Energy Summit 2022

Enabling Transformation to a Low Carbon Future

Welcome to an in-depth and comprehensive summit on technology aspects related to the future of energy. We invite interested attendees from academia and industry to the IIT Madras Energy Summit 2022.

Energy Summit 2022, this year’s edition of IIT Madras Energy Consortium’s flagship event, will be held in Chennai on Dec 8 & 9, 2022

For help in registration contact
Gowshik – 9842498743

About the IITM Energy Summit

Following the success of the inaugural Energy Summit in 2021, the 2nd Energy Summit and Conference will be conducted showcasing the emerging technologies and enabling dialogues on climate action in India and the world.

Join us and participate in fascinating lectures, panel discussions and interactive sessions with fellow researchers from academia and industries all across the globe to combat climate change and a sneak peek into exciting future directions in energy technologies.

The event will comprise two main streams: Academic Stream – will comprise speeches and presentations from research experts and student paper presentations Industry Stream – will comprise industry expert sessions and workshops on key decarbonization themes

This section provides details about this unique summit hosted at the famous IIT Madras Research Park.

8-9 December 2022

9 AM – 6 PM

IC & SR, IIT Madras and IIT Madras Research Park

The key themes for this year’s summit are:

Energy efficiency, economics and climate finance

CO2 capture technologies, utilization and storage

Hydrogen economy

Renewable integration and storage

Transitional energy pathways

Organising Committee

Aravind Kumar Chandiran Himanshu Goyal
Preeti Aghalayam Sriram Krishnan
Rajnish Kumar Ram Narayanamurthy
Satyanarayanan Seshadri Vikram Rao
Nikhil Tambe Vasu Guruswamy
Swapna Singha Rabha Ashok Krishna
Santosh Kumar Sahu

Scientific Committee

Dr Sharath Lande Reliance Industries
Dr Deepak Rajagopal University of California Los Angeles
Dr Devi Prasad Mahapatra University of Massachusetts
Dr Aravind Rajendram University of Alberta
Dr Kaustab Mohanty IIT Guwahati
Dr Hilal Ezgi Toraman Penn State

Plenary speaker

Dr. Ashish Lele

Director, National Chemical Laboratory

Keynote address

Prof. Praveen Linga

Professor, National University of Singapore

Vasu Guruswamy

Co-founder, Lavni Ventures

Vikram Rao

Executive Director, RTEC

Kanaksabapathi Subramanian

Senior Vice President, Ashok Leyland

Rahul Walawalkar

President & MD of Customized Energy Solutions

Agenda

  • Day 1  : Dec 08 2022
  • Day 2  : Dec 09 2022

Day 1: Sessions

Note: First portion of the session will be held at IC & SR Building, IIT Madras. The second portion will be held at the Main Auditorium of IIT Madras Research Park
Logistics support for travel from IC & SR to IITM Research Park will be provided to all delegates.
  • Plenary sessions
  • Keynote lectures
  • CEO panel
  • Invited lectures
  • Poster session

Themes: Energy efficiency, International partnerships, Low carbon mobility, Transitional energy pathways 

Summit Inauguration

9:00 – 9:15

Inauguration

Prof V Kamakoti – Director of IIT Madras

Talks

9:15 – 10:00

Plenary address

Dr Ashish Lele – Director NCL 

10:00 – 11:30

Keynote lectures

  1. Dr Ashok Jhunjhunwala – President, IITM Research Park
  2. Dr. Vikram Rao – Executive Director, Research Triangle Energy Consortium
  3. Kanaksabapathi Subramanian – Senior Vice President, Ashok Leyland

11:30 – 11:45 

Tea/Coffee 

11:45 – 1:15

Contributed lectures

1:15 – 2:15

Lunch and poster session

Poster session will present research from students and scholars based on abstracts accepted for presentation 

2:15 – 3:15

Contributed lectures

3:30– 4:00

Launch of Australia India Centre for Energy

Ms. Sarah Kirlew – Hon. Consul General of Australia

Research Park Sessions

4:30 – 6:00

Industry panel discussion over high tea

Prof. Raghunathan Rengaswamy – Dean of Global Engagement, IITM

Low Carbon Choices – The Top 3 top India should focus on for rapid decarbonization 

