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INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT
McDONNELL INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARS ACADEMY

PROGRAM
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Friday - May 4, 2007
Welcome Banquet

6:00pm Board shuttles for dinner
6:15 Shuttles depart from Ritz-Carlton Hotel
6:30 Reception and Welcome Banquet
Saint Louis Club (By Invitation Only)
7:15 Welcome: Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton

Remarks: John F. McDonnell, Vice Chairman, Board of Trustees

Speaker: The Honorable Thomas R. Pickering
                Former Ambassador to the United Nations
                "Iran and the Future of Global Energy Supplies"

Saturday - May 5, 2007
Presidents Forum

7:30am Board shuttles to Washington University campus
7:45 Shuttles depart from Ritz-Carlton to Washington University
May Auditorium, Simon Hall
7:45 - 8:45 Continental Breakfast          Kiefer Foyer and Lopata Courtyard
8:45 - 9:00 Welcome Remarks and Objectives of the Symposium
May Auditorium
Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton
Dr. Edward S. Macias, Executive Vice Chancellor and Dean of Arts & Sciences
9:00 - 10:15
Session I: Research on Energy and Environment

Session Moderator: Dr. David L. Morse, Senior Vice President & Director of Corporate Research, Corning, Inc.

Panelists:
10:15 – 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 – 11:45
Session II: Educating Future Generations on Energy and Environment

Session Moderator: Dean Mary Sansalone, School of Engineering & Applied Science

Panelists:
12:00 – 1:15 Luncheon (By Invitation Only)      Holmes Lounge - Ridgley Hall
Speaker: Hugh Grant, Chairman, President and CEO, Monsanto Company
"Energy, Environment, and Agriculture"
1:30 – 3:00
Session III: Policy Studies on Energy and Environment

Session Moderator: Dr. Gary Calabrese, Vice President & Chief Technology Officer, Rohm & Haas Company

Panelists:
3:00 – 3:15 Coffee Break
3:15 – 4:30
Session IV: University Operations—Impact on Energy and Environment

Session Moderator: Dr. Xinsheng Zhang, Vice President and Managing Director, Cabot Corporation

Panelists:
4:30 – 5:00 Discussion and Wrap Up — Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton
5:00 Shuttles return to Ritz-Carlton Hotel
6:15 Board shuttles to the Gateway Arch
6:30 Shuttles depart for Gala Dinner at the Gateway Arch
7:00 Reception & Gala Dinner at the Gateway Arch (by Invitation Only)
7:30 Dr. Ralph J. Cicerone, President, National Academy of Sciences
"How Humans Cause Climate Change"
8:30 – 10:00 Tram rides to top of Gateway Arch
Museum of Westward Expansion open for viewing (guided tours available)
10:00 Shuttles return to Ritz-Carlton Hotel

Sunday - May 6, 2007
Faculty Forum

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7:30am Breakfast for Presidents of University Partners (Presidents only) Hosted by Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton
The Board Room, Ritz-Carlton Hotel
(By Invitation Only)
7:30 Others Board shuttles to Washington University campus
7:45 Shuttles depart from Ritz-Carlton to Washington University
Whitaker Hall
7:45 - 8:45 Continental Breakfast
Whitaker Hall Atrium
8:45 – 10:00
Keynote Lecture
Whitaker Hall Auditorium
Introductory Remarks - Dr. Pratim Biswas

Lecture
Professor John C. Crittenden, Arizona State University "Informed Sustainable Urban Development"
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee Break & Poster Viewing
Whitaker Hall Atrium
Coordinator: R. Sureshkumar, Professor, Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering
10:30 – 12:00
Session I: Panel Discussion: Environmental Education

Whitaker Hall Auditorium
Moderator: Dr. Pratim Biswas
The Stifel and Quinette Jens Professor
Chair of the Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering Washington University

Panelists:
12:00 – 1:30 Lunch Buffet (for registered guests)
Whitaker Hall Atrium
Poster Viewing and St. Louis Highlights (Slide Show)
Coordinator: Dr. Ruth Chen and Ray Ehrhard, Dept. of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering
1:30 – 3:00 (Meetings by Invitation and Pre-Registration with Coordinator Only)
  • Aerosols & Air Quality and Health                  Room 216
    Coordinator:
    Dr. Richard L. Axelbaum, Professor of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Washington University

    Participants: A. Snidvongs (Chulalongkorn), J. Chen (Fudan Univ); V.K. Jain (JNU), Hu Min (Peking University), J. Hao (Tsinghua University), J. Yu (CUHK); A.K. Suresh (IIT B); N. Kitamura (U of Tokyo); B. Evanoff, S. Falke, D. Chen, J. Turner, P. Biswas (WUStL)

  • Water Resources and Sustainable Systems  Whitaker Library
    Coordinator:
    Dr. Lars Angenent, Assistant Professor of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering
    Dr. Dan Giammar, Assistant Professor of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering
    Dr. T. R. Kidder, Professor of Anthropology, Washington University

    Participants: O. Yenigün (Boģaziçi), R. Semiat (Technion), H.P. Fang (HKU), S. B. Kim (Seoul National University), S. Asolekar (IIT B), K. Takeuchi (UTokyo), E. Shin (Yonsei); V. Snoeyink (NUS), M. Hightower (Sandia), T. Yeager (Kennedy Jenks), C. Buescher (WUStL)

  • Energy and Environment                                 Room 218
    Coordinator:
    Dr. William Lowry, Professor of Political Science
    Dr. Himadri Pakrasi, George William and Irene Koechig Professor of Biology and Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Washington University

    Participants: A. Ganesh (IIT B); F. Chen (NatTaiwanU); I. Or (Boģaziçi), J.W. Kim (SNU), R. Dalimi (UI); M. Mitani, K. Yamaji (U Tokyo); Donghwan Kim (Korea Univ); S. Yong-gun (Yonsei U); Jim Pearsall (Exxon Mobil), R. Aggarwal, B. Schaal; R. Husar, S. Stanley (WUStL)

3:00 – 3:15 Coffee Break & Poster Viewing
Whitaker Hall Atrium
3:15 – 4:30
Session III: Summary Findings of Breakout Groups
Whitaker Hall Auditorium
Presentations by Breakout Group Coordinators and Discussions with all present
4:30 – 5:00
Presentation by Michael Adams (son of Ansel Adams)
Whitaker Hall Auditorium
"Ansel Adams: Reverence for Life"
5:00 – 6:00 Reception and Exhibit
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum
"Photographs on the Environment" by Ansel Adams
6:30 Dinner with faculty ambassadors and McDonnell Scholars of the McDonnell International Scholars Academy

Monday - May 7, 2007
Faculty Forum

7:30am Board shuttles to Washington University campus
7:45 Shuttles depart from Ritz-Carlton to Washington University
Whitaker Hall
7:45 – 8:45 Continental Breakfast
Whitaker Hall Atrium
8:45 – 10:00
Session IV: Breakout Groups Working Meetings
(Meetings by Invitation and Pre-Registration with Coordinator Only)
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee Break and Poster Viewing
Whitaker Hall Atrium
10:30 – 12:00 Whitaker Hall Auditorium
Presentations by Coordinators, Discussion on the content of Reports & follow up on collaborations

Concluding Remarks - Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton
12:30pm Box Lunch, Cupples II, Room 212
Energy and Environmental Laboratory Tours
Shuttles return to Ritz-Carlton Hotel
 
 
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