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Concept to Commerce:
Emerging Energy Technologies Summit 2007
Session Two / Program 1
Renewable Energy & the Hydrogen Economy
Alan Heeger • Joan Ogden
To take an unbiased look at how our nation makes the transition from dependency on carbon-based fuels to a sustainable, alternative fuels-based future was this summit’s mission; as well as to present current and emerging energy technologies for short- and long-term solutions to world needs, with additional focus on the socio-economic and political factors which enable or obstruct their adoption. Experts from around the globe came together to seek alternative energy solutions, examine the trade-offs and barriers associated with marketability, and to grapple with related issues. Alan Heeger is a Professor of Physics at UC Santa Barbara and recipient of the 2000 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Dr. Heeger shared the Nobel Prize for his role in the revolutionary discovery that plastics can have the properties of metals and semiconductors, a finding that created an important new field of research. In 2003, he was named to a University of California Presidential Chair, an honor reserved for the institution’s most distinguished scholars. Joan Ogden is Professor of Environmental Science and Policy at UC Davis and Co-Director of the Hydrogen Pathway Program at the campus’ Institute of Transportation Studies. Her primary research interest is technical and economic assessment of new energy technologies, especially in the areas of alternative fuels, fuel cells, renewable energy and energy conservation. Program recording date & length: 2-9-07 • 1 Hour 26 Minutes