Agenda
Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, Maeder Hall Corner of Olden Street and Prospect Avenue, Princeton, NJ
Friend Center Corner of Olden and William Streets, Princeton, NJ
Friday, November 9, 2018
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Registration and Breakfast
9:00 a.m. – 9:10 a.m.
Welcome
Mark Zondlo, Associate Director for External Partnerships, Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment; Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Yueh-Lin (Lynn) Loo, Director, Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment; Theodora D. ’78 and William H. Walton III ’74 Professor in Engineering; Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering
9:10 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Governor’s Keynote Address
Phil Murphy, Governor of New Jersey
9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Reflections on Governor Murphy’s Keynote Address, moderated by Mark Zondlo
10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Break
10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Accelerating Climate Action in the US, September 21, 2018 Conference recap
Judi Greenwald, Non-resident Fellow, Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment; Principal, Greenwald Consulting LLC
How rapidly can the world’s energy system be decarbonized?
Eric Larson, Senior Research Engineer, Energy Systems Analysis Group, Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Panel Discussion: Global challenges to rapid, deep decarbonization
This panel discussion will explore critical questions of pace of decarbonization in relation to energy transitions by examining bottlenecks (industrial, economic, social and regulatory) that have the potential to constrain or slow the pace of change. Special attention will be given to the unique challenges and opportunities in China and India.
Chris Greig, Moderator, Gerhard R. Andlinger Visiting Fellow in Energy and the Environment; Director, Dow Centre for Sustainable Engineering Innovation; Director, University of Queensland Energy Initiative
Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, Distinguished Professor of the Practice, Georgia Institute of Technology; Senior Fellow, Belfer Center, Harvard Kennedy School
Wayne Xu, Chief Technology Officer, National Institute of Clean and Low-Carbon Energy, China
Vijay Swarup, Vice President of Research and Development, ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Lunch
FRIEND CENTER, Convocation Room
1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Industry-academic perspectives on energy technology RD&D: breakthrough opportunities, priorities, hurdles and big questions
Each topic consists of two ten-minute presentations followed by ten minutes of Q&A moderated by Darren Hammell, Gerhard R. Andlinger Visiting Fellow in Energy and the Environment; Founder and CEO of Princeton Power Systems
Topic 1: Offshore wind energy
Kris Ohleth, Senior Manager, Stakeholder Engagement, Ørsted North America
Marcus Hultmark, Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Topic 2: Sustainable cements
Tom Schuler, President and CEO, Solidia Technologies, Inc.
Claire White, Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment
Topic 3: Low-carbon hydrogen for fuels and chemicals
David Dankworth, Andlinger Center Visitor in Residence; Senior Scientific Advisor, ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
Paul Chirik, Edwards S. Sanford Professor of Chemistry
Topic 4: Microbial production of fuels and chemicals
Laurel Harmon, Vice President, LanzaTech
Jose Avalos, Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment
3:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
Break
3:45 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Panel Discussion: Getting low-carbon technologies to market and achieving scale
The moderator will frame this panel topic from an investors perspective, and the industry leaders who presented on Topics 1-4 will discuss the unique challenges of getting industries and consumers to adopt low-carbon technologies at the scales needed to meaningfully reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Sean O’Sullivan, Moderator, Founder, SOSV
David Dankworth, Andlinger Center Visitor in Residence & Senior Scientific Advisor, ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company
Laurel Harmon, Vice President, LanzaTech
Kris Ohleth, Senior Manager, Stakeholder Engagement, Ørsted North America
Tom Schuler, President and CEO, Solidia Technologies
4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Poster Session & Reception