Energy and Climate Technologies for the Arctic

Free Hybrid Workshop: Energy and Climate Technologies for the Arctic

The Lakefront Anchorage Hotel, Anchorage, Alaska, USA

Recordings and Presentation Charts

Join us for a fascinating event right in the heart of one of the planet’s areas most affected by the effects of climate change: Alaska! You will learn about climate change induced impacts, indigenous experience, state of the art local research programs, remote sensing, land and oceanic field studies, and new and developing technologies for transitioning energy systems. You will debate with your colleagues ways to prioritize technology development to address challenges caused by the changing Arctic ecosystem. You will become part of a growing expert community dedicated to building IEEE technology roadmaps to return our planet to sustainability.

Workshop Overview

Please check the Technical Program details. The first day focuses on energy in the Arctic: current mix, transition needs and options, infrastructure issues, discovery of current research programs, and brainstorming on the contributions that IEEE can make to help close existing gaps between current and needed energy technologies in the context of climate change.

We encourage you to check the following resources prior to the start of the workshop. Also, let us know if you have other resources you think should be added to this list! This workshop’s agenda is being developed in collaboration with The University of Alaska Anchorage.

Organization of Events

Thursday, 2 May:

• Hotel check-in and afternoon workshop registration
• Optional informal group dinner at the Lakefront Anchorage hotel.

Friday, 3 May:

• Optional group breakfast at the Lakefront Anchorage hotel
• Transportation to and from the University of AK Anchorage
• Workshop day 1 at the University of AK Anchorage
• University lab visits
• Return to hotel, shuttles available to/from downtown Anchorage for dinner

Saturday, 4 May:

• Optional group breakfast at the Lakefront Anchorage hotel
• Workshop day 2 at the Lakefront Anchorage hotel
• Evening dinner for attendees and guests at the hotel

Sunday, 5 May:

• Optional group breakfast at the Lakefront Anchorage hotel
• Check-out

Workshop Moderators

Maike Luiken, Initiative Co-Chair

Maike Luiken, PhD, SMIEEE, IEEE-HKN, FEIC, chairs Planet Positive 2030 – an initiative of the IEEE Standards Association – as well as the P7800 Standards Working Group: Recommended Practice for Addressing Sustainability, Environmental Stewardship and Climate Change Challenges in Professional Practice. She served as the IEEE VP, Member & Geographic Activities, 2021, as President of IEEE Canada during 2018-19 and, 2018, as Chair, Policy Track, IEEE Internet Initiative. Maike is and has been for more than 15 years a very strong supporter of sustainable development. She is a managing director, R&D, at a start-up company and Adjunct Research Professor, Western University, Canada. Previously, in Sarnia, Canada, she led the Bluewater Sustainability Initiative, 2006 – 2013.

Wei-Jen Lee, Initiative Co-Chair

Professor Wei-Jen Lee received the B.S. and M.S. degrees from National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan., and the Ph.D. degree from the University of Texas, Arlington, in 1978, 1980, and 1985, respectively, all in Electrical Engineering.

In 1986, he joined the University of Texas at Arlington, where he is currently a professor of the Electrical Engineering Department and the director of the Energy Systems Research Center. He has been involved in the revision of IEEE Std. 141, 339, 551, 739, and 1584, and the development of 1584.1, 1584.2, 3002.8, and 3002.9. He is the past President of the IEEE Industry Application Society (IAS), the chair of IEEE TAB (Technical Activity Board) Climate Change Program, co-chair of IEEE Sustainable Development Ad Hoc Committee, member of IEEE Ad Hoc Committee to Coordinate IEEE’s Response to Climate Change (CCIRCC), member of IEEE TAB Hall of Honor Committee, member of Pillar 4 of the Global Power Systems Transformation (G-PST), chair of IEEE Smart Grid program, chair of IEEE Smart Cities Education Committee, member of IEEE Smart Grid Operation and Education Committees, and member of United Nations (UN) Council of Engineers for the Energy Transition (CEET).