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Energy Conference
October 11-12, 2007
Program Management and Contact Information

 

 
   
 
 
Visions of the Energy Future - Program
 
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Thursday, October 11, 2007
 
11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.

"Visions of the Energy Future: What We Can Do Today" Car Exhibits and Environmental Demonstrations -
Lafayette College Quad

7:30 - 8:30 p.m. "Energy Problems, Energy Policies, Energy Efficiencies" Williams Center for the Arts
Moderator: Mark Crain, William E. Simon Professor of Political Economy and Chair, Policy Studies Program
Speaker: James L. Sweeney, Professor of Management Science and Engineering, and Director, Precourt Institute for Energy Efficiency, Stanford University
8:30 - 9:30 p.m. Reception
 
 

Friday, October 12, 2007 - Marlo Room, Farinon Student Center
8:30 - 9:40 a.m.

"Coal: Conversion and Clean Technologies Open New Doors"

Moderator: William Rutledge `63, Retired Chairman and CEO, Teledyne, Inc.
Speaker: Frank Clemente, Senior Professor of Social Science and Energy Policy, Penn State University
Commentator: Thomas R. Schneider , Principal, TRSenergy
9:50 - 11:00 a.m. "The Outlook for Energy"
Moderator: Dru Germanoski, Dr. Ervin R. VanArtsdalen Professor of Geology and Department Head, Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences
Speaker: Stephen D. Pryor `71, President, ExxonMobil Refining and Supply Company
Commentator: Frank Clemente, Senior Professor of Social Science and Energy Policy, Penn State University
 
11:10 a.m. - 12:20 p.m. "Transportation:  The Role, Current Realities and Future of Hydrogen"
Moderator: J. Peter Simon `75, Co-Chairman, William E. Simon & Sons LLC
Speaker: David J. Taylor, Vice President of Energy Systems, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
Commentators: W. Fred Robinson, Founder and Chief Engineering Officer and Tai Robinson, President of Intergalactic Hydrogen
 
12:30 - 1:30 p.m. Lunch - Wilson Room, Pfenning Alumni Center
1:40 - 2:50 p.m.

"The Renaissance of Nuclear Energy"

Moderator: Michael Stark, Assistant Professor of Physics
Speaker: Ian H. Hutchinson, Professor and Head, Nuclear Science and Engineering, MIT
Commentator: Thomas R. Schneider , Principal, TRSenergy
 
3:00 - 4:10 p.m.

“Renewable Energy Sources: California as a Policy Laboratory”

Moderators: Alexandra Sippin `08, President of the Lafayette College Student Branch of the IEEE and William D. Jemison `85, Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Speaker: Edwin A. Guiles, Executive Vice-President, Sempra Energy
Commentator: Kurt Zwerko `75, Vice President―Distributed Energy, PPL Corporation

4:10 - 4:30 p.m. Summation and Closing Remarks