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GCEP Research Symposium 2010

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September 28 - 29, 2010
Stanford University

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Tuesday, September 28
Welcome and Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP): 2010 (3.1Mb)
Sally Benson, Director, Global Climate and Energy Project, Stanford University

The Recent Situation and Development of China's Energy Sector (8.0 Mb)
Dr. Xu Kuangdi, Honorary Chairman of the Governing Board, Chinese Academy of Engineering; former Mayor of Shanghai

DOE Perspective: Addressing the Energy Challenges of the Nation
Kristina Johnson, Under Secretary of Energy, United States Department of Energy

Evaluating Environmental Trade-offs, Co-benefits, and Unintended Consequences of Energy Options and Climate Responses (8.3 Mb)
Pamela Matson, Dean of the School of Earth Sciences, Stanford University

1:00 - 4:40 Afternoon GCEP Research Themes and Concurrent Energy Tutorials
1:00 - 2:40 Biofuels and Bioenergy Conversion
Moderator: Chris Field, Carnegie Institution; Stanford University
Novel Mutants Optimized for Lignin, Growth and Biofuel Production
Claire Halpin, University of Dundee
Biohydrogen Generation (1.6 Mb)
Jim Swartz, Stanford University
Non-carbon Effects of Bioenergy on Climate (845 Kb)
David Lobell, Stanford University
3:00 - 4:40 Carbon Capture and Sequestration
Moderator: Sally Benson, Stanford University
Realizing Ultra-High-Efficiency Engines - Understanding Limits and Overcoming Limitations (1.9 Mb)
Chris Edwards, Stanford University
Physical Effects of CO₂ Injection to Geophysical Parameters (8.4 Mb)
Gary Mavko, Tiziana Vanorio, Stanford University
Collaborative Research on Carbon Sequestration in Saline Aquifers in China (4.3 Mb)
Don Zhang, Peking University and University of Southern California
Wednesday, September 29
8:00 - 9:00 Solar Energy
Moderator: Nate Lewis, California Institute of Technology
Carbon Nanomaterial-Based Transparent Electrodes
Zhenan Bao, Stanford University
Molecular Solar Cells
Peter Peumans, Stanford University
9:10 - 10:30 Advanced Energy Transformations and Storage
Moderator: Richard Sassoon, GCEP Managing Director, Stanford University
Evaluation of Redox-active Organic Electrode Materials for Greener Li-ion Batteries (3.0 Mb)
Philippe Poizot, Universite de Picardie
Nanomaterials Engineering for Hydrogen Storage (2.3 Mb)
Daniel Friebel/Anders Nilsson, Stanford University/SLAC
Developing Solid-state Electrocatalysts Based on Design Principles from Nature: The Oxidation of Water and the Reduction of CO₂ to Fuels
Thomas Jaramillo, Stanford University
12:00 - 1:00 New Thoughts on a Hot, Flat and Crowded World (Introduction by George Shultz) (1.2 Mb)
Thomas Friedman, The New York Times Columnist; Pulitzer Prize Winning Author

1:10 - 5:10 Afternoon Plenary Sessions: Opportunity and Innovation in the Energy Economy
1:10 - 2:40 Plenary: Information Technology Opportunities in the Energy Sector
Moderated by Mark Horowitz, Chairman, Electrical Engineering Dept, Stanford University; Chief Scientist, Rambus

Panelists:
- Paul De Martini, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Smart Grid, Cisco
- Pat House, Co-founder, Vice Chairman, and Senior Vice President of Strategy, C3
- Balaji Prabhakar, Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Departments, Stanford University
- Bill Weihl, Green Energy Czar, Google
3:00 - 3:45 Plenary: On the Size of the Mitigation Effort Required to Solve the Climate Problem: New Constraints from Recent Carbon Cycle Research (2.6 Mb)
Stephen Pacala, Director, Princeton Environmental Institute, Princeton University

3:45 - 5:10 Plenary: The Energy Innovation Ecosystem
Moderated by Journalist Andrew Revkin, Dot Earth

Panelists:
- Uma Chowdhry, Senior Vice President and Chief Science and Technology Officer, Emeritus, DuPont
- Roy Johnson, former Chief Executive Officer, Calisolar
- John Krenicki, Vice Chairman, GE; President and Chief Executive Officer, GE Energy Infrastructure
- Richard Swanson, Founder and President Emeritus, SunPower