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Workshop 4
“Energy Challenges: The Next Thousand Years”
March 30 – April 1, 2007 | The
Westin Bellevue,
Bellevue, Washington
Thursday, March 29
7:00–9:00 p.m. Walter P. Kistler Book Award Ceremony – Open
to the Public
Venue: University of Washington, Kane Hall, Room 130
Friday, March 30
“Energy Challenges” Workshop,
Day 1 – Participation
by Invitation
Venue: The Westin Bellevue, Bellevue, Washington
9:00–9:20 a.m. Opening Remarks
9:20–9:40 a.m. Self-Introductions
9:40–10:00 a.m. Cosmic
Origins: From Big Bang to Humankind – Video
Presentation
10:15–10:35
a.m. Energy Overview Presentation
• Bob Citron, “Human
Energy Use – Past, Present, and Near Future”
10:35–10:55
a.m. Keynote Speech
• Dr. Jerome C. Glenn, “State
of the Future: Energy”
11:10 a.m.–12:50 p.m. Panel
Presentations: Energy and the Near Future
• Walter P. Kistler, “A Very Large Potential Clean Energy Source”
• Gustav R. Grob, “Hydrogen”
• Martin I. Hoffert, “Bio-Geo-Chemical Energy and Beyond"
• Crispin Tickell, “Energy in the New Future”
12:50–1:10
p.m. Panel Discussion moderated by Eric
J. Chaisson
1:55–3:35
p.m. Panel Presentations: Energy and the Medium-term Future
• Dennis M. Bushnell, “Sources, Observations, Mitigations,
and Limitations”
• Feng Hsu, “Space Solar Power”
• Thorsten Ludwig, “Zero Point Energy and Innovative Energy
Technology”
• John C. Mankins, “Space Solar Power: Reaching Realism”
• Darel Preble, “The Clean and Natural Baseload Energy Solution”
3:35–3.55
p.m. Panel Discussion moderated
by Howard Bloom
Evening Keynote
Speech
• Sir Crispin Tickell, “Energy Challenges:
The Next Thousand Years”
Saturday, March 31
“Energy Challenges” Workshop,
Day 2 – Participation
by Invitation
9:10–9:30 a.m. Keynote
Speech
• Dr. Gustav
R. Grob, “Energy
Technologies: Near, Medium, and Far Future”
9:45–11:40 a.m.
Panel Presentations: Energy and the Far Future
• Eric J. Chaisson, “Energy, Ethics, and the Far Future”
• Russ George, “Frontier Energy Physics”
• Fabrizio Pinto, “Quantum Vacuum”
• Thomas F. Valone, “Future Energy Technologies”
• George E. Mueller, “The Moon and Helium”
11:40 a.m.–Noon. Panel
Discussion moderated by Jerome C. Glenn
12:45–2:00 p.m. Small-group
Discussions
Critical
Issues, Challenges, or Potentials Pertaining to the Future of Humanity
and Energy
2:15–3:45 p.m. Presentation of Small-Group
Findings to Plenary
Sunday, April 1
“Energy Challenges” Workshop,
Day 3 – Participation
by Invitation
10:10 a.m.–12:35 p.m. Fishbowl Conversations
Three Most Critical Energy Challenges for the Thousand-Year
Future
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