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Registration

Sorenson Center Common Area

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

 

Event Check-in, Network, Visit Business Booths

Opening Plenary Session

Ragan Theater

9:00 AM

Welcome to UVU
President Astrid Tuminez

9:05 AM


Congressional Round Table
Moderator: Rep. John Curtis (UT-03)
Congressmembers: Rep. Celeste Maloy (UT-02), Rep. Blake Moore (UT-01)


9:25 AM

Opening Keynote
"Energy Security and National Security in the Era of Great Power Competition"

Dr. Victoria Coates

To provide additional context to Dr. Victoria Coates' keynote remarks, here are the key reports from Chinese Handcuffs program:

Chinese Handcuffs: How China Exploits America’s Climate Agenda
Chinese Handcuffs: Don’t Allow the U.S. Military to Be Hooked on Green Energy from China
How the Forced Energy Transition and Reliance on China Will Harm America
Extricating America from Its Chinese Handcuffs

Collection Site: Chinese Handcuffs | The Heritage Foundation


9:40 AM

Hot Shot Panel: Impacts of Agriculture, Energy, & Economic Policy on National Security
Moderator: John Curtis

Energy: Dr. David Gattie, U of Georgia
Agriculture: Dr. Brian Steed, Great Salt Lake Commissioner, USU  
Economy: Robert Spendlove, Zion’s Bank

10:00 AM

Remarks
“Results, Not Rhetoric”
Rep. John Curtis

Networking Break

10:30 AM - 10:45 AM

 

Network, Drinks & Snacks, Visit Business Booths

 

Breakout Session I

10:45 AM - 11:30 AM

Agriculture Session I: Room 206B
Feed the Soil

Moderator: Matt Yost
Panelists: Mitch Hancock, Bradyn McMurdie

 

10:45 AM - 11:30 AM

Energy Session I: Room 206A
National Security and Nuclear Energy 

Speakers: Dr. David Gattie and Larry Ellertson

10:45 AM - 11:30 AM

Economy Session I: Room 206C
Can We Be Clean AND Profitable? 

Moderator: Curtis Blair
Panelists: Jane Stricker, Martha Howe, Jeremy Hafen

 

Networking Break

11:30 AM - 11:45 AM

 

Network, Drinks & Snacks, Visit Business Booths

Breakout Session II

11:45 AM - 12:30 PM 

Agriculture Session II: Room 206B
Role of Livestock and Water in Sustainable Farming

Moderator: Brian Steed 
Panelists: Daniel Cluff, Ben Abbott, Hannah Freeze

 

11:45 AM - 12:30 PM 

Energy Session II: Room 206A
Permitting and the Grid 

Moderator: Utah Rep. Colin Jack 
Panelists: Christina Hayes, Neil Chatterjee, Jim Matheson

 

11:45 AM - 12:30 PM

Economy Session II: Room 206C
How Economic Costs of Climate Change Impact National Security

Moderator: Dr. Ivy Estabrooke
Speaker: Dr. Victoria Coates

 

Networking Break

12:30 PM - 12:45 PM

 

Network, Drinks & Snacks, Visit Business Booths


 

Breakout Session III

 12:45 PM - 1:30 PM


Agriculture Session III: Room 206B

Protect our Food Supply – Food Security is National Security

Moderator: Val Jay Rigby
Panelists: Terry Camp, Rep. Celeste Maloy, Joel Ferry

 12:45 PM - 1:30 PM


Energy Session III: Room 206A

Energy Transition or Energy Expansion 

Moderator: Rikki Hrenko-Browning
Panelists: Luigi Resta, Dr. Katharine Hayhoe, Tim Stewart

 12:45 PM - 1:30 PM


Economy Session III: Room 206C

Economics of Water

Speakers: Warren Peterson, Doug Bennett

Closing Plenary Session

Sorenson Center Ballroom

1:30 PM

Luncheon

1:45 PM

Innovators Video

2:00 PM 


Closing Keynote
“Why Climate Action is Conservative”

Dr. Katharine Hayhoe 

2:40 PM

Solutions Panel: What Can YOU Do? 
Moderator: Rep. John Curtis
Panelists: Dr. Katharine Hayhoe, Anna Robertson, Hannah Freeze, Heather Reams

3:00 PM

Closing Remarks
Rep. John Curtis

Summit Concludes