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C O N F E R E N C E AT A G L A N C E
Wednesday, November 19
9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
PRE CONFERENCE The Business of CleanTech:
Chairperson: Lisa Broughton (Suffolk County Department Economic Development),
Keynotes: Congressman Steve Israel (U. S Congress), David Winchester (mindSHIFT Technologies),
Jacob E. Grose (Lux Research), Bruce Herman (NYS Department of Labor), Eugene A. Johnson (Empire State Development)
Welcome and Introductions/Lunch keynote:
Dr. Shirley Strum Kenny (Stony Brook University),Bob Catell (National Grid), Paul DeCotis (Energy-NYS),
Tom DiNapoli (Comptroller - NYS), Sen. Ken LaValle, Kevin Law (LIPA),
Dr. Yacov Shamash (Stony Brook University), Sen. John J. Flanagan
11:30 AM - 2:00 PM
Session 1
2:30 PM - 3:45 PM
TRACK A
Advancing Energy
Options
The Regulatory Process
TRACK B
Renewables
TRACK C
Networks of the
Future
Gas/Electric
TRACK D
Conservation &
Efficiency
TRACK E
Innovation
Energy Policy I
Climate Change
BioFuels I
Smart Networks I
Hydrogen Economy Fuel
Cells I
Intelligent and
Advanced Transport
Chairperson
Dr. Satyen Mukherjee, Philips
Advanced Energy Research
Chairperson
Bill Tumas, Los Alamos
Inteligent and Adavnced Transport
The NYPA’s Experience with Fuel Cells
Powered by Anaerobic Digester Gas
Charles Hermann, NYPA
Energy Storage System Design
Considerations Electric and Hybrid
Electric Vehicles
Joseph Ambrosio, Odyne
Chairperson
Paul DeCotis, NYS
Energy Planning and Policy in a
Post Conflict Environment
Chris Neyor, Republic of Liberia
Utilities as a Vehicle for Public
Policy Implementation
Michele Tihami, IBM
Fostering Advanced Energy
Technologies in China
Dr. Guodong Sun, Stony Brook U.
Chairperson
Janet Joseph, NYSERDA
Biofuels
Complexity and Exploiting Diversity in
Evolving Bioenergy Systems
Dr. Larry Walker, Cornell University
Climate Change and Biofuels
Dr. Devinder Mahajan,
Brookhaven Nat’ll Lab
Autothermal Reformer Performance
for Liquid Fuel Applications
Dr. Jason Tyll, ATK
Chairperson
Dr. Guido Bartels - IBM
Digital Power Grid
Smart Networks
Robert Curry, New York State Public
Service Commission
The Smart Grid in a
Carbon-Constrained World
Rob Pratt,
Pacific Northwest Nat’l Lab
Dielectric Permittivity, Conductivity and
Percolation of Carbon Nano
Tube-Based Composites
Dr. Ronald Pirich, Northrop Grumman
Hydrogen Economy & Fuel Cells
Helmut Strey, Stony Brook U.
Hydrogen Economy & Fuel Cells
Dr. Hazem Tawfik, SUNY Farmingdale
Energy Efficiency and Economics of
Maglev Transport
Dr. James Powell, MagLev
Intelligent Transport
Allan Schurr, IBM
Waste to Energy
Brian Appel,
Changing World Technologies
30 Minute Break
4:15 PM - 5:30 PM
Energy Policy II
D.O.E. Policy Paper, on
U.S. Policy Issues
Energy Policy
Dr. Vastal Bhatt,
Brookhaven Nat’l Lab
Global Energy
Dr. Lori Scarlatos, Stony Brook U.
Energy Policy
Dr. Stuart Asser,
Queensborough Comm. College
Climate Change
BioFuels II
Chairperson
Dr. Tariq Ali, Imperial College London
Energy R&D at Imperial College
London
Climate Change and Biofuels
Steven Schwartz, Brookhaven Nat’l Lab
Novel Synergistic Biosurfactant
Systems for Greener Biofuels
Dr. Ponisseril Somasundaran,
Columbia University
Smart Networks II
Smart Networks
Dr. Yu Zhou, Stony Brook U.
Advanced Development in Metering
Bruce Walker-National Grid
Roadmap for Smart Grid Integration
Chris Britton, PowerGrid Comm
Predictive Gas Metering
Dr. Jon Longtin, Stony Brook U.
Technology for the Future Network
Le Tang, ABB
Climate Change and Biofuels
Daphne D'Zurko,
Northeast Gas Association
Hydrogen Economy Fuel
Cells II
Intelligent and
Advanced Transport
Market Transformation of Fuel Cells
and Hydrogen
Greg Moreland, Sentech
Advanced Transportation
Dr. Don DiMarzio, Northrop Grumman
Nanotechnology Applications
Dr. Miriam Rafailovich, Stony Brook U.
