"Visions of the Energy Future" - Conference Summary Page
On October 11-12, 2007 the Policy Studies Program co-sponsored the "Visions of the Energy Future" conference along with the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. and the Power Engineering Society.
Speakers included Stephen Pryor '71, President of ExxonMobil Refining and Supply; Frank Clemente, Professor of Social Science and Energy Policy at Penn State University; Edwin Guiles, Executive Vice President of Sempra Energy; Ian Hutchinson, Professor and Head of the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering at MIT; Thomas R. Schneider Principal of TRSenergy; James Sweeney, Professor of Management Science and Engineering, and Director, Precourt Institute for Energy Efficiency at Stanford University and David Taylor, Vice President of Energy Businesses at Air Products and Chemicals Inc.
Click here for the "Visions of the Energy Future" podcast created by Carolyn Romney '08.
Video File Size: 23.45 MB
Click here for Professor James L. Sweeney's opening lecture at the the "Visions of the Energy Future" conference.
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Car Exhibit and Environmental Demonstration
Tai Robinson and W. Fred Robinson of Intergalactic Hydrogen show their Hydrogen Hummer "Otto" at the demonstration preceeding the energy conference.
Mechanical Engineering Associate Professor Jeffrey Helm displays Lafayette's SAE Formual One race car.
Dick Milham representative displays a Hybrid Camry at the "Visions of the Energy Furture" car exhibit.
Energy Conference Speakers
Frank Clemente from Penn State University addresses the audience on coal conversion.
J. Peter Simon '75 of William E. Simon and Sons, LLC served as a panelist at the conference.
David Taylor of Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. discusses the role, current realities and future of hydrogen.
Stephen Pryor '71 lectured on "The Hard Truths About Energy." Here he comments that there is no "one" solution to our energy crisis and that we all need to work together.
Edwin Guiles of Sempra Energy addresses the audience on the opportunities and challenges of renewable energy.
