An acquaintance pointed me to this, which looks like it'll be a really dense infodump. Anyone interested in signing up ought to try. The anti-sticker-shocker: it costs $100. For two days. Parking at the venue adds 30% to that ( :) ).
Sponsors: APS Forum on Physics & Society and AAPT
Physics of Sustainable Energy:
Using Energy Efficiently and Producing It Renewably
Saturday/Sunday, March 1-2, 2008, University of California at Berkeley
D. Hafemeister at calpoly.edu is handling registration. In the interest of reducing spam I'm not posting email in the clear. And I have yet to find an online link for this event.
I wish I could make it to this...
Short Course on Energy
Update: Here's the pdf announcing the event . And it would probably help if you are able to pass as an APS or AAPT member.
This short course is designed to acquaint physicists with an in-depth
technical knowledge of the promising developments in energy research
and to enable them to evaluate energy issues for teaching or for research.
The classes will be held in Evans Hall at UC Berkeley.
ATTENDANCE IS LIMITED and is on first-come first-serve basis.
REGISTER
NOW!
Registration Fee: $100/$80 for students (includes two lunches, + 500
pg. proceedings).
(+$35 for banquet)
Organizers: D. Hafemeister (CalPolyU), B. Levi (Physics Today), M.
Levine (LBNL) and P. Schwartz (CalPolyU).
See www.calpoly.edu/~dhafemei/APSenergy.html
I. Overview on Energy Issues (Saturday, March 1, 8:30 AM)
1. Science of Photons to Fuels (Steve Chu, LBNL)
2. Energy End-Use Efficiency (Art Rosenfeld, CEC)
3. US-China Energy Issues (Mark Levine, LBNL)
4. Carbon Reduction Wedges (Rob Socolow, Princeton)
5. Science and Policy for Deep Cuts in Carbon Emissions (Dan Kammen,
UCB)
Lunch
II. Energy-Use in Buildings and Industry
1. Buildings as Systems (Danny Harvey, U. Toronto)
2. Physics of Buildings (David Hafemeister, CalPoly)
3. Windows and Daylighting (Steve Selkowitz, LBNL)
4. Appliance Designs and Standards (Jim McMahon, LBNL)
5. Lighting, the white LED (Steve DenBaars, UCSB)
6. Heating/Ventilation/Air Conditioning (Craig Wray, LBNL)
7. Industrial Use of Energy (Lyn Price, LBNL)
Banquet, Art Rosenfeld, "A day in the life of an Energy Commissioner,"
Berk.
Fac. Club
III. Energy-use by Automobiles (Sunday, March 2, 8:30 AM)
1. The Race for 21st Century Auto Fuels (Alex Farrell, UCB)
2. Safe Automobiles (Tom Wenzel-LBNL, Marc Ross-UMichigan)
3. Plug in Electric Cars and the Grid (Mark Duvall, EPRI)
4. Batteries for Electric Cars (Venkat Srinivasan, LBNL)
5. Hydrogen for Vehicles (Jan Herbst, GM)
Lunch
IV. Electricity Production
1. Solar Photovoltaics (Michael McGehee, Stanford)
2. Concentrating Solar Power (Mark Mehos, NREL)
3. Wind (Robert Thresher, NREL)
4. Nuclear Power (Per Petersen, UC-Berkeley)
5. Carbon Capture and Sequestration (Larry Myer, CEC)
6. Electrical-Grid Energy Storage (John Hull, Boeing)
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Name__________________________________________________
Email________________________ Phone___________________
$100 Check (Payable to APS) __$80 Student$35 banquet
__$15/d park, car license plate________
I would so much like to attend this course but I now live in Chile and the trip would be bit expensive. Is it possible, paying the cost of the course or a certain amount of dollars, to get the proceedings?
Best regards.
Juan
I'll be looking into that possibility; if it turns out to be possible I'll post details here. Thanks for asking.