Previous seminars
Below is a list of past seminars sponsored by MITEI or given by MITEI sponsored speakers with links to further information, including presentations, videos, papers, and articles as available.
Thermoelectric Energy Conversion: Recent Progress and Applications
November 3, 2009
Speaker: Joseph Heremans
Facing the Harsh Realities: Shaping the Energy Mix of the Future, Starting Today
October 29, 2009
Speaker: Tony Hayward, CEO of BP plc.
MITEI Colloquium: Can We Meet the Planet's Deadline?
October 7, 2009
Speaker: Frances Beinecke, President, NRDC
The Next Phase in Large-Scale Solar Thermal Power Generation
October 6, 2009
Speaker: Jacob Karni
Energy Curriculum Development Workshop
May 19, 2009
Recycling Nuclear Waste: Addressing Waste in the 21st Century
May 18, 2009
Speakers: Senator Tom Carper, Charles Forsberg, Matthew Bunn, Ernest Moniz, Andrew Kadak
Meeting US Energy and Climate Challenges with Rational Policy
May 5, 2009
Speaker: Severin Borenstein
MITEI Earth Day Colloquium
April 22, 2009
Speaker: James McCarthy
A Symposium to Honor Instiute Professor John Deutch
April 16, 2009
Speakers: George Whitesides, James Schlesinger, Linda Stuntz, Philip
Deutch, Harold Brown, Brent Scowcroft, John Podesta, John Deutch
Using Science to Innovate in Efficient Energy Utilization
April 14, 2009
Speaker: Arun Majumdar
Clean Power: Building a New Clean Energy Economy
April 13, 2009
Speakers: President Susan Hockfield, Congressman Edward J. Markey, John Holdren, Daniel Yergin, Ernest Moniz, Carol Browner
Sunlight-driven Hydrogen Formation by Membrane-Supported Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting
March 10, 2009
Speaker: Nate Lewis
Toward Two Billion Cars: Transforming Vehicles, Fuels, and Mobility
March 5, 2009
Workshop: Superconducting DC Transmission and Distribution
February 25, 2009
Recent advances, new trends, and future challenges within the Li-ion battery energy storage system
February 10, 2009
Speaker: Jean-Marie Tarascon
Energy Futures Week
IAP 2009
January 12 - January 15, 2009
The Sustainable Energy Challenge
December 2, 2008
Speaker: George Crabtree, Argonne National Laboratory
Zero Energy Buildings: Potentials and Realities
November 18, 2008
Speaker: Stephen Selkowitz, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Energy: The Past Must Not Be Prologue
October 15, 2008
Speaker: The Honorable George P. Shultz
Energy Services for the Poor
October 7, 2008
Speaker: H Harish Hande
Presidential campaigns debate energy
October 6, 2008
Speakers: Jason Grumet and R. James Woolsey
Energy Policy and Technology
Friday, September 19, 2008
Speakers: Joseph T. Kelliher, Chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
With commentary by Commissioner Jon Wellinghoff
Time is running out for the oil-exporting states
Friday, September 12, 2008
Speakers: John V. Mitchell
Associate Research Fellow, Chatham House and Research Adviser, Oxford Institute of Energy Studies
Paul Stevens
Senior Research Fellow for Energy, Chatham House and Emeritus Professor, Dundee University
More >
Powerpoint presentation (PDF) >
The report underlying their talk can be found at:
http://www.chathamhouse.org.uk/publications/papers/view/-/id/645/
Profitably Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Speaker: Thomas R. Casten
Chairman, Recycled Energy Development
More >
Powerpoint presentation (PDF) >
Clean Energy for the Commonwealth
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Speaker: Deval Patrick
Governor of Massachusetts
Energy Supply and Demand, Economics, and Greenhouse Gas Management: Are They Related?
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Speaker: Carl Bauer
Director of the Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory
The New Energy Reality
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Speaker: Clay Sell
Deputy Secretary and Chief Operating Officer, U.S. Department of Energy
Energy Futures Week
Monday-Thursday, January 14-17, 2008
Innovation, Research, and Education for a Sustainable Future
Sponsored by the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI)
Escaping from Our Energy Trap
Monday, January 14, 2008
Speaker: Leonardo Maugeri
Group Senior Vice-President for Strategies and Development, Eni SpA, Italy
Climate Change: The Economics of and Prospects for a Global Deal
Monday, November 19, 2007
Speaker: Sir Nicholas Stern, FBA
IG Patel Professor of Economics and Head, India Observatory within the London School of Economics’ Asia Research Centre
Facing the Hard Truths about Energy: A comprehensive view to 2030 of global oil and natural gas
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Speaker: Lee R. Raymond
Retired Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Exxon Mobil
US Energy Security Policy and the Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Speaker: Melanie Kenderdine
Associate Director for Strategic Planning, MITEI
MITEI Energy Colloquium Features George Whitesides
Tuesday, May 1, 2007
Speaker: George Whitesides
Professor, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University
