25th Annual Campus Energy Conference Preliminary Program
Sunday, February 5
9:00 am – 5:00 pm
1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
6:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Registration Open for Workshops
Distribution Workshop – System Safety and Training
Super Bowl Party – Open to Workshop Attendees
Monday, February 6
Continental Breakfast – Registration Open
Business Development/Clean Energy Application Center Workshop
Distribution Workshop – System Projects, Leak Detection and Work Practices
Lunch for Workshop Attendees
Business Development/Clean Energy Application Center Workshop
Distribution Workshop – Training, New Technology and Round Table Discussions
Campus Energy Conference Welcome Reception with IDEA Business Partner Exhibitors
Open to Workshop and Conference Attendees
7:00 am – 8:00 am
8:00 am – 12:00 pm
8:00 am – 12:00 pm
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
5:00 pm – 6: 30 pm
Tuesday, February 7
Registration Open
Continental Breakfast with Business Partner Exhibitors
Speaker Orientation Meeting
Introductions – Rob Thornton, IDEA President & CEO
Welcome Remarks – Vincent Badali, IDEA Chair, Veolia Energy NA
Opening Remarks – David Adamian, Conference Technical Chair, Greener U
Opening Plenary Panel Discussion: From University Campuses to Military Bases:
Converging Solutions in Clean Energy
Invited panelists to include senior representatives from U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Department of Energy &
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to join IDEA Campus Energy Leaders in a discussion of the economic,
environmental and energy security advantages of DE/CHP.
Moderator: Rob Thornton, IDEA
7:00 am – 6:00 pm
7:00 am – 8:00 am
7: 15 am – 7: 45 am
8:00 am – 8: 15 am
8: 15 am – 9: 15 am
9: 15 am – 9: 45 am
9: 45 am – 10: 15 am
10: 15 am – 10: 45 am
1A: Clean Energy Innovation
Producing Steam and Farm
Income from Native Warm Season
Grass Biofuels – L. W. Wilson,
Piedmont Geriatric Hospital; Fred
Circle, FDC Enterprises Grasslands
Services; Steve Bowen, Nottoway
County, VA
Sustainable Energy Expansion
Project at Mizzou – Adam Ross,
Sega
Solar Cogeneration Systems
Maximize Energy Harvest,
Producing Hot Water from
Waste Heat of Photovoltaics –
Gilad Almogy, Cogenra Solar
1B: Efficiency-Focused
Innovative Campus Renewal
CHP Technology Identification
and Project Site Selection on
Military Installations – Adam
Young, Burns & McDonnell; Victor
Poland, Fort Leonard Wood
Efficiency Improvements at the
Nation’s Largest Chilled Water
Plant – Lynn Crawford, Affiliated
Engineers; Tim Brown & Jose Garcia,
Thermal Energy Corporation
Comprehensive Utilities and
Energy Management – Jim Riley,
Les Williams, Texas A&M
1C: PANEL Discussion:
Military Bases, Microgrids
& Managing Sustainability
Invited Panelists:
Jonathan Powers – U.S. Army
Energy Initiatives Task Force
Richard Boyette – U.S. Navy NAV/
FAC Representative
Christine Kingery – U.S. Army Net
Zero Initiative
John Kelly – Perfect Power Institute
Merrill Smith – U.S. Department
of Energy
Tim Griffin – RMF Engineering, Inc.
