6th ANNUAL SYRACUSE SYMPOSIUM on Environmental and Energy Systems
Innovative Built Environments: Design With Nature
Updated October 25, 2006
Monday, October 30, 2006
7:30am Registration and continental breakfast
8:00am Welcome Suresh Santanam, Sc.D., Deputy Exec. Director, Syracuse CoE
8:10am Opening Remarks: Edward A. Bogucz, Ph.D., Exec. Director, Syracuse CoE
8:20am The Honorable James T. Walsh, U.S. House of Representatives
8:30am “The Business Case for Sustainability”
Hunter Lovins, President, Natural Capitalism, Inc.
9:30am “The Complex Dynamics of Urban Ecosystems”
Peter Groffman, Ph.D., Microbial Ecologist, Institute of Ecosystem Studies
10:15am Break
10:30am The Honorable Matthew J. Driscoll, Mayor of Syracuse
10:45am Posters - oral synopses/Q&A
12:00pm Poster Viewing and Lunch (Reception Area)
1:00pm The Honorable William B. Magnarelli, NYS Assembly
1:15pm “Prototyping a Sustainable Future
Jason Pearson, Executive Director, GreenBlue
2:00pm “New Tools for Sustainable Office Interiors”
Randy Carter, Principal Engineer, Steelcase
2:45pm Break
3:00pm “Sniffing like a Dog to improve Air Sensors”
Gary Settles, Ph.D., Prof. of Mechanical Engineering,
Pennsylvania State University
3:45pm Posters - oral synopses/Q&A
5:00pm Poster Viewing and Reception
6:30pm Dinner (Horizons Room – The Marx)
7:15pm Willis H. Carrier Award Presentation
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
7:45am Continental breakfast
8:15am Opening Remarks: Richard Cauchon, Sensis Corporation
8:30am “Sustainable Buildings and World Class Architecture, not a Contradiction”
Matthias Schuler, Transsolar Klima Engineering, Germany, and Visiting Professor, Harvard Graduate School of Design
9:00am “Facade Engineering–State of the Art in Europe”
Dr. Heusler, Chief Technologist, Schuco, Germany
9:30am “Building Design for the Environment”
John Vasselli, Ph.D., Corporate Chief of Technology for Indoor Air Quality, Carrier Corporation
10:00am Break
10:15am “Energy Solutions for the 21st Century”
James Lyons, Ph.D., Director, GE Global Research – Renewables presented by: Minesh Shah, Ph.D. Manager,Automation and Controls Lab, GE Global Research
10:45am “The $ and Sense of Wind Energy”
Lawrence Flowers, Ph.D., National Wind Technology Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
11:15am Panel Discussion: “Challenges in Sustainable Design”
12:00pm Lunch (Horizons Room – The Marx)