Objective

The Utah Science Technology and Research initiative (USTAR) held the first annual Utah Energy Discovery Conference on March 13, 2008. The conference allowed energy innovators and executives the opportunity to meet with some of the top energy related research professors in the world. Industry specific panels addressed a large audience as well as the opportunity for energy leaders to meet in small groups with some of the greatest scientific minds from Utah’s top universities in order to:

          • To increase collaboration between the State’s scientific community and the energy industry
          • To highlight world-class research at the Energy and Geoscience Institute (EGI) and the Institute for Clean and Secure Energy (ICSE)
                at the University of Utah; Utah State University (USU); and Brigham Young University (BYU)
          • To enhance the understanding of the technology commercialization process of campus-based research and innovation
          • To provide information on leading scientific research in the energy industry and provide specific examples of companies and their
               integration of new technology

Presentations made at the conference can be found on the Presentations page.