Water-Gas-Shift Reaction on
Metal-oxide Catalysts
Dr. Ping Liu, Brookhaven Nat’l Lab
Progress in Combined Heat & Power
for the New York Market
Rhonda Staudt, Plug Power
Methane Hydrate Formation at the
Molecular Scale
Dr. Tadanori Koga, Stony Brook U.
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Reception and Exhibitor Display
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Judged Poster Session
Plasma Assisted Reforming and
Hydrodesulfurization of Diesel Fuel
for Fuel Cells
Dr. Kurt Becker, Polytechnic Institute
of New York University
Alternatives in Optimized
Transportation
Ronald Gulmi, Greater Long Island
Clean Cities Coalition
Hydrogen Based Transportation
Justin Walraven, General Motors
Session schedules subject to minor changes. Please see addendum on day of conference.
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Thursday, November 20
8:00 AM
Breakfast Served
8:15 AM
Breakfast Keynotes:
Rich Lechner, VP of Energy and Environment, IBM “Sustainability and the Role of IT”
Congressman Steve Israel, United States Congress
Session 2
TRACK A
Advancing Energy
Options
The Regulatory Process
TRACK B
Renewables
TRACK C
Networks of the
Future
Gas/Electric
TRACK D
Conservation &
Efficiency
TRACK E
Innovation
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Energy Sector Finance
Climate Change
BioFuels III
Advanced Utilization I
Green Datacenters I
Chairperson
Dr. Sam Bernstein, National Grid
Addressing Technology to Match
Company Needs
Chairperson
Florence Hudson, IBM
Finding the Value in Green
Challenges to New Tech
Implementation
Chairperson
Dr. Yannick Glenmarec, United Nations
Development Program
Energy Sector Finance
Gene Martin,
Energy Development Group
Energy Funding Opportunies
Christopher Von Zwehl,
Empire State Ethanol & Energy and
E-Renewables
Tracking the Relationship Between
Environmental Management and
Sustainable Corporate Performance
Dr. Matthew Wilson, CH2M HILL
Climate Change and Biofuels
Dr. CR Krishnav, Brookhaven Nat’l Lab
Climate Change and Biofuels
Dr. Marco Castaldi, Columbia U.
Structures of Tetrahydofuram Hydrates
in Porous Media
Dr. Keith Jones, Brookhaven Nat’l Lab
Climate Change and Biofuels
Dr. Xiaolin Li, Stony Brook U.
Advances in Energy Storage and
Distributed Generation
Dan Rastler, EPRI
Power and Cooling Trends
& Best Practices
Dr. Roger Schmidt, IBM
Domestic Combined Heat and Power
Commercialisation-European Utility
Engagement
Jon Slowe & Charlie Blair,
Delta Energy & Environment
Chairperson
Ed Reinfurt, NYSTAR
Electrifying Possibilities 1908-2008
The Role of Innovation Systems in
Advancing Technology
Dr. Karin Ezbiansky Pavese,
New York Academy of Sciences
Clean Tech Transfer Adapting to the Environment
René Baston,
New York Academy of Sciences
30 Minute Break
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM
Conservation/Efficiency I
Solar I
Advanced Utilization II
Green Datcenters II
Chairperson
Dr. Ralph James
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Chairperson
Juan Torres, Sandia National Lab
Solar Programs
The Role of Venture Capital in
Advancing Clean Energy Technologies
Wal Van Lierop, Chrysalix Energy VC
Innovative Data Center Energy
Efficiency Solutions
Dr. Hendrick Hamann, IBM
Energy Optimization of Large-Scale
Ozone Generators
Dr. Kurt Becker, Polytechnic Institute
of New York University
Capitalizing on Supply-Side and Demand-Side Energy Innovations in the
Industrial Sector through Automation
and Model-Based Process Control
Dr. Glenn Saunders, RPI
The Potential Growth of
Microgeneration Technologies
in the UK
Martin Orrill, British Gas New Energy
Building a Green Datacenter
Boyd Novak, IBM
Conservation/Energy
Dr. Lin-Shu Wang, Stony Brook U.
Conservation/Energy
Ormonde Durham, Opto Generic
Devices Inc.
New Paradigms in PV Solar
Energy Conversion
Dr. Charles Fortmann, Stony Brook U.
Gas Technology and Research
Dan LeFevers, GTI
Metrology in Thin and Thick Film PV
Francis Reilly, Solar Metrology
Challenges to New
Tech Implementation
Challenges In Developing Sustainable
Energy For The 21st Century City
Dr. Sanjoy Banerjee,
The CUNY Energy Institute
Challenges to New Tech
Implementation
John Rannenberg, Raytheon
Overcoming the Challenges to New
Technology Implementation in a Big,
Bureaucratic Legacy Enterprise
Collette Ericsson, MTA
(Metropolitan Transit Authority)
A Model for Electrifying Transportation
Dan Rapka, NYIT
Session schedules subject to minor changes. Please see addendum on day of conference.
