Innovation in Energy
General introduction
Mireille Guyader, Counselor for Science and Technology, Office for Science and Technology, Embassy of France in the USA
9:00- 9:05 am CST
4:00 – 4:05 UTC +2
Moderation
Juliana Garaizar, Head of Houston Incubator and VP of Innovation for Greentown Labs
9:05- 9:15 am CST
4:05 – 4:15 UTC +2
Topic I: Energy production and harvesting
9:15- 9:55 am CST
4:15 – 4:55 pm UTC +2
- Energy harvesting from vibrations, elastic/acoustic waves, and fluid-structure interactions, Alper Erturk, Georgia Tech, USA
- Hydrogen production by artificial photosynthesis, Laurent Billon, Pau University, France
- Hossein Robatjazi, Syzygy Plasmonics, USA
Break
Topic II: Energy efficiency and sustainability
10:10 – 10:50 am CST
5:10 – 5:50 UTC +2
- Aditya Mohite, Rice University, USA
- Efficiency of perovskite-based solar cells, Stéphane Cros, INES-CEA, France
- Urban & renewable energy producers, Louis Dubar, Unéole, France
Conclusions and perspectives
Focus on Biomimicry for innovations in energy by Kalina Raskin, CEO & cofounder CEEBIOS
10:50 – 11:00 am CST
5:50 – 6:00 UTC +2