2008 IOF-WV Symposium

 

Theme:  Industrial Energy Efficiency

 

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Charleston Town Center Marriott, Charleston, WV
 

Registration Form

 

7:30 am                       Coffee and registration

 

8:30                 Welcome and IOF-WV Update

 

8:45 – 9:15      Tips for Surviving as an Energy-Intensive Company in West Virginia

Tim Duke, President, Steel of West Virginia, Huntington, WV

 

9:15 – 10:00    Panel 1:  Industrial Energy Efficiency Innovations –From the Experts

                        Panel Chair: Jeff Herholdt, Director, WV Division of Energy

                        Bhaskaran Gopalakrishnan (Gopala), WVU Industrial Assessment Center

                        Ken Means, WVU Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

                       

10:00 – 10:15  Break

 

10:15-11:00     Panel 2:  Experience with Industrial Energy Assessments

Panel Chair: Larry Banta, WVU Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Dorothy Clayton, Quad Graphics, Martinsburg, WV

Richard Meek, Charleston Gazette, Charleston, WV

Bill Oliver, Chemtura, Morgantown, WV

 

11:00-11:30     Q&A with the WVU Energy Efficiency Team:

B. Gopalakrishnan, Director, WUV Industrial Assessment Center

Wafik Iskander, Assistant Director, WVU Industrial Assessment Center

Ed Crowe, IOF-WV Engineering Scientist, WVU Nat. Res. Center for Coal & Energy

Larry Banta, Professor, WVU Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering,

Ken Means, Professor, WVU Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

Xingbo Liu, Assistant Professor, WVU Corrosion Center

Roger Chen, Professor, WVU Civil & Environmental Engineering

Jack Fuller, Professor, WVU Division of Management and Marketing

 

11:45               Lunch

 

12:30 pm         Luncheon Speaker

The Honorable Brooks McCabe, Chair, WV Senate Economic Development Committee

 

1:00 – 2:30      Panel 3:  Experience with Major Energy Efficiency Projects

                        Mark Bright, Pyrotek Metaullics, Pittsburgh, PA

Phil Gardner, WV Alloys, Alloy, WV

Rick Harvey, PPG, New Martinsville, WV

                         

2:30 – 2:45      Break

 

2:45 – 3:30      Climate Change Legislation Update and Discussion

                        Kevin Leyden, Professor and Director, WVU Institute for Public Affairs

                        Utility company representative

 

3:30                 Wrap up discussion

 

3:45                 Closing comments

The Honorable John Unger, Chair, WV Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

 

4:00                 Adjourn Symposium