Thanks to all of the conference presenters and attendees, the 2009 Haskell Energy Conference was a resounding success.
The Conference Flyer is available here as a PDF file.
Some of the presentations listed below contain links to the slides.
Videos of the presentations are also available in
three formats.
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to the videos in the appropriate format.
MPEG4/ACC: high
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to 443M),
MPEG2/MP3: DVD quality suitable for playing in your
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Windows Media format: lowest resolution, but
should play using Windows Media Player without added
codecs (42M-142M).
| Haskell Energy Conference |
| Electricity’s Role in Meeting Our Energy Needs |
| Thursday, April 2, 2009 |
Conference Schedule
| 7:30 – 8:00 a.m. | Registration |
| 8:00 – 8:20 a.m. | Opening |
| Mohamad Musavi, Chair and Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering | |
| Dana Humphrey, Dean, College of Engineering | |
| Robert Kennedy, President, University of Maine | |
| 8:30 – 9:15 a.m. | Keynote Address |
| Larry Kazmerski, Executive Director for Science and
Technology Partnerships, National Renewable Energy Laboratory | |
| 9:15 a.m. – 12noon | Morning Session |
| Carroll Lee, Consultant and former President of Bangor Hydro Electric Company | |
| Title: Evolution of Maine’s Electric Utility Industry | |
| 10-minute Break/Networking | |
| Dick Hill, UMaine Mechanical Engineering, Professor Emeritus | |
| Title: The Electricity Market Place—A Bizarre Bazaar | |
| Gerry Chasse, Vice President, T&D Operations, Bangor Hydro Electric Company | |
| Title: The Challenges of Connecting Renewables to the Grid | |
| David Conroy, Manager of Transmission Planning, Central Maine Power | |
| Brian Conroy, Manager of Dispatch & ECC, Central Maine Power | |
| Title: Integrating Generation Resources into the T&D System | |
| 12noon – 1:00 p.m. | Lunch (Complimentary lunch provided by the conference) |
| 1:00 – 3:30 p.m. | Afternoon Session |
| Jack Cashman, Commissioner, Maine Public Utilities Commission | |
| Title: Maine as a Center of Renewable Energy for New England | |
| Habib Dagher, UMaine Professor of Structural
Engineering, BIW Professor of Civil Engineering, Director, AEWC Center | |
| Title: Off-Shore Wind Energy Development | |
| Hemant Pendse, Professor and Chair, Chemical and
Biological Engineering Department, Managing Director, Forest Bioproducts Research Initiative (FBRI) | |
| Title: Forest Biomass for Energy, Fuels and Chemicals: Atlantica BioEnergy Perspective | |
| Kurt Adams, Executive Vice President and Chief Development Officer, First Wind | |
| Title: Wind Farm Development in Maine | |
| John Ferland, Director – Project Development, Ocean Renewable Power Company | |
| Title: Tidal Energy: A Unique Opportunity and Challenge for Maine | |
| 10-minute Break/Networking | |
| 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. | Panel Discussion |
| Building Maine’s Energy Future—Challenges and Opportunities |