Sustainability Forum

Sustainability Forum 2024: The Energy and Materials Nexus

Friday, Jan. 26 and Saturday, Jan. 27

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Achieving the 16 UN Sustainable Development Goals will require ambitious synergism between academia, industry, and the population at large. This challenge offers a unique opportunity to transform not only the way we make things, but also the way we interact with each other and grow as a community. The three panels gathered for the forum will attempt to identify possible ways in which the whole community can collaborate to overcome the current technological hurdles, maintain a diverse, inclusive, and equitable society, and ultimately achieve a better, more sustainable world.

Join us, share your point of view, and contribute to this exciting adventure.

2024 Schedule

Friday, Jan. 26 | Sarkeys Energy Center, 1st Floor West Atrium

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6 - 6:30 p.m.

Hydrogen and the Upcoming Societal Transition

Prof. Dimitrios Papavassiliou
Director, School of Sustainable Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering
The University of Oklahoma

6 - 8 p.m.

Sustainability Research across OU

Poster Session
Sponsored by the RANGE NSF GCR project

Saturday, Jan. 27 | Anne and Henry Zarrow Hall, Community Room 145

8:45 a.m.	Welcome Prof. Alberto Striolo Asahi Glass Chair of Chemical Engineering The University of Oklahoma
9 - 10:30	Panel 1: Economic Challenges and Opportunities Moderator: Prof. John Antonio Dean, Mewbourne College of Earth and Energy The University of Oklahoma Panelists: Giulio Lolli, Head Global Energy, Covestro Marvi Matos, Director of Systems Eng. Integ. & Tests Boeing, Division Mobility Surv. & Bombers KaLeigh Long, CEO, Westwin Elements Jimmy Faria Albanese, Engineering & Materials Science University of Twente
10:30 - 11	Coffee Break
11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.	Panel 2: Pathways to an Equitable, Diverse, and Inclusive Future Moderator: Prof. Shane Connelly Director, Institute for Society and Community Transformation The University of Oklahoma Panelists: Carla Consoloni, Specialist Production Chemistry, ENI Lilo Pozzo, Boeing-Roundhill Professor, University of Washington Emily Grubert, Prof. of Sust. Energy Policy, Keough School of Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame James Collard, Director of Planning and Economic Development, Citizen Potawatomi Nation
12:30 - 2	Lunch
2 - 3:30	Panel 3: Environmental Constraints and Contingencies Moderator: Prof. Tim Filley Director, Institute for Resilient Environmental and Energy Systems, The University of Oklahoma Panelists: Timothy Myers, Principal Engineer and Office Director, Exponent Hai M. Duong, Recycling Wastes for Engineering Applications, National University of Singapore Sausan Al Riyami, Director, Oman Hydrogen Centre Scot Bodnar, Global Innovation Manager, Clariant
3:30 -4	Recent Developments in Sustainable Engineering Presenter: Prof. Bhavik Bakshi, School of Sustainability, Arizona State University
4 - 5	Networking over coffee and finger foods