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Date: Wednesday, 22/May/2024
7:00am - 5:00pm	Registration & Check-In Location: Colorado and Denver Pre-Function Pick up your badge at the lower level reception desk!
7:30am - 8:30am	Focus Group 2: BOPTEST Location: Denver 5 Session Chair: David Blum The meeting is for new and current IBPSA Project 2 participants. The meeting will introduce and overview project tasks and status, as well as allow for more in-depth technical discussions about items brought forward by project task leaders and participants.
8:00am - 8:30am	Networking Break - Sponsored by Pollination Location: Colorado Pre-Function Enjoy beverages and morning snacks compliments of Pollination.
8:00am - 5:00pm	Psychro Escape Room Location: Independence Session Chair: Matthew Dahlhausen AIA CES approved for 0.5 LU.
8:30am - 8:45am	Session Pitches Location: Colorado Ballroom Session Chair: Yunyang Ye
8:45am - 9:45am	Plenary 2: Present State of the Industry Location: Colorado Ballroom Session Chair: Nathaniel L Jones Session Chair: Carrie Brown
9:45am - 10:00am	Networking Break - Sponsored by TRNSYS Location: Denver Pre-Function Enjoy light refreshments compliments of generous sponsor TRNSYS.
10:00am - 11:00am	BEMcyclopedia - Join the BEM Hive Mind! Dimitri Contoyannis¹, Erik Kolderup² 1: Model Efficiency; 2: Kolderup Consulting Location: Colorado Ballroom Session Chair: Dimitri Contoyannis Session Chair: Rosina Adhikari AIA CES approved for 1 LU.
10:00am - 11:00am	Indigenous Wisdom and Building Science Matthew Duffy¹, Dustin Stephany², Lisa Morey³, Graham Linn⁴ 1: IES, Ltd., United States of America; 2: University of Florida; 3: Colorado Earth; 4: HabLab LLC Location: Denver 4 Session Chair: Graham Linn Session Chair: Julia Lien Ho AIA CES approved for 1 LU.
10:00am - 11:00am	Technical Session 6: Efficiencies and Load Management Location: Denver 3 Session Chair: Zoltan Nagy AIA CES approved for 1 LU.
10:00am - 11:00am	Technical Session 7: CFD, Airflow, and Microclimate Location: Denver 2 Session Chair: Alejandra Menchaca AIA CES approved for 1 LU.
10:00am - 11:00am	Unmet Hours Live Location: Denver 5 Session Chair: Matthew Dahlhausen AIA CES approved for 1 LU.
11:00am - 11:30am	Demo 7: Lamarr.AI Location: Denver 5 Enjoy light snacks in Senate Chambers and learn about Lamarr.AI products and services.
11:00am - 11:30am	Networking Break - Sponsored by NEO Location: Colorado Pre-Function Enjoy refreshments compliments of generous sponsor NEO.
11:30am - 12:30pm	A Call to Action for Building Energy System Modeling in the Age of Decarbonization Michael Wetter¹, Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli², Johan Akesson³, Stephen Holicky⁴, Clas Jacobson³ 1: Berkeley Lab, USA; 2: University of California at Berkeley, USA; 3: Carrier, Sweden; 4: Honeywell, USA Location: Denver 4 Session Chair: Michael Wetter Session Chair: Kate Bren AIA CES approved for 1 LU.
11:30am - 12:30pm	Building Nightmares David Goldwasser¹, David Schurk², Rob Hosken³ 1: NREL, United States of America; 2: Innovative Air Technologies; 3: Building Performance Architecture Location: Colorado Ballroom Session Chair: David Goldwasser Session Chair: Dimitri Contoyannis AIA CES approved for 1 LU.
11:30am - 12:30pm	Impromptu 2: Does IBPSA-USA Need a Code of Ethics? Location: Denver 5 Session Chair: Zoltan Nagy Session Chair: Liam Buckley No one ever got hurt by a simulation. Or did they? What ethical considerations do we face as simulation practitioners and as an organization? This discussion will cover concerns of commercialism, intellectual property, professional competence, trustworthiness, and perhaps most importantly, what can go wrong when simulationists make faulty assumptions or use tool incorrectly and thus fail to take into account the needs of those who will live in the buildings we analyze.
