Wednesday, February 5, 2003

7:30 / Continental Breakfast
8:00 / Opening Remarks: Pramod P. Khargonekar, Dean College of Engineering
8:10 / Session 1: Co-firing Technology: Evan Hughes, EPRI
8:10 – 8:30 / w Evan Hughes, EPRI, USA
8:30 – 8:50 / w Tim Banfield, Allegheny Energy Supply, USA!
8:50– 9:10 / w Ryan Pletka Black and Veatch, USA!
9:10 – 9:30 / w Kevin Nassiep, Eskom, South Africa!
9:30 – 9:55 / Panel Discussion
9:55 – 10:10 / Break
10:10 / Session 2: Co-firing Science: Hartmut Spliethoff, Delft
10:10 – 10:30 / w Hartmut Spliethoff, Delft, Netherlands
10:30 – 10:50 / w David Tillman, Foster Wheeler Corp., USA
10:50 – 11:10 / w Larry Baxter, Brigham Young University, USA
11:10 – 11:30 / w Kevin Davis, REI, Salt Lake City Utah
11:30 – 11:55 / Panel Discussion
12:00 – 1:30 / Lunch
1:30 / Session 3: Fuel Sources: Wayne Smith, UF
1:30 – 1:50 / wDr. Ing. K.R.G. Hein, Stuttgart, Germany
1:50 – 2:10 / wWilliem Huisman, Farm Technology Group, The Netherlands!
2:10 – 2:30 / w David Bransby, Auburn University, USA
2:30 – 2:50 / w M. Rahmani /D. Rockwood/ Wayne Smith, University Florida, USA
2:50 – 3:15 / Panel Discussion
3:15 – 3:30 / Break
3:30 / Session 4: Economics and Strategy: Stephen Gehl, EPRI
3:30 – 3:50 / w Irene Smith; International Energy Agency (IEA Coal Research), UK
3;50 – 4:10 / w Jamie Rhodes, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
4:10 – 4:30 / w Mao Jianxiong, Professor, Tsinghua University, China
4:30 – 4:50 / w Stephen Gehl, EPRI, USA
4:50 – 5:15 / Panel Discussion
7:00 / Banquet: a prominent energy-environmental policy person

! Speakers not confirmed as yet

Thursday, February 6, 2003
7:30 / Continental Breakfast
8:00 / Opening Remarks: A. Green, UF
8:10 / Session 1: Pyrolysis/Gasification Science: R. Kandiyoti, UF
8:10 – 8:30 / w Rafael Kandiyoti, Imperial College, UK
8:30 – 8:50 / w A. Green, Univ. of Florida, USA.
8:50– 9:10 / w Bo Leckner, Sweden
9:10 – 9:30 / w Rafael Moliner, Spain
9:30 – 9:55 / Panel Discussion
9:55 – 10:10 / Break
10:10 / Session 2: Pyrolysis/Gasification Technology: N.Holt, EPRI
10:10 – 10:30 / w Xie Ke Chang, President, Taiyuan Univ of Technolog., Shangxi, China
10:30 – 10:50 / w Mark Hornick , TECO, USA
10:50 – 11:10 / w Ronald Herbanek, Global Energy, Houston
11:10 – 11:30 / w Neville Holt, EPRI USA
11:30 – 11:55 / Panel Discussion
12:00 – 1:30 / Lunch
1:30 / Session 3: Other Co-Converters: Irene Smith, IEA
1:30 – 1:50 / wMeyer Steinberg, Brookhaven National Laboratory
1:50 – 2: 10 / wP. Venktachalam, A. Sampathrajan ,Tamil Nadu, India
2:10 – 2:30 / w Ezra Bar- Ziv, Ben Gurion University, Israel
2:30 – 2:50 / w Robert Brown, Iowa State University
2:50 – 3:15 / Panel Discussion8
3:15 – 3:30 / Break
3:30 / Session 4: Economics and Strategy: Sanford Berg, UF
3:30 – 3:50 / w James W. Dean, Fl. Public Service Commission
3:50 – 4:10 / w Hartmut Spliethoff EU. /Robert Beck, CEO/NCC
4:10 – 4:30 / w Stephen Segrest, CPI/ John Ryan, Sierra Club
4:30 – 4:50 / w Sanford Berg, Distinguished Service Professor, U.F.
4:50 – 5:15 / Panel Discussion

! Speakers not confirmed as of 1/12

A comparison of two first of its kind international specialty conferences

International Nucleon-Nucleon Conference

The Overview and Conference Summary of the First International Nucleon Nucleon Conference held at the University of Florida on March 23-25, 1967 and organized by Alex Green, UF; Malcolm MacGregor LLNL, Livermore and Richard Wilson, Harvard was a 1960 statement by Murray Goldberger, renowned theoretical physicist and former president of Cal Tech.

"There are few problems in modern theoretical physics which have attracted

more attention than that of trying to determine the fundamental interaction

between two nucleons. It is also true that scarcely ever has the world of

physics owed so little to so many. In general, in surveying the field, one

is oppressed by the unbelievable confusion and conflict that exists. It is

hard to believe that many of the authors are talking about the same problem

or, in fact, that they know what the problem is."

This conference was held at UF at a time when this confused status was just changing and the INNC afforded the opportunity to consolidate recent advances and to guide subsequent world wide efforts on this problem.

International Conference on Co-utilization of Domestic Fuels (ICCDF)

The opening lines of the second day of the first International Conference on Co-utilization of Domestic Fuels to be held at the University of Florida on February 5 and 6, 2003 and organized by Alex Green, UF; Evan Hughes, EPRI and Rafael Kandiyoti, Imperial College London might be

"There are few problems of civilized society, ancient or modern, which are more important than that of finding and using the fuel needed to sustain the society without destroying a livable environment. It is also true that scarcely ever has world owed so little to so many. In general, in surveying writings on energy and the environment, one is oppressed by the unbelievable confusion and conflict that exists. It is hard to believe that many of the authors are talking about the same problem or, in fact, that they know what the problem is."

Barring a war the ICCDF conference could emerge as a guide for all nations, states and local communities as to the best use or co-use of available resources for near term mitigation of current major energy-environmental problems.