28th USAEE/IAEE North American Conference - December 3-5, 2008
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CONFERENCE PROGRAM

WEDNESDAY 12/3 & THURSDAY 12/4 | FRIDAY 12/5 | PRINTABLE PROGRAM

 

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3

IAEE COUNCIL MEETING

8:30 am - 12:00 noon • Bayside C Room - 4th Floor

Invitation Only

USAEE/IAEE COUNCIL LUNCH

12:00 - 1:00 pm • Gallier A/B Room - 4th Floor

USAEE COUNCIL MEETING

1:00 pm - 5:00 pm • Bayside C Room - 4th Floor

REGISTRATION

3:00 pm – 5:00 pm • Edgewood AB Room - 4th Floor

OPENING RECEPTION

5:30 pm – 6:30 pm • Gallery Room

COUNCIL VIP DINNER

7:00 pm - 10:00 pm • Venue TBA

Invitation Only

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4

REGISTRATION

7:00 am – 6:30 pm • Edgewood AB Room - 4th Floor

CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

7:00 am – 7:50 am • Lagniappe Room - 2nd Floor
Sponsored By: ConocoPhillips

STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP MEETING

7:00 am – 7:50 am • Rhythms Ballroom II & III
Sponsored By: Chevron Corporation

SAN FRANCISCO PLANNING MEETING

7:00 am – 7:50 am • Bayside C Room - 4th Floor

Presiders' Huddle

7:40 am - 7:50 am • Grand Couteau Room - 5th Floor

WELCOME & INTRODUCTION

8:00 am – 8:15 am • Waterbury Room - 2nd Floor

Wumi Iledare
Professor & Dir Energy Info Div, LSU Center for Energy Studies
USAEE President

Carlo Andrea Bollino
President, GSE
IAEE President Elect

David Dismukes
Professor and Assc Exe Dir, Louisiana State University
Program Co-Chair

Kristen Strellec
Economist, Minerals Management Service
Program Co-Chair

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

8:15 am - 9:00 am • Waterbury Room - 2nd Floor

Wumi Iledare (Presiding)
Profesor & Dir Energy Info Div, LSU Center for Energy Studies
USAEE President

Richard Fisher
President & CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

PLENARY SESSION: Gulf Coast Energy Renaissance - Reviving Production, Expanding Infrastructure

9:00 am - 10:00am • Waterbury Room - 2nd Floor

This panel will focus on recent energy infrastructure developments along the Gulf Coast across major sectors.

David Dismukes
Professor and Assoc Exec Dir, Louisiana State University
"Overview of the Gulf Coast Investment Renaissance"

Patricia Outtrim
Vice President, Cheniere LNG, Inc.
"Gulf Coast LNG Regasification Development"

COFFEE BREAK

10:00 am – 10:30 am • Lagniappe Room - 2nd Floor
Sponsored By: Strategic Energy and Economic Research

DUAL PLENARY SESSION: Global Warming and Carbon Management - Timing, Costs, Priorities

10:30 am – 12:00 noon • Waterbury Room - 2nd Floor

This panel will review the energy consequences and economics of carbon capture and sequestration in the Gulf Coast and southwest regions, including expanded opportunities for crude oil recovery (EOR), carbon storage and transportation, asset creation, and capital investment requirements and risks.
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Ben Schlesinger
President , Benjamin Schlesinger & Assoc. Inc.

Vello Kuuskraa
President, Advanced Resources International

Michael Celia - Invited
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University

Ronald T. Evans
SVP of Reservoir Engineering, Denbury Resources Inc

DUAL PLENARY SESSION: Ratcheting Down Demand - Ratcheting Up Renewables

10:30 am - 12:00 noon • Bayside A & B Room - 4th Floor

This panel will focus on energy reduction strategies in buildings and industry, with examples drawn from New Orleans recovery efforts; the panel will also cover opportunities and economic/operating issues relating to the rising role of wind and solar electricity generation in the power grid and will likewise deal with concerns over the potential biofuels "train wreck."

Charles Greer Rossmann (Presiding)
Senior Research Economist, Southern Company

Tom Darden III
Executive Director, Make It Right Foundation

Hermann Josef Wagner
Chair Energiesysteme and Energiewirts, University of Bochum

Dale Bryk
Senior Attorney, Natural Resources Defense Council

AWARDS LUNCHEON

12:00 - 2:00pm • Rhythms Ballroom
Sponsored By: Aramco Services Co.

John P. Weyant
Professor, Management Science and Engineering, Stanford University
Recipient, USAEE Adelman-Frankel Award

CONCURRENT SESSIONS: 1 TO 7

2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

COFFEE BREAK

3:30 pm - 4:00 pm • Lagniappe Room - 2nd Floor
Sponsored By: Exelon

CONCURRENT SESSIONS: 8 TO 14

4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

USAEE CHAPTER LEADERSHIP MEETING

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm • Crescent Boardroom - 4th Floor

CONFERENCE RECEPTION

6:00 pm - 6:45 pm • Armstrong Ballroom Foyer
Sponsored By: GSE SpA

DINNER

6:45 pm - 9:30 pm • Armstrong Ballroom - 8th Floor
Sponsored By: BP International Ltd.

Honorable Dirk Kempthorne - Invited
Secretary of Interior, U.S. Department of the Interior

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FOR MORE INFORMATION :

Conference Secretariat
USAEE/IAEE Headquarters
28790 Chagrin Blvd.,
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Tel: 216-464-2785
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