Industrial Electrification Symposium

This symposium brings together experts to discuss where industrial electrification stands today, possible futures, and how to get there.
About this Event

Strategically deployed, industrial electrification can do more than decarbonize — it can enhance energy efficiency and serve as a hedge against increasingly volatile fossil fuel markets. Yet realizing electrification at scale faces real barriers, from persistent technological challenges, policies to regulate cross-sectoral interactions, and growing competition for renewable electrons driven by rapidly growing end-uses like AI data centers.

This symposium brings together experts from industry, academia, government, and the nonprofit sector to take stock of where industrial electrification stands today, what the possibilities look like on the horizon, and what it will take to get there.

Date: September 25, 2026

Time: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM

Location: NYU Tandon School of Engineering (MakerSpace EventSpace, 6 Metrotech Center, Brooklyn, NY 11201)

Join scientists, engineers, policymakers, industry leaders, and community advocates as we chart a path towards industrial Electrification.

Agenda:

9:00 - 9:45 am Arrival and Registration

9:45 - 10:00 am Welcome Remarks: Eray Aydil (Senior Vice Dean, NYU Tandon School of Engineering)

10:00 - 11:00 am Plenary Talk I - Systems-themed Presentation: Jose Pinto (Director at Linde)

Moderator: Dharik Mallapragada (NYU)

11:00 - 11:30 am Coffee Break

11:30 - 12:30 pm Research Parallel Breakout Sessions I

Basic Science and Engineering of Industrial Electrification

Confirmed Speakers: Dion Vlachos (UDel), Jonathan Fan (Stanford)

Moderator: TBD

Systems and Policy: Process Perspectives on Industrial Electrification

Confirmed Speakers: Christos Maravelias (Princeton), Dharik Mallapragada (NYU)

Moderator: TBD

12:30 - 1:30 pm Lunch Break

1:30 - 2:30 pm Research Parallel Breakout Sessions II

Basic Science and Engineering of Industrial Electrification

Confirmed Speakers: Justin Bui (NYU), Elizabeth Biddinger (CCNY)

Moderator: Miguel Modestino (NYU)

Systems and Policy: Grid Perspectives on Industrial Electrification

Confirmed Speakers: Bolun Xu (Columbia), Yury Dvorkin (JHU)

Moderator: Dharik Mallapragada (NYU)

2:30 - 2:45 pm Coffee Break/Transition to Plenary Session

2:45 - 3:45 pm Plenary Talk II - Emerging Technologies Frontier: Liangbing Hu (Yale)

Moderator: André Taylor (NYU)

3:45 - 4:45 pm Industrial, Government, and Foundations Panel Discussion

Confirmed Panelists: Rebecca Dell (ClimateWorks Foundation), Susan Schofer (HAX), Nir Vaks (LummusTech)

4:45 - 5:00 pm Summary and Closing remarks

5:00 - 6:00 pm Networking Poster Session

We require photo ID for this event.

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