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NCSE Energy Conference: Featured Symposia
NCSE's 6th National Conference on Science, Policy and the Environment: =
Energy for a Sustainable and Secure Future will take place on January =
26-27, 2006 at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center =
in Washington, DC. Please join over 800 leaders in environmental =
science and engineering, policy and government, corporations and civil =
society, and education to identify opportunities for science and =
technology to improve our energy future.
On January 27 there will be five concurrent symposia, offering an =
opportunity for participants to delve deeper into the critical issues =
for achieving energy sustainability and security. Click here to view =
biographies of symposium speakers.
1. Decisionmaking in the Real World will enable such questions as: How =
are decisions made about energy systems to develop or use, technologies =
to deploy, policies to propose? How are factors such as technology, =
economics and public concerns balanced? What are the processes and =
pressures? What are the opportunities for decisions that will improve =
the sustainability and security of energy production and use. =20
Discussants will include Patrick Atkins, Director of Environmental =
Affairs, Alcoa; Michele Blazek, Director, Technology and Environment, =
AT&T; Lewis Milford, President and Founder, Clean Energy Group (CEG); =
Sunita Narain, Director, Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi, =
India; Timothy Profeta, Director, Nicholas Institute for Environmental =
Policy Solutions, Duke University; and Patrick Spears, President, =
Inter-tribal Council on Utility Policy. H. Jeffrey Leonard, President, =
Global Environment Fund will serve as moderator.
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2. Guiding Research for Impact will consider: How are decisions made =
about research priorities? What are the processes and pressures? What =
are the opportunities for transformative research regarding energy =
sources, uses and processes? =20
Discussants will include P. Patrick Leahy, Acting Director, U.S. =
Geological Survey and Richard Meserve, President, Carnegie Institution =
of Washington. Mike Telson, Director of National Laboratory Affairs, =
University of California will moderate.
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3. Assessing Energy Futures will look at the future of energy, in =
discussing: What do the major models say? Why are the projections so =
different? How do decisionmakers use this information? How can better =
models and scenarios that take advantage of technological changes be =
developed and used to improve decisionmaking? =20
Guy Caruso, Administrator, Energy Information Administration, U.S. =
Department of Energy; Stephen DeCanio, Department of Economics, =
University of California, Santa Barbara; and Chris Flavin, President, =
Worldwatch Institute will serve as discussants. John "Skip" Laitner, =
Senior Economist for Technology Policy, EPA Office of Atmospheric =
Programs will moderate this session.
4. Climate Change: Science to Action will follow up on a conference =
sponsored by the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, =
which was held in October 2005. US leaders from science, business and =
finance, environmentalists and civil society, education, entertainment =
and advertising, news media, politics, and religion and ethics met to =
craft a strategy for communicating scientific information about climate =
change in a way that compels action by society. Discussants will =
present the action plan developed at the conference. Societal leaders =
not present at the conference such as Gordon Slack, Director of Energy =
Programs, Dow Chemical, will respond, initiating a dialogue that will =
involve all present at this symposium. Dan Abbasi, Associate Dean, Yale =
School of Forestry and Environmental Studies will moderate and chair =
this symposium.=20
5. Integrating Discoveries from Other Scientific Fields into Energy =
Science & Technology will delve into scientific discoveries in =
non-energy fields that have great potential for transforming the future =
use of energy. This symposium will explore contributions from fields =
such as nanotechnology, biotechnology, information technology, sensor =
development, microbiology and social sciences that may be applicable to =
energy. Leading researchers and thinkers will describe advances in these =
fields and potential applications to energy. All present will discuss =
how to provide better connections between these sciences and traditional =
energy research and development.
Discussants will include Marilyn Brown, Interim Director, Engineering =
Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Patricia =
M. Dehmer, Director, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Office of Science, =
U.S. Department of Energy; Willett Kempton, Senior Policy Scientist, =
Center for Energy and Environmental Policy, University of Delaware; and =
Bruce Logan, Director, H2E Center & Engineering Environmental Institute, =
Penn State University. Tina Kaarsberg, Office of Policy & International =
Affairs, U.S. Department of Energy will moderate.
Please visit www.ncseonline.org to register and to view the latest =
program updates, details on the exhibition, poster session, and =
sponsorship opportunities, and information on travel and lodging. =
Please note: the deadline to submit a poster abstract is today, January =
9, 2006. Please direct general conference questions to =
[EMAIL PROTECTED] or call 202-530-5810.
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The National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE) is a =
non-profit organization working to improve the scientific basis for =
environmental decisionmaking. NCSE is supported by nearly 500 academic, =
scientific, environmental, government and business organizations.
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