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AIChE-IChemE Joint Session I - Energy & Sustainability


Description:
AIChE & IChemE are sponsoring joint sessions to explore the challenges of Energy & Sustainability in a global context.The presentations address different dimensions of the energy & sustainability challenges.The session explores the future energy landscape with perspectives on current & evolving energy technologies, challenges with regard to the energy water nexus, and carbon management.AIChE & IChemE outline what they are doing to address these challenges. These energy and sustainability challenges are global & present new opportunities for how our professional societies can collaborate in addressing these challenges.The second session is a ‘working’ session to explore the path forward with a focus on the role of our chemical engineering professional societies.

Sponsor:
International Activities Committee
Co-Sponsor(s):
International Congress on Energy (ICE) 2012 (T4H), Topical B: 2nd Annual World Congress on Sustainable Engineering (TB)


Co-chairs:
Desmond King
President
Chevron Technology Ventures
Email: DFKI@chevron.com

Dale Keairns
Past President and Executive Advisor
AIChE and Booz Allen Hamilton
Pittsburgh, PA Phone Number: 1-800-242-4363
Email: keairns_dale@bah.com


Papers:
Energy & Sustainability – What It Means for Europe
Richard Darton, University of Oxford and European Federation of Chemical Engineers
The Energy-Water Nexus from an Industrial Perspective
Henry T. Kohlbrand, AIChE and Consultant
The Role of Chemical Engineering Societies in Facilitation of Carbon Management
Jeffrey J. Siirola, Purdue University and Carnegie Mellon University
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