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Nanotechnology and Energy: Storage and the Grid
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
at the Baker Institute
Opening Session
WELCOME
8:30-8:45am Mrs. Amy Myers Jaffe
Rice University
Wallace S. Wilson Fellow in Energy Studies
OPENING KEYNOTES
Morning Session I: Innovative Visions for a New Electricity System
Moderator: Dr. Wade Adams, Director, Center for Nanoscale Science and Technolgoy, Rice University
8:45-9:00am Memorial: The Richard Smalley Vision
9:00-9:30am Superconductors and Innovative Visions for a New Electricity System
Dr. Greg Yurek
President, American Superconductor
9:30-10:00am Has the Moment Come? When (and Why) the Smart Grid Will Reach the Tipping Point
Mr. Jesse Berst
Center for Smart Energy
10:00-10:30am COFFEE BREAK
10:30-11:00am 3G System of the Future
Mr. Arthur Kressner
Director, Research & Development
Con Edison Co. NY
11:00-11:30am Grid Intelligence, Nano Computers and Sensors, and
Rick Smalley's Vision of Energy Abundance for All
Dr. Roger Anderson
Director, Thomas Edison Center for Computational Learning Systems
Columbia University
Morning Session 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.
11:30-12:45 pm 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
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Lunch
Rice Memorial Center Grand Hall
Keynote Speaker
12:45-2:00 pm Assessing the Power Sector: Accomplishments and Future Challenges
Mr. Pat Wood, III
Former Chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
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Afternoon Session
Baker Institute
Science and Technology: Innovation to Increase Grid Capacity and Efficiency
2:00-2:30pm The Challange for the Grid of the 21st Century
Dr. John Stringer
Former Technical Executive, Science and Technology Development Division,
Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)
2:30-3:00pm Exergy Sustainability
Dr. Rush Robinett III
Deputy Director, Energy and Transportation Security Center,
SANDIA National Laboratories
3:00-3:30pm Superconductivity, Nanotechnology, and Energy
Dr. Paul Chu
University of Houston
President, HKUST
3:30-3:45pm BREAK
3:45-4:15pm Developing the Quantum Wire
Dr. Howard Schmidt
Executive Director, Carbon Nanotechnology Laboratory, Rice University
4:15-4:45pm Spinning Carbon Nanotube Wire
Dr. Alan Windle
Chair of Materials Science, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
4:45-5:15pm Carbon Nanofiber Yarns and Sheets and
Alternative Materials for Energy Generation, Storage, and Transmission
Dr. Ray Baughman
Robert A. Welch Professor of Chemistry and Director, NanoTech Institute
Univ. of Texas at Dallas
5:15-5:45pm Nanostructured Carbon for Energy
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
5:45-6:30pm Discussion Session
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Wednesday, November 16, 2005
Morning Session
Science and Policy: Nanoscience and Storage
WELCOME
8:30-8:45am Dr. Walter Chapman
Rice University
Director Environmental and Energy Systems Institute, Rice University
Morning Session I: Time Sensitive Pricing and Other Market Promoting Mechanisms
Moderator: Dr. Peter Hartley, Professor of Economics, Rice University
8:45-9:15am The Benefits of Load as a Strategic Resource in Wholesale Electricity Markets
Professor of Economics, Stanford University
9:15-9:45am Demand Response: The Role for Policy, Pricing and Technology
Mr. Roger Levy
President, Levy Associates
9:45-10:00am BREAK
Morning Session II: Energy Storage Technolgy
Moderator: Dr. Matteo Pasquali, Associate Professor in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University
10:00-10:30am A Choice Matrix for Scalable Energy Storage
Dr. Greg Bothum
Professor of Physics and Environmental Science, U. of Oregan
10:30-11:00am Solar Power Technology: Large Scale Storable and Dispatchable Solar Energy
Mr. Michael W. McDowell
Program Manager, Solar Power System, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne
11:00-11:30am Nanotechnology Role in Accelerating the Hydrogen Economy
Dr. Karl Rabago
Group Director, Clean and Renewable Energy, Houston Advanced Research Center
11:30-12:00pm Storage & Transportation of Solar Energy
Dr. Jacob Karni
Professor, Environmental Science and Energy Research Department, and Head of The Energy Center, The Wiezmann Institute of Science, Israel
12:00-12:30pm LUNCH
Afternoon Session II: More Energy Storage Technology
Moderator: Dr. Howard K. Schmidt, Executive Director, Carbon Nanotechnology Laboratory, Rice University
12:30-1:00pm Tidal Power
Dr. Ian Bryden
Associate Dean, Design and Technology and Dean, Postgraduate Studies, Robert Gordon University, UK
1:00-1:30pm Nanomaterials for Battery Applications
Dr. Arnold Stux
Materials Research Engineer, Naval Research Laboratory
1:30-2:00pm Nano-structured Electrode Materials for Energy Storage Devices
Dr. Amit Singhal
Chief Scientist, NEI Corporation
2:00-2:15pm NASA Applications for Flywheels
Dr. Raymond Beach
Lead Systems Engineer, Advanced Electrical Systems Branch,
Glenn Research Center, NASA
2:15-2:30pm Kinetic Energy Storage and Power Generation
Dr. Richard Thompson
Research Associate, Center for ElectroMechanics, UT Austin
Afternoon Session III: Technology Inovations and the Implications for Distributed Energy
Moderator: Mr. Jimmy Glotfelty, Vice President and Managing Director, Energy Markets, ICF Consulting
2:30-3:00pm Using Electric Vehicles for Grid-Connected Storage
Dr. Jasna Tomic
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Delaware
3:00-3:30pm Electrifying Transportation: The Case for Plug-In Hybrids
Dr. Gal Luft
Executive Director, Institute for the Analysisof Global Security (IAGS)
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
3:30-4:30pm Solving the Climate and Energy Problem: Available Technologies and Policy Frameworks
Dr. Stephen Pacala
Princeton University
CLOSING REMARKS
4:30-4:45pm Final Remarks
Dr. Wade Adams
Rice University
Director, Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology
4:45pm Closing Reception
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