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Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Keynote Speaker – Isiah M. Warner, Vice Chancellor, Office of Strategic Initiatives and Boyd Professor and Philip W. West Professor of Analytical and Environmental Chemistry, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Session I	Energy Challenges and Opportunities Co-Chairs: Jim Roberto, ORNL and Tim Fitzsimmons, DOE
Welcome and Introductory Remarks – Jim Roberto, Deputy Director for Science and Technology, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL); Tim Fitzsimmons, Program Manager, U.S. Department of Energy EPSCoR Office
Directing Matter and Energy: Five Challenges for Science and the Imagination [1.7MB] – Teri W. Odom, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
EPSCoR Community Potential Contributions to Energy Research [1.7 MB]–William Gern, Vice President, Office of Research & Economic Development, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming
Energy Frontiers Research Centers (EFRCs) & Single Investigator and Small Group Research (SISGR) Opportunities [1.3MB] – Andrew Schwartz, Program Manager, Experimental Condensed Matter Physics Research Activity , Materials Sciences and Engineering Division, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC
DOE Technology Programs at ORNL [1.8MB] – Ken Tobin, Director, Measurement Science and Systems Engineering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
ORNL Science Programs [3.3MB] – Jim Roberto, ORNL
Luncheon Speaker I: Research Opportunities in Extreme Environments [2.6MB] – Peter Tortorelli, Acting Manager, Basic Energy Sciences Program, Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Luncheon Speaker II: Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems [2.1MB] – David Hill, Deputy Laboratory Director – Science and Technology, Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, Idaho
Session II	Synchrotron Based Research Chair: Zhiqiang Mao, Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana
New Opportunities in Ultrafast X-ray Science [2.9MB] – Aaron M. Lindenberg, Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University and Photon Science, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford, CA
Detailed Investigations of Interactions Between Ionizing Radiation and Neutral Gases [1.2MB] – Allen Landers, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama
Session III	Neutron Scattering Research Chair: Takeshi Egami, Professor, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee
Neutron Scattering, Comic Strips, and Video Games [576KB] – Roger Pynn, Professor, Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
Neutrons – A Tool for Scientific Research – Dean Myles, Director, Neutron Scattering Science Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Adventures in Neutron Magnetometry of Magnetic Multilayers [1.7MB] – David Lederman, Professor, Department of Physics, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia

Thursday, July 24, 2008
Session VI	Bioenergy Research Chair: Jonathan Mielenz, Manager, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Biomass Program, Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Welcoming remarks for Day II and for Session VI [791KB] – A Brief Introduction to the DOE Biomass Program. Tim Fitzsimmons and Jonathan Mielenz
Biofuels R&D: Process Options, Economics, Sustainability, and Pressing Issues [1.5MB] – Mike Cleary, Director, National Bioenergy Center, NREL or designee.
The Bioenergy Centers [3.6MB] – Reinhold Mann, Associate Laboratory Director, Biological and Environmental Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
The Next Generation of Biofuels [865KB] – Wayne Seames, Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering Department, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota
Making of a Forest Biorefinery - The Maine Difference [1.4MB] – Hemant P. Pendse, Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering Department, University of Maine, Orono, Maine
Session VII	Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Chair: Mike Simpson, Group Leader, Center for Nanophase Materials Science, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
DOE’s Nanoscience Centers [3.8MB] – Kathleen Carrado Gregar, Manager, User and Outreach Programs, Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois
Incorporation of Novel Nanostructured Materials into Solar Cells and Nanoelectronic Devices [1.4MB] – Rene Rodriguez, Professor, Department of Chemistry, Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho
Materials and Architectures for Energy Conversion [2.9MB] – Eric A. Grulke, Professor, Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering and Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
Session VIII	Opportunities for Collaboration Chair: Greg Snow, Associate Professor, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Introductory Remarks, “Working with the National Laboratories,” Panel – National Laboratory Presentations
Cynthia Jenks [514KB], Ames Laboratory
Chi-Chang Kao [2.8MB], Brookhaven National Laboratory
Kathleen Carrado Gregar [3.8MB] and Harold Myron [974KB], Argonne National Laboratory
Mike Cleary [1.1MB], National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Kelly Sullivan [1.1MB], Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Marie Garcia [1.7MB], Sandia National Laboratory
David Hill [468KB], Idaho National Laboratory
Blake Thompson [786KB], Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Summary and Closing Remarks, Jim Roberto, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and Tim Fitzsimmons, U.S. Department of Energy