PRESENTATIONS
World Bank
May 6, 2008
"Policies for Advanced Coal Technologies in India (and China)"
By Ananth Chikkatur, Research Fellow, Energy Technology Innovation Policy
In this presentation, Chikkatur discusses the role of coal in the Chinese and Indian power sectors.
March 18, 2008
"Energy R&D Policy: 'Embracing' Failure"
By Jack Johnston, Planning Executive, ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company (retired)
Former ExxonMobil executive Jack Johnston presented on technology and how a more systematic approach to thinking about failure in complex systems could enable us to more effectively pursue technology as well as formulate and evolve policy.
March 14, 2008
"The Rise of China: Energy and Environmental Implications"
By Kelly Sims Gallagher, Director, Energy Technology Innovation Policy
In this presentation, Kelly Sims Gallagher discusses the environmental and energy implications of China's economic growth in the 20th and 21st centuries.
March 14, 2008
"Ending the Energy Stalemate: A Bipartisan Strategy To Meet America’s Energy Challenges"
By John P. Holdren, Director and Faculty Chair, Science, Technology and Public Policy Program
John P. Holdren provides the context for and an overview of the recommendations made by the National Commission on Energy Policy its 2004 and 2007 reports to the President and Congress of the United States.
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March 13, 2008
"Expanding Nuclear Energy, Preventing Nuclear Terrorism"
By Matthew Bunn, Senior Research Associate, Project on Managing the Atom
Matthew Bunn presented "Expanding Nuclear Energy, Preventing Nuclear Terrorism" to the Energy & Security Search Seminar on March 13, 2008.
March 4, 2008
"Application Oriented R&D: Aphorisms and Anecdotes"
By Robert Frosch, Senior Associate, Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program
Dr. Frosch shares lessons from his experience trying to perform, and lead, application oriented R&D. Some of these lessons are encapsulated in aphorisms. Some aphorisms are presented, with explication, and illustrated with anecdotes from experience with the Navy, ARPA, NASA, and General Motors.
February 29, 2008
"Allocation of Risk in Building Capital-Intensive Electricity Generation: What Role for Government?"
By Matthew Bunn, Senior Research Associate, Project on Managing the Atom
Matthew Bunn presented "Allocation of Risk in Building Capital-Intensive Electricity Generation: What Role for Government?" to the Harvard Electricity Policy Group, in Boulder, Colorado.
February 22, 2008
"What Do We Mean by Zero? Strategic Implications of Different Approaches to the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons"
By Matthew Bunn, Senior Research Associate, Project on Managing the Atom
Matthew Bunn presented "What Do We Mean by Zero? Strategic Implications of Different Approaches to the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons," at the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization conference on "Nuclear Weapons: The Greatest Peril to Civilization," in New Haven, Conn on February 21-22, 2008.
February 15, 2008
"Challenges of Integrating the Advancement of Coal Gasification Technology and CO2 Capture Storage (CCS) Technology"
By Jennie Stephens, Research Associate, Energy Technology Innovation Policy
Invited Presentation in Symposium on "Coal Gasification: Myths, Challenges, and Opportunities" American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting, February 15, 2008, Boston, MA.
February 1, 2008
"Key Factors Affecting the Future of Nuclear Energy"
By Matthew Bunn, Senior Research Associate, Project on Managing the Atom
Matthew Bunn discussed the key factors affecting the future of nuclear energy for the first meeting of the Belfer Center Working Group on the Future of Nuclear Energy on February 1, 2008.