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C O N F E R E N C E AT A G L A N C E
Thursday, November 20 (continued)
12:00 PM
Session 3
2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Lunch Keynote Speakers:
Keynote Speakers: Ed Reinfurt (NYSTAR), Bob Callender (NYSERDA), Richie Kessel (NYPA),
Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy, Dr. Doon Gibbs (Brookhaven National Laboratory), Senator Carl Marcellino
TRACK A
Advancing Energy
Options
The Regulatory Process
TRACK B
Renewables
TRACK C
Networks of the
Future
Gas/Electric
Conservation/Efficiency II
Solar II
Technology to Reduce Heating
Energy Use in Existing Homes
Dr. Thomas Butcher,
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Solar Performance
Dr. David Tonjes, Stony Brook U.
Sound Energy Alternatives
Mark Lembo, SEA
Improved Polythiophene Conductivity
by Thermal Crosslinking for
Solar Cells Applications
Dr. Ioana Gearba, Brookhaven Nat’l Lab
Community Based Energy
Efficiency Projects
Chuck Schwartz, LI Green
SOLAR
Dr. Nathan Chao,
Queensborough Community College
SOLAR
Dr. Jim Misewich,
Brookhaven National Laboratory
TRACK D
Conservation &
Efficiency
TRACK E
Innovation
Advanced Utilization III
Green Datcenters III
Chairperson
Dan Dessanti, National Grid
Technology Satisfying Customers
Chairperson
Vincent Melvin, Arrow Electronics
Driving the Green Datacenter Strategy
in Established Environments
Green Building
Technology I
Advanced Utilization
James Devine, Windo-Therm
Advanced Utilization
Dr. Jack Lauber, Columbia University
Infrared Photovoltaic Cell technology
for Generation of Power with
Radioisotope Sources
Dr. Dimitri Donetski, Stony Brook U.
Green Datacenters
Dr. James Fulton Suffolk CC
From Lego’s to Computational
Fluid Dynamics
John Consoli, AFCO
Chairperson
Moses Clark, BASF
Advanced Green Building Materials
LEED Performance Design
Ralph Benzakein, U.S. Green Building
Council
Sustainable Buildings
Neil Balsany, Crane Group
Proven Methods to Optimize Energy
Performance/Maintaining Continuous
Availability
Edward Koplin, X-nth Inc.
30 Minute Break
3:45 PM - 5:00 PM
Advanced Generation
Solar III
Advanced Utilization IV
Geothermal and Wind
Chairperson
Stan Blazewicz, National Grid
Trends in Advanced
Generation Technology
Chairperson
Jeffrey Wolfe, groSolar
Thinking as Big as Big Oil
Commercialization of Direct
Borohydride Fuel Cells
Dr. Mark Kinkelaar, More Energy Group
Advancements in Thin Film
Jim Groelinger, Bellegrove Associates
Advanced Materials for Energy
Generators and Energy Converters
Dr. T. Venkatesh, Stony Brook U.
Chairperson
Dr. Devinder Mahajan
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Advancements in BioFuels
Geothermal Technology
Dr. Robert Kleinberg, Schlumberger
Advanced Utilization
Dr. Lin-Shu Wang, Stony Brook U.
Advanced Geothermal Systems
Marty Johnson, Trimodal
Renewable Energy on Long Island
Juan Cazorla, NYPA
Proximity Activated Obstruction
Lighting for Wind Farms
Eric Laufer, LWindGroup
Energy Recovery from Gas Pressure
Chris Cavanaugh and Steve Eber
Blue NG
Marketing a Disruptive Energy
Based Technology
Mike Cocking,
Marathon Engine Systems
“Big 3” Energy Independence Plan
Nelson Stewart, Liquid Air Energy
Advanced Generation
Dr. Lei Zuo, Stony Brook U.
Advanced Solar
Dr. Chang-Yong Nam,
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Model Study of Non-Adiabatic
Electron Charge Transfer
Dr. Phillip Allen,
Stony Brook University
Green Building
Technology II
Intergration of Green
Building Materials
Doug Reid-Green, BASF
Green Technology Coatings
Andy Mazzone, Xiom Corp.
Architecture & Green Design –
A Work in Progress
B. Allen Trousdale, GRAD Associates
Wind Power in Urban Environments
Arthur Kaliski, MilWind
Vertical Wind Machines
Ed Tsang,
Zephyr Alternative Power Inc
Session schedules subject to minor changes. Please see addendum on day of conference.
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