BU Faculty Retreat on Clean Energy
Monday, August 31, 2009
12:00pm – 6:00pm
Agenda
12:00 pm Introduction – Ken Lutchen
CEESI; Goals of retreat
- Overview of funding landscape via DOE – Peter Rothstein
12:30 pm Energy Sources and Energy Efficiency Technologies – Nalin Kulatilaka, Moderator
- Fuel Cells, Fuel Processing and CO2 Sequestration – Uday Pal
- Green Processing – Uday Pal
- Photovoltaics – Enrico Bellotti
- Ocean Energy – Greg McDaniel
- Sensors and Nanotechnology for Energy Sources – Bennett Goldberg
- Solid State Lighting – Soumendra Basu
2:00 pm Break
2:15 pm Energy Technology Adoption Issues – Michael Caramanis, Moderator
- Can the Market Manage Energy Transitions? – Robert Kaufmann
- Financial Constraints to Adopting Efficiency & Supply Technologies – Nalin Kulatilaka
3:00 pm CEESI Activities- Linda Grosser
3:15 pm Break
3:30 pm Smart Grid – Robert Kaufmann, Moderator
- Smart Grid as an Integrated System – Michael Caramanis
- Sensor Networked Systems Technologies for Smart Grid – Christos Cassandras
- Smart Buildings Technology – Michael Gevelber
- Visual Light Communications – Tom Little
- Business Models for Smart Grid Integration – Nalin Kulatilaka
4:45 pm General Discussion – Ken Lutchen
