Challenges and Opportunities to Accelerate Clean Power Generation
Schar School Alumni and Student Perspectives
November 13, 2024
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
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Moderator:
Dr. Mark Langevin, Adjunct professor of Global Commerce and Policy
Speakers:
Brandon Thurner, GCP class of 2012
Irvin Cordova, GCP class of 2024
Mackenzie Schuessler, GCP class of 2026
Mackinder Forum: Mackinder’s Return to the Geopolitics of Energy Security (now Transition) …or Did He Ever Leave?
October 31, 2024
Ambassador Richard Kauzlarich, Distinguished Professor, Schar School of Public Policy; Co-Director, Center for Energy Science and Policy (CESP), George Mason University
2024 Global Cybersecurity: Leadership Top Ten Challenges & Best Practices
October 2nd, 2024
1:00pm to 2:00pm
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Gregory A. Garrett, Chief Operating Officer, REI Systems
Moderator:
J.P. Auffret, Co-director of Center for Energy Science and Policy, Co-director of CRC, George Mason University
AI: Redefining the Energy Grid
September 10th, 2024
3:30pm to 5:00pm
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Featuring:
Shannon Maher Bañaga, Senior Managing Director, FTI Consulting
J.P. Auffret, Co-director of Center for Energy Science and Policy (CESP) and Co-director of CRC, George Mason University
CSPS Research Forum: Fall 2024
Van Metre Hall, 602
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Sept 12 – Ellen Laipson and Douglas Ollivant – “A Delicate Balance: Iraq’s Security Culture Between Iran and the United States”
Sept 26 – Sanggyu Suh – “The Point of No Return: The Breaking Point of Environmental Degradation and its Migration Consequence”
Oct 10 – Christopher Wayne Quillen – “Pick Your Poison: Examining Terrorist Selection of Chemical and Biological Agents”
Oct 24 – Umud Shokri – “Azerbaijan’s Path to a Greener Future: Energy Transition and COP29 Commitments”
Nov 14 – Liam Collins – “Leadership and Innovation During Crisis: Lessons from the Iraq War”
Earth Science to Action: How NASA Views the Earth from Space, Air, and Ground to Advance Science and Inform Decisions
Wednesday, September 4th, 2024, 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
JC Cinema
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Panel:
Anamaria Berea
Associate Professor, Computational and Data Sciences
NASA Silver Group Achievement Award Winner
Liping Di
Director, Center for Spatial Information Science and Systems
Lead, CropSmart
Jim Kinter
Director, Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies
Co-director, Virginia Climate Center
Peter Plavchan
Director, Mason Observatories
Lead PI of the recently announced NASA Landolt Mission
Featuring …
Dr. Jack Kay
Associate Director, Research of the Earth Science Division (ESD), NASA Science Mission Directorate
Energy, Economic Development and Regulatory Sandboxes – Potential, Possibilities and Challenges
Thursday, August 22nd, 2024, 1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. (Virtual)
https://www.eventcreate.com/e/energy-economic-development-regulatory-sandboxes-2
Welcome and Introductions and Agenda Overview
Energy, Technology Innovation and Economic Development
Glenn Davis, Director, Virginia Department of Energy
David Devan, Vice President, Economic Competitiveness, Virginia Economic Development Partnership
Brien J. Sheahan, former Chairman and CEO, Illinois Commerce Commission and former chair, National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) Presidential Task Force on Innovation; Government Relations and Regulatory Policy Executive
Discussant – Ambassador Richard Kauzlarich, Distinguished Professor, Schar School of Public Policy and Co-Director, Center for Energy Science and Policy, George Mason University
Regulatory Innovation to Keep Pace and Regulatory Sandboxes – U.K., Ontario and E.U. Perspectives
Victoria Pelka, Principal Policy Expert, Innovation, ofgem, U.K. (tentative)
Mima Micic, Innovation Sandbox Lead, Ontario Energy Board
Cristina Poncibo, Professor of Comparative Private Law at the Law Department of the University of Turin, Italy and co-author of European Law Working Paper on “The Methodology of Regulatory Sandboxes in the EU: A Preliminary Assessment from a Competition Law Perspective”
Discussant – Liling Huang, Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and
Dominion Energy Faculty Fellow, George Mason University
Regulatory Innovation to Keep Pace and Regulatory Sandboxes – Utah and Connecticut Perspectives
Jacob Hart, Deputy Director, Department of Commerce, Utah
Julia Dumaine, Supervisor, Strategy & Operations, Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority
Challenges and Opportunities – Best Practices for Undertaking
Matt McDonnell, Attorney and regulatory policy expert including on energy regulatory sandbox design; Senior Advisor, Strategen; former Commission Counsel at the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission (HPUC)
Discussant – Linton Wells II, Executive Advisor, C5I & Cyber Center, George Mason University and Visiting Distinguished Research Fellow, Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University
American Solar Energy Society (ASES) 53rd Annual National Solar Conference
SOLAR 2024: Connecting Technology & Policy
May 20-23, 2024
George Washington University
Washington, D.C.
Featuring affiliate scholar:
Scott Sklar – ASES Conference Chair, President, The Stella Group, Ltd. and Energy Director at GWU’s Environment and Energy Management Institute (EEMI)