Agenda

The 10-50 Solution: Technologies and Policies for a Low-Carbon Future

 

Thursday, March, 25 2004

9:30 am – Noon   
OPENING SESSION

Welcome and Opening Address
William Reilly, NCEP Tri-Chair; President and CEO, Aqua International Partners; former Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (1989-1993)

Why 10-50?   An Energy Security Perspective
R. James Woolsey, NCEP Commissioner; Vice President, Booz, Allen, Hamilton; former Director of Central Intelligence

Why 10-50?   A Climate Perspective
Eileen Claussen, President, Pew Center on Global Climate Change

The UK's Energy Strategy to 2050
Joan MacNaughton, Director General, Energy Group, Dept. of Trade & Industry (UK)
(download PDF of MacNaughton presentation)

Noon - 1:30 pm    
LUNCH - OPPORTUNITIES IN INDUSTRY
Is it possible to de-couple growth in key business sectors over the next 50 years from growth in carbon emissions resulting from business activities?

Session Chair: 
Geoffrey Heal, Columbia Business School

Presenters:
Pat Atkins, Alcoa (download PDF of Atkins presentation)
Chris Mottershead, BP (download PDF of Mottershead presentation)
Robert Wimmer, Toyota North America (download PDF of Wimmer presentation)
Bob Prolman, Weyerhaeuser (download PDF of Prolman presentation)

1:30 pm - 4:45 pm
EFFICIENCY, HYDROGEN, AND CARBON SEQUESTRATION/COAL GASIFICATION
What technological progress is needed now and in the next 50 years?  What policies are needed in the near, medium, and long term to push and pull technology into the market?

Session Chair: 
Susan Tierney, NCEP Commissioner; Managing Principal, The Analysis Group; former Assistant Secretary of Energy for Policy, U.S. Department of Energy

Commentator:
Melanie Kenderdine, Vice President, Gas Technology Institute

Efficiency: Energy Efficiency Overview
Gilbert Metcalf, Tufts University  (Overview)
(download PDF of Metcalf presentation)
Vivian Loftness, Carnegie Mellon University
Richard Newell, Resources for the Future
*Lynn Price and Ernst Worrell, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
(*Mark Levine, LBNL, substitute)

Hydrogen: Hydrogen as an Energy Carrier: Outlook for 2010, 2030 and 2050
Joan Ogden, UC-Davis (Overview) 
(download PDF of Ogden presentation)
David Greene, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Gene Nemanich, National Hydrogen Association/ChevronTexaco (retired)
Venki Raman, Air Products and Chemicals
Mike Schwarz, Ford Motor Company

High Natural Gas Prices Could Impact Environmental Imperatives
Melanie Kenderdine, Vice President, Gas Technology Institute
(download PDF of Kenderdine presentation)

Carbon Sequestration/Coal Gasification:  Carbon Dioxide Capture and Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage in Underground Storage in Underground Geologic Formations
Sally Benson, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Overview) 
(download PDF of Benson presentation)
Dale Simbeck, SFA Pacific, Inc.
Jon Davis, Rio Tinto
Robert Burruss, United States Geological Survey

7:00 pm
DINNER - Keynote Address: Good News About Profitable Climate Solutions
Amory Lovins, CEO, Rocky Mountain Institute                                                   (download PDF of Lovins presentation)

 

Friday, March 26, 2004

   

8:30 am - 10:30 am
ADVANCED NUCLEAR GENERATION AND RENEWABLES    
What technological progress is needed now and in the next 50 years?  What policies are needed in the near, medium, and long term to push and pull technology into the market?

Session Chair:
Phil Sharp, NCEP Congressional Chair; Senior Advisor, Lexecon, Inc.; Senior Policy Advisor, Van Ness Feldman; Former U.S. Representative, IN

Commentator:
Marilyn Brown, NCEP Commissioner; Director, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Program, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Advanced Nuclear Generation: Nuclear Power and Climate Change 
Ernest Moniz, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Overview)  
(download PDF of Moniz presentation)
Thomas Cochran, Natural Resources Defense Council
Marilyn Kray, Exelon

Renewables Overview
Martin Hoffert, New York University (Overview) 
(download PDF of Hoffert presentation)
Roger Anderson, Columbia University
Gene Berry, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Dan Kammen, UC-Berkeley

10:30 am – 11:00 am
BREAK

11:00 am – 12:30 pm           
INTEGRATING COMMON THEMES

Session Chair: 
John Holdren, NCEP Tri-Chair; Teresa and John Heinz Professor of Environmental Policy, Harvard University

Session Co-Chair: 
Judi Greenwald, Director of Innovative Solutions, Pew Center on Global Climate Change

Commentator:
Vijay V. Vaitheeswaran, Global Environment & Energy Correspondent, The Economist

Integrating Common Themes: Some Observations for the Workshop on Technologies and Policies for a Low-Carbon Future
John P. Holdren, NCEP Tri-Chair, Harvard University
(download PDF of Holdren presentation)

12:30 pm - 1:30 pm      
LUNCH - Keynote Address:  John Cahill, Chief of Staff, Governor George E. Pataki (NY)

                                                                                                                       1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
CROSS-CUTTING POLICY MEASURES

Session Chair: 
Leslie Carothers, President, Environmental Law Institute

Session Co-Chair: 
Vicki Arroyo, Director of Policy Analysis, Pew Center on Global Climate Change

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
CLOSING PLENARY

Observations and Insights
Jason Grumet, Executive Director, National Commission on Energy Policy

The Path Forward
Eileen Claussen, President, Pew Center on Global Climate Change