Upcoming Energy-Related Events and Conferences

UPCOMING EVENTS 

April 11-13: 27th National Conference on Undergraduate Research, La Cross, WI

May 1-2: UC Santa Barbara Summit on Energy Efficiency 

May 28- June 7: 2013 Summer School on Energy Efficiency, University of Colorado- Boulder

July 23-26: 2013 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Industry, Niagara Falls, NY


PAST EVENTS

February 14-18: AAAS Annual Meeting, Boston, MA

February 11-13: Geothermal Conclave I, Ball State University

January 15-17, 2013: NCSE's 13th National Conference on Science, Policy, and the Environment: Disasters and Environment: Science, Preparedness, and ResilienceWashington, D.C.

November 12-14:  Behavior, Energy and Climate Change (BECC) Conference 2012, Sacramento, CA

October 24: Pre-ISSOTL Seminar, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

October 18-19: BERC Energy Symposium 2012, University of California-Berkeley

October 16-18: 2012 CEREL Annual Program Conference, University of California-Berkeley

October 10-12: BIO Pacific Rim Summit on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioenergy, Vancouver

October 2-5: Growing the Bioeconomy, Banff, Alberta, Canada

September 27-28: Renewable Energy Finance Forum, San Francisco, CA

September 24-27: National Energy Efficiency Technology Roadmapping Summit, Portland, OR

September 24-26: Ground-Source Geothermal Resources: An Important Source of Renewable Energy, Ball State University

September 24-26: 2012 GreenGov Symposium, Washington, DC

September 6-16: IUCN World Conservation Congress, Jeju, Korea

July 24-26: Systems, Society, Sustainability and the Geosciences Workshop, Carleton College

July 22-28: CERET Summer 2012 Photovoltaic Train the Trainer Academy, Paonia, CO

June 23-26: CUR Conference 2012: "Leveraging Uncertainty: Toward a New Generation of Undergraduate Research," The College of New Jersey

June 21: 15th Annual Congressional Energy Expo and Forum, Washington, DC

June 19-21: EnergyOcean International Conference and Exhibition, Boston, MA

May 23: EPA Region II Conference, Columbia Law School 

May 21-22: National Academy of Sciences Sackler Colloquium: "Science of Science Communication," Washington, DC

May 18: Lugar Center Renewable Energy Forum, IUPUI

May 16-18: National Academies Symposium: "Partnerships, Science, and Innovation for Sustainability Solutions,"Webcast

May 16-18: Greening the Heartland 2012, Indianapolis, IN

May 9-10: ACI's 4th Annual Carbon Capture & Storage Summit, Germany

May 7-8: 2012 University-Federal Dialogue on Energy Research and Education and Congressional Visit Day, Washington, DC

April 30- May 3: 11th Annual Carbon Capture, Utilization and Sequestration Conference, Pittsburgh, PA 

April 30- May 1: Roundtable on the Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine, Webcast

April 29- May 1: 2012 Public and Land-Grant University Conference on Energy Challenges: The Next 50 Years, The Ohio State University

April 24-25: U.S.-India Energy Partnership SummitHotel Renaissance Mayflower, Washington D.C.

April 19, 20 or 30: 2012 Public Lecture on Ocean Energy, Florida Atlantic University

April 18: Capacity Markets and Power Plant Closings: Will Renewables Fill the Gap? via Telephone & Webinar

April 17: "Characterists of Excellence in Undergraduate Research," Webinar

April 12: George Washington Solar Initiative's 4th Annual Symposium, Washington, DC

April 4: Patent Strategies for Clean and Renewable Industries after the America Invents Act, Webinar

March 23: WILJ 2012 Symposium on Renewable Energy & Climate Change, University of Wisconsin Law School

March 20-22: JGI Genomics of Energy & Environment Meeting, Walnut Creek, CA

March 1-2: NPSMA Best Practices Workshop, Tampa, Florida

February 29 - March 1: Energy Storage within Utility & TSO Strategy, Luxenbourg

February 29: 5th Annual Greening Virginia Universities and Colleges Conference, George Mason University

February 9: EPC Forum: "Smart Grid," Johns Hopkins University

February 8-10: 11th Annual Wind Power Finance & Investment Summit, San Diego, CA

February 3, 2012: ITIF Forum, Washington, DC

February 1-2: Photon's Solar Terrawatt-hours Conference Series, San Francisco, CA

November 28 - December 2, 2011: Materials Research Society (MRS) Fall Meeting, Boston, MA

