Impacts of High and Volatile Energy Costs on Energy Intensive
Industries: Coping Strategies and Future Research Needs
Workshop Agenda | Presentations
April 22 – 23, 2009
National Research Center for Coal and Energy (NRCCE)
West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV
Wednesday (April 22)
- Energy, Environmental and Economic Challenges - Boxed-in Without a Solution?, David W. South, Technology & Market Solutions, LLC [.ppt 960KB]
- Industry/Corporate Organizational Planning Panel:
Panel chair: Kenneth Perdue, President, WV AFL-CIO- Don Gallion, CEO, FCX Systems
- Crisis and/or Opportunity: Energy, Climate Change and Sustainability Issues in the World Steel Industry, Ravi Madhavan, University of Pittsburgh [.ppt 672kb]
- Corporate Organization-PPG, Paul Linder, PPG
- Science and Technology Panel:
Panel chair: Larry Banta, WVU-MAE- CO2 Capture and Storage; AEP's Perspective, Gary O. Spitznogle, Manager - IGCC and CCS Engineering, AEP [.ppt 4.45mb]
- Curt Peterson, VP for Research and Economic Development, West Virginia University
- MATRIC, Keith Pauley, President, Mid Atlantic Technology, Research & Innovation Center [.ppt 972mb]
- Environmental and Energy Issues Panel:
Panel chair: Carl Irwin, Director, IOF-WV Program- The Convergence of the Three E's: Energy, Environment, and the Economy, Ann McIver, Citizen's Energy Group [.ppt 286kb]
- Todd Ritchie, Alcan Rio Tinto Aluminum
- Energy Strategies, Earl Kline, Director, Sloan Foundation Forest Industries Center at Virginia Tech [.ppt 661kb]
- Funding/Commercialization Opportunities Panel:
Panel chair: Kelley Goes, Secretary of Commerce, State of WV- Overview of Funding Opportunities for Fiscal Year 2009, Brad Tomer, U.S. Department of Energy NETL [.ppt 1.78mb]
- What is the Industrial Technologies Program ?, Bob Gemmer, U.S. Department of Energy Industrial Technologies Program [.ppt 1.53mb]
- The Role of Ventue Capital , Evan Eschmeyer, Woodland Ventures [.ppt 342kb]
Thursday (April 23)
- Public Policy Deelopment and Outreach Panel:
Panel chair: Neil Bucklew, WVU-CBE- Bart Cowan, WVU School of Law
- Kevin Leyden, Director, WVU Institute for Public Affairs
- The EU Emissions Trading Scheme in the Corporate Greenhouse, Yda Schreuder, PhD, University of Delaware [.ppt 98.5kb]