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March 3, 2008: AIChE Boston - Clean Energy Dinner and Roundtable Discussion
The AIChE Boston section will be hosting a Clean Energy Dinner and Round Table Discussion on the topic of Realistic Solutions to Today’s Energy Problems on Thursday, April 3, 2008. Participants will include chemical engineers, students, entrepreneurs, investors and representatives from government, responsible for developing energy policy to get together and focus on the “barriers to commercialization of Clean Energy technologies” in the following areas:
- Hydrogen / fuel cells
- Biomass / biodiesel / ethanol
- Biomass gasification
- Clean coal combustion
- Coal gasification
- Fuels from waste products
- Solar
- Wind
- Nuclear solutions
- Tidal - wave power
- Conservation – improving productivity
- K-12 energy & environmental programs
- Environmental sustainability issues
The discussion will be a working session, with the desired outcome being some unbiased guidelines for industry and government that should be of interest to everyone in the sustainability and clean energy field. Pre-registration is required.
Date: Thursday, April 3, 2008
Time: 5:30 PM – 9 PM
Location: Holiday Inn, Boxboro, MA
242 Adams Place (I-495 exit 28)
Boxborough, MA 01719
(978) 263-8701
Cost: Students - $25
Local Section Members - $30
Non-Members - $35
RSVP: No later than Tuesday, April 1, 2008 (there will be a $10 fee for late registrations)
For more information or to register, please visit: http://aicheboston.s400.sureserver.com/events/eventdetail.php?eventId=41
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