Agenda
President’s Sustainability SymposiumOctober 22-23, 2009
Thursday, October 22
Morning Session: The Shilo Inn
The Shilo Inn
780 Lindsay Boulevard, Idaho Falls
8:00 a.m. Symposium Registration/Check In
Ballroom Foyer
9:00 a.m. Welcome, Overview and Challenge
Dr. M. Duane Nellis, President, University of Idaho
9:15 a.m. Overview of the Day’s Activities
Dr. Robert Smith, Associate Vice President, University of Idaho
9:30 a.m. Sustainability
Dr. Don Burnett, Dean, University of Idaho College of Law
10:00 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. The Intersection of Water and Energy – The Coming Tradeoffs
Dr. Mark Allen Bernstein, Managing Director, University of Southern California Energy Institute
11:00 a.m. Toward Sustainable Energy in Idaho – Idaho Strategic Energy Alliance
Dr. Steve Aumeier, Chair, Idaho Strategic Energy Alliance
11:45 a.m. Lunch – Climate Change and Other Energy Legislation
U.S. Senator James Risch (Pre-recorded)
Afternoon Session: The Shilo Inn
1:00 p.m. Sustainable Electric Energy – Generation, Transmission, and Efficient Utilization
What are the tradeoffs and limitations of integrating conventional generation technologies and renewable energy technologies into a sustainable increased efficiency 21st century electric power system?
Facilitators...
- Fred Gunnerson, Director , Nuclear Engineering Program - University of Idaho
- Bruce Haglund, Professor, Architecture & Interior Design - University of Idaho
Panelists...
- David Hawk, E2A Energy Analysis and Answers (Hydropower)
- John Eustermann, Stoel Rives LLP (Energy Finance/Economics)
- John Kotek, Principal, Gallatin Public Affairs
- Robert M.Neilson, Relationship Manager - Idaho National Laboratory. Technical Consultant, Idaho Strategic Energy Alliance
- Travis McLing, Carbon Sequestration Technical Lead - Idaho National Laboratory
- Leland Roy Mink, Ph.D., Mink Geo Hydro Inc. Retired, University of Idaho and Former Manager of the DOE Geothermal Technologies Program.
- John Reynolds , Professor Emeritus, University of Oregon
Friday, October 23
Morning Session: The Shilo Inn
8:30 a.m. Carbon Markets
Lindene Patton, Climate Product Officer for Zurich Financial Services Group
9:30 a.m. The Role of Higher Education in Achieving Energy Sustainability
Dr. Paul Rowland, Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education
10:00 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. Princeton Wedge Game Integrative Activities
What are the choice and tradeoffs to achieve energy sustainability in a carbon constrained world?
Facilitator: Pamela Tomski, Director and Founder, Research Experience in Carbon Sequestration
Managing Partner at EnTech Strategies, LLC
Optional Afternoon Session: Center for Advanced Energy Studies Building
2:00 p.m. LEED building tours