Agenda
NEES events will take place on the 3rd floor of the Motif, located at 1415 Fifth Avenue in Seattle.
Tuesday, April 7
2:00pm –Pre-Summit Seattle Sightseeing Tours
5:00pm -7:00pm – Registration and Dinner – Emerald 1
- Plenary Speaker: KC Golden, Climate Solutions – The Keystone Principle: Claiming our power to wage and win the clean energy revolution
Wednesday, April 8
7:00am -8:00am – Registration and Breakfast – Emerald 1
8:00am – 9:40am – Summit Welcome and Keynotes – Emerald 1
- Introduction and Welcome: Kevin Zobrist – Washington State University Extension
- Keynote speaker: Heidi VanGenderen – DOE Director of Public Engagement – Reaping the 21st Century Energy Harvest
- Keynote speaker: Bill Goldner – USDA National Program Leader – Advancing the Bioeconomy Through Innovation and Integration
9:40am– 10:00am – Break
10:00am – 10:50am – Discussion Panel – Climate Change – Emerald 1
- Moderator: Patricia Townsend – Washington State University
- Panelist: Christopher Jones – University of Arizona & ANREP Climate Science Initiative
- Panelist: Ross Macfarlane – Climate Solutions
- Panelist: Richard Gammon – University of Washington
- Panelist: Lara Whitely Binder – Climate Impacts Group
10:50am – 11:00am – Short Break
11:00am – 12:30pm – Breakout Session 1
- Interactive Energy Discussion- Talking Climate: A Roundtable Conversation on How Extension Educators Can Engage Audiences on Climate Change Issues and Adaptation and Mitigation Practices – Emerald 1
- Communicating Energy through Extension – Building Energy Literacy – Emerald 2
- Bioenergy from Farms & Forests – Engaging Audiences Through Bioenergy Outreach – Emerald 3
12:30pm -1:30pm – Lunch
1:30pm – 4:00pm – Bullitt Center Tours
3:15pm – 4:00pm – NEES Long-Term Home Committee Meeting – Emerald 1
4:00pm – 6:00pm – Poster Session and Reception – Emerald 2 & 3
Thursday, April 9
7:00am – 8:00am – Breakfast – Emerald 1
8:00am – 9:20am – Thursday Keynotes Speakers – Emerald 1
- Keynote Speaker: Beverly Samuel, USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture – Power of Extension: Energy Efficiency Education
- Keynote Speaker: Wendy Gerlitz, Northwest Energy Coalition – Our Best Energy Options: Energy Efficiency and Renewables
9:20am – 9:40am – Break
9:40am– 11:10am – Breakout Session 2
- Interactive Energy Discussion – Evaluating Effective Energy Extension Materials -E4 – Emerald 1
- Communicating Energy through Extension – Outreach Tools for the Extension Professional – Emerald 3
- Bioenergy from Farms & Forests – Saving Energy on the Farm – Belltown
11:10am – 11:30am – Break
11:30am- 12:30pm – Breakout Session 3
- Interactive Energy Discussions – Examining Energy Outreach – Emerald 1
- Communicating Energy through Extension – Harnessing the Power of Community Collaborations – Emerald 3
- Bioenergy from Farms & Forests – New Frontiers in Wood Energy – Belltown
12:30pm – 1:30pm Lunch
1:30pm – 3:00pm– Breakout Session 4
- Interactive Energy Discussion – The Role of the Extension Energy Professional – So you’re an Extension energy professional…now what? – Emerald 1
- Communicating Energy through Extension – Community Scale Energy Projects – Emerald 3
- Communicating Energy through Extension – Empowering Youth through Energy Education – Belltown
3:00pm – 3:20pm – Break
3:20pm – 4:20pm – Discussion Panel– Extension Energy Programs – Emerald 1
- Moderator: Jim Jensen – Washington State University Energy Extension
- Panelist: Jill Euken – Iowa State University Bioeconomy Institute
- Panelist: Cary Weiner – Colorado State University Extension
- Panelist: Eric Romich – Ohio State University Extension
- Panelist: Kate Venturini – University of Rhode Island Outreach Center
4:20pm – 5:00pm – The Future of NEES: An interactive discussion on the structure of a national Extension energy organization – Eric Romich
- Discussion of proposed organization models
- Vote on proposed models
5:10pm – 6:00pm – NEES Implementation Team Meeting – All are welcome and encouraged to attend
- Discussion of next steps in transiting to new organizational structure
Friday, April 10
Optional Energy Tours – Meet in the Motif lobby 15 minutes before your tour departs.
8:30 am – 3:00 pm Snoqualmie Falls Hydroelectric Project
8:30 am – 4:00 pm Farm Energy Tour
9:00 am – 1:00pm Seattle Urban Energy Tour