Summit Info
About the Summit
Welcome to the 2022 EnergyWaterFoodNexus International Summit. The summit seeks to advance transformative, disruptive innovation to address the challenges of climate change impacts to life on planet earth. The EnergyWaterFoodNexus, as a new science enterprise is designed to expand the research frontier for new discoveries that integrate systems-based research and education for solutions to the vexing energy, water, and food challenges. Without sustainable access to these natural resources, the global economy is in jeopardy of stagnation. Florida A&M University’s School of the Environment is convening this summit to promote cross-cutting discussion, scholarship, and collaboration among researchers, students, and entrepreneurs to advance science, policy, and decision-making. Most importantly, the summit creates a platform for global discussions that allow participants to present innovative ideas for sustainable solutions.
Additionally, the nexus of Energy, Water, and Food in the 21st century, presents new and innovative opportunities to advance new science-based enterprises, aiming at sustainable solutions for safe water, sustainable energy and food security. The extraction, production and use of these three systems ( energy, water and food ) are inextricably linked in an interdependent system that sustains life on our planet. This summit and the accompanying research efforts present a pathway for solutions: a space for international thought leaders to exchange new ideas.
I challenge all of our participants to join this world-class assembly all working together to deliver tangible innovations in the energy, water and food sectors. Our deep gratitude to our sponsors and partners.
Four Thematic Tracks
Science Enterprise
Focuses on developing science-based solution, its application, and the research that make climate change response possible.
Accelerated Innovation
Implements scientifically sound geospatial solutions to transform big data into environmentally relevant information to advance sustainable and efficient use of natural resources.
Science-Based Policy & Decision Making
Provide Solutions to Environmental Justice and Sustainability, Global Challenges, and the Urgent Need for a Well-Trained Workforce.
Global Access to Safe Water
Seeks to Maximize the Use of Technologies to Advance Ecosystems and Community Health, and Solutions for Water Generation, Renewable Energy, and Support for Sustainable Natural Resources.
Location & Venue
Alfred Lawson Multi-Purpose Center & Online
1800 Wahnish Way, Tallahassee, FL 32310
Hotels
AC Hotel by Marriott
801 S Gadsden St
Tallahassee, FL 32301
(850) 392-7700
Residence Inn by Marriott
600 W Gaines St
Tallahassee, FL 32304
(850) 329-9080
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel
101 S Adams St
Tallahassee, FL 32301
(850) 224-5000
Hotel Indigo, an IHG Hotel
826 W Gaines St
Tallahassee, FL 32304
(850) 210-0008
Hyatt House
1100 Railroad Ave
Tallahassee, FL 32310
(850) 222-0039
Hampton Inn & Suites
824 Railroad Ave
Tallahassee, FL 32310
(850) 692-7150
Aloft Tallahassee
200 N Monroe St
Tallahassee, FL 32301
(850) 513-0313
About the Founder
Victor Ibeanusi, Ph.D.
Professor Victor Ibeanusi, Ph.D., Dh.C (Honoris Causa)
Founder and Director, EnergyWaterFoodNexus International Summits
Dean School of the Environment
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
In the face of the challenges set by global climate change that is impacting access to safe water, procurement of sustainable energy, and food security, there is only one path ahead, a transformative innovation built on open science with integration of novel applications and new technologies. The particular processes and applications of this path would allow a truly disruptive and accelerated transformation to sustainable development. Dr. Ibeanusi, Florida A&M University-Dean School of the Environment, is leading and advancing the EnergyWaterFoodNexus (EWFN) as a new science enterprise addressing this vexing global challenge. Dr. Ibeanusi is also the Founder and Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of EnergyWaterFoodNexus.
In 2019, Dr. Ibeanusi received a Dh.c (Honoris causa) from the University of Miskolc, Hungary. He is a recipient of the Fulbright Specialist Program in Germany and a Senior Fulbright Fellow designed to support curricular and institutional planning at academic institutions. Dr. Ibeanusi is one of the six pioneering recipients of the AT&T Foundation Industrial Ecology Fellow, a program that seeks to eliminate or reduce environmental impacts at every stage of a product’s life cycle- from design, to manufacture, to use, to disposal or re-use.
Dr. Ibeanusi’ s training includes those at the Space and Naval Warfare Systems (SPAWAR), San Diego CA; Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site at Aiken, SC; Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Lab; United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (USEPA) National Exposure Research Lab, Athens GA; USEPA’s Superfund and Land Chemical Divisions, Chicago; and the Research Triangle Park, NC. Dr. Ibeanusi holds a Ph.D. degree in Environmental Microbiology.
Contact Us
Registration Questions
Rosny Jean
Registration Services
rosny.jean@famu.edu
Speaker Related Questions | Partnership Opportunities
Speaker Related Questions | Partnership Opportunities
Victor Ibeanusi, Ph.D., Dh.c. (Honoris causa)
Summit Chair
victor.Ibeanusi@famu.edu
EWFN Awardee | Partner | Technology Showcase Logistical Questions
EWFN Awardee | Partner | Technology Showcase Logistical Questions
Satyanarayan Dev, Ph.D.
Project Manager and Exhibit Services Coordinators
satyanarayan.dev@famu.edu
Summit Logistical Questions
Summit Logistical Questions
Joel Blount
Technical Services
joel.blount@famu.edu