Conference agenda

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

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