6:30 – 8:00

Top management panel

Topic: Pathways to Panchamrit – Opportunities and roadblocks 

  1. Moderator: Prof Satya Seshadri – Faculty Lead, Energy Consortium at IITM  
  2. Ashok Rodgi – Executive India Engineering Operation at Baker Hughes 
  3. Amit Verma – Director, NITI Aayog 
  4. Prof Rishikesh Krishnan – IIM Bangalore 
  5. Raj Srinivasan- Professor, Chemical Engineering, IITM 
  6. Raghunathan K – General Motors

8:00 – 9:30

Dinner

Day 2 : Sessions

Note: First portion of the session will be held at IC & SR Building, IIT Madras. The second portion will be held at the Main Auditorium of IIT Madras Research Park
Logistics support for travel from IC & SR to IITM Research Park will be provided to all delegates.

 

  • Plenary sessions
  • Keynote lectures
  • Invited lectures
  • Industry – Faculty thematic panel discussions
  • Poster session

Themes: CO2 capture & utilization, Hydrogen economy, Energy storage, Multi-stakeholder collaboration 

9:00 – 9:15

Day 1 recap and day 2 inauguration 

Prof Raghunathan Rengaswamy – Dean of Global Management, IITM 

Talks

9:15 – 11:15

Keynote lectures

  1. Dr Praveen Linga – Vice Dean, National University of Singapore 
  2. Dr Tiffany Walsh – Deakin University, Australia
  3. Rahul Walawalkar– President & MD of Customized Energy Solutions
  4. Vasu Guruswamy – Partner/Founder, Lavni Ventures

11:15 – 11:30

Tea

11:30 – 1:15

Contributed Lectures

1:15 – 2:15

Lunch and poster session 

Poster session will present research from students and scholars based on abstracts accepted for presentation

2:15-3:15

Contributed Lectures

3:15 – 4:00

Over a Cup of Aye Aye Tea 

How realistic is a carbon-free grid?

 

A Muti – stakeholder interaction moderated by  

Dr Vikram Rao – Executive Director, Research Triangle Energy Consortium 

4:30 – 6:00

Lab visits (Technology showcase) 

Research Park Sessions

4:30 – 6:00

TBD

Topic: Identify the top 3 problem statements from the day’s proceedings for the scientific and industry community as “Grand challenges”  

6:30 – 8:00

Industry + Faculty Thematic panel 

(Curated panel discussions between industry leaders, government/policy representatives and faculty members) 

Topic: How can the world accelerate climate-tech adoption? Short, mid, and long-term disruptive actions by Industry, Academia, and Policymakers 

 

  1. Moderator: Rajnish Kumar – Professor, Chemical Engineering, IITM 
  2. Dr Marwa Al-Ansary – Shell International 
  3. Dr Ranjith Pai – DST, Govt of India 
  4. Dr Pravin Linga – Vice Dean, National University of Singapore 
  5. Deepak Rajagopal – Faculty UCLA 
  6. Anil Jain – ex Sec, Oil & Gas, GoI 
  7. Industry Expert

    8:00 – 9:30

    Dinner

    Registration for Energy Summit 2022

    Note:
    • Early bird incentive ends on Oct 30 2022
    • Registration fee includes the participation in the conference and summit, publication of the contribution, conference attendance e-certificate, lunch and dinner during conference, badge, conference accessories and coffee breaks.
    • The accommodation will be provided to the early bird registered students at IITM hostels on request*
    • Cancellations and refunds of the registration fees are not allowed.
    • *Accommodation fee is not included in the registration fee.

    For help in registration contact Gowshik – 9842498743

    Contact the organizers

    Himanshu Goyal

    Indian Institute of Technology – Madras

    Email: goyal@iitm.ac.in

    Santosh Kumar Sahu

    Indian Institute of Technology – Madras

    Email: santosh@iitm.ac.in

    Swapna Singha Rabha

    Indian Institute of Technology – Madras

    Email: srabha@iitm.ac.in

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