JHU SAIS to Host 11th Annual Washington Energy Policy Conference

The Johns Hopkins Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) will hold a one-day conference, "Toward a Lower Carbon Energy Future: Technology, Economics and Policy," on Friday, 04/20 from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.

The SAIS International Energy and Environment Program is co-sponsoring this event with the National Capital Area Chapter of the U.S. Association for Energy Economics (USAEE).

Robert H. Socolow, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and co-director of the Carbon Mitigation Institute at Princetonm University, will give the keynote address about *Present and Future Technologies and the Urgency of Controlling Carbon Emissions* at approximately 9:15 a.m. Expert speakers from industry, government, consulting firms and academia will speak throughout the day in the following panel sessions:

9 a.m. Welcoming Remarks

9:15 a.m Keynote address by Robert Socolow

9:45 a.m.  "Reducing Carbon Emissions in Electric Power: Coal and Nuclear"

11:30 a.m.  "Renewable Power Generation"

1:15 p.m. Luncheon address by Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.), chair of the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming (INVITED)

2:15 p.m.  "Reducing Carbon Emissions From Transportation"

3:30 p.m.   "Policy Options"

5:15 p.m.   Closing Reception

The complete agenda and list of speakers are listed below. The conference will be held in the Kenney Auditorium, first floor of the SAIS Nitze Building at 1740 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C.

Admission to the conference by members of the public requires registration and there is a fee of $130 for USAEE members and $150 for nonmembers. To register, contact [email protected] or 202.663.5722. NOTE TO REPORTERS: There is no fee for reporters covering the conference except for $25 if you want to have lunch.

Media who want to cover the event should contact Felisa Neuringer Klubes in the SAIS Public Affairs Office at 202.663.5626 or [email protected].

CONFERENCE AGENDA:

TOWARD A LOWER CARBON ENERGY FUTURE:

TECHNOLOGY, ECONOMICS AND POLICY



04/20/2007


 

8:30 a.m.

Registration and Coffee


 

Welcome Remarks: Maureen Crandall, President, NCAC-USAEE Wil Kohl, Johns Hopkins IEEP


 

9:00 a.m

Keynote Address: "Present and Future Technologies and the Urgency of

Controlling Carbon Emissions"

Professor Robert H. Socolow, Princeton University


 

9:45 a.m.

I. Reducing Carbon Emissions in Electric Power: Coal and Nuclear

Chair: Vito Stagliano, National Commission on Energy Policy

Speakers: Bryan Hannegan, V.P. Environment, Electric Power Research Institute

Joe C. Turnage, Senior V.P., Constellation

Generating Group

Jared Ciferno, DOE National Energy Technology

Laboratory


 

11:15 a.m.

Coffee


 

11:30 a.m.

II. Renewable Power Generation

Chair: Sarah Banaszak, American Petroleum

Institute

Speakers: Rhone Resch, President, Solar Energy Industries Association

Karl Rabago, AES Corporation


 

12:30 p.m.

Lunch

Speaker: Congressman Ed Markey, Chair, House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming (invited)


 

2:15 p.m.

III. Reducing Carbon Emissions in Transportation

Chair: Michael Canes, Logistics Management Institute

Speakers: David L. Greene, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Danilo Santini, Argonne National Laboratory


 

3:15 p.m.

Coffee


 

3:30 p.m.

IV. Policy Options

Chair: Glen Sweetnam, Energy Information

Administration

Speakers: Howard Gruenspecht, EIA

Billy Pizer, Resources for the Future

Dan Lashof, National Resources Defense Council

Veronique Bugnion, Point Carbon


 

5:15 p.m.

Reception