Impacts of High and Volatile Energy Costs on Energy Intensive
Industries: Coping Strategies and Future Research Needs
Workshop Agenda | Presentations
April 9 – 10, 2008
National Research Center for Coal and Energy (NRCCE)
West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV
| Wednesday (April 9) | |
| 7:45 – 8:15 | Registration (coffee and juice available) |
| 8:15 – 8:30 | Welcome, introductions, goals of the workshop (Jack Fuller, WVU-College of Business and Economics) |
| 8:30 – 9:00 | Industrial Energy Opportunities (Dick Munson, Recycled Energy Development) |
| 9:15 – 10:30 | Energy supply panel: Panel chair (Jeff Herholdt, WV Division of Energy), Fossil Energy Supply (Kenneth Kern, U.S. DOE National Energy Technology Laboratory), Electricity (Lester Lave, Carnegie Mellon University), Council of Industrial Boiler Owners (Robert Bessette) Questions to be addressed: (1) Reasons for high and volatile energy costs, (2) Processes to create efficiencies in energy supply, (3) What are energy suppliers doing with respect to holding the line on energy costs and volatility, and (4) Energy supply outlook and recommendations for future research studies. |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Break |
| 11:00 – 12:15 | Industrial manufacturing industries panel: Panel chair (Jason Blumberg, McKinsey), Food industry (Jean Kinsey, University of Minnesota), Paper industry (Jacquie McNutt, Georgia Institute of Technology), Forest industries (Earl Kline, Virginia Tech), Chemical industry (Barry Phillips, Bayer Corp.) Questions to be addressed: (1) Critical competitiveness issues facing industrial manufacturing industries, (2) Impacts of high and volatile energy costs, (3) Coping strategies, and (4) Sector outlook and recommendations for future research studies. |
| 12:15 – 1:15 | Lunch |
| 1:15 – 2:45 | Materials industries panel: Panel chair (Xingbo Liu, WVU Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering), Metals processing industry (Paul Jablonski, U.S. DOE National Energy Technology Laboratory), Steel industry (Ravi Madhaven, University of Pittsburgh), Aluminum industry (Subodh Das, University of Kentucky) Questions to be addressed: (1) Critical competitiveness issues facing metals industries, (2) Impacts of high and volatile energy costs, (3) Coping strategies, and (4) Sector outlook and recommendations for future research projects. |
| 2:45 – 3:00 | Break |
| 3:00 - 4:30 | Transportation industries panel: Panel chair (Al Ebron, WVU National Alternative Fuels Training Program), Trucking and Airline industry: Energy efficiency and renewable fuel potential (Valerie Thomas, Georgia Institute of Technology), Airline industry: Financial perspective (William Swelbar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Travel and tourism industry (Richard Harrill, University of South Carolina) Questions to be addressed: (1) Critical competitiveness issues facing transportation industries, (2) Impacts of high and volatile energy costs, (3) Coping strategies, and (4) Sector outlook and recommendations for future research projects. |
| 4:30 – 5:00 | Cross Industry Sustainability Issues (Jacquie McNutt, Georgia Institute of Technology) |
| 6:15 | Networking reception and dinner (Presentation by Douglas Kaempf, Manager, U.S. Deptartment of Energy, Industrial Technologies Program, on "The Value Proposition for Energy Efficiency in the Industrial Sector") |
| Thursday (April 10) | |
| 7:45 – 8:15 | Registration (coffee and juice available) |
| 8:15 – 8:45 | Correlating Corporate Stock Prices with Energy Costs (Ashok Abbott, WVU Finance Department) |
| 8:45 – 9:00 | Brainstorming Sessions: Processes and Outcomes (Carl Hadsell, WVU CESD) |
| 9:15 – 12:00 | Facilitated brainstorming sessions – small group discussions Small discussion group leaders (Timothy Heames [WVU Management and Industrial Relations Department], Michael Eastman [LTI], Robert Bessette [CIBO], Larry Banta [WVU Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering], Valerie Thomas [Georgia Institute of Technology], and Jean Kinsey [University of Minnesota]) |
| 12:00 – 1:00 | Lunch |
| 1:00 – 2:30 | Small group discussion reports and follow-up action items |
| 2:30 | Adjourn the workshop (Jack Fuller) |