November 29 - December 2: Behavior, Energy and Climate Change Conference, Washington, DC

November 23-24: Gasification 2011, London, UK

November 18: Definitions of Power: Unit, Ideas, and Images in the History of Energy, Harvard University, Boston, MA

November 14-18: AAAS 2011 Leadership Seminar in Science & Technology Policy, Washington, DC

November 7-9: Trancking an Energy Elephant: Science and Engineering Challenges for Unlocking the Geothermal Potential od Sedimentary Basins, Salt Lake City, Utah

November 7: E3 2011: The Latest in Renewable Energy Innovation, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

November 2-5: EcoSummit, Florida Keys

October 30 - November 2: Society of Petroleum Engineers' Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition (ACTE) 2011, Denver, CO

October 30 - November 3: 2011 American Nuclear Society Winter Meeting and Nuclear Technology Expo, Washington, DC

October 26-29: Fall Meeting of the APS Division of Nuclear Physics, East Lansing, MI

October 20-21: Carbon Smarts Conference: Learning Science on the Go, Lowell, MA

October 19-22: 1st World Congress of Environmental Biotechnology, Dalian, China

October 19-20: ACI's Bioenergy Commodity Training, Copenhagen, Denmark

October 18: Sustainability Day 2011, Copenhagen, Denmark

October 16-21: American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN

October 16-20: Materials Science & Technology 2011 Conference and Exhibition, Columbus, OH

October 13-14: Naval Energy Forum, Washington, DC

October 9-12: Redefining the Energy Economy: Changing Roles of Industry, Government and Research, U.S. Association for Energy Economics, Washington, DC

October 9-12: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN

October 7-9: UNEP International Summit: Greenbuild 2011, Ontario, Canada

October 4-5: GCEP Research Symposium 2011 - Addressing the Changing Energy Landscape, Stanford, CA

October 4: IBM's Frontiers of IT: A Capitol Hill Briefing on the Role of Technology in Government, Washington, DC.

September 28-29: Lignofuels 2011

September 27: Invitation to the Public Release of the DOE Quadrennial Technology Review, Washington, DC 

September 27: National Research Council's Report on "Sustainability & the U.S. EPA," Washington, DC

September 25-27: 2011 ACEEE National Conference on Energy Efficiency as a Resource, Denver, CO

September 20-22: RETECH (the Renewable Energy Technology Conference & Exhibition) 2011, American Council on Renewable Energy 

June 18-22: American Public Power Association National Conference, Washington, DC

June 19-25: 11th International Multidisciplinary Scientific Geo-Conference and Expo - SGEM 2011 (Surveying Geology & Mining Ecology Management), Albena Resort, Bulgaria

June 26-30: 2011 American Nuclear Society Meeting, Hollywood, FL

June 27: Advanced Biofuels Workshop, Indianapolis, IN

June 8-9: Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (BASC) Spring Meeting, Washington DC 

June 7-10:  International Society for Industrial Ecology 2011 Conference, “Science, Systems and Sustainability,” University of California at Berkeley

June 10-15: American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) 2011 Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX

June 14-16: 8th Annual EnergyOcean International Conference & Exhibition, Portland, ME

June 15: House Science Committee Hearing on DOE Clean Technology Programs, 2-4 PM, 2318 Rayburn HOB, Washington DC

June 15-16: West Coast Energy Management Congress, Long Beach, CA

June 15-16: European Biodiesel 2011: Ensuring Growth and Sustainability Along the Supply Chain, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

June 15-17: Local Clean Energy Leadership Summit, Washington, DC

June 16: 14th Annual Congressional Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency EXPO & Forum, Washington, DC


May 5-6: AAAS Forum on Science and Technology Policy, Washington, DC

May 6: Live Webcast ONU Seminar: Carbon Tax vs. Carbon Trading 

May 8-13: World Renewable Energy Congress 2011, Lingkoping, Sweden

May 10-12: Electric Power Conference and Expo, Rosemont, IL

May 13: Webinar - Teaching about Natural Gas Exploration

May 15-19: 15th International Conference on Emerging Nuclear Energy Systems, San Francisco, CA

May 16-17: American Association of Engineering Societies (AAES) and National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Convocation, Awards Banquet, and ASME Public Policy Symposium, Washington, DC

May 16-17: A National Summit on Advancing Clean Energy Technologies, Washington, DC

