2025 Community Energy and Water Resilience Workshop Agenda

Thank you for a successful 2025 event!

Details

Date: April 17, 2025
Time: Noon – 5:00 P.M.
Location: College of Engineering (5050 Anthony Wayne Dr., Detroit, MI 48202)
Room: Ford Activity Room (1520)
Type: In-person or hybrid

MS Teams link
Meeting ID:229 537 831 224
Passcode: 2KW3G6Uk

Parking

• Parking Structure #2, Lot 51, and Lot 53
• Parking costs $2.00 for the first 20 minutes with $1.00 for each additional 20 minutes, for a maximum of $13.00.

Attendees:

Representatives of DOE, Project Team at WSU & UPitt, Members of the Community Advisory Board (CAB), Utility Representatives, Community Stakeholders, and Academic Researchers.

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• Noon – 1 P.M.: Registration and Light Work Lunch
• 1 P.M. – 1:45 P.M.: Welcome and Introductions
  • Welcome Speech from Dr. Ali Abolmaali, the Dean of Engineering
  • 1-2 sentence introductions from people in the room and online
• 1:45 P.M. - 2:45 P.M.: Project outcome report and demonstration:
  • Community Water and Energy Resilience Assessment and Planning Tools
  • WSU and UPitt (45 min)
  • Q&A (15 min)
• 2:45 P.M. – 3 P.M.: BREAK
• 3 P.M. – 3:45 P.M.: Utility Perspectives
  • DTE presentation(10 min)
  • GLWA presentation (10 min)
  • Detroit Water and Sewerage Department (DWSD) presentation (10 min)
  • Duquesne Light Company (DLC) presentation (10 min)
• 3:45 P.M. – 4:30 P.M.: CAB Feedback and Panel Discussion
• Josh Elling, Amanda Paige, Erma Leaphart, Jay Juergensen, and Kendal Kuneman
• 4:30 P.M. – 4:55 P.M.: Discussions
• Suggestions on resilience improvement, community engagement, etc.
• 4:55 P.M. - 5:00 P.M.: Concluding comments by Caisheng Wang
• 5:00 P.M.: Adjourn

The 2024 Workshop was successfully held on May 17, 2024.