Agenda
Networking Breakfast and Registration
Chairs Welcome and Introduction
Conference Chair- Neil Hirst, Director, Office for Global Energy Dialogue, International Energy Agency, OECD
KEYNOTE: A Cleaner Future? Addressing Global Energy Challenges
- Prof. John Beddington, Chief Scientific Adviser to HM Government, Government Office for Science
Panel 1: How Technology Can Enhance Conventional Energy Supplies
- Oil field imaging technologies
- Extended reach drilling
- Deep water drilling technologies
- Unconventional oil and gas recovery technology (oil shale, tight gas, heavy oil, oil sands, etc)
- LNG technologies
- Advances in coal technologies
- Advances in technologies for recycling radioactive waste
- Ashok Belani, Chief Technology Officer, Schlumberger Limited
- Prof. Malcolm Greaves, Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Bath
- Jim Lightfoot, Managing Director, Generation , E.ON UK plc
- Sigmund Stokka, Research Director, Improved Oil Recovery, International Research Institute of Stavanger (IRIS)
- Dr. Jan van der Eijk, Chief Technology Officer, Royal Dutch Shell
Networking Coffee break
Panel 2: Technologies to improve Energy Efficiency
- What are the game-changing technologies that will allow industries to use energy more efficiently? Where is research directing high-efficiency energy technology? Discussions to focus on:
- Advanced vehicle and fuel technologies
- Lithium-ion battery technology making hybrid cars more energy efficient
- Thermoelectric breakthroughs
- Nazeer Bhore, Senior Technology Advisor, Corporate Planning Department, Exxon Mobil Corporation
- Dr. Chris Borroni-Bird, Director of Advanced Technology Vehicle Concepts, General Motors Corporation
- Prof. Arun Majumdar, Director, Environmental Energy Technologies Division, LBNL, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley
- Prof. M Stanley Whittingham, Professor of Chemistry and Materials, and Director, Institute for Materials Research, SUNY - State University of New York
Lunch
Panel 3: Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Hydrocarbon Fuels
Whats new in the development and use of technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from hydrocarbon based energy? Which R&D activities are leading the way in advanced, cleaner technologies? Discussions to focus on:
- Breakthrough technologies for the large scale reduction, removal and sequestration of carbon dioxide
- Advancements in clean coal technologies
- Emerging clean technology solutions for extracting hydrocarbons
- Magued Eldaief, Managing Director UK and Executive Director - Global Accounts, GE Energy Infrastructure
- Martha Heitzmann, Group Vice President, R&D, Air Liquide
- Gardiner Hill, Director CCS Technology, BP
- Prof. M. Mercedes Maroto-Valer, Director, CICCS, Head of Fuels and power Technology Research Division, Faculty of Engineering, Professor in Energy Technologies, Deputy Head of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Nottingham, Centre for Innovation in Carbon Capture and Storage (CICCS)
- Charles Soothill, Senior Vice President, Technology, ALSTOM Power
Networking Coffee break
Panel 4: Breakthroughs in Alternative Energy Resources
What are the hottest developments in solar energy, wind power, hydrogen/fuel cells, bio-energy, geothermal energy and ocean energy? What are green nano-technology developments bringing to the mix? Discussions to focus on:
- Sustainable solutions for bio-fuels
- Next-generation techniques for capturing and storing renewable energy
- Leading developments in thin-film solar technology (3rd generation PVs)
- Innovations in fuel cells
- Dr. Paul Adcock, Director of Research and Technology, Intelligent Energy Ltd
- Dr. Gran Berndes, Senior Researcher, Chalmers University of Technology
- Dr. Supratik Guha, Lead Scientist for Photovoltaics, Senior Manager, Semiconductor Materials and Devices, Physical Sciences Department, IBM Research
- Crispin Leick, Director Strategy, R&D and Ventures, RWE Innogy GmbH
- Prof. Lynn Orr, GCEP Project Director, Stanford University
Chairs Summation & Closing Remarks
Conference Chair- Neil Hirst, Director, Office for Global Energy Dialogue, International Energy Agency, OECD
Networking Drinks Reception
