Presentations and Agenda

Wednesday, October 20, 2004

8 a.m.	Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:45 a.m.	Welcome Dr. Dennis D. Berkey, President, WPI
8:45 a.m.	Opening Remarks Master of Ceremonies William W. Durgin, Vice President of Research, WPI
9 a.m.	"Future Opportunities for the Massachusetts Fuel Cell Industry and the new Hydrogen Coalition" Hon. James P. McGovern, Massachusetts 3rd Congressional District
9:30 a.m.	Massachusetts Programs and Initiatives Mitchell Adams, Executive Director, Massachusetts Technology Collaborative
10 a.m.	United States Government Programs [Presentation] (4MB PDF file) Joann Milliken, Chief Engineer for Hydrogen Fuel Cell Infrastructure, DOE
10:30 a.m.	Networking Break, EXHIBITS OPEN
11 a.m.	Fuel Cell Initiatives: NEW Mass. Initiative to Lead the US to Energy Independence and Energy Security Brad Bradshaw, VP, Group Veritas and Organizer, MA H2 Coalition Prashant Chintawar, Executive Director, Nuvera [Presentation] (1.3MB PDF file) Teresa Touey, Political Consultant [Presentation] (50kB PDF file)
11:30 a.m.	University Fuel Cell Research Activities: "Technological Challenges in PEM Fuel Cells" [Presentation] (5MB PDF file) Ravindra Datta, Department Head and Professor, Chemical Engineering, WPI and Director, WPI Fuel Cell Center
12 noon	Lunch, EXHIBITS OPEN Test drive the WPI Fuel Cell Vehicle
1 p.m.	Breakout meeting sessions: 2 parallel tracks each with 2 panel sessions 1A - Military Fuel Cell Markets & Portable Fuel Cell Opportunities Moderator: Greg Cipriano, VP, Business Development, Protonex Corporation Panel Members: Thomas Tao, Chief Technology Officer, CellTech Power, Inc. [Presentation] (1.1MB PDF file) 1B - Stationary Fuel Cell Systems and Distributed Generation/UPS Moderator: Prashant Chintawar; Executive Director, Nuvera Corporation Panel Members: Thomas Philbin, Accumentrics Radha Jalan, President and CEO of ElectroChem, Inc.[Presentation] (125kB PDF file) Scott Rackey, President, CellTech Power, Inc. Isa Bar-On, Professor, Mechanical Engineering, WPI Larry Gestaut, Vice-President of Technology for Giner Electrochemical Systems, LLC 1C - "Transportation Applications and Challenges" Moderator: Ethan Brown, Ballard Systems
2:15 p.m.	Breakout meeting sessions continued 2A - Miniature Fuel Cells the Medical and BioMedical Market Co-Moderators: Thomas Sommer, Executive Director, MassMEDIC & Timothy Gerrity, Director, Bioengineering Institute, WPI Panel Members: Ken Lazarus, President & CEO, Lilliputian Systems Dr. Sanjeev Mukerjee, Assistant Professor, Northeastern University 2B - Hydrogen Generation & Storage Systems Moderator: Sig Tullman, President, Safe Hydrogen Panel Members: Jeff Altman, President, Hy9 Paul Farris, Business Development, New Energy Solutions[Presentation] (117kB PDF file) John Guerra, President and CEO, Nanoptek Corporation [Presentation] (950kB PDF file) Robb Edwards, Marketing Manager, ZTEK Ken Brown, Business Development, Safe Hydrogen [Presentation] (180kB PDF file)
3:30 p.m.	Networking Break, EXHIBITS OPEN
3:45 p.m.	Summary of Breakout Sessions input and general questions James Dunn, NASA, Center for Technology Commercialization William W. Durgin, Vice President of Research, WPI
4:15 p.m.	Next steps and Action Plans What is needed to make the MA Hydrogen Coalition an economic success and an effective program for Massachusetts companies? Moderator/Speaker: Robert Rose, Executive Director, U.S. Fuel Cell Council and Exec. Director, Fuel Cell 2000
4:40 p.m.	Wrap-up/Closing Comments Timothy P. Murray, Mayor, City of Worcester EXHIBITS OPEN
5 p.m.	Networking Reception/Tour of WPI Fuel Cell Center

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