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About the Workshop

In light of repeating oil supply disruptions and emerging environmental pressures, the international energy industry and scientific community are looking to non-conventional solutions to confront our ongoing energy security concerns. Energy is not just a critical concern to the United States, but also a global one. Among the most important technical challenges facing the world in the 21st century is providing clean, affordable energy, whose supply is sustainable and universally available. A solution to the global energy problem will require revolutionary new technology, as well as conservation and evolutionary improvements in existing technologies.

Summary of the Issues

"Energy and Nanotechnology: Storage and the Grid" will explore the state of current and emerging electricity science and technology and investigate the opportunities for nanoscience to contribute revolutionary changes to the current system. The conference is the third major conclave held at Rice University as part of our ongoing series on Energy and Nanotechnology. Topics of lectures during this portion of the workshop include: Superconductors & Innovative Visions for a New Electricity System; Has the Moment Come? When (and Why) the Smart Grid Will Reach the Tipping Point; 3G Systems for the Future; Grid Intelligence, Nanocomputers and Sensors, and Rick Smalley's Vision of Energy Abundance for All.

Conference Agenda

Tueday, November 15, 2005 8:30 AM   Mrs. Amy Myers Jaffe, Wallace S. Wilson Fellow in Energy Studies, Rice University "Welcome Remarks" Morning Session I:  Innovative Visions for a New Electricity System Moderator:  Dr. Wade Adams, Director, Center for Nanoscale Science and Technolgoy, Rice University 8:45 AM   Memorial: The Richard Smalley Vision 9:00 AM   Dr. Greg Yurek , President, American Superconductor "Superconductors for Advanced Grid Solutions" 9:30 AM   Mr. Jesse Berst , Center for Smart Energy "Has the Moment Come?  When (and Why) the Smart Grid Will Reach the Tipping Point " 10:00 AM Break 10:30 AM   Mr. Arthur Kressner, Director, Research & Development, Con Edison Co. NY " 3G System of the Future " 11:00 AM   Dr. Roger Anderson , Director, Thomas Edison Center for Computational Learning Systems, Columbia University " Computation in the Electric Grid of the Future" Morning Sessioon II: Economics and Public Policy Moderator: Ms. Amy Myers Jaffe, Wallace S. Wilson Fellow in Energy Studies, James Baker Institute for Pubublic Policy and Associate Director, Rice Energy Program, Rice University. 11:30 AM What is the right policy to propel innovative solutions?   Dr. Peter Hartley, Rice University Mr. Jimmy Glotfelty , Vice President and Managing Director, Energy Markets, ICF Consulting Dr. Michelle Michot Foss , Chief Energy Economist and Head, Center for Energy Economics, Bureau of Economic Geology, UT Austin 12:45 PM Lunch Keynote Speaker   Mr. Pat Wood, III , Former Chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) " Assessing the Power Sector:  Accomplishments and Future Challenges "   Afternoon Session Science and Technology:  Innovation to Increase Grid Capacity and Efficiency 2:00 PM   Dr. John Stringer, Former Technical Executive, Science and Technology Development Division, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) " The Challenge for the Grid of  the 21st Century" 2:30 PM   Dr. Rush Robinett III , Deputy Director, Energy and Transportation Security Center, SANDIA National Laboratories " Energy Sustainability" 3:00 PM   Dr. Paul Chu , University of Houston, President, HKUST " Superconductivity, Nanotechnology, and Energy" 3:30 PM Break 3:45 PM   Dr. Howard Schmidt, Executive Director, Carbon Nanotechnology Laboratory, Rice University " Developing the Quantum Wire " 4:15 PM   Dr. Ray Baughman, Robert A. Welch Professor of Chemistry and Director, NanoTech Institute, Univ. of Texas at Dallas " Carbon Nanofiber Yarns and Sheets and Alternative Materials for Energy Generation, Storage, and Transmission " 5:15 PM   Dr. Edward McRae, Director of Research, Centre National de la recherche Scientifique and Deputy Director, Laboratoire de Chimie du Solide Mineral, University of Nancy, France LCSM, Nancy, France  " Nanostructured Carbon for Energy "   5:45 PM Discussion Session Wednesday, November 16, 2005 8:30 AM   Dr. Walter Chapman s , Director Environmental and Energy Systems Institute, Rice University "Welcome Remarks" Morning Session I: Time Sensitive Pricing and Other Market Promoting Mechanisms Moderator: Dr. Peter Hartley, Professor of Economics, Rice University

8:45 AM   Professor of Economics, Stanford University "The Benefits of Load as a Strategic Resource in Wholesale Electricity Markets"

9:15 AM

Morning Session II: Energy Storage Technology
Moderator:  Dr. Matteo Pasquali, Associate Professor in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University

10: 00 AM

Dr. Greg Bothum, Professor of  Physics and Environmental Science,  U. of Oregan " A Choice Matrix for Scalable Energy Storage "

10:30 AM

Mr. Michael W. McDowell, Program Manager, Solar Power System, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne " Solar Power Technology: Large Scale Storable and Dispatchable Solar Energy "

11:00 AM

Dr. Karl Rabago , Group Director, Clean and Renewable Energy, Houston Advanced Research Center " Nanotechnology Role in Accelerating the Hydrogen Economy"

11:30 AM

Dr. Jacob Karni, Professor, Environmental Science and Energy Research Department, and Head of The Energy Center, The Wiezmann Institute of Science, Israel " Storage & Transportation of Solar Energy "

12:00 PM Lunch

Afternoon Session II: More Energy Storage Technology
Moderator: Dr. Howard K. Schmidt, Executive Director, Carbon Nanotechnology Laboratory, Rice University

12:30 PM

Dr. Ian Bryden, Associate Dean, Design and Technology and Dean, Postgraduate Studies, Robert Gordon University , UK " Tidal Power"

1:00 PM

Dr. Arnold Stux, Materials Research Engineer, Naval Research Laboratory " Nanomaterials for Battery Applications "

1:30 PM

Dr. Amit Singhal, Chief Scientist, NEI Corporation " Nano -structured Electrode Materials for Energy Storage Devices"

2: 00 PM

Dr. Raymond Beach, Lead Systems Engineer, Advanced Electrical Systems Branch, Glenn Research Center , NASA " NASA Applications for Flywheels "

2:15 PM

Dr. Richard Thompson, Research Associate, Center for ElectroMechanics , UT Austin " Kinetic Energy Storage and Power Generation "

Afternoon Session III: Technology Inovations and the Implications for Distributed Energy
Moderator: Mr. Jimmy Glotfelty, Vice President and Managing Director, Energy Markets, ICF Consulting

2:30 PM

Dr. Jasna Tomic, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Delaware " Using Electric Vehicles for Grid-Connected Storage "

3:00 PM

Dr. Gal Luft, Executive Director, Institute for the Analysisof Global Security (IAGS)  " Electrifying Transportation: The Case for Plug-In Hybrids "

Afternoon Session III: Cloosing Keynote
Moderator: Ms. Amy Jaffe, Wallace S. Wilson Fellow in Energy Studies, James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy and Associate Director, Rice Energy Program, Rice University

3:30 PM

Dr. Stephen Pacala, Princeton University " Solving the Climate and Energy Problem:  Available Technologies and Policy Frameworks "

Closing Remarks

4:30 PM

4:45 PM
Closing Reception