8:30 am - 9:00 am

Check-in and Light Breakfast

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9:00 am - 9:10 am

Welcome and Introduction

 

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9:10 am - 10:00 am

Panel/ Dialogue – Expanding Renewable Energy Generation, Distribution, and Storage –

A Policy and Management Approach​

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• Greening the LA Power Grid:  Comparing the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power and Southern California Edison regulatory models

Ann Carlson, Law*

William Boyd, Law; University of Colorado Law School

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• Agent-based modeling of solar power adoption by Los Angeles County residents

Timothy Malloy, Law*

Charles Corbett, Anderson School of Management

Hal Hershfield, Anderson School of Management

Benjamin Nyblade, Law; director of Empirical Research Group

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• "Greening" the mix through community choice: Toward a 100% renewable energy Los Angeles

Sean Kennedy, Urban Planning*

Stephanie Pincetl, Institute of the Environment & Sustainability

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10:00 am - 11:05 am

Panel/ Dialogue – Ensuring Energy System Sustainability

 

• Air pollution and its health effects in California: Source apportionment and possible solution through deep decarbonization

Yifang Zhu, Environmental Health Sciences*

K. N. Liou, Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences

Michael Jerrett, Environmental Health Sciences

Yu Gu, Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences

Hui Su, Jet Propulsion Laboratory

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• Life cycle assessment of alternative fuels from waste biomass resources

Deepak Rajagopal, Institute of the Environment & Sustainability*

Suzanne Paulson, Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences

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• The Bird Genoscape Project

Ryan Harrigan, Institute of the Environment & Sustainability*

Kristen Ruegg, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability

Rachael Bay, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability

Thomas Smith, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability; director of Center for Tropical Research

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• Can California deserts deliver green energy and biodiversity protection?

Brad Shaffer, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology*

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11:05 am - 11:15 am

Coffee
 

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11:15 am - 12:30 pm

Panel/ Dialogue – Expanding Renewable Energy Generation, Distribution, and Storage –

A Technical Approach

 

• Energy generation and storage requirements for a sustainable LA by 2050 (Tentative)

Richard Wirz, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering* 

Karthik Nithyanandam, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

Parker Wells, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

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• Microscopic control of energy efficiency: iSLA system and beyond

Yongjie Hu, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering*

Bruce Dunn, Materials Science & Engineering

Adrienne Lavine, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

J.R. DeShazo, Public Policy & Luskin School of Public Affairs

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• Recent progress of UCLA thin film solar cell research

Yang Yang, Materials Science & Engineering*

Bruce Dunn, Materials Science & Engineering

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• A portfolio of energy technologies for a renewable energy future

Laurent Pilon, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering*

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• Cooperating microgrids via distributed energy resource (DER) combining solar photovoltaics, electric vehicles, and battery energy storage systems – A modern framework for smart grids

Rajit Gadh, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering*

Peter Chu, Smart Grid Energy Research Center

Charlie Qiu, Smart Grid Energy Research Center

Ching-yen Chung, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

Behnam Khaki, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

Hamidreza Nazaripouya, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

Tianyang Zhang, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

Yingqi Xiong, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

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12:30 pm - 12:55 pm

Lunch

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12:55 pm - 1:45 pm

Panel/ Dialogue – Improving Management of Energy

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• Competition between efficiency and growth in the pursuit of residential energy conservation

Stephanie Pincetl, Institute of the Environment & Sustainability

Eric Fournier, Institute of the Environment & Sustainability*

Felicia Federico, Institute of the Environment & Sustainability

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• Evaluating the potential of transportation network company services integrated with an expanding transit system to accelerate zero emission vehicle deployment in Los Angeles

Juan Matute, Institute of Transportation Studies*

Brian Taylor, Urban Planning

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• Automated vehicles for sustainable cities: Field experiments and future outlooks in Los Angeles

Chee Wei Wong, Electrical Engineering*

Rui Wang, Urban Planning

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1:45 pm - 2:00 pm 

Next Steps and Closing Remarks

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