Session Agenda
Thursday, February 8 - All DaY
Spieker Forum, Chou Hall
*denotes N344, Chou Hall
9:00am
Breakfast: Coffee & Doughnuts
9:30am
18 Months of the Inflation Reduction Act: The Strengths and Shortcomings
10:30am
Coffee Break
10:45am
The Future of Climate Investment *
11:30am
Coffee Break
11:45am
Keynote Fireside Chat:
Audrey Lee in conversation with Laura D. Tyson
12:30pm
Lunch from Grégoire Restaurant
1:15pm
Nuclear Energy: Now or Never
Tackling “Hard to Abate Emissions” in Steel and Cement *
2:00pm
Coffee Break
2:15pm
How to Build a Diverse Climate Workforce *
Creating a Balance Between People, Places and Profit
3:00pm
Coffee Break
3:15pm
Making a Market: How to Reduce the Cost of Hydrogen *
Transmission, Distribution & Storage
4:00pm
Virtual Closing Keynote: Amory Lovins on Integrative Design for Radical Energy Efficiency
4:45pm
Spieker: Networking Event with Food & Drinks
Event hosted by BERC to meet and network with fellow Energy professionals, researchers, faculty, and students.
*denotes N344, Chou Hall
Friday, February 9
Pauley Ballroom, ASUC Student Union: MLK Jr. Building
9:00am-12:00pm
Climate Showcase
Showcase of undergraduate, graduate, and post-doc research, primarily at UC Berkeley and partnership with LBNL and PG&E. Includes judging panel and prizes for students. Learn more here!
9:00am-12:00pm
Climate Company Fair
Booths for participating companies, attended by undergraduate and graduate students across UC Berkeley departments. We have an incredible group of companies and organizations joining us including: PG&E, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Clearway Energy, Guidehouse, EarthGrid PBC, EPRI, Aluminio, Intersect Power, EDF, Climatebase, E3, Pattern Energy, CPUC, Greenlining Institute, Jacobs, Avangrid, Moxion Power, SoCal Edison, Camus Energy, Grid Strategies, Equilibrium Energy, Lilac Solutions, Rocky Mountain Institute, Voltaiq, EV Realty, Tyba Energy, Roca Water, Automat Solutions, IMPEL@Berkeley Lab, Fuse Energy Technologies, Plug & Play Energy & Sustainability, and more!!
Thanks to all our sponsors for the 2024 BERC Energy Summit!
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