Workshop Program
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Tuesday, November 1 |
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1:00PM |
Registration Opens |
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3:00-5:00PM |
Optional Shale Gas Site Tour (meet at workshop registration desk around 2:45PM) |
| 5:00-6:00PM | Post-Site Tour Presentation (at hotel - available to all attendees) |
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6:00-7:00PM |
Reception |
Wednesday, November 2 |
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7:30AM |
Registration and Coffee |
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8:00-8:15AM |
Welcome Remarks - Darlene Schuster, Executive Director of AIChE's CEI; Joyce McConnell, WVU Provost; and Gene Cilento, Dean of Statler College |
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8:15AM-12:15PM |
Session 1: Solving Challenges from the Policy and Market Perspectives |
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8:15-8:30AM |
"A Natural (Gas) Evolution: Law and Policy Challenges and Opportunities in the Shale Gas Era" - Josh Fershee, West Virginia University |
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8:30-8:45AM |
"Future Energy System Transformation - Balancing Innovation, Investment and Policy" - Monty Alger, Pennsylvania State University |
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8:45-9:00AM |
"Natural Gas in the United States: An Overview of Resources and Factors Affecting the Market" - Justin Adder, NETL |
| 9:00-9:15AM | "Technology, R&D and Policy In A Rapidly Evolving Energy Landscape" - Douglas Hollett, DOE |
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9:15-10:15AM |
Panel Discussion |
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10:15-10:45AM |
Coffee Break |
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10:45AM-12:00PM |
Breakout 1 |
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12:00-12:15PM |
Report Out 1 |
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12:15-1:15PM |
Lunch |
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1:15-5:15PM |
Session 2: Decision Calculi at Different Nodes of the NG Value Chain |
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1:15-1:30PM |
"Disrupting the Natural Gas and Petrochemical Value Chains" - Rahul Iyer, Siluria Technologies |
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1:30-1:45PM |
"Overcoming Project Finance Issues When Commercializing a New Technology" - Glen Rector, Amec Foster Wheeler |
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1:45-2:00PM |
"Challenges in Natural Gas Monetization: Qatar Experience" - Nimir O. Elbashir, Texas A&M University |
| 2:00-2:15PM | "Major Variables, Traditional and New, Affecting Decision Points Along the Natural Gas Value Chain" - Ken Kern, NETL |
| 2:15-2:30PM | "Mountaineering – Making the Traverse to the Market Summit" - Vann Bush, Gas Technology Institute |
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2:30-3:15PM |
Panel Discussion |
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3:15-3:45PM |
Coffee Break |
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3:45-5:00PM |
Breakout 2 |
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5:00-5:15PM |
Report Out 2 |
Thursday, November 3 |
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7:30-8:00AM |
Coffee |
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8:00AM-12:00PM |
Session 3: Technology Commercialization: Developing and De-Risking |
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8:00-8:15AM |
“Novel Methane Conversion Technologies – Drivers and Challenges” - Jim Bielenberg, ExxonMobil |
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8:15-8:30AM |
"Managing Risk During Technology Commercialization – Technical and Expense" - Jack Dever, MATRIC |
| 8:30-8:45AM | “Chemical Looping Technology Advancements for Natural Gas Utilization” - Andrew Tong, The Ohio State University |
| 8:45-9:00AM | "Implementation Challenges and Risk Mitigation for New Technologies" - Brien Stears, The Dow Chemical Company |
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9:00-10:00AM |
Panel Discussion |
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10:00-10:30AM |
Coffee Break |
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10:30-11:45AM |
Breakout 3 |
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11:45AM-12:00PM |
Report Out 3 |
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12:00-12:15PM |
Next Steps and Adjourn |