11:30am - 12:30pm	Technical Session 8: Grid Interactions and Distributed Energy Resources Location: Denver 3 Session Chair: Patrick Kastner AIA CES approved for 1 LU.
11:30am - 12:30pm	Technical Session 9: Approaches to Modeling Future Weather, Climate, and Extreme Events Location: Denver 2 Session Chair: Zhaoyun Zeng AIA CES approved for 1 LU.
12:30pm - 1:30pm	Lunch and Annual General Meeting Location: Colorado Ballroom The IBPSA-USA Annual General Meeting takes place during lunch in the Tivoli Turnhalle.
1:30pm - 3:00pm	Presentation Session 4: Lightning Talks Location: Denver 2 Session Chair: Erik Kolderup AIA CES approved for 1.5 LU.
1:30pm - 3:00pm	Presentation Session 5: Digital Twins and Controls Location: Denver 4 Session Chair: Wangda Zuo AIA CES approved for 1.5 LU.
1:30pm - 3:00pm	Seminar 3: Graphics and Visualization Location: Colorado Ballroom Session Chair: Alejandra Menchaca Session Chair: Jayati Chhabra AIA CES approved for 1.5 LU.
1:30pm - 3:00pm	Technical Session 10: Machine Learning and Big Data Applications to Building Simulation Location: Denver 3 Session Chair: Daniel Lorenz Villa AIA CES approved for 1.5 LU.
1:30pm - 3:00pm	Ten Questions Concerning High Performance Buildings for Thermal Resilience and Health Nan Ma Worcester Polytechnic Institute, United States of America Location: Denver 5 Session Chair: Nan Ma Session Chair: Jihoon Chung AIA CES approved for 1.5 LU.
3:00pm - 3:30pm	Demo 6: Pollination Location: Denver 5 Enjoy light snacks in Senate Chambers and learn about Pollination products and services.
3:00pm - 4:00pm	Poster Session Location: Denver Pre-Function Discuss research with the authors in a one-on-one setting.
3:30pm - 4:00pm	Demo 5: NEO Location: Denver 5 Enjoy light snacks in Senate Chambers and learn about NEO products and services.
4:00pm - 5:00pm	Debate: Artificial Intelligence in Building Simulation Location: Colorado Ballroom Session Chair: Tarek Rakha Session Chair: Rosina Adhikari AIA CES approved for 1 LU.
4:00pm - 5:00pm	Diversity, Equality, And Inclusivity At IBPSA-USA Graham Linn¹, Aysha Demir², Kyleen Rockwell³, Mili Kyropoulou⁴ 1: HabLab and IBPSA-USA DEI Committee Chair; 2: University of Wyoming; 3: Interface Engineering and IBPSA-USA DEI Committee Vice Chair; 4: University of Houston Location: Denver 4 Session Chair: Aysha Demir Session Chair: Matthew Duffy AIA CES approved for 1 LU.
4:00pm - 5:00pm	Focus Group 3: Website Location: Denver 5 Session Chair: Benjamin Brannon New and prospective IBPSA-USA members are invited to give feedback on our website. Raffle prizes available.
4:00pm - 5:00pm	Paving the Way to Net Zero Codes through a New Framework for Compliance Model Review Supriya Goel¹, Timothy McDowell², Dimitri Contoyannis³, Neal Kruis⁴ 1: PNNL, United States of America; 2: Thermal Energy System Specialists; 3: Model Efficiency; 4: Big Ladder Software Location: Denver 3 Session Chair: Neal Kruis Session Chair: Apoorva Pradhan AIA CES approved for 1 LU.
4:00pm - 5:00pm	Presentation Session 6: Case Studies Location: Denver 2 Session Chair: Justin Shultz AIA CES approved for 1 LU.
5:00pm - 7:00pm	IESVE Software User Group Party Location: Platte Bar on Lower Level 1 Registration via Eventbrite
5:30pm - 7:30pm	Night Out at Meow Wolf Location: Meow Wolf Convergence Station, 1338 1st Street, Denver Join your fellow simulationists for a multiversal tour of immersive art just blocks away from SimBuild. This event requires advance sign-up. Registration for this event is now closed, but you may still purchase your own ticket for entry from Meow Wolf.