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Energy and Nanotechnology: Storage and Grid
Workshop III
November 15-16, 2005
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 and Presentations
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
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Mrs. Amy Myers Jaffe, Wallace S. Wilson Fellow in Energy Studies, James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Rice University
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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
9:00 AM
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Dr. Greg Yurek, President, American Superconductor
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9:30 AM Opening Session: Outlining the Possibilities – A Commercial Perspective
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Mr. Jesse Berst, Center for Smart Energy
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10:00 AM Break
10:30 AM
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Mr. Arthur Kressner, Director, Research & Development Con Edison Co. NY
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" 3 G System of the Future" |
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11:00 AM
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Dr. Roger Anderson, Director, Thomas Edison Center for Computational Learning Systems, Columbia University
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Morning Session II: Economics and Public Policy:
Moderator: Mrs. Amy Myers Jaffe, Wallace S. Wilson Fellow in Energy Studies, James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Rice University.
11:30 AM What is the right policy to propel innovative solutions?
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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
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12:45 PM Lunch
Keynote Speaker
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Mr. Pat Wood, III, Former Chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
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" Assessing the Power Sector: Accomplishments and Future Challenges " |
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Afternoon Session
Science and Technology: Innovation to Increase Grid Capacity and Efficiency
2:00 PM
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Dr. John Stringer, Former Technical Executive, Science and Technology Development Division, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)
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2:30 PM
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Dr. Rush Robinett III, Deputy Director, Energy and Transportation Security Center ,
SANDIA National Laboratories
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3:00 PM
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Dr. Paul Chu, President, HKUST, University of Houston
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3:30 PM Break
3:45 PM
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Dr. Howard Schmidt, Executive Director, Carbon Nanotechnology Laboratory, Rice University
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4:45 PM Keynote Addresses: "The Energy Potential of Biomass in the U.S."
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Dr. Ray Baughman, Robert A. Welch Professor of Chemistry and Director, NanoTech Institute, Univ. of Texas at Dallas
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5: 15 PM
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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
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5:45 PM Discussion Session
Wednesday, November 16, 2005
Morning Session
Science and Policy: Nanoscience and Storage
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Dr. Walter Chapman, Director Energy and Environmental Systems Institute, Rice University
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Morning Session I: Time Sensitive Pricing and Other Market Promoting Mechanisms Moderator: Dr. Peter Hartley, Professor of Economics, Rice University
8: 45 AM
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Dr. Frank A. Wolak, Professor of Economics, Stanford University
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9:15 AM
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Mr. Roger Levy, President, Levy Associates
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9:45 AM Break
Morning Session II: Energy Storage Technolgy
Moderator: Dr. Matteo Pasquali, Associate Professor in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University
10:00 AM
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Dr. Greg Bothum, Professor of Physics and Environmental Science, U. of Oregan
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10:30 AM
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Mr. Michael W. McDowell, Program Manager, Solar Power System, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne
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11:00 AM
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Dr. Karl Rabago, Group Director, Clean and Renewable Energy, Houston Advanced Research Center
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11:30 AM
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Dr. Jacob Karni, Professor, Environmental Science and Energy Research Department, and Head of The Energy Center, The Wiezmann Institute of Science, Israel
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" Storage & Transportation of Solar Energy " |
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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
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Dr. Ian Bryden, Associate Dean, Design and Technology and Dean, Postgraduate Studies, Robert Gordon University , UK
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1:00 PM
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Dr. Arnold Stux, Materials Research Engineer, Naval Research Laboratory
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1:30 PM
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Dr. Amit Singhal, Chief Scientist, NEI Corporation
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2:00 PM
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Dr. Raymond Beach, Lead Systems Engineer, Advanced Electrical Systems Branch,
Glenn Research Center , NASA
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2:15 PM
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Dr. Richard Thompson, Research Associate, Center for ElectroMechanics , UT Austin
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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
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Dr. Jasna Tomic, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Delaware
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3:00 PM
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Dr. Gal Luft, Executive Director, Institute for the Analysisof Global Security (IAGS)
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Afternoon Session III: Closing 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
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Dr. Stephen Pacala, Princeton University
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Closing Remarks
4:30 PM
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Dr. Wade Adams, Director, Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Rice University
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4:45 PM Closing Reception
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This conference was sponsored by the Baker Institute Energy Forum, in conjunction with
the Richard E. Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology
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