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About Orcas
Welcome to the 2024 Orcas conference! We are excited to be at the amazing IslandWood facility on Bainbridge Island this year. Our organizing team is working hard to bring together a compelling conference schedule with leaders in clean energy research and technology as well as plenty of opportunities to interact with them, and amongst ourselves during seminars, workshops, and career panels.
Bringing our community together to push the scientific boundaries in clean energy is now more important than ever, and the opportunities to network in a meaningful way during this two day event – priceless.
On behalf of the organizing team for this year’s Orcas conference:
Jungwon Choi, Matthew Golder, June Lukuyu, Douglas Reed, Julie Rorrer, Shijing Sun, Shuai Zhang, Danica Hendrickson, Corin Shelley-Reuss, and Madelynne Zornes.
Registration
Registration for the 2024 conference is now closed. If you are still interested in attending, please email corinsr@uw.edu to see if there is space available.
Conference Program
2024 Speakers
Keynote: Ken Caldeira – Breakthrough Energy/Carnegie Science
Abraham Anapolsky – Toyota Research Institute
Chih-hung (Alex) Chang – Oregon State University
Lauren Culver – World Bank
Mike Dioha – Clean Air Task Force’s Energy and Climate Innovation Program
Todd Emrick – University of Massachusetts
Julia Hsu – University of Texas at Dallas
Michael McGehee – University of Colorado Boulder
Ahlmahz Negash – Tacoma Power
Mark Thurber – Stanford University
Poster Session Details
The 2024 conference will have an in-person poster session at the conference. If you are planning to present a poster, please make sure to indicate that on your registration. You will be able to send your poster details at a later date if you do not yet have them ready when registration opens. The top 3 posters as selected by the panel of judges will receive a $200 award.
2024 Conference Organizers
Past Conferences
- Orcas 2022: September 8-10, 2022 | Orcas 2022 Program
- Orcas 2020: September 10 – 11, 2020 | Orcas 2020 Program
- Orcas 2018: September 6 – 8, 2018 | Orcas 2018 Program
- Orcas 2016: September 7 – 9, 2016 | Orcas 2016 Program
- Orcas 2014: September 10 – 12, 2014 | Orcas 2014 Program
- Orcas 2012: September 4 – 6, 2012 | Orcas 2012 Program
- Orcas 2010: September 19 – 22, 2010 | Orcas 2010 Program
Orcas 2016 speakers Ian Hiskin and Ben Hobbs