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July 20 – 24, 2026

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July 21, 2026 | Day 2

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Ballroom A

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Ballroom B

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Ballroom C

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Conference
Room A

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Conference
Room B

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Alumni Center

8:00 am
Breakfast (Conference Center Foyer)
8:30 am
Keynote Lectures
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Air Quality (Ballroom A)
Smoke Screen: Dieselgate Scandal
Alberto Ayala, Sacramento Air Quality Management District, USA
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Hydrogen (Ballroom C)
Materials by Design for Electrified Pathways to Fuels and Chemicals
Jesús M. Velázquez, Department of Chemistry, UC Davis, United States of America (USA)
9:15 am
Keynote Lectures
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Air Quality (Ballroom A)

Brake and Tire Wear-Derived Pollutants
Carlos Agudelo, Link Engineering Co., USA

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Hydrogen (Ballroom C)

Hydrogen-Based Decarbonization Solutions
Miguel Angel Fernández Sánchez, Centro Nacional de Hidrógeno, Spain

10:00 am
Coffee Break (Conference Center Foyer)
10:30 am
Keynote Lectures
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Air Quality (Ballroom A)

Beyond Technical Data:
Integrating Community Lived Experience into Engineering, Science, and Policy
Janice Lam-Snyder, Sacramento Air Quality Management District, USA

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Hydrogen (Ballroom C)

Industrial Ecology perspectives on mined materials for the EV transition
Alissa Kendall, Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Davis, USA

11:00 am
Keynote Lectures
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Air Quality (Ballroom A)

Air Pollution Control Technologies: Implementing Particle Number (PN) Testing for Enhanced Air Quality
Antonio Multari, Vert Association, Germany

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Hydrogen (Ballroom C)

Critical minerals for the energy transition: when, where and which ones?
Samuel Stephenson, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom (UK)

11:30 am
Keynote Lectures
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Air Quality (Ballroom A)

Quantification of GHG and Air Pollutants Generated by Massive Evens Such as Soccer Games
Luisa Chaparro, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico

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Hydrogen (Ballroom C)

Sustainable Lithium production for the Energy Transition
Álvaro Videla, Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile

12:00 pm
Lunch (Conference Center Foyer)
1:00 pm

Off-Site Visit to Port of Sacramento - Hydrogen locomotive (Bus leaves at 1:10pm and returns at 3:15pm)
Alberto Ayala, Sacramento Air Quality Management District

This site visit requires prior registration and has limited space

1:30 pm
Simultaneous Workshops - International Summer School on Energy Transition
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Routes optimization in road transport (Ballroom A)
Jenny Díaz, Tecnológico de Monterrey
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On board telematics data for energy consumption reduction (Ballroom B)
Oscar S. Serrano, Tecnológico de Monterrey; Michael Giraldo, Universidad EAFIT
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Real time monitoring of transportation fleets through telematics systems (Ballroom C)
Rogelio Escamilla Serrano, INWAY
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Computing Walkability Indicators with Open Data (Conference Room A)
Francisco Benita, Tecnológico de Monterrey
3:00 pm
Coffee Break (Conference Center Foyer)
3:45 pm
Simultaneous Workshops - International Summer School on Energy Transition
Option 1: West Village, UC Davis
(Complimentary transportation provided in front of Conference Center) 
Bus departs at 3:45 pm from Conference Center
Western Cooling Efficiency Center Lab

Curtis Harrington 

UC Davis EEI Smart Home 

Alan Meier

Option 2: Bainer Hall Labs
10 min walk
EcoCar Lab
Dahlia Garas, UC Davis
Diane Bryant Engineering Student Design Center 
Kurt Kornbluth, UC Davis
Option 3: 5471 Chemistry Annex Building
10 min walk
Practical demonstration of electrocatalysis processes (Velazquez Lab)

Jesus M Velazquez, UC Davis

5:00 pm
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Bike Preparation Zone (Alumni Center)