Leading the Charge Conference: The Next 10 Years
- Date
- June 09, 2021 - June 10, 2021
- Time
- 9:00 AM EDT - 2:45 PM EDT
- Location
- Online
- Open To
- Everyone
- Contact
- ltc@ryerson.ca
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With rapid technological advancements and the declining cost of storage, solar and wind transforming energy around the world, the 2020s are a decisive decade for Canada and the global community as it rises to the challenge of climate change.
Leading the Charge will provide a platform for stakeholders to discuss the practical steps we need to take and technological leaps we need to make over the next 10 years for Canada to fulfill its long-term climate commitments while building back better from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The two-day event will fuse academic and technical expertise with practical industry experience, bringing together high-level talent and decision-makers to explore all aspects of clean energy, including the integration of the latest technologies, the effect of carbon pricing, the rollout of government hydrogen strategies, the push from major automakers into electric vehicles, the potential impact of transactive energy on the electricity grid, and the role of university R&D.
Speakers & panelists
Listed in order of appearance.
Bala Venkatesh
Academic Director, Centre for Urban Energy, Ryerson University
Laura Bryson
COO & Co-Founder, SWTCH
Cara Clairman
President & CEO, Plug'n Drive
David W. Paterson
Vice-President, Corporate & Environmental Affairs, General Motors of Canada
Nino Di Cara
Founder & President, Electric Autonomy Canada
Edward Arlitt
Supervisor, Advanced Technology Research, Independent Electricity System Operator
Jim Fonger
Chair, Energy Storage Canada; & Vice-President, Business Development & Distributed Resources, Ameresco Canada
Alex Rost
Manager, Resource Qualification, ISO New England
Ramya Swaminathan
CEO, Malta Inc.
Frederick Morency
Vice-President, Energy & Services, Schneider Electric Canada
Andy Fillmore MP
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Infrastructure & Communities
Doug Duimering
Vice-President, Business Development Strategy, Next Hydrogen
Heather Kleb
Director, Next Generation Nuclear Technology, Bruce Power
Ryan Sookhoo
Director, New Initiatives, Fuel Cell & Hydrogen Technologies, Cummins
David Zekveld
Senior Manager, Strategic Initiatives, Ontario Power Generation
Robert Stasko
Co-Chair, Ontario Hydrogen Strategy Working Group; & Executive Director, Hydrogen Business Council
Ali Golriz
Lead, System & Sector Development, Innovation & R&D, Independent Electricity System Operator
Tanguy Hubert
Senior Technical Leader, Distributed Energy Resource Integration, Electric Power Research Institute
Elli Ntakou
Advisor, Quanta Technology
Ben Ullman
Product Manager, Transactive Energy, Opus One Solutions
Ian Rowlands
Associate Vice-President, International & Professor, School of Environment, Resources & Sustainability, University of Waterloo
Jenny Young
British Consul General in Toronto & Deputy Trade Commissioner North America
Nigel Brandon OBE
Dean, Faculty of Engineering, Imperial College London; & Director, U.K. Hydrogen & Fuel Cells Supergen Hub
Hoay Beng Gooi
Associate Professor, Nanyang Technological University
Yulong Ding
Chamberlain Chair of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham; & Director, U.K. EPSRC Supergen Energy Storage Network+
Walmir Freitas
Professor, University of Campinas
David Howey
Associate Professor, Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford
Shirley Meng
Zable Endowed Chair in Energy Technologies; & Professor, Materials Science & Nanoengineering; University of California San Diego
Program
Day 1 |
Wednesday, June 9, 2021 |
|---|---|
| 9:00 a.m. ET | Welcome and opening remarks Bala Venkatesh |
| 9:10 | Panel session: The road ahead for electric vehicles Session proudly supported by Invest Durham Laura Bryson Cara Clairman David W. Paterson Moderated by Nino Di Cara |
| 10:00 | Break, virtual booths and networking |
| 10:15 | Panel session: What’s in store for energy storage? Edward Arlitt Jim Fonger Alex Rost Ramya Swaminathan Moderated by Frederick Morency |
| 11:15 | Lunch, virtual booths and networking |
| 12:15 p.m. | Fireside chat: Climate, communities and Canada |
| 1:00 | Break, virtual booths and networking |
| 1:30 | Panel session: How hydrogen can fuel the future Doug Duimering Heather Kleb Ryan Sookhoo David Zekveld Moderated by Robert Stasko |
| 2:30 | Break, virtual booths and networking |
| 2:45 | Panel session: Transforming the grid with transactive energy Session proudly supported by Opus One Solutions Tanguy Hubert Elli Ntakou Ben Ullman Moderated by Ali Golriz |
| 3:45–4:00 | Virtual booths and networking |
Day 2 |
Thursday, June 10, 2021 |
|
|---|---|---|
Stream A |
Stream B |
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| 9:00 a.m. ET | Keynote address: Go with the flow – Liquid-gas batteries and the next generation of energy storage Nigel Brandon OBE Introduced by Jenny Young Opening remarks by Ian Rowlands |
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| 10:00 | Break, virtual booths and networking | |
| 10:15 | Global connections workshop: Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Hoay Beng Gooi Introduced by Bala Venkatesh |
Global connections workshop: University of Campinas, Brazil Walmir Freitas Introduced by Ian Rowlands |
| 11:15 | Lunch, virtual booths and networking | |
| 12:15 p.m. | Global connections workshop: University of Birmingham, U.K. Yulong Ding Introduced by Bala Venkatesh |
Global connections workshop: University of Oxford, U.K. David Howey Introduced by Ian Rowlands |
| 1:15 | Virtual booths and networking | |
| 1:30 | Global connections workshop: University of California San Diego Shirley Meng Introduced by Bala Venkatesh |
|
| 2:30–2:45 | Virtual booths and networking | |
Tickets
Please register via the Eventbrite button at the top of the page. You will be asked to provide your professional email address along with your phone number. This will help us verify your identify in order to provide you with access to the private and secure live streams on June 9 and 10.
The four ticket types are listed to the right. A link to the conference platform, Hopin, will be emailed to all ticketholders at least 48 hours in advance of the event.
- Save $50 on regular priced tickets.
- On sale through April 30.
- $200 + HST and Eventbrite fees.
- Includes access to all sessions on both days, virtual networking, conference materials and post-event recordings.
- Refunds up to 7 days before event. Eventbrite's fee is nonrefundable.
- On sale May 1.
- $250 + HST and Eventbrite fees.
- Includes access to all sessions on both days, virtual networking, conference materials and post-event recordings.
- Refunds up to 7 days before event. Eventbrite's fee is nonrefundable.
- NSERC Energy Storage Technology Network (NESTNet) academic members only.
- Contact Karen Ho-Cespedes for your exclusive access code.
- 2 complimentary tickets per project (1 professor & 1 student).
- Must be redeemed by May 31.
- 50% discount available to all current undergraduate and graduate students.
- Contact ltc@ryerson.ca, using your academic email address, to request an access code.
- 1 discounted ticket per student.
- Refunds up to 7 days before event. Eventbrite's fee is nonrefundable.
Accessibility
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Sponsorship
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Media passes
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About NESTNet
The conference is organized as part of the NSERC Energy Storage Technology Network (NESTNet). Ryerson University and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) are proud to lead this five-year, $5 million pan-Canadian network of 15 universities and 26 industry and government partners focused on the future of energy storage — an essential technology in the global transition to clean energy.
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