HITEC
HITEC Workshops & Events
Workshop for Next Generation Biofuels and Advanced Engines for Tomorrow's Transportation Needs (November 17-18, 2009)
HITEC hosted its first workshop last November in San Ramon, California. This workshop brought together representatives from the engine and fuels industries, academia, national laboratories, and other research organizations. The event was supported in part by Chevron Corp.
An official report from the workshop will be published in the spring. The next HITEC workshop, scheduled for March, will focus on systems analysis.
Presentations
Click any of the presentations below to download
Transportation fuels, emissions, and the future of the regulatory regime in California (Ayala.pdf, 1.5MB)
Alberto Ayala California Air Resources Board
Trends in the Auto Industry: New Vhehicles, New Engines, New Fuels (Clay.ppt, 2.1MB)
Kathryn Clay Director of Research, Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers
Catalytic Conversion of Sugars to Conventional Liquid Fuels (Cortright.pdf, 9.2MB)
Randy D. Cortright, Ph.D. Founder and CTO Virent Energy Systems
Research Progress and Future Directions at the Interface Between Next Generation Biofuels and Advanced Engines (Westbrook.pdf, 2.4MB)
Charles K. Westbrook
Sustainability Solutions Institute (SSI) (March 18-19, 2009)
On March 18 and 19, 2009, Sandia National Laboratories and the University of California San Diego (UCSD) Sustainability Solutions Institute (SSI) brought together 27 leaders from academia, government, and the private sector to discuss key energy policy issues and proposed values- and outcomes-based approaches to energy policy. The goal of the workshop was to bring together leaders from diverse backgrounds to identify promising areas for energy policy, based on the understanding of intersecting issues, assumptions, and priorities from the national security, economic, and environmental perspectives.
Over the two days of the workshop, participants identified and proposed initiatives in five areas:
- Development of global linkages between national security, economics, and environmental concerns;
- Education to create the workforce needed for the next generation of energy technologies and deepen the public’s understanding of their energy choices;
- New approaches to cars and transportation;
- Leadership that focuses on long-term outcomes rather than short-term solutions; and
- Incentives and goals for energy efficiency.
By workshop end, participants underscored one central point: Decisions about energy and energy policy are inextricably linked to economic, environmental, and national security considerations, and have significant consequences in all three areas.
