FSEC Advisory Board Meeting

October 24, 2024
9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
In-Person Meeting with Remote Option via GoToMeeting

Time	Description	Speaker
9:30 a.m.	Welcome	Jen Szaro, Chair, FSEC Advisory Board; Chief Innovation Officer Innventure
9:40 a.m.	Introductions – Advisory Board Members Roll Call	Sherri Shields, Director, Communications & Marketing, FSEC
9:40 a.m.	Approval of May 10, 2023 Minutes	Jen Szaro, Chair
9:45 a.m.	Status of FSEC Programs	James Fenton, Director, FSEC
10:30 a.m.	Florida Energy Office Report	Brooks Rumenik, Director, Office of Energy, FDACS
10:40 a.m.	Florida Legislative Session Report	Louis Rotundo, Principal, Louis Rotundo and Associates
10:50 a.m.	50th Anniversary Celebration	Sherri Shields, Director, Communications & Marketing, FSEC
11:00 a.m.	Break
11:10 a.m.	M2X Research and Manufacturing at FSEC	Paul Yelvington, Chief Technology Officer, M2X
11:40 a.m.	Research and Ecological Findings from Floating Solar Research Project	Manjunath Matam, Assistant Research Professor, FSEC Rebecca Hernandez, Associate Professor of Ecology, Energy, and Sustainability, UC Davis
12:10 p.m.	New Business Co-Chair Election Date and Agenda for Next AB Meeting	Bill Grieco, Chair
12:30 p.m.	Adjourn for Lunch

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Attendance

Presenters

James Fenton, Director, Florida Solar Energy Center
Brooks Rumenik, Board Member – Director, Office of Energy FDACS
Louis Rotundo, Board Member – Principal, Louis Rotundo and Associates
Paul Yelvington, Chief Technology Officer, M2X
Manjunath Matam, Assistant Research Professor, FSEC
Rebecca Hernandez, Associate Professor of Ecology, Energy, and Sustainability, UC Davis