 | 2009 UW Energy Hub Conference |
Monona Terrace, Madison, WI
Energy Hub’s 2009 Conference revolves around the themes of Energy, Economy and Environment, with emphasis on the opportunities and challenges of deploying renewables like wind, solar, and biomass on a national scale.
Our conference is FREE to UW students and Energy Hub members, and we thank our generous sponsors for making this happen.
Registration is free for students and faculty, the registration deadline is 11:59pm Monday, October 12. Registration for non-academics is $250 for the whole day (including lunch), $125 for just the morning or afternoon including lunch, and $100 for just the morning or afternoon without lunch. Please contact Corey Singletary (csingletary@wisc.edu) to register if you are not a UW student, faculty, or post-doc.
Twenty UW-Madison students have been chosen to showcase their original research posters at the conference. We received a large number of excellent poster proposals this year, and unfortunately don’t have room to feature all of the posters that deserve to be shown at the conference! Safe to say, we’re proud to have so much great research happening at UW-Madison.
Please visit Why Sponsor? if you are interested in helping to sponsor the conference or Energy Hub in general.
This year’s conference will:
• Challenge students to explore the relationship between Energy, Economy and Environment
• Encourage research and collaboration between industry and the University of Wisconsin
• Promote collaboration between students across academic disciplines in relation to energy
• Promote employment in the energy industry
Conference Agenda (available as a PDF: 2009 Energy Hub Conference Brochure):
(all events will be in the Monona Terrace Lecture Hall unless otherwise noted)
8:00 – 8:45 am Morning Keynote – Tom Hunter, President, Sandia National Laboratories
8:45 – 9:15 am Electricity 101 – Bernie Lesieutre – Basic power needs and electrical infrastructure requirements within which generating technologies must operate.
9:15 – 9:45 am Break
Poster Session – Meeting Rooms: During the breaks student posters will be on display, giving them the opportunity to showcase the work and research they have done. The posters will be judged for awards and will also function as a “Job Fair in Reverse” where industry representatives will be welcome to meet prospective employees.
9:45 – 11:15 pm Panel: Benefits of Wind, Solar and Biomass – Why these technologies should be chosen in the context of technological, economic, political, and environmental benefits.
Moderated by Dane Morgan, Materials Science and Engineering, UW-Madison
- William Beckman – Solar Energy Laboratory
- Bill Johnson – Alliant Energy
- Wes Slaymaker – Wes Engineering
- Peter Taglia – Clean Wisconsin
11:15 – 12:15 pm Lunch – Community Terrace
12:15 – 1:45 pm Panel: Challenges for Wind, Solar and Biomass – What barriers must these technologies overcome in order to significantly contribute to US electricity needs?
Moderated by Paul Meier, Energy Institute, UW-Madison
- Enrique Bacalao – Alliant Energy
- Tom Hunter – Sandia National Laboratory
- Tom Veselka – Argonne National Laboratory
- Joel Jansen – Integrys Energy Services
1:45 – 2:15 pm Networking Poster Break – Meeting Rooms
2:15 – 3:00 pm Afternoon Keynote – David Owens, Executive Vice President, Edison Electric Institute. The afternoon keynote will discuss managing demand in the context of current
technologies and future needs.
3:00 – 3:15 pm Networking Poster Break – Meeting Rooms
3:15 – 4:45 pm Panel: Balancing the Promise and the Challenge – Given challenges facing renewable energy, what possibilities exist for the growth and future success of renewable energy in the US?
Moderated by Greg Nemet, La Follette School of Public Affairs
- All previous panelists
4:45 – 5:00 pm Closing – Poster Contest winners announced.
5:00-6:00 pm Reception: Food and drinks (cash bar) will be available. The reception provides networking opportunities between students, sponsors, and members of the university energy community.
