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January 15, 2025

8:30 am / 6:00 pm

The Ralph O’Connor Sustainable Energy Institute (ROSEI) is hosting its third in-person summit on January 15 from 8:30 AM – 6 PM. Like 2024’s iteration, the event will take place on the Homewood campus in Hodson Hall, with free lunch for attendees and speakers being served. All are welcome!

The ROSEI Summit provides a technical sharing of all sustainable energy and related research being conducted at Johns Hopkins. It will be an overview of ROSEI activities and technical sessions organized around the active topics of our scholars. The Summit provides a unique means to understand the breadth and depth of JHU research in sustainable energy as well as develop collaborations and new networks for future research.

This year, speakers at the Summit will be ROSEI faculty, as well as researchers from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab (APL). The technical sessions will consist of 15 minute talks, no papers are required, and a slide template will be provided in early January.

There will also be a student poster session/competition as well. Undergraduate and graduate students are eligible to participate in the poster session/competition, as are postdoctoral fellows. Interested students should email Wick Eisenberg with the subject line “ROSEI Summit Student Poster Submission”, the title of their presentation and list of authors. Please note: Students will be responsible for printing their own posters.

2025 ROSEI Summit Timeline

See below for the current timeline of the Summit. Please continue to check this page at later dates as more details are confirmed.

  • 8:30 AM – 9:00 AM: Breakfast
  • 9:00 AM – 9:15 AM: Opening remarks and welcome, Ben Schafer
  • 9:15 AM – 10:00 AM: Morning keynote and discussion, Jeff Maranchi and Konstantinos (Kostas) Gerasopoulos
  • 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM (noon): JHU Faculty and APL talks
  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM: Lunch
  • 1:00 PM – 1:45 PM: Keynote presentation, Dan Kammen
  • 1:45 PM – 2:30 PM: Graduate student and postdoctoral fellow poster session/competition
  • 2:30 PM – 4:45 PM: JHU Faculty and APL talks
  • 4:45 PM – 5:00 PM: Closing session and awards for student poster competition
  • 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM: Reception
Photos from 2024 Summit