Agenda & Schedule

Please note that the schedule times are in Pacific Standard Time (PST).

ALL DAY OPEN POSTER SESSION

We welcome posters from students and faculty at academic and research institutions around Kern County studying carbon management. This may include topics related to carbon capture and storage from cement, oil and gas, or other point source emissions, carbon geologic sequestration, carbon dioxide removal using nature-based solutions, carbon transportation, soil carbon sequestration, direct air capture, biomass to hydrogen, and other topics.

If you are interested in sharing your poster at the conference, please submit your abstract to events@climatenow.com with CERC Symposium Poster Session in the title.

8:00 - 8:30 AM

Light Breakfast

and Networking

Doors open at 8:00 AM

Open poster session presenting research by students and faculty, and exhibitor booths available to engage with.

8:30 - 9:00 AM

Welcome Address

and Introductions

Speakers: Lynnette Zelezny (President, CSUB), Vernon Harper (Provost, CSUB), Jane Dong (Dean, CSUB)

9:00 - 9:20 AM

Keynote Address: The Big Picture of

Carbon Management

Keynote Speaker: George Peridas (Lawrence Livermore National Lab)

9:20 - 9:45 AM

Carbon Transport: How and

Where to Build CO2 Pipelines

Speakers: Hilary Petrizzo (SoCalGas), Eric Dhanens (Cornerstone Engineering)

9:45 - 10:30 AM

Carbon Management

Policy

Moderator: Amber Mace (CCST)

Panelists: Marie Liu (CA Assembly Speaker's Office), Louise Bedsworth (Center for Law, Energy and the Environment)

10:30 - 10:50 AM

Coffee Break

and Networking

Open poster session presenting research by students and faculty, and exhibitor booths available to engage with.

10:50 - 11:05 AM

Subsurface Technical Issues Impacting

Carbon Sequestration, AAPG Workshop

Report

Speaker: Creties Jenkins, P.E., P.G. (Rose and Associates)

11:05 - 11:50 AM

Bio-Energy CCS and Biomass

Carbon Removal and Storage

Moderator: Allegra Mayer (Lawrence Livermore National Lab)

Panelists: Steve Wirtel (KORE), Mike Keller (Central Valley Orchard Management), TJ Paskach (San Joaquin Renewables), Nora Cohen Brown (Charm Industrial)

11:50 - 12:20PM

Community Engagement

Efforts Around Carbon Management

Speakers: Susan Houghton (Livermore Lab Foundation), Chelsy Lancaster (Ridgeview High School)

12:20 - 1:15 PM

Lunch Break and

Networking

Open poster session presenting research by students and faculty, and exhibitor booths available to engage with.

1:15 - 1:45 PM

Conversation: Kern County Carbon

Management Business Park Vision

Interviewer: James Lawler (Climate Now)

Speaker: Lorelei Oviatt (Kern County Planning and Natural Resources)

1:45 - 2:15 PM

Carbon Management Impacts

on Air and Water Quality

Moderator: Amy Rutledge (Kern County Public Health)

Panelists: Kimberley Mayfield (Lawrence Livermore National Lab), Newsha Ajami (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab)

2:15 - 2:35 PM

Coffee Break

and Networking

Open poster session presenting research by students and faculty, and exhibitor booths available to engage with.

2:35 - 3:20 PM

The Business of CO2

Removal, Capture and Storage

Moderator: James Lawler (Climate Now)

Panelists: Nyakundi Michieka (CSUB), Alexei Vyssotski (Chevron New Energies), Ruth Ivory-Moore (Global CCS Institute), Bruno Salomon (National Cement)

3:20 - 3:35 PM

CERC Closing Remarks and

Forward-Thinking Address

Speaker: Lynnette Zelezny (President, CSUB), Anthony Rathburn (Professor and Chair, Department of Geological Sciences, Director at CERC)