Preliminary schedule

Schedule

This is the schedule. All items will take place on November 30th 2023 in MS 569.

9:30 am: Coffee, Cookies and Land Acknowledgement

9:45 am: Mishty Ray: Mathematical projects in context of climate change

10:30 am: Kirsten Galang: Economic instability in a changing climate

11:30 am: Professor Sara Hastings Simon: Understanding the energy transition at the intersection of policy, business and technology

12:30 pm: Lunch with pizza 🍕

1:15 pm: James McCurdy: Sub-meso scale modelling of vortex behaviour: Studying the behaviour of wind vortices in Southwestern Alberta

1:45 pm:  Sudeesha Nawodh: Stochastic Modelling of wind derivatives in energy markets

2:30 pm: Matt Tierney (Analyst at Arcus Power): Data In Electricity and Emissions Modelling

3:45 pm: Climate change Trivia with Nachos

We are still working on getting a speaker about the indigenous perspective on climate change, this might change the schedule again.

Abstracts

This section will grow over time before the event, when the speakers submit their abstracts.

Mishty Ray: Mathematical projects in context of climate change

I will give a brief description of some projects which can be placed in the context of a world rapidly transforming in the context of climate change. These projects include data assimilation, machine learning, and data analysis with basic mathematical notions. This is meant to be a demonstration of how mathematical and computational tools can be used to approach and study the problems we might face today.

Kirsten Galang: Economic Instability in a Changing Climate

I will define economic instability and give some historical examples, then I will talk about how climate change leads to economic instability, go a bit into countries most at risk and how it ties into climate justice, and I will also elaborate a bit on game theory and why things have unfolded the way they have.

Professor Sara Hastings Simon: Understanding the energy transition at the intersection of policy, business and technology

The rate of change in energy systems is increasing through the interaction between policy, business, and technology. In this talk I will explore each of these underlying drivers of energy transition with examples, including the history and key mechanisms of energy and climate policy and important policies today, the role of incumbent industries during transition, and the factors shaping the pace of technological change including the need to manage the “mid-transition”. Across these areas I will highlight the role of modelling and analytical approaches to understanding, and introduce new work I am undertaking where there are open positions for PhD students and post docs at UCalgary.

Matt Tierney (Analyst at Arcus Power): Data In Electricity and Emissions Modelling

Matt Tierney, Analyst at Arcus Power is going to talk about their new Carbon Stream product for dynamic tracking & forecasting of grid and onsite emissions.