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Agenda

8:30 AM Registration

9:00 Welcome
Ellen Gawalt, PhD, Dean School of Science and Engineering
Amy Widestrom, PhD, League of Women Voters PA
Tonyehn Verkitus, Physicians for Social Responsibility PA
John Stolz, PhD

9:15 – 10:45 Research & Health Studies
James Fabisiak, PhD. [Moderator]

9:15: Early Epidemiological Results into Oil and Gas Development from a Prospective Preconception Cohort Study
Mary Willis, PhD, MPH

9:45 Fighting back against the “blue” hydrogen buildout in Cancer Alley, Louisiana
Cyndhia Ramatchandirane, MS

10:15: Chemical Characterization of Natural Gas Leaking from Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells in Western Pennsylvania
Eric Lebel, PhD

10:45  – 11:15 Health Panel
James Fabisiak, PhD. [Moderator]
Alison Steele, MBA
Pouné Saberi, MD
Mary Willis, PhD, MPH
Cyndhia Ramatchandirane, MS
Eric Lebel, PhD

11:15 Break

11:30 – 12:30 Radiation and Waste
John Stolz, PhD [Moderator]

11:30 Petroleum 238
Justin Nobel

12:00 Geochemistry of produced waters sourced from the Marcellus Shale: Lithium resource potential, infrastructure impacts, and NORM risk realities
Justin Mackey, PhD

12:30  – 1:30 PM Lunch & Keynote
Bob Donnan – 15 Years of Shale Gas Development Through My Camera Lens
Ron Gulla

1:30 – 3:00 PM Water Resources and Contamination
Daniel Bain, PhD [Moderator]

1:30 An Analysis of Water Quality in the Oldest Hydrocarbon Basin in the USA
Jennifer Baka, PhD

2:00 Contamination of Private Water Supplies After a Well Communication Event
John Stolz, PhD

2:30 (remote) Key Considerations to Address Corrosion Risk with Carbon Capture Transportation & Sequestration
Steven Jansto, PhD

3:00 – 4:15 Panel: Community Wins and Alternative Solutions
Tonyehn Verkitus [Moderator]
Matthew Mehalik, PhD
Lois Bower-Bjornson Gillian Graber
Patty DeMarco, PhD
Rachel Pecharka

4:15 Wrap Up

4:30 Post Conference Reception