• 8:30–8:35 Opening Remarks
  Greg Upton, Executive Director, LSU Center for Energy Studies
• 8:35–8:45 Opening Keynote
  Phillip DeViller, Speaker of the House, Louisiana House of Representatives

Academic Insights, Government Action
Moderator: Greg Upton, LSU Center for Energy Studies

Panelists: Dustin Davidson (DENR), Paige Carter (LED), Brett Geymann (House Natural Resources), Bob Hensgens (Senate Natural Resources)

Does Energy Need an Extension Model?
Moderator: Robert Twilley, LSU Vice President for Research and Economic Development

Panelists: Rex Caffey (LSU Dept. of Agricultural Economics & Agribusiness), Tara P. Smith (Executive Associate Vice President and Director of the Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service at LSU Ag Center)

Engaging the Media—Lessons from the Front Lines
Moderator & Organizer: Michael DiResto, Director, LSU Reilly Center for Media & Public Affairs

Panelists: Stephanie Malin (Dow, Public Affairs Manager), David Mitchell (The Advocate, Staff Writer and Reporter)

Spotlight on Innovation: FUEL and IEI Research in Action
Session Chair: Mike Mazzola, Executive Director, Future Use of Energy in Louisiana

Panelists: Dr. William (Bill) M. Moe (LSU Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering), Dr. Jyotsna Sharma (LSU Dept. of Petroleum Engineering/LSU Dept. of Electrical Engineering), Dr. Kimberly Gramm (Chief Innovation & Entrepreneurship Officer, Tulane University), Jordan Losavio (Chief Operating Officer, Encore CO₂)

Featured Poster Presentations:

• David Shoemaker (ULL) - Advancing Hydrogen-Titanate Ion Sieves for Efficient Lithium Extraction from U.S. Brines
• Md Khairul Islam (ULL) - Beyond Earth, Energy Resilience Matters: Entropy-Driven Analysis of Space-Based Power Systems
• Md Zahirul I Khan (ULL) - Resilient Distribution Network Partitioning Using Graph Theory and Load Balancing
• Savion Siner (ULL) - Resilient Control for CubeSat's Power System Through Digital Twinning
• Usama Aslam (ULL) - Balancing Resilience and Cost: A Framework for Microgrid Resource Allocation
• Zain Ul Abidin (LSU) - Underground Hydrogen Storage Site Selection in Southern Louisiana
• Umama Rashid Lamiya (ULL) - Adsorption and Recovery of Tellurium from Aqueous Solution Using Calcined Mg-Al Layered Double Hydroxide
• Anamika Dristi (LSU) - Dissolved carbon and pCO₂ variability in a river-coastal lake continuum, northern Gulf of Mexico
• Mohammad Altahow (WVU) - AI-Driven Reservoir Modeling: Enhancing Oil Rate Prediction and Field Management Using Top-Down Modeling

• Legal Session
  Moderator & Organizer: Keith Hall, Director of the LSU Energy Law Center and the Mineral Law Institute

  Panelist: Colleen Jarrott, Partner at Hinshaw Law

  Location: Dalton J. Woods Auditorium
• Energy Sustainability & Integration Research Session
  Session Chair: Farzad Ferdowsi, ULL
  Location: Rotunda Conference Room (ECE Bldg. Room 1019)
  • Boyun Guo (ULL) - Heat Energy Productivity of Geothermal Wells Converted from End-of-lifetime Shale Gas Well Pairs
  • Prashanth Buchireddy (ULL) - Future of Biomass Utilization in Louisiana: Opportunities for Thermally Processed Biomass and Its Applications
  • Lingxiao Wang (LaTech) - Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Monitoring via an Integrated Robotic and Sparse Sensor System
  • Dandina Rao (LSU) - Vertical-Well Gas-Assisted Gravity Drainage (VW-GAGD) process: Technology to Meet the 21st Century Grand Challenge of Environmentally Sustainable Energy Production
  • Chen Wei (LSU) - Multi-Hazard Pipeline Safety: Coupled Modeling of CO₂ Accidental Release and Pipeline Integrity Assessment for CCUS Infrastructure
  • Matthew Escarra (Tulane) - Solar Cogeneration of Process Heat and Electricity

• Energy Analytics, Workforce, and Digitalization
  Session Chair: Matthew Escarra, Tulane School of Science and Engineering
  Location: Dalton J. Woods Auditorium
  • India James (James Infrastructure) - Data to Data Center: Redefining Cybersecurity as a Strategic Asset in Critical Infrastructure
  • Radian Belu (Southern Baton Rouge) - Development of a Power and Energy Minor and Course in AI Energy Applications
  • Radian Belu (Southern Baton Rouge) - Power System Resilience and Reliability Metrics and Indexes -- A Comprehensive Practical Analysis and Review
  • Farzad Ferdowsi (ULL) - Louisiana's Power Grid Transformation with Live Digital Twins
  • Amin Kargarian (LSU) - From Infrastructure to Community: A Cooperative Human-Utility Framework for Grid Resilience
  • Lingxiao Wang (LaTECH) - A STEM Outreach Workshop on AI, Robotics, and Their Applications in Louisiana's Energy Sector
  • Frank Tsai (LSU) - Geology-Groundwater Digital Twin in Support of Louisiana's Energy Studies: Lake Maurepas, Sulphur Mines and Meta Data Center Case Studies
• Energy Resources, Materials & Chemical Innovation
  Session Chair: Sharron Herron-Williams, Southern University at Shreveport
  Location: Rotunda Conference Room (ECE Bldg. Room 1019)
  • Hussain Shaik (LaTECH) - Revolutionizing Oil Well Plugging: Cement-Free, Alkali Activated Binders for a Sustainable Future
  • Caitlin deNux (ULL) - Agrivoltaics in Louisiana: Assessing Soil Health, Broccoli Production, and Energy Production in an Established PV System
  • Lijesh Koottaparambil (LSU) - Performance-Based Evaluation of Hydrogen Embrittlement in Steels for Hydrogen Energy Systems
  • Lijesh Koottaparambil (LSU) - How Corrosion + Fatigue Shortens the Life of Materials
  • Anurag Mandalika (LSU) - The Biofuels Landscape in Louisiana
  • Shengnian Wang (LaTECH) - Upcycling LDPE Waste to Aromatics and Carbon Quantum Dots with Hierarchically Porous Zeolites