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Special Events & Invited Talks |
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NORTHWESTERN - ARGONNE SYMPOSIUM ENERGY - THE CHALLENGE FOR THE 21st CENTURY Organized under the auspices of the Heilborn Lectures for 2007 - 2008 Friday May 2, 2008 8:30 am - 5:00 pm Ryan Auditorium, Technological Institute, 2145 Sheridan Rd
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Session I |
Chair, Kamal K. Seth, Department of Physics and Astronomy | |
9:00 - 10:00 |
Keynote Lecture | |
| Steve Chu, Director, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | ||
| "The World's Energy Problem and What We Can DO About It" | ||
10:00 - 10:45 |
Phillip J. Finck, Assoc. Laboratory Director for Nuclear Science and Technology,Idaho National Laboratory | |
| "Nuclear Energy in the U.S.: Meeting the Challenges of the 21 st Century" | ||
10:45 - 11:15 |
Coffee |
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11:15 - 12:00 |
Stephen P. Long, Director Energy Biosciences Institute, Univ. of Illinois | |
"Plentiful Biofuels from Crops with Benefit to the Environment and Without Conflict to Food Supply is within Our Grasp" |
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12:00 - 1:30 |
Lunch Break |
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Session II |
Chair, Tobin J. Marks, Department of Chemistry |
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1:30 - 2:15 |
William F. Banholzer, Chief Technology Officer, Dow Chemical Company |
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| "Changes in the Energy Market and Their Impact on the Chemical Industry" | ||
2:15 - 3:00 |
Michael Grätzel, Director, Laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces,Ecole Polytechnique de Lausanne |
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| "Power from the Sun; the Advent of Mesoscopic Solar Cells" | ||
Session III |
PANEL DISCUSSION, Moderators: Deans Julio M. Ottino and Sunil Chopra | |
3:30 - 5:00 |
Panel Discussion with audience participation | |
5:00 - 6:00 |
Public Reception in the Lobby of the Technological Institute |