May 17-21: American Solar Energy Society, National Solar Conference, Raleigh, NC

May 18-19: Evaluating Energy Storage Solutions for the Conventional & Renewable Power Industry, Turin, Italy

May 22-25: WINDPOWER 2011 Conference & Exhibition, American Wind Energy Association, Anaheim, CA

May 23: Lugar Center Renewable Energy Forum on Electric & Hybrid Vehicles, Indianapolis

May 26-27: DOE Energy Frontier Research Centers Summit and Forum, Washington, DC

April 30-May 3: American Physical Society (APS) April Meeting 2011, Anaheim, CA

May 2-5: International Biomass Conference and Expo, St. Louis, MO

May 2-5: Offshore Technology Conference 2011, Houston, TX

May 2-5: The 10th Annual Carbon Capture & Sequestration Conference, Pittsburgh, PA

May 3-4:  The 5th Annual Energy Efficiency Finance Forum, Philadelphia, PA

April 27-29: 4th Global Marine Renewable Energy Conference, Washington, DC

April 26-27: Santa Barbara Summit on Science & Technology for a Sustainable Energy Future, Santa Barbara, CA

April 26-27: 2011 U.S. Energy Information Administration Energy Conference, Washington, DC

April 25-29: 1st Annual World Congress of Bioenergy-2011: “Developing Bio-renewable Energy from Nature,” Dalian, China

April 25-29: Materials Research Society (MRS) 2011 Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA

April 10-12: ACEEE 2011 National Symposium on Market Transformation, Washington, DC

April 10-13: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention & Exhibition, Houston, TX

April 12: Energy Policy: Powering the Economic Recovery, Washington, DC

April 11-12/18-19: Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness (CLEAN) Pathway Workshop "Teaching Energy Awareness" Washington DC

April 12: Changing Planet, Clean Energy and Green Jobs, Washington DC

April 11-13: National SBIR/STTR Spring Conference: Growing the Innovation Ecosystem, Madison, WI

April 11-13: Energy and Sustainability 2011, Alicante, Spain

April 13-14: European Biomass to Power, Vienna, Austria

April 13-15: International Conference on Renewable Energies and Power Quality (ICREPQ'11), Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands (Spain)


March 31-April 2: Sustainable Environment Technologies 2011, Los Angeles, CA

April 3-5: PV America, Philadelphia, PA

April 6: Deepwater Drilling: Recommendations for a Safer Future, Washington, DC

April 7: Can Greater Use of Economic Analysis Improve Regulatory Policy at Independent Regulatory Agencies? Washington, DC

April 7-9: Wind Power India 2011 - International Conference & Exhibition, Chennai, India

April 8: Reducing Our Carbon Footprint - Taking the Right Path, Symposium on Energy, East Syracuse, NY

March 24-26: International Conference on Thermal Energy and Environment, Madurai, India

March 27-31, 2010: American Chemical Society Spring 2011 Meeting: Chemistry of Natural Resources, Anaheim, CA

March 30: 15th Annual Washington Energy Policy Conference: U.S. Electricity Dynamics, Markets, and Policy Options, Washington DC

March 30-31: GlobalCon 2011: Energy, Power & Facility Management Strategies and Technologies, Association of Energy Engineers, Philadelphia, PA

March 24-25: 9th Annual New York State Green Building Conference, Syracuse, NY  

March 23: The Road to the New Energy Economy: Electric Cars, Washington, DC

March 22-24: Genomics of Energy & Environment, 6th Annual DOE JGI User Meeting, Walnut Creek, CA

March 22-24: World Biofuels Markets, Rotterdam, Netherlands

March 21-25: American Physical Society (APS) March Meeting, Dallas, TX

March 22-23: George Washington University Law School Symposium: Environmental Governance at the Leading Edge of Technology, Washington, DC

March 22-23: SustaiNext Summit: Stimulating Regional Relationships, Drexel University, Philadelphia

March 20-23: Power Systems Conference & Exposition, Phoenix, AZ

March 14-15: IETA Carbon Forum North America, Wahington, DC

March 14-16: BioPro Expo, Atlanta, GA

March 14-17: European Wind Energy Association: Annual Event, Brussels, Belgium

March 17: NREL Webinar "Energy Policy and Planning at the Local Government Level"

March 13-17: American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Spring Meeting, Chicago, IL

March 13-17: 12th International Conference on Energy and Environment (EE-12), Aswan, Egypt

