Agenda

8:00		Registration/Continental Breakfast
8:30		Introduction: Ted McAleer, Executive Director USTAR, “Energy Technology Advances, Opportunities, and Challenges”
9:00		Technical Presentation: Dr. Raymond Levy, Energy and Geosciences Institute, University of Utah
9:45		Technical Presentation: Dr. Jeff Muhs, Utah State University, "Utah State University Biofuels Initiative: A Technical Strategies Overview"
10:30		Break
11:00		Technical Presentation: Dr. Larry Baxter, Brigham Young University
11:45		Technical Presentation: Dr. Philip Smith, Institute for Clean and Secure Energy, University of Utah
12:30		Lunch Keynote Speaker: Dr. Bill Rogers, Idaho National Laboratory, "Green and Alternative Energy Towards Sustainability – Idaho National Laboratory’s Focus"
1:30		Industry Panel: “Projects, Trends, and Challenges”. Moderator: Rick Anderson, Principal, Energy Strategies. Panelists Include: Richard Walje, President, Rocky Mountain Power Dr. James Patten, President and CEO, Red Leaf Resources Brandon Lloyd, Millennium Synfuels (tentative)
2:15		Break
2:30		Technology Commercialization/Transfer Office Panel: “Projects, Activities, and How to Engage the TCOs”. Moderator: Steve Roy, Director USTAR Technology Outreach and Innovation Program. Panelists Include: Brian Cummings, Director, Technology Commercialization Office, University of Utah Mike Alder, Director, Technology Transfer Office, Brigham Young University Ray Devito, Director, Technology Commercialization Office, Utah State University
3:00		Break/Poster Session Set Up
3:15		Special Keynote Speaker: Mr. Ryan Thomas, President, College of Eastern Utah, “Collaboration as an Enhancement to Innovation”
3:30		Poster Session: This networking/information session is an opportunity for researchers to display their technologies/research so interested companies and other organizations and individuals can connect, adopt, and/or help advance these innovations. Companies and organizations will also have the opportunity to display and provide product, technology, or organizational information.