Conference agenda
Day 1 – Monday, April 8, 2024
The locations for all agenda items are on the 4th floor of the Joe Crowley Student Union
4th floor lobby/Milt Glick Ballroom, 4th floor
Milt Glick Ballroom, 4th floor
Milt Glick Ballroom, 4th floor
Geoffrey Brown, Ph.D., program director with the NSF TIP Directorate and Bob Potts, deputy director of the Nevada Governor’s Office of Economic Development. Moderated by Mridul Gautam, Ph.D., University of Nevada, Reno vice president for research & innovation
Presenters
Geoffrey Brown, Ph.D.
Program Director
National Science Foundation Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships
Bob Potts
Deputy Director
Nevada Governor’s Office of Economic Development
Mridul Gautam, Ph.D. (moderator)
Vice President for Research and Innovation
University of Nevada, Reno
Milt Glick Ballroom, 4th floor
A fifteen-minute break in the schedule.
Milt Glick Ballroom, 4th floor
In this richly illustrated presentation, Eben and Numan will explore how their indigenous, cultural perspective differs from the perspectives typically held by non-Natives. Native American historical and cultural events have largely been interpreted and related to the American public by non-Indians, many of them western-trained archaeologists and scientists. This has resulted in a proliferation of incorrect views and insensitive attitudes towards Native culture. Additionally, problematic stereotypes have been perpetuated by television shows, movies and mass media. This presentation will describe the historical and current laws that Native American tribes must maneuver through to be heard by federal, state and local entities. It will demonstrate how government policies and administrative guidelines were created, and function, to continue the colonization of the New World. Eben and Numan will also demonstrate how mining adversely affects the environment while asking, if extractive processes like lithium mining depend upon fossil fuels, how much lithium will society need to recycle? They will ask their audience to consider whether this new wave of extraction should require the first peoples of the U.S. to sacrifice more of their culture and more of their unceded lands to satisfy settler-colonial capitalism.
Presenters
Michon Eben
Cultural Resource Manager/THPO
Reno-Sparks Indian Colony
Travis Numan
Ph.D. Student in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Science
University of Nevada, Reno
Milt Glick Ballroom, 4th floor
Milt Glick Ballroom, 4th floor
Future trends in battery technology with representatives from Dragonfly Energy, Panasonic and Comstock, Inc.
Panelists
Vick Singh
Senior Vice President of Technology
Dragonfly Energy
Bryan Byles
Assistant General Manager, Materials Engineering
Panasonic
Corrado DeGasperis (moderator)
CEO and President
Comstock, Inc.
- Culture of Innovation – Room 423
- Economic Development (Community and Economic Development Initiatives) – Room 403
- Workforce Development – Milt Glick Ballroom, 4th floor
- Sustainable Development – Room 402
Milt Glick Ballroom, 4th floor
Venture Capital with representatives from America’s Frontier Fund, Roadrunner Ventures, SVB Capital and gener8tor
Panelists
Zach Beecher
Head of Strategic Partnerships
America’s Frontier Fund
Danny deLaveaga
Managing Director
gener8tor
Beau Laskey
Managing Partner
SVB Capital
Doug Erwin (moderator)
Senior Vice President, Entrepreneurship
Economic Development Authority of Western Nevada (EDAWN)
Milt Glick Ballroom, 4th floor
Speaker
Betony Jones
Director of the Office of Energy Jobs
U.S. Department of Energy
Milt Glick Ballroom, 4th floor
Day 2 – Tuesday, April 9, 2024
The locations for all agenda items are on the 4th floor of the Joe Crowley Student Union
4th floor lobby/Milt Glick Ballroom, 4th floor
4th floor lobby/Milt Glick Ballroom, 4th floor
Milt Glick Ballroom, 4th floor
Success Stories and Lessons Learned from Successful Innovation Ecosystems with representatives from the Georgia Research Alliance, BioSTL, the Arkansas Research Alliance and the State Science & Technology Institute.
Panelists
Bryan Barnhouse
President & CEO
Arkansas Research Alliance
Susan Shows
Georgia Research Alliance
Brittany Whitley
Manager of Talent & Workforce Strategy
BioSTL
Jason Rittenberg (moderator)
Vice President
State Science & Technology Institute
Milt Glick Ballroom, 4th floor
Q&A with Recharge Nevada collaborators
- Economic Development (Nevada’s Battery Supply Chain: Challenges and Opportunities) – Room 403
- Use-Inspired Research – Room 402
- Workforce Development – Milt Glick Ballroom, 4th floor
Milt Glick Ballroom, 4th floor
Milt Glick Ballroom, 4th floor
The Battery Circular Economy with representatives from the University, Lithium Americas, Redwood Materials and American Battery Technology Company
Panelists
Dev Chidambaram, Ph.D.
Professor, Chemical & Materials Engineering; NSF ENGINES co-PI
University of Nevada, Reno
Ryan Ravenelle
R&D Manager
Lithium Americas
York Smith
Director of Research & Development
American Battery Technology Company
Paul Voigt
Vice President, Chemical Engineering
Redwood Materials
Jeremy Moon, Ph.D. (moderator)
Research Scientist
University of Nevada, Reno
A fifteen-minute break in the schedule.
Milt Glick Ballroom, 4th floor
Workforce and Economic Development in Nevada’s New Innovation Ecosystem with representatives from Truckee Meadows Community College, the Nevada Governor’s Office of Economic Development, Tesla and the University Center for Economic Development
Panelists
Karsten Heise
Senior Director Strategic Programs & Innovation
Governor’s Office of Economic Development
Kim Harrell
Truckee Meadows Community College
Chris Reilly
Policy & Business Development
Tesla
Fred Steinmann, Ph.D.
Director, University Center for Economic Development
University of Nevada, Reno
Milt Glick Ballroom, 4th floor