Energy Authority, "The Philadelphia Energy Campaign: Scaling Up Efficiency & Renewables"
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Christine Knapp, Director, Philadelphia’s Office of Sustainability, “Greenworks and City Energy Priorities”
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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
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Kevin Stewart, Director of Environmental Health, American Lung Association of the mid-Atlantic, "An Overview on Air Pollution and Energy Policy"
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Albert Presto, Assistant Research Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, "Energy Consumption, Air Pollution, and Health: From National to Local Scale"
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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
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Ali Kenner PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Politics and the Center for STS, Drexel University
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Mimi Sheller, PhD, Professor, Department of Sociology and Center for Mobilities, Drexel University
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Derek Parrott, PhD, Student, Cornell University, "Shifting Energy Cultures: A Case for Participatory Design in Smart Campus Environments"
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Matthew Wang, President, Drexel’s Fossil Free, "Fossil Fuel Divestment: Bring on the Clean Energy Economy"
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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
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Kirk Jalbert, FracTracker Mapping tools
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Tracy Carluccio, Delaware Riverkeeper
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Matt Walker, Clean Air Council
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Susan Volz, MS in Public Policy, and Kristen Kepics, MS in Environmental Policy, Environmental justice digital tools (EPA, PADEP)
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Drexel’s Fossil Free Student Group
5 – 6 p.m.
Dinner - All Attendees Welcome
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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
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Clark Miller, Arizona State University, “Getting Deep Energy Transitions Right”
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Micah Gold-Merkel, Founder of Solar States, “Looking at Solar's Power to Transform Low Income Communities”
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John McCawley, Director of Energy Acquisition, PECO, "PECO's Plans for Solar Energy"
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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
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