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6th ANNUAL SYRACUSE SYMPOSIUM on Environmental and Energy Systems
 Innovative Built Environments:  Design With Nature
 
October 30-31, 2006

 



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 EngineeringState 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 ResearchRenewables 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)