GCEP Advanced Transportation Workshop

Transportation accounts for one-fifth of global carbon dioxide emissions, mostly from the combustion of petroleum. This fraction is expected to approach one third over the next century as more of the Earth's population uses energy for mobility. The challenge of significantly reducing carbon dioxide emissions from transportation is made more difficult by the distributed nature of the emissions.

The GCEP Advanced Transportation Workshop will bring together leading researchers from around the world to discuss increased transportation efficiency, fuels that emit zero net carbon dioxide, and novel concepts for moving goods and people. The two-day workshop will be technical in scope and will concentrate on areas where basic research has the greatest potential to produce a breakthrough in greenhouse gas emissions reduction.

Monday, October 10: Propulsive Efficiency in Transportation-- The first day of the workshop will investigate how higher efficiency in transportation could result from lightweight materials, friction reduction, or automation.

*Keynote Speakers: Dr. Andreas Schafer, Global Transportation Energy Modeler, University of Cambridge, and Dr. Michael Wang, Vehicle and Fuel Systems Analyst, Argonne National Laboratory

Tuesday, October 11: Carbon-Free and Carbon-Neutral Energy Carriers-- Since GCEP has already held two previous workshops on hydrogen, discussion of energy carriers on the second day will focus on alternative energy carriers such as electricity and synthesized hydrocarbons.

*Keynote Speaker: Dr. Amory B. Lovins, Director, Rocky Mountain Institute

The deadline for registration is Monday, Sept. 19, 2005.