Stay informed of McISCE news and events

 
Join our mailing list

Interested in partnering with McISCE?

 

Contact our Liaison Officer
McGill.CA / McGill Centre for Innovation in Storage and Conversion of Energy / Events

Interconnect Conference 2024

October 2, 2024, Faculty Club Ballroom

Electrification can reduce emissions, but doing so fairly poses challenges.

Community-led projects empower local communities to plan and manage their own electrification.

Our panel will explore the opportunities and challenges of electrification, drawing on research and practical experience.

Please register to attend

Interconnect conference 2024 poster

Conference Program

Detailed program:
PDF icon McISCE 2024 Interconnect Conference Program Guide

Time Session

8h45 – 9h00

 Introduction

9h00 – 10h00

 3MT + questions for McISCE Trainees

10h00 – 10h30

 Break + posters

10h30 – 12h00

Several interactive workshops for McISCE Trainees

(on research, taking your product from lab-to-market, and careers in industry)

12h00 – 13h15

 LUNCH

13h15 – 13h30

Professor Sylvain Coulombe
Director McISCE

13h30 –14h15

Keynote 1: Kelsey Kane-Ritsch,
Director, Community Implementation at Rewiring America

14h15-14h30

 Short break

14h30 – 15h15

Keynote 2: Christina Hoicka
Canada Research Chair in Urban Planning for Climate Change at University of Victoria

15h15 – 15h45

 Break + posters

15h45

 Panel: Community-led electrification from end-to-end

17h00 – 19h00

 Cocktails + posters

 

 

 

Collage of McISCE brand photos

McISCE Interconnect Conference 

The McISCE Interconnect Conference will be held on October 11, 2023 at Redpath Hall from 12:30-7:00 pm. The conference will bring together researchers with various points-of-view on how to achieve a sustainable energy future.
Please register to attend the conference

 

View the full program for the day
PDF icon Conference program and presenters

 

Trainees
The conference will be a great opportunity for McISCE graduate students to present their research and network.
There are two ways students can communicate their research to other members:

  • 3-minute research presentations (3MT) and/or
  • poster presentations

Please fill out this form if you would like to present at the conference.  Abstracts are due by September 22.

The conference includes 4 sessions consisting of presentations from both professors and students. These sessions are introductions to the research and expertise at McISCE and should rouse discussions during breaks.

Time Schedule
12:30-13:00 Coffee & welcome
13:00-14:00

Research axes presentations

Axis 1. Analysis, Impact and Policy, presented by Mylene Riva

Axis 2. Storage Tec8hnologies, presented by George Demopoulos

Axis 3. Circular Fuel Technologies, presented by Jeffrey Bergthorson

Axis 4. Manufacturing and Systems, presented by YaoYao Fiona Zhao
14:00-14:20

Break 

     
14:20-15:10 Three-minute thesis (3MT) by students
15:10-15:30 Break 
15:30-16:30

Engage panel: How can energy transitions be both technically feasible and socially acceptable?

Panelists:

Darin Barney, Art History and Communication Studies, Faculty of Arts

Amy Janzwood, Political Science, Faculty of Arts

Alessandro Navarra, Mining and Materials Engineering, Faculty of Engineering

Philippe Ouzilleau, Mining and Materials Engineering, Faculty of Engineering
16:30-18:00 Poster session + wine and cheese
18:00+ Wrap-up 

 

Back to top