Schedule

Tues., May 6

12:00 p.m. Lunch and Colloquium Registration
Exelon Corporation, Main Conference Room

1:00 p.m. Opening Session
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Susan Mayer, Dean, Harris School, University of Chicago
John Holdren, Teresa and John Heinz Professor of Environmental Policy, Harvard University; Director of the Woods Hole Research Center; NCEP Co-chair
Overview of Colloquium Topics
Robert Rosner, Director, Argonne National Laboratory
Overview of Climate Change R&D at National Laboratories
Robert Marlay, Deputy Director, U.S. Climate Change Technology Program, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
Overview of Climate Change R&D at Research Universities
Joseph Walsh, Jr. Vice President for Research, Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University
IIT's Wanger Institute for Sustainable Energy Research
Hamid Arastoopour, Max McGraw Professor of Energy, Environment and Economics, Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT)

2:30 p.m. Break

2:45 p.m. Roundtable Discussion: Collaborative R&D Models
Session Co-Chairs
Chip Zukoski, Vice Chancellor for Research, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Tom Hunter, President and Director, Sandia National Laboratories
The roundtable discussion will include brief presentations on four examples of collaborative R&D programs:
The Next Generation Nuclear Project (NGNP) – Theodore U. Marston, Principal, Marston Consulting
The Energy Biosciences Institute (EBI) – Paul Willems, Technology Vice President of Energy Biosciences
The DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center – Timothy Donohue, Scientific Director
The Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America – Melanie Kenderdine, Associate Director Strategic Development, MIT Energy Initiative

6:00 p.m. Reception
University of Chicago Gleacher Center, 450 North Cityfront Plaza Drive, Room 350

7:00 p.m. Dinner
University of Chicago Gleacher Center, 450 North Cityfront Plaza Drive, Room 350

Tribute to the Life and Memory of our Friend and Colleague, Vito Stagliano
Introduction by Ellen Cohen, Dean of Students, Harris School, University of Chicago
Dinner Address: John Holdren, Teresa and John Heinz Professor of Environmental Policy, Harvard University; Director of the Woods Hole Research Center; NCEP Co-chair
Introduction by Charles Glaser, Deputy Dean, Harris School, The University of Chicago

Wed., May 7

7:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast and Registration
Exelon Corporation, Main Conference Room

8:30 a.m. Roundtable Discussion: R&D Management Structures
Session Co-Chairs
Peter Stair, Professor, Northwestern University
Thom Mason, Director, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

10:00 a.m. Keynote Address: Robert Zimmer, President, University of Chicago
Introduction by Robert Rosner, Director, Argonne National Laboratory

10:45 a.m. Break

11:00 a.m. Roundtable Discussion: Funding Structures to Ensure R&D Success
Session Co-Chairs
Eric Gislason, Interim Chancellor, University of Illinois at Chicago
Paul Lisowski, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy, U.S. Department of Energy

12:30 p.m. Lunch
Exelon Corporation, Main Conference Room

Keynote Address: John Rowe, Chairman & CEO, Exelon Corp. and NCEP Co-Chair
Introduction by Alan Schriesheim, President, Chicago Council on Science and Technology

2:00 p.m. Roundtable Discussion: R&D Prioritization
Session Co-Chairs
Paul Portney, Dean, Eller College of Management, University of Arizona
Victor Reis, Senior Advisor, Office of the Secretary, Department of Energy

3:30 p.m. Colloquium Summary
Session Co-Chairs
Robert Goldston, Director, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
John Holdren, Teresa and John Heinz Professor of Environmental Policy, Harvard University; Director of the Woods Hole Research Center; NCEP Co-chair

4:30 p.m. Adjourn