GlobalTech 2004 - The Hydrogen Economy
Roosevelt Hall
8 am - 5 pm Thursday, April 15, 2004

Conference Schedule

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8:00 am - 8:45 am - Registration

8:45 am - Keynote Address - Little Theater

Introduction - Hazem Tawfik - Director, Institute for Institute for Research and Technology Transfer (IRTT)

Frano Barbir, Professor in Residence, Connecticut Global Fuel Cell Center, University of Connecticut, Keynote Address, Hydrogen Economy – Real Possibility or Utopia

9:45 am - Breakout Period #1

Little Theater	Room 111
Roger Slotkin, Odyne Corporation, Transportation Systems.	Sharon Laudisi, Long Island Power Authority, LIPA's Clean Energy Initative, The Solar Pioneer Program.
Ronald J. Gulmi, Greater Long Island Clean Cities Coalition, DOE Clean Cities Program - Alternative Fuel Vehicles & Natural Gas Vehicles a Bridge to Hydrogen	Daniel Zaweski, Long Island Power Authority, The LIPA Wind and Fuel Cell Programs

10:50 am - Coffee Break

11:05 am - Plenary Session - Little Theater

Introduction - Charles Fishman - Director, Distinguished Speakers Program

Peter Hoffmann, author of Tomorrow's Energy: Hydrogen, Fuel Cells, and the Prospects for a Cleaner Planet , and editor of The Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Letter
No Registration Required. This Plenary Session, at 11 am, is Open to the Public under Sponsorship of the Distinguished Speakers Program.

12:00 noon - Plenary Session - Little Theater

Introduction - Frank Pellegrini - Provost - Farmingdale State University of New York

Richard M. Kessel, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Long Island Power Authority, Lunchtime Address
No Registration Required. This Plenary Session, at noon, is Open to the Public under Sponsorship of the Distinguished Speakers Program.

12:30 - Lunch (Included in Registration Fee)

1:15 pm - Breakout Period #2

Little Theater	Room 111
Peter J. Grzybowski, KeySpan Energy, Distributed Energy	Devinder Mahajan, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Hydrogen Generation at Low Temperatures
Andris Garsils, KeySpan Energy for LIPA, Interconnecting Distributed Generation With Electric Utility Systems	Gay E Canough, ETM Solar Works, The Future Prospects for Solar Power on Long Island
Paul Savage, Nextek Power Systems, Inc, How an Energy Router can Directly Connect DC Sources to Electronics	Michael Strizzy and Michael Skelly, Renewable Energy International, North America's First Solar-Hydrogen Home with Seasonal Storage of Hydrogen

2:30 pm - Coffee Break

2:45 pm - Breakout Period #3

Little Theater	Room 111
Dennis Lynch, Office of theSupervisor, Town of Brookhaven Municipal Applications	David C. Hamilton, Plug Power, Inc., Fuel Cells: A Long Island Presence
John Waffenschmidt, American Ref-Fuel, The Role of Waste Energy in a Hydrogen Economy	Bernard Rachowitz and Robert Benoit, Fuel Cell Components & Integrators, Inc., Current And Future Hydrogen Storage Canister Systems To Support Integrated System Applications
Harry Davitian, Entek Power Services, Hydrogen and Electricity, Competing Energy Carriers	Devin Lavor & Chris Pearsall, Oceanside High School, The Optimization of Graphite in the Bipolar Plates of a PEM Fuel Cell

4:15 pm - Closing Plenary Session - Little Theater

Introduction - Yelleshpur Dathatri - Director, Solar Energy Center

Kevin M. Moriarty, Consultant on Business and Manufacturing Management. Realizing the Hydrogen Economy within the Long Island Economy - Opportunities and Pitfalls.
No Registration Required. This Plenary Session, at 4:15 pm, is Open to the Public under Sponsorship of the Distinguished Speakers Program.

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