Wednesday, May 3, 2006
Building W16 - Kresge Auditorium
The MIT President's Office invites you to a day-long forum showcasing MIT energy research and the results of a comprehensive analysis of MIT's unique strengths in contributing solutions to the world energy crisis. Bookmark this page for further updates.
Agenda
9:00-9:20am
OPENING REMARKS
Susan Hockfield, President, MIT
9:20-9:50am
OVERVIEW OF THE ENERGY RESEARCH COUNCIL REPORT
Professor Ernest J. Moniz, Co-Chair, Energy Research Council
10:00-11:15am
PANEL SESSION I - followed by Q & A
Science and Technology for
a Clean Energy Future
- Yang Shao-Horn - Session Chair
- Emanuel M. Sachs - Renewable/Solar
- Yet-Ming Chiang - Storage
- Gregory Stephanopoulos - Biofuel
- Jeffrey P. Freidberg - Fusion
- Gang Chen - Nanotechnology's role
11:15-11:30am
MORNING SUMMARY
L. Rafael Reif, Provost, MIT
11:30am-1:00pm
Lunch and MIT Energy Club Poster Presentation
Kresge Lobby
1:00-2:15pm
PANEL SESSION II - followed by Q & A
Improving Today's Energy Systems
- William H. Green Jr. - Session Chair
- Mujid S. Kazimi - Nuclear
- Robert D. van der Hilst - Subsurface science and engineering, oil and gas exploration and carbon sequestration
- Ahmed F. Ghoniem - Modeling, simulation and energy conversion
- Paul L. Joskow - Electricity systems/policy
- Stephen Ansolabehere - Public attitudes
2:15-2:45pm
Break
2:45-4:00pm
PANEL SESSION III
Energy for a Rapidly Evolving World
- Henry D. Jacoby - Session Chair
- Ronald G. Prinn - Science and policy of climate change
- Leon R. Glicksman - Buildings
- John B. Heywood - Transportation technologies, fuels and systems
- Karen R. Polenske - China
- Amy B. Smith - Energy in developing areas
4:00-4:30pm
Question & Answer Session
- Moderator - Robert C. Armstrong, Co-Chair, Energy Research Council
- Vladimir Bulovic, Chair, Walk the Talk Subcommittee, Energy Research Council
- David T. Danielson, President, MIT Energy Club
- Susan Hockfield, President, MIT
- Jefferson W. Tester, Chair, Education Subcommittee, Energy Research Council
5:00-6:30pm
Receptions and Tours
Plasma Science and Fusion Center - Building NW17
Sloan Automotive Laboratory and Electrochemical Energy Laboratories - Building 31