Agenda (Detailed)

Registration is in the Kohala Promenade. Symposium will take place in Kohala 4.
 

Thursday, October 24, 2024

2:00 PM – 8:00 PM | Indigenous Geothermal Symposium Registration

2:00 PM – 8:00 PM | Indigenous People’s Space

6:00 PM – 8:00 PM | Networking Mixer

Meet your fellow participants and hear from Mitch Roth, Mayor of Hawai’i at the opening mixer at the inaugural Indigenous Geothermal Symposium. This relaxing, low-key networking event is a great way to mingle and engage while enjoying refreshments. 

Friday, October 25, 2024

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM | Networking Breakfast

8:00 AM – 5:00 PM | Indigenous Geothermal Symposium Registration

8:00 AM – 5:00 PM | Indigenous People’s Space

9:00 AM – 9:15 AM | Welcome 

9:15 AM – 10:00 AM | Geothermal 101

Speakers:

  • Mike Kaleikini, Ormat
  • Alissa Sanchez, Ormat

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM | Geothermal and Hawaiian Cultural

Speakers: 

  • Luka Kanaka’ol, Edith Kanakaʻole Foundation (EKF)
  • Huihui Mossman, Edith Kanakaʻole Foundation (EKF)

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM | Restoring Balance: Indigenous Leadership in Energy and Resource Development

This international panel will explore how Indigenous communities around the world are reclaiming control over energy and resource development on their lands. By leading these projects, they can address the historical harm caused by exploitation, ensuring that economic benefits, cultural preservation, and environmental sustainability are aligned with their values. Indigenous leadership in energy development offers a pathway for restorative justice, autonomy over resources, and long-term community resilience.

Moderator: Chris Gunn, FERC

Panelists: 

  • Christina Snider-Ashtari, Office of Governor Gavin Newsom
  • Pan Minchen Fran, Officer of Council of Indigenous People/MA student of National Taiwan University
  • Taylor Behn-Tsakoza, Tu Deh-Kah/Fort Nelson First Nations
  • Aroha Campbell- Hau Rakau Limited/ Upflow
  • Richard Ha- Hawaiian Farmer

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM | Networking Lunch

1:00 PM – 3:00 PM | Facilitated Discussion: Indigenous Geothermal Energy Declaration

Participants will engage in facilitated, in-depth group discussions, led by Native Hawaiian Cultural Advisors, focused on personal experiences, observations, overcoming challenges, lessons learned and new opportunities.

Facilitator: Mason Jackson, Mitchell Daysh, Ltd

3:00 PM – 3:30 PM | Networking Break

3:30 PM – 5:00 PM | The Aotearoa New Zealand Story

New Zealand’s Geothermal Story – A Māori Perspective: This presentation will summarise New Zealand’s geothermal story from a Māori perspective, traversing cultural aspects, impacts of colonisation, Treaty and Māori Land Court processes, history of electricity development and associated cultural damage caused by early geothermal development, through to describing New Zealand’s current resource management legislative and consenting frameworks, Māori participation in geothermal resource management, Māori owned geothermal developments, and future geothermal development opportunities and constraints for Māori in the future. (Speaker: Mason Jackson, Mitchell Daysh Ltd)

Geothermal: The Next Generation: This presentation will provide a Wahine Māori (Māori woman) view of the future of geothermal resource management in New Zealand, and in particular, Māori’s integral role in that future. As part of this talk, you will hear about the influence Māori are already having in respect of a number of New Zealand geothermal initiatives including:

  • The Next Generation Project and its ambitious goal to address the geological, geochemical and technological challenges of harnessing “super-critical” geothermal resources, which exceed 373 degrees Celsius and 220 bars of pressure, to meet a significant component of Aotearoa / New Zealand’s renewable energy demand beyond 2037
  • The next Māori-led geothermal development plans on the Taheke Geothermal Field.

