August 22-23, 2007 at the Gallatin Gateway Inn, Bozeman, MT
View the final agenda here (pdf 579 KB)
Speaker biographies available here (pdf 318 KB)
Powerpoint pdfs of the presentations are available here
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Climate Change has become the biggest environmental concern of our time. How can we reduce our CO2 emissions while worldwide energy demand continues to increase? One strategy that has already been written into some states' legislation is requiring carbon capture and storage (CCS) on power plants and other point-source emitters of CO2. Implementing carbon sequestration will require changes in the energy industry and how we can use fossil fuels. The Big Sky Partnership is conducting large scale experiments to demonstrate and validate storing CO2 in geological formations and terrestrial systems. The Partnership also focuses on the economic impacts, regulatory frameworks, infrastructure and monitoring of carbon capture and storage (CCS). This year’s Annual Energy Forum will have several panels and discussion sessions where the audience will be encouraged to participate and ask questions of expert panelist. The Forum will also have presentations where the audience can learn about the latest CCS technologies and its development in our region. The meeting will start Wednesday afternoon at 2:00 p.m and continue all day on Thurday. A draft agenda and speaker bios will be available soon!
The Energy Forum topics to be covered include:
- An overview of climate change science and CO2 emissions
- Exactly what is CCS and how will it be deployed?
- Regional Current and Future Energy Trends
- Perspectives on Global Warming Mitigation Strategies
- Details of Upcoming Energy Technologies: IGCC, Coal to Liquids, Renewables etc.
- State of CCS technologies: Capture, Compression, Transportation & Injection
- Climate Change and CO2 Policies – Global to Local: Who’s doing what and how?
- Risk and Regulatory Frameworks
- CO2 Monitoring and Verification Techniques
Big Sky Partnership Activities and Pilot Projects
- Geologic Sequestration
- Terrestrial Sequestration
- Economic Costs and Impacts of CCS
- Measurement, Monitoring and Verification
- GIS Efforts
- Public Outreach
- Regulatory Frameworks
Who should attend?
- Energy Industry Representatives
- State and City Politicians
- Regional Planners
- Regulators
- Environmental Groups
- Business Owners
- Land Owners
- Big Sky Region Citizens
- Students
The BSCSP Annual Energy Forum is free, but registration is required. Sign up here.
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