Great Lakes
Energy Future
A Workshop Series for Journalists
February 7 + 28, March 13 + 19-21, 2024
Participating Journalists
Itinerary
Tuesday, March 19
6 - 9p - Dinner and Introductions
Overnight at Acme Hotel
Wednesday, March 20
7 - 8a - Breakfast at Hotel
8a - Bus departs
8:45 - 10:45a - Learning Locally, Acting Globally: A Chicago Collective Aims to Be an International Model for Change
Ryan Jones
Chief Development Officer, Academy for Global Citizenship
Sarah Elizabeth Ippel
Founder, Executive Director, Academy for Global Citizenship
Brian Imus
Executive Director, Illinois Green Alliance
11a - 1p - People Powered: Mobilizing Sustainabilty and Equity in a Chicago Neighborhood
Remel Terry
Director of Programs, Equiticity
Miguel Rodriguez
BikeForce Program Director, Equiticity
Brandon Goodall
Director of Community Mobility Rituals, Equiticity
Aaron “AD” Davis
BikeForce Instructor, Equiticity
Cecily Langford
Senior Director of Operations, Equiticity
Bonnie Scarlett-Logan
Senior Director of Development, Equiticity
1 - 2p - Lunch in community with Equiticity
2 - 2:30p - Travel to Big Marsh Park, Ford Calumet Environmental Center
2:30 - 5:30p - A Better Blueprint: How Both Architecture and Activism Are Helping Build Climate Resilient Communities
Stephen Bell
Director, Ford Calumet Environmental Center, Chicago Park District
Bob Webber
Principal, Architecture & Interiors/Chief Sustainability Officer, Valerio Dewalt Train
Patricia Eggelston
Executive Director, Imani Village
6p - Dinner
Overnight at Acme Hotel
Thursday, March 21
6 - 7a - Breakfast at hotel
7:15a - Bus departs
8a - Welcome, Orientation & Registration at Argonne National Lab
8:30 - 9a - Tour of ATMOS (Argonne Testbed for Multiscale Observational Science)
Matt Tuftedal
Atmospheric Measurement Science Specialist, Argonne National Laboratory
Paytsar Muradyan
Atmospheric Scientist, Argonne National Laboratory
9 - 9:30a - Tour of Aurora Exascale Supercomputer
Michael Papka
Director, Argonne Leadership Computing Facility
9:30 - 10a - Tour of Argonne Visualization Lab
Rao Kotamarthi
Science Director, Center for Climate Resilience and Decision Science (CCRDS)
Jiali Wang
Atmospheric Scientist Environmental Science Division
10 - 11a - Media Roundtable Discussion
Seth Darling
Chief Science and Technology Officer, Argonne National Laboratory
Deena Wright
Strategic Operations Lead, Chain Reaction Innovations
Robyn Wheeler Grange
Director, Office of Community Engagement, Argonne National Laboratory
Jeffrey Spangenberger
Materials Recycling Group Leader, Applied Materials Division, Argonne National Laboratory
Massimiliano Delferro
Chemist and Group Leader, Catalysis Science Program in the Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division
Lunch
Workshop Adjourns
Wednesday, March 13 (Virtual)
(ALL TIMES CENTRAL)
10 - 11:30a - Energy Equity: How De We Ensure the Pivot to Clean Energy Is a Just Transition?
Alessandra Carreon
Commissioner, Michigan Public Service Commission
Komal Doshi
Vice President, Beneficial Electrification & Mobility, Walker-Miller Energy Services
Erica Borggren
Vice PResident of customer solutions, ComEd
Dion Mensah
Outreach Coordinator, Black Environmental Leaders Action Fund
11:30a - Noon - Break
Noon - 1:30p - People Power: Building the Workforce of the Great Lakes' Energy Future
Cleveland Smith
Program Manager, PEET Program, OAI, Inc.
Shaquita Slater
Student Services Specialist, OAI, Inc.
Halina Kennedy
Graduate OAI Training Program
John Delurey
Deputy Program Manasger, Midwest, Vote Solar
1:30 - 3p - Break
3 - 4:30p - Wrap Session
4:30 - Workshop Adjourns
Wednesday, February 28 (Virtual)
9-10:30a - Plugged In: The Clean Energy Transition Hinges on an Overhaul of The Grid
Natalie McIntire
Clean Power Grid Advocate, Climate & Energy, Natural Resources Defense Council
Tyler Huebner
Former commissioner, Wisconsin Public Service Commission
Jeremiah Doner
Director of cost allocation and competitive transmission, Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO)
10:30 - 11:30a - Break
11:30a - 1p - Transportation Transformation: Where is the EV Movement Going and How Do We Get There?
Elaine Buckberg
Senior Fellow, Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability at Harvard University; former Chief Economist, General Motors
Katherine Peretick
Commissioner, Michigan Public Service Commission
William “Billy” Davis
General Manager, JitneyEV, LLC; Executive Director, Bronzeville Community Development Partnership
1 - 2:30p - Break
2:30 - 4p - Under Construction: Why Decarbonization Efforts Require a Better Built Environment
Maddie Liput
Building Policy Manager, Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance
Sandra Henry
President & CEO, Slipstream Inc.
Marnese Jackson
Executive Director, Midwest Building Decarbonization Coalition
Jacob Serfling
Director of Building Decarbonization Policy + Projects, Midwest Building Decarbonization Coalition
4p - Workshop adjourns
Wednesday, February 7 (Virtual)
(ALL TIMES CENTRAL)
9 - 9:30a - Welcome and Introductions
9:30 - 10a - Break
10 - 11:30a - Clean Energy 101: Technologies and Policies for Deep Decarbonization
Michael Craig
Director, ASSET Lab; Assistant Professor of Energy Systems in the School for Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan
Angela Xu
Municipal Engagement Manager, Illinois Environmental Council
11:30a - Noon - Break
Noon - 1:30p - Political Power: A Look at the Policies and Legislation Charting Great Lakes States' Energy Futures
Douglas Jester
Managing Partner, 5 Lakes Energy
Justin Fay
Senior Lead of Public Affairs and Advocacy, Fresh Energy
Stacey Paradis
Commissioner, Illinois Commerce Commission
1:30 - 2:30p - Break
2:30 - 4p - Bright Ideas: A Look at the Current and Emerging Technologies Powering the Clean Energy Transition
Jesse Jenkins
Director, ZERO Lab; Assistant professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Andlinger Center for Energy and Environment, Princeton University
Representatives of The National Renewable Energy Laboratory and the Clean Grid Alliance