(Speaker: Aroha Campbell, QSM, Hau Rakau Limited/Upflow)

The Waiwhatu/Arawhata Project – Using Māori Language in Geothermal Science: The Waiwhatu/Arawhata Project is the work of Geothermal: The Next Generation, sourcing appropriate geothermal words and terms to be used in Te Reo Māori (māori language). This project acknowledges the importance of scientific language whilst also incorporating Mātauranga Māori (māori knowledge and learnings), resulting in a number of Te Reo words promoted for every-day use by New Zealand’s geothermal community. This presentation will provide an overview of the Waiwhatu/Arawhata Project and discuss next steps for the future of normalizing indigenous language within geothermal science.  (Speaker: Corey Ruha, Te Arawa Lakes Trust)

A Geothermal Success Story: This presentation will provide a real-life example of how, despite the struggles by Māori to “hold fast” to their customary land and precious geothermal resources, there are now Māori groups regaining control of their own destiny and successfully using their land and its underlying geothermal resources to thrive economically, socially and culturally. This presentation tells this story to inspire further indigenous geothermal successes. (Speaker: Aroha Campbell, QSM, Hau Rakau Limited/Upflow)

Following the presentations, the speakers will participate in a moderated panel session. 

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM | Networking Reception

Saturday, October 26, 2024

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM | Networking Breakfast

8:00 AM – 6:00 PM | Indigenous People’s Space

9:00 AM – 9:15 AM | Welcome 

We will start the day with a wrap-up of Friday’s activities and discuss key take-aways. We will
also hear comments from Jeff Marootian, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Office of
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.

9:15 AM – 10:15 AM | Indigenous Geothermal Stories from Canada and the US 

  • Indigenous Women Leading the Energy Transition: A Story from Tu Deh-Kah Geothermal (Speaker: Taylor Behn-Tsakoza, Tu Deh-Kah/Fort Nelson First Nations)
  • Geothermal Energy for Tribal Resilience: The Pilgrim Hot Springs Binary Power Plant Project (Speaker: Dora Hughes, Pilgrim Hot Springs)
  • Following the presentations, the speakers will participate in a moderated panel session.

Moderator: Leighton Gall, Cascade Institute

10:15 AM – 10:30 AM | Geothermal Resources and Indigenous Communities in Kenya: Balancing Development and Cultural Heritage 

Speaker: Jesse Owino (PhD)

10:30 AM – 11:00 AM | Networking Break

11:00 AM – 12:30 PM | Hawaii’s Geothermal Legacy: Powering Today, Innovating Tomorrow 

Moderator: Na’alehu Anthony

Panelists:

  • Makai Freitas, DHHL
  • Mike Kaleikini, Ormat
  • Nicole Lautze, University of Hawai’i

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM | Networking Lunch

1:30 PM – 2:45 PM | Land Right Changes and Lessons Learned: Taiwan

  • Institutional influences on geothermal development in Taiwan (Speaker: Prof. ChiaNan, LIN)
  • Experience of Indigenous Participation in Geothermal Development in Taiwan (Speaker: Mr. Chi Wei, CHAN)

2:45 PM – 3:00 PM | DOE/NREL Geothermal Exchange Program Overview

Speaker: 

Faith Smith

3:00 PM – 3:15 PM | Break

3:15 PM – 4:20 PM | Country Specific Tracks

3:15 PM – 4:20 PM | United States Country Specific Track

  • Federal Geothermal Development Authorities, Oversight, Policy Implications, and Next Steps for Native Communities (Speaker: Jennifer Romero, U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs) 
  • Overview of FERC Office of Public Participation (OPP) (Speaker: Chris Gunn, FERC)
  • Overview: Petition by Alliance for Tribal Clean Energy to FERC to address barriers for Tribal energy development (Speaker: Wendolyn Holland, Alliance for Tribal Clean Energy) 
  • Inclusive Transmission Planning (Speaker: Jennifer Yoshimura, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)

4:20 PM - 5:00 PM | Final Thoughts/Revisit Declaration

5:00 PM - 6:30 PM | Closing Networking Mixer

Agenda subject to change.