March 8-10: Renewable Energy World Conference & Expo, Tampa, FL

March 8-10: 2011 Spring Coal Forum, American Coal Council, Clearwater, FL

March 9: Growing Green in a Crowded, Carbon-Constrained World, Washington, DC

March 7-8: Renewable Energy Development on Federal Lands, EUCI, San Diego, CA

March 4-5: 2011 MIT Energy Conference, Boston, MA

March 1: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Budget for FY2012, Washington, DC

February 27 - March 2: Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration Annual Meeting, Denver, CO

February 27 - March 3: The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) 2011 Annual Meeting & Exhibition, San Diego, CA

February 28 - March 2:  2011: DOE 2011 ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit, Washington, DC

February 25: Creating Meaningful and Sustainable Alliances with Industry, National Professional Science Master's Association Best Practices Workshop, Baltimore, MD

February 24-25: State and Federal Climate and Energy Policy - Where Do We Go From Here? Washington, DC

February 24-25: Geopower Americas, San Francisco, CA

February 24: GHGMI Webinar: "Towards Robust, Global Greenhouse Gas Monitoring," 12 noon EST

February 24: DOE Webinar on "Federal Renewable Energy Project Implementation" - 1:30-2:30 EST

February 22-23: 2011 Energy Design Conference and Expo, Duluth, MN

February 18: U.S. Department of Energy National Laboratories Exhibit, AAAS Annual Meeting, Washington, DC 

February 17-21: American Association of the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting, Washington, DC

February 16: Webinar: Wind Powering America "Cost of Energy, Project Financing, and Funding," 3 p.m. EST

February 15-16: Smart Grid America Forum II, Washington, DC

February 14: 2012 Federal Research & Development Budget Briefing, Washington DC - live web streaming

February 13-16: Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Energy 2011 Conference and Expo, Washington, DC

February 10-11: Natural Gas Markets: Outlook for the Industry, Denver, CO

February 8-10: 2011 Good Jobs, Green Jobs National Conference, BlueGreen Alliance Foundation and UNEP, Washington, DC

February 8: Battery Technologies for Transportation: From Scientific Discovery to Marketplace, Washington, DC

February 7: Cut or Invest: What's the Best Way to Grow Our Economy? Washington, DC

February 6-9: “Advance,” 2011 Biodiesel Conference and Expo, Phoenix, AZ

February 3-5: ReTech 2011, 3rd Annual Renewable Energy Technology Conference and Exhibition, Washington, DC

February 2-4: Conference on Design Principles and Practices, Rome, Italy

February 1-2: Offshore Wind Power, Boston, MA

January 31 – February 2: 14th Annual EUEC - Energy & Environment Conference, Phoenix, AZ

January 31 – February 1: Middle East and North Africa Energy Investment Prospects, Chatham House, London

January 25-27: 32nd Annual Energy Generation Conference, Bismarck, ND

January 25-26: Solar Power Generation USA 2011, Las Vegas, NV

January 24-26: Wind and Solar Integration Summit, Infocast, Scottsdale, AZ

January 19-21: Synergistic SuperGrid for Transmitting Energy Overseas 2011, London, UK 

 
 
January 17-20: World Future Energy Summit, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 
 

January 10-12, 2011:  Pacific West Biomass Conference and Trade Show, Seattle, WA

December 11-14, 2010: 2010 Pacific Rim Summit on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioenergy, Honolulu, HI

December 15: Energy Innovation 2010, The National Press Club, Washington, DC 

December 15: 1-3 p.m. EST DOE Clean Cities Program Webinar on "Community Deployment of Electric Vehicles" 

December 7-8: The ACEEE 30th Anniversary Policy and Analysis Conference: Energy Efficiency - Advancing Our Economy, Environment and Security, Washington, DC

December 7-9:  US-China Wind 2010: Building Strategic Cooperation, San Francisco, CA

December 8-9: Energy Master Planning Workshops at EcoBuild America Conference, Washington, DC

December 9-10:  Hydraulic Fracturing: Challenges to Shale Gas Production, Denver, CO

November 30 - December 2: Partners in Environmental Technology Technical Symposium & Workshop, “Meeting DoD’s Environmental Challenges,” Washington, DC

November 30 - December 2: Southern Wind 2010, Myrtle Beach, SC

November 30:
 E3 2010: The Midwest's Premier Energy, Economic and Environmental Conference, St. Paul, MN - registration closes November 24

November 18-19:
 First International Conference on Green and Sustainable Technology: Research and Workforce Development, Greensboro, NC

