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E3 2011 Recap
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Over 300 experts and enthusiasts gathered at the McNamara Alumni Center to share their renewable energy success stories during E3 2011. Thanks to all of our sponsors, attendees, speakers, and research poster presenters for making this year's conference successful!
Keynote Speaker
Alexis Madrigal is a senior editor at The Atlantic and host of The Atlantic's Technology Channel, a look at the human side of technology. His book, Powering the Dream: The History and Promise of Green Technology, describes the history of green technology experimentation, what we learn from it and how it can help us build a b
righter future. In his keynote presentation for E3 2011, Madrigal will shared a unique and hopeful perspective on green technology and its business potential and explored how technology is changing human beings' brains, consumption patterns and environments. Read the presentation summary
Research Posters
Over 70 IREE-funded projects presented posters at E3 2011. Click here to view the abstracts (PDF).
Renewable Energy Success Stories Speakers
For a list of all speakers who participated in the E3 2011 Conference please download a copy of the conference program.
Tales from Corporate America - An International Perspective - A Student's Journey - University of Minnesota Impact
Renewable Energy Success Stories: Tales from Corporate America
- 3M Renewable Energy - Aligning Capabilities to Industry Needs
Tracy Anderson, Director, Renewable Energy Division, 3M - DuPont Sustainable Growth in Industrial Biosciences
Robin Jenkins, Sustainability Competency Leader, DuPont - Abengoa, Innovative Technology Solutions for Sustainability
Gerson Santos-León, Executive Vice President, Abengoa Bioenergy New Technologies
Renewable Energy Success Stories: An International Perspective
- Germany's Path Toward a Low Carbon Economy
Friedo Sielemann, Counselor, Energy and Environment, German Embassy, Washington
Renewable Energy Success Stories: A Student's Journey
- Before, During and After IREE
Kevin Hennessy, Associate Scientist, Agricultural Utilization Research Institute
Renewable Energy and Materials Success Stories: University of Minnesota Impact
- Green Chemistry and the Center for Sustainable Polymers
Marc Hillmyer, Distinguished McKnight University Professor, Chemistry / Director, Center for Sustainable Polymers - Using Renewable Resources to Manage a Campus Carbon Footprint
Lowell Rasmussen, Vice Chancellor for Facilities and Finance, UM Morris - Solar Energy in Cold Climates
Susan Mantell, Associate Department Head, Mechanical Engineering - Combining Geothermal Energy Capture with CO2 Sequestration
Martin Saar, Associate Professor, Earth Sciences - NorthernSTAR Building America Partnership
Patrick Huelman, Associate Extension Professor, Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering - Making Renewable Hydrocarbons
Larry Wackett, Professor, Biotechnology Institute