Special Events & Invited Talks


 

 

 

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

 


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
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"

12:00 - 1:30
 
Lunch Break
Session II
 
Chair, Tobin J. Marks, Department of Chemistry
1:30 - 2:15
 
William F. Banholzer, Chief Technology Officer, Dow Chemical Company
    "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

    "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