SUNDAY |
2:00 pm - 11:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm | Welcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff |
7:35 pm - 7:40 pm | Welcome / Introductory Comments by Conference Chair |
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm | ENERGY POLICY CHALLENGES |
| Discussion Leader: Audrey Lee (U.S. Department of Energy) |
7:40 pm - 8:25 pm | Keynote Address: David Keith (University of Calgary, Canada)
"Sustainable Energy Technology and Public Policy" |
8:25 pm - 8:35 pm | Discussion |
8:35 pm - 9:20 pm | Keynote Address: Julio Friedmann (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
"The Future of Coal" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
MONDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND CARBON MITIGATION |
| Discussion Leader: Daniel Mueller (NTNU, Norway) |
9:00 am - 9:45 am | Elizabeth Wilson (University of Minnesota)
"Policies for the Management of Carbon" |
9:45 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break / Group Photo |
10:30 am - 11:15 am | Dolf Gielen (International Energy Agency)
"Scenarios for Industrial Energy Efficiency and CO2 Mitigation" |
11:15 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:15 pm | Satish Joshi (Michigan State University)
"Modular, Local Industrial Ecosystems Approach to Meet Large-Scale Demand for Food and Fuel" |
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session #1 |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | ENERGY SOURCES FOR TRANSPORT |
| Discussion Leader: Roland Clift (University of Surrey, UK) |
7:30 pm - 8:15 pm | Timothy J. Wallington (Ford Motor Company)
"Sustainable Mobility: An Automotive Industry Perspective" |
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:15 pm | Henrik Wenzel (University of Southern Denmark)
"Life Cycle Assessment of Energy Sources for Transport in Light of Competition for Biomass and Agricultural Land" |
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
TUESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | BIO-FUELS AND BIO-FEEDSTOCKS |
| Discussion Leader: Charles Mbohwa (University of Johannesburg) |
9:00 am - 9:45 am | Sangwon Suh (University of Minnesota)
"Challenges of Replacing Fossil Resources by Biomass: A Biophysical Perspective" |
9:45 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:15 am | Amy Landis (University of Pittsburgh)
"Bio-Based Lubricants and the Agricultural Market for Soybeans" |
11:15 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:15 pm | Rob Anex (Iowa State University)
"Sustainability and Resilience in the Bioeconomy" |
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Free Time |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | NANOMATERIALS AND NANOTECHNOLOGIES |
| Discussion Leader: Suren Erkman (University of Lausanne, Switzerland) |
7:30 pm - 8:15 pm | Thomas Theis (University of Illinois, Chicago)
"The Environmental Footprint of Engineered Nanomaterials" |
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:15 pm | Shannon Lloyd (Concurrent Technologies, Inc.)
"The Industrial Ecology of Nanomaterials" |
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
WEDNESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | SATISFYING STRATEGIC MATERIAL REQUIREMENTS |
| Discussion Leader: Helga Weisz (University of Klagenfurt, Austria) |
9:00 am - 9:45 am | Tom Graedel (Yale University)
"Defining Critical Materials" |
9:45 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:15 am | Rene Kleijn (Leiden University)
"Material Constraints of New Energy Pathways" |
11:15 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:15 pm | Don Lipkin (GE Global Research)
"Critical Materials as Guiding Choices in Design" |
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session #2 |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm | Business Meeting |
| (Nominations for the next Vice Chair; Election of the next Vice Chair) |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | MANAGEMENT OF WATER RESOURCES |
| Discussion Leader: Larry Mays (Arizona State University) |
7:30 pm - 8:15 pm | Winnie Gerben-Leenes (University of Twente, the Netherlands)
"Water Footprint of Different Energy Carriers" |
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:15 pm | Slav Hermanovicz (University of California, Berkeley)
"Measuring Physical Sustainability for Water Resources Management" |
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
THURSDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | ASSURING SUSTAINABLE USE OF MATERIALS |
| Discussion Leader: Shinichiro Nakamura (Waseda University, Japan) |
9:00 am - 9:45 am | Jean-Pierre Birat (Arcelor, France)
"The Greening of the Steel Industry" |
9:45 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:15 am | Tetsuya Nagasaka (Tohoku University, Japan)
"Substance Flow Control for Advanced Steel Recycling" |
11:15 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:15 pm | Kohmei Halada (National Institute of Material Science, Japan)
"The Rapid Growth of Global Material Environmental Risks" |
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Free Time |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm | Business Meeting |
| Fill out Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Site & Scheduling Preferences) |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | PRESENTATION OF PRIZE-WINNING STUDENT POSTERS |
| Chair: Faye Duchin (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) |
| (winners to be selected at meeting) |
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm | INDUSTRIAL AND AGRICULTURAL USE OF WATER |
| Discussion Leader: Diana Bauer (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency) |
7:40 pm - 8:25 pm | Zara Khatib (Shell Exploration and Production Co., International)
"Produced Water: Turning a Legacy Waste to a Business Opportunity for Sustainable Development" |
8:25 pm - 8:35 pm | Discussion |
8:35 pm - 9:20 pm | Rosa Duarte (University of Zaragoza, Spain)
"Virtual Water in the Agricultural Sector" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
FRIDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Depart |