November 18: Webinar on Advanced Biofuels Research Pathways, DOE Biomass Program and NABC, 3-4:30pm EST

November 18: Webinar on "The Future of Nuclear Power," noon EST

November 17: Creating a Clean Energy Century, with Third Way and Senators Udall, Hagan and Stabenow, Washington, DC

November 17: Renewable Natural Resources Foundation’s Congressional Forum on Assessing America’s Renewable Energy Future, Washington, DC

November 16 & 18: Webinars (Part I and Part II) on "Clean Energy and Sustainability as a Local Economic Development Strategy"

November 15-19: AAAS Leadership Seminar in Science and Technology Policy, Washington, DC

November 15-16: Governors' Global Climate Summit 3, Davis, CA

November 14-17, 2010: 2010 Behavior, Energy & Climate Change Conference, Sacramento, CA

November 8-9, 2010: Economic Scenarios For Coal-Fired Power Plants: Retire, Retrofit, Repower, St. Louis, MO

November 7-12: American Institute of Chemical Engineering Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT

November 3-5: CEREL Annual Program Conference at NREL: New Approaches to Energy Solutions, Golden, CO

November 3-5: Renewable Ocean Energy & the Marine Environment: Responsible Stewardship for a Sustainable Future, Florida Atlantic University, Palm Beach Gardens, FL

October 31-November 3:  Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver, CO

October 28-29: 3rd Annual Platts Appalachian Gas, Pittsburgh, PA

October 26-27: The Atlantic’s 2010 Green Intelligence Forum, Washington, DC

October 26-27: 3rd Annual Platts Nodal Trader, New York City

October 25-27: IQPC’s Offshore Wind Power Summit, Washington, DC

October 18: Southwest Energy Innovation Forum, Arizona State University

October 18-20: Building the Value Chain for Commercializing Small Modular Reactors, Washington, DC

October 20:
 Webcast, UNU Worldwide in New York Series, “Ranking is not Enough: Measuring University Performance"

October 19-21:  Brazil Renewable Energy Finance & Investment Summit, 2010, São Paulo, Brazil

October 22-24 and November 5-7: Workshop, Photovoltaic System Design & Construction, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC

October 15-16: 2010 Keck/PKAL National Colloquium, “Transformative Change in STEM Education,”Washington, DC

October 15-24: Study Trip to Chernobyl: Implications for the Future Energy Economy, Ukraine

October 13: Streamlining the Nuclear Energy Regulatory Process, Brookings Institution, Washington, DC

October 12-13: Oil & Money 2010, London, UK

October 11-12: Near-term Opportunities for Biorefineries, Champaign, IL

October 10-12: AASHE 2010 Conference, “Campus Initiatives to Catalyze a Just and Sustainable World,”Denver, CO

October 7: Webinar - Advancing Fuel Cell Commercialization through Government Collaboration

October 2:ASES National Solar Tour

September 30 - October 2: Enhancing Communication in Cross-Disciplinary Research;, Coeur d’Alene, ID

September 29 - October 2: California Passive House Week 2010

September 29-30: Carbon Capture and Sequestration Summit, Washington, DC

September 28-29: International Conference on Airborne Wind Energy, Stanford University

September 23-24: Climate Change 2010: The Way Forward in a Post-Copenhagen World, London, U.K.

September 21-22: Meeting of Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future, Washington, DC

September 20-21: 2nd Annual Feed-in Tariff Conference: Ontario One Year Later, Toronto, ON

September 16: Webinar on "Biodiesel Policies and Mandates - What’s Really Involved?" 

September 15-17: Alternative Renewable Energy Green Expo, Washington DC

September 15: ACORE Webinar on "Outlook for Renewables - The Competitive Landscape," 

September 14-16: Global Sustainable Bioenergy North American Convention 2010, Minneapolis, MN

September 14-15: Solar Policy & Economics Forum USA & Solar Power Generation USA 2011, Washington DC

September 14: Energy Technologies, “Comparative Innovation Strategies and Technology Transfer,” Washington DC

September 14:Alliance to Save Energy Policy Summit, Washington, DC

September 12-19: World Energy Congress 2010, Montreal, QC

September 10-11: Workshop, Bioenergy Systems for Community & Farm Scale, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC

September 8: 2010 UNLV Clean Energy Forum, Las Vegas, NV

September 8: DOE Biomass Program Webinar, Algae Webinar

September 7: National Clean Energy Summit 3.0: Investing in American Jobs, Las Vegas, NV