Research that reduces greenhouse gases is subject of September
symposium
Stanford, California—August 18, 2006—The Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP) will hold an
energy research symposium Sept. 18-20 at the Frances C. Arrillaga Alumni
Center. Researchers from
Stanford and around the world will discuss developments that may spur energy
technologies with significantly reduced greenhouse gas emissions. The symposium
is free and open to the Stanford community and other researchers and energy
professionals, but registration is required by Sept. 8. For registration and a
schedule of events, go to http://gcep.stanford.edu/symposium.
"In the past three years, GCEP has built up a diverse
portfolio of research efforts," said GCEP Director Franklin M. Orr, Jr.
"This meeting will provide our researchers with an opportunity to reflect
on their work and share their results. We are looking forward to a wide-ranging
set of presentations by our Stanford and outside investigators, and posters
from students and research staff supported by GCEP."
The symposium's keynote speaker will be Steve Chu, director
of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory since 2004 and winner of the Nobel
Prize in physics in 1997. For 17 years, Chu
was a professor of physics and applied physics at Stanford, where he chaired
the Physics Department from 1990 to 1993 and from 1999 to 2001. He has spoken
widely to political and scientific leaders and the public about the need of
applying emergent technologies to solve worldwide energy concerns. At the
symposium, he will give a presentation titled, "The Energy Problem, Our
Current Choices and Future Prospects."
The symposium, titled "Developments in Fundamental
Research Towards Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Energy Systems,"
is the second that GCEP will host. It will cover the following topics:
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Global Energy Context (Monday a.m.)
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Solar Energy (Monday p.m.)
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Bioenergy Storage and Conversion (Tuesday a.m.)
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Advanced Materials and Catalysts (Tuesday p.m.)
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Carbon Mitigation, Capture and Separation (Wednesday a.m.)
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Carbon Storage (Wednesday p.m.)
