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Day 1: Wednesday,
November 29, 2000
Time
|
Topic
|
Presenter
|
Affiliation
|
8
AM – 9 AM
|
Breakfast
|
|
|
|
Opening
Plenary Session
|
|
|
9
AM – 9:05 AM
|
Opening
Remarks |
Miroslav
Begovic |
Georgia
Tech
|
9:05
AM – 9:10 AM
|
Welcome |
Prof.
Jean-Lou Chameau |
Dean,
College of Engineering, Georgia Tech
|
9:10
AM – 9:15 AM
|
Welcome |
Prof.
Roger Webb |
Chair,
School of ECE, Georgia Tech
|
9:15
AM – 10 AM
|
Sustainable
Technologies: Activities at NREL |
Adm.
Richard Truly |
NREL
|
10
AM – 10:45 AM
|
Sustainable
Technologies: Activities at Sandia |
Marjorie
Tatro |
Sandia
National Labs
|
10:45
AM – 11 AM
|
Break
|
|
|
|
Industry
in Transition
|
|
|
11
AM – 11:30 AM
|
Restructuring
of the Power Utility Industry |
George
Gross |
Univ.
of Illinois – Urbana
|
11:30
AM – 12 PM
|
Power
Industry Restructuring and Sustainability |
Fernando
Alavarado |
Univ.
of Wisconsin – Madison
|
12
PM – 1 PM
|
Lunch
|
|
|
|
Economics
of Sustainability
|
|
|
1
PM – 1:30 PM
|
The
Economics of Sustainable Energy Systems |
Ujayant
Chakravoorty |
Emory
University
|
1:30
PM – 2 PM
|
Changing
Energy Industry and Customer |
Merwin
Brown |
NREL
|
2
PM – 2:30 PM
|
Energy
and City: Integrated System for Sustainable Development |
F.
Gagliardi and M. Roscia |
Universita
di Napoli Federico II
|
2:30
PM – 2:45 PM
|
Break
|
|
|
|
Distributed
Generation and
Energy Storage |
|
|
2:45
PM – 3:15 PM
|
Distr.
Systems – Interf. Issues – Multiple Energy Carriers |
Bjorn
Bakken |
Sintef
Energy Research
|
3:15
PM – 3:45 PM
|
Dispersed
Generation |
Badrul
Chowdhury |
University
of Missouri – Rolla
|
3:45
PM – 4:15 PM
|
Energy
Storage for Sustainable Systems |
Robert
Hebner |
Univesity
of Texas – Austin
|
4:15
PM – 4:30 PM
|
Break
|
|
|
4:30
PM – 5:30 PM
|
Discussion
|
|
|
6:30
PM – 9 PM
|
Banquet
at Wardlaw Center
|
|
|
Day 2: Thursday,
November 30, 2000
Time
|
Topic
|
Presenter
|
Affiliation
|
8
AM – 8:30 AM
|
Breakfast
|
|
|
|
Technologies:
Photovoltaics and Fuel Cells
|
|
|
8:30
AM – 9 AM
|
Solar
Electric Power: Road to a Clean, Secure Energy Future |
James
Gee and
Roland Hulstrom |
Sandia/NREL
|
9
AM – 9:30 AM
|
Progress
in PV: From Lab to Marketplace |
Tom
Surek |
NREL
|
9:30
AM – 10 AM
|
Fuel
Cell Technology: Status |
Meilin
Liu |
Georgia
Tech
|
10
AM – 10:15 AM
|
Break
|
|
|
|
Sustainability
in Education
|
|
|
10:15
AM – 10:45 AM
|
Teaching
"Sustainable Energy" |
William
Peters |
MIT
|
10:45
AM – 11:15 AM
|
Educational
Programs at DOE and NREL |
Cecile
Warner |
NREL
|
11:15
AM – 11:45 AM
|
Sustainability
in Curriculum |
Group
of Graduate Students |
Georgia
Tech
|
11:45
AM – 12:30PM
|
Lunch
|
|
|
|
Education
and International Activities
|
|
|
12:30
PM – 1 PM
|
Sustainability
in Education |
Michael
Ropp |
Universtiy
of South Dakota
|
1
PM – 1:30PM
|
International
Programs |
Saifur
Rahman |
Virginia
Tech
|
1:30
PM – 2 PM
|
Electromechanical
Battery for Rural Power Supplies |
Pragasen
Pillay |
Clarkson
University
|
2
PM – 2:15 PM
|
Break
|
|
|
|
Technology:
Geothermal and Solar Thermal
|
|
|
2:15
PM – 2:45 PM
|
Geothermal
Power |
Ken
Williamson |
Unocal
|
2:45
PM – 3:15 PM
|
Development
and Support of Geothermal Energy |
John
Finger |
Sandia
|
3:15
PM – 3:45 PM
|
Development
of Solar HVAC for Carribean Region |
Jorge
Gonzales |
University
of Puerto Rico
|
3:45
PM – 4 PM
|
Break
|
|
|
|
Sustainability
and Living Environment
|
|
|
4
PM – 4:30 PM
|
Sustainable
Technologies: Comparative Study
|
Dennis
Creech |
Southface
Institute
|
4:30
PM – 5:30 PM
|
Solar
Electric Architecture
|
Steven
Strong |
Solar
Design Associates
|
6:30
PM – 9 PM
|
Banquet
at the Alumni Houser
|
|
|
Day 3: Friday,
December 1, 2000
Time
|
Topic
|
Presenter
|
Affiliation
|
8
AM – 8:30 AM
|
Breakfast
|
|
|
|
Grid
Interface, Standards, and Control Issues
|
|
|
8:30
AM – 9:15 AM
|
Standard
P 1547 |
Richard
DeBlasio |
NREL
|
9:15
AM – 9:45 AM
|
System
Control With Renewable Sources |
M.
S. Chen and R. Kenarangui |
Universtiy
of Texas – Arlington
|
9:45
AM – 10:15 AM
|
The
Role of DC in Future Electricity Systems |
Petter
Heyerdal |
Agr.
University, Norway
|
10:15
AM – 10:30 AM
|
Break
|
|
|
|
Power
Electronics Issues
|
|
|
10:30
AM – 11 AM
|
Sustainable
Systems: Power Electronics Issues |
Alex
Stankovic |
Northeastern
University
|
11
AM – 11:30 AM
|
Converters
in Renewable Energy Systems |
Herb
Hess |
University
of Idaho
|
11:30
AM – 12 PM
|
Multi-Stage
Converters for Renewable System Applications |
Leon
Tolbert |
University
of Tennessee – Knoxville
|
12PM
|
Wrap-Up
|
|
|
|