Tuesday, July 24
8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. | Coffee and Registration | Main Room |
8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | Welcome & Summit Overview Overview | Sarah Federman, USDA
Welcome | USDA-OCS Welcome from DOE-BETO | Carla Frisch, DOE | Main Room |
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | Keynotes No Carbon Left Behind | Jennifer Holmgren, LanzaTech Rightsizing and Unleashing Carbon Removal towards Ambitious Climate Goals | Main Room |
10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | Break & Market Place of Ideas | Foyer |
10:30 a.m. – 11:10 a.m. | Lightning Talks, Day 1 - The UK's Clean Growth Strategy | Brian Allison, United Kingdom Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - Defining Carbon Neutral Landscapes: Hawaii as a Model System for Understanding Carbon Neutrality Deficits and Attainment | Christian Giardina, USDA Forest Service - Assessing & Optimizing the Biogenic Emissions Footprint of Feedstock-Sheds - Carbon Farming with Algae | Mark Allen, Accelergy Corporation - CO2-EOR: An Option for Reduced Carbon Oil? | Vanessa Nunez-Lopez, The University of Texas at Austin | Main Room |
11:10 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. | Keynotes The Role of Landscape Design and Bioenergy | Virginia Dale, University of Tennessee Financeable Business Models that Link Energy, Power, and Agriculture | Main Room |
12:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. | Lunch | Main Room |
1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Panels & Discussion Natural and Managed Systems: - Plant Breeding & Innovation for Carbon-Use Efficiency | Maureen Hanson, Cornell University - Opportunities within Agricultural Landscapes | Marcia DeLonge, Union of Concerned Scientists - Leveraging Algae Biomass and Engineered Systems to Manage Carbon | Charles Greene, Cornell University
Engineered Systems: - Upgrading Biogas to Meet Pipeline Quality Standards – Adventures with Archaea - Designing Plastics for the Circular Economy | Robert Allen, IBM - GHG Accounting and Lifecycle Analysis for Carbon Negative Pathways | Marci Baranski, USDA | Location A Location B |
3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. | Break & Market Place of Ideas | Foyer |
3:15 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. | Breakout Sessions A. Plant Breeding & Innovation B. Landscape Management C. Land Sparing Strategies Using Algae Biomass D. Merging Biology and Chemistry for Better Carbon Management E. Designing Plastics for the Circular Economy F. GHG Accounting and Lifecycle Analysis for Carbon Negative Pathways | Various Locations |
4:15 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Breakout Session Rapporteurs Leveraging Natural and Managed Systems for Carbon Management Leveraging Built Systems for Carbon Management | Main Room |
5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. | Reception | TBD at Hotel |
Wednesday, July 25
8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. | Coffee and Registration | Main Room |
8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | Keynotes Towards Sustainable Energy and Materials: Integrated Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) | Alissa Park, Columbia University Developing a R&D Agenda for a New Carbon Economy | Noah Deich, Center for Carbon Removal Re-Design of Metabolic Infrastructure for Carbon Management | James Liao, Academia Sinica | Main Room |
10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | Break & Market Place of Ideas | Foyer |
10:30 a.m. – 11:10 a.m. | Lightning Talks, Day 2 - H2@Scale: Important Partner to the Circular Carbon Economy (CCE) | Eric Miller, DOE Fuel Cell Technologies Office - Assessment of Carbon in North America: Science Informing Decisions in a Circular Economy - Humans & Nature or Human Nature? | Keith Kline, Oak Ridge National Laboratory - Examining the Carbon and Societal Impacts of Vertical and Urban Agriculture | Ryan Naehr, DOE Bioenergy Technologies Office - Photosynthetic Energy Conversion Efficiency for Bioproduct Formation | Wim Vermaas, Arizona State University | Main Room |
11:10 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. | Keynotes Progress in Increasing Carbon Uptake into Managed Systems via Engineering of Photosynthesis Near-Term Opportunities to Develop Carbon Dioxide Removal in the United States | Daniel Sanchez, AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow | Main Room |
12:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. | Lunch | Main Room |
1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Panels & Discussion - Plant Breeding & Innovation for Multiple Ecosystem Services | Jerry Tuskan, Oak Ridge National Laboratory - Landscape Management for Multiple Ecosystem Services | Cristina Negri, Argonne National Laboratory - Future of Food | Presenter Engineered Systems: - CCS and Direct Air Capture | Klaus Lackner, Arizona State University - Leveraging the Bioeconomy for Large Scale Carbon Management - BECCS | Ron Sands, USDA - Building with Biomass | Rick Bergman, USDA - Forest Service - Challenges and Opportunities in Plastics Upcycling| Gregg Beckham, National Renewable Energy Laboratory | Location A Location B |
3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. | Break & Market Place of Ideas | Foyer |
3:15 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. | Breakout Sessions A. Plant Breeding & Innovation B. Quantifying Ecosystem Services C. Future of Food D. CCS and Direct Air Capture E. Leveraging the Bioeconomy for Large Scale Carbon Management via BECCS F. Reimagining Plastic Degradation for Upcycling | Various Locations |
4:15 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. | Breakout Session Rapporteurs Leveraging Natural and Managed Systems for Carbon Management Leveraging Built Systems for Carbon Management | Main Room |
4:45 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Closing Remarks | Main Room |