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Track F · Tech in Action: Demonstrations & Deployment
What deployment lessons matter most for earning long-term community trust?
Thursday, November 54:15 – 5:30
About This Session
This session examines what deployment lessons matter most for building community trust and long-term acceptance of new energy technology. With panelists spanning state innovation partnership management, K-12 science and technology education, residential electrification startups, and state economic development policy, the conversation treats trust-building as a practical deployment variable rather than a soft afterthought to the technical work.
Key Questions Explored
- What deployment lessons matter most for earning long-term community trust?
- How can community education and workforce development be built into deployment planning from the start?
- What separates a deployment that builds public confidence from one that erodes it?
- What should be different about how new energy technology is introduced to communities going forward?
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