E3 2008

Breakout Session I

Biofuels — Next Generation Feedstocks
Andrew Ritten, Partner, Faegre & Benson LLP (moderator)
Nancy Carpenter, Professor, Chemistry (U of M, Morris)
Eric Hanson, President, Coeur d’Alene Fiber Fuels
Spencer P. Swayze, Manager of Business Development, Ceres, Inc.
Donald Wyse, Co-director, CINRAM; Professor, Agronomy and Plant Genetics (U of M)

Solar Energy — Advancements in Materials
Stacy Miller, State Programs Administrator, State Energy Office (moderator)
Susannah Clear, Product Development Specialist, Energy and Advanced Materials, 3M
Jane Davidson, Professor, Mechanical Engineering(U of M)
Daniel Frisbie, Professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science (U of M)
Cheryl Kennedy, Senior Scientist, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Climate Change — The Role of Business and Industry in a Global Challenge
Elizabeth Schmiesing, Partner, Faegre and Benson LLP (moderator)
Alfred Marcus, Professor, Strategic Management/Organization (U of M)
Brenda Mathison, Director of Environmental Affairs, Best Buy
Elizabeth McGeveran, V.P., Governance & Sustainable Investment, F&C Management
Nim Traeger, Director of Casualty Services, Travelers Companies, Inc.

Conservation — Energy-Efficient Buildings and Industries
John Wheaton, Partner, Faegre & Benson LLP (moderator)
John Carmody, Director, Center for Building Research (U of M)
Charles Sanderson, Technical Director, Cargill Process Optimizers
Sheldon Strom, Executive Director, Center for Energy and Environment
Greg Maxam, Senior Associate, Architectural Alliance

 

Breakout Session II

Biorefineries — The Future is (almost) Here
J. Thomas Halverson, Jr., Managing Director, Piper Jaffray & Co. (moderator)
Dan Fanselow, Senior Research Specialist, 3M
Bruce Folkedahl, Senior Research Manager, EERC, University of North Dakota
Bill Lee, General Manager, Chippewa Valley Ethanol Company
Ulrike Tschirner, Associate Professor, Bioproducts & Biosystems Engineering (U of M)

Wind Energy — Advanced Storage Technologies
Ned Mohan, Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering, (U of M) (speaker/moderator)
Kent Holst, Development Director, Iowa Stored Energy Park
Michael Lamb, Executive Director, Utility Innovations, Xcel Energy
Michael Reese, Renewable Energy Director, WCROC (U of M, Morris)

Greenhouse Gas Reduction Projects — Policy and Practice
Amy Johnson, Senior Project Manager, The BioBusiness Alliance of Minnesota (moderator)
Koorosh Asghari, Assoc. Professor, Petroleum Systems Engineering, University of Regina
Edward Garvey, Deputy Commissioner, Energy and Telecomm., MN Dept. of Commerce
J. Drake Hamilton, Science Policy Director, Fresh Energy
Elizabeth Wilson, Assistant Professor, Energy & Environmental Policy & Law (U of M)

Energy Systems — Hybrid and Community-based
Melissa Pawlisch, Coordinator, CERTs (moderator)
Greg Cuomo, Director of Operations, UMore Park (U of M)
Linda Meschke, President, Rural Advantage
Lowell Rasmussen, Associate Vice Chancellor (U of M, Morris)
Jim Walters, Director of Customer Relations, Rochester Public Utilities

 

Breakout Session III

The Biofuels of Tomorrow — Opportunities and Challenges
Dana Boyle, Vice President of Business Development, LifeScience Alley (moderator)
David Kittelson, Professor, Mechanical Engineering (U of M)
Mark Lindquist, Biofuels Program Manager, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Georgiana May, Associate Professor, Ecology, Evolution and Behavior (U of M)

The Other Alternatives — Hydropower, Geothermal and Hydrogen
Jimmy Randolph, Ph.D. Graduate Student, Geology and Geophysics (U of M) (moderator)
Owen Hopkins, Managing Director, Fuel Cells, Entegris, Inc.
Martin Saar, Assistant Professor, Geology and Geophysics (U of M)
Fotis Sotiropoulos, Professor, Civil Engineering; Director, St. Anthony Falls Lab (U of M)

Policy Scenarios — Creating a Clean Energy Future
Dean Current, Research Associate, Forest Resources (U of M, Twin Cities) (moderator)
Amy Johnson, Senior Project Manager, The BioBusiness Alliance of Minnesota
Rolf Nordstrom, Executive Director, Great Plains Institute
Steve Polasky, Professor, Applied Economics/Ecology, Evolution and Behavior (U of M)

Transportation — Plug-in Hybrids and the Vehicles of Tomorrow
Todd Reubold, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, IREE/IonE (U of M) (moderator)
Jack Gust, R&D Chief Engineer, Center for Advanced Turf Technology, The Toro Company
Bruce Jones, Director, MN Center for Automotive Research, MN State University, Mankato
Rajesh Rajamani, Professor, Mechanical Engineering (U of M)