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SUMMARY:Hill Briefing: Understanding What’s Next in Fusion Energy
DESCRIPTION:Date\nDecember 15\, 2015\n\n\nTime\n12:00pm – 1:30pm\n\n\nLocation\n385 Russell Senate Office Building\, Washington DC 20515\n\n\n\n  \nUnderstanding What’s Next in Fusion Energy will be held Tuesday\, December 15 in Russell 385 from 12:00pm – 1:30pm. This event will be an opportunity for leaders in fusion energy from the private sector and research labs to discuss the significant progress made in advancing fusion and what this clean\, safe\, and abundant energy source means for America’s national security and energy future. \nLeading experts in fusion from the public and private sector will discuss the new developments that have been featured over the last several months in major media outlets like Time Magazine\, the New York Times\, Science\, and Nature. ASP is the leading think tank detailing a plan for the future of fusion. We are excited to facilitate a greater understanding this complex but revolutionary energy source. \nPanel Includes:\nModerator: \n\nMr. Andrew Holland\n\nPanelists: \n\nDr. Dennis Whyte\nMr. Michael Delage\nDr. Douglas Witherspoon\nDr. Richard Barth\n\nAbout the Panelists:\nDr. Dennis Whyte \nDr. Whyte is the Professor and Head of MIT’s Nuclear Science and Engineering program and Director of the Plasma Science and Fusion Center. His research includes Magnetic Fusion Energy: Boundary plasma physics\, advanced plasma confinement regimes in tokamaks\, plasma diagnostics\, mitigation of disruption damages and also Plasma-Surface Interactions: basic physics of plasma-material interfaces\, dynamic measurement techniques for material evolution under plasma bombardment\, implications of plasma-surface interactions in magnetic fusion reactors. \nMr. Michael Delage\nMichael is an engineer and experienced technology entrepreneur with a career spent developing complex technologies and bringing them to market. His expertise lies in technology strategy and innovation\, systems engineering\, product management\, partnerships and joint development programs\, and founding\, building\, and growing new technology companies. Prior to joining General Fusion in 2010\, Michael co-founded and spent seven years building Energate Inc. into one of the leading residential demand response technology companies in North America. Under Michael’s leadership\, Energate secured partnerships with industry champions and pioneered many of the technologies and standards to integrate residential energy management into the smart grid. Earlier in his career\, Michael worked in the aerospace industry as a systems and design engineer on technologies from microsatellites to the robotic systems on the International Space Station\, where hardware he designed continues to operate today. Michael holds a B.Sc. in Engineering Physics and an M.B.A. for Science and Technology from Queen’s University. \nDr. Douglas Witherspoon \nDr. Witherspoon is President and Chief Scientist of HyperV Technologies Corp.\, where he has led the development of high-velocity plasma jets for fusion energy research since founding the company in 2004. Since 2008\, his main focus has been a collaboration with the Los Alamos National Laboratory Plasma Liner Experiment (PLX) to develop the science and technologies required for Plasma-Jet driven Magneto-Inertial-Fusion (PJMIF). PLX is now funded under ARPA-E’s recently launched ALPHA fusion program. From 1994-2003 he was President and Chief Scientist of UTRON\, Inc.\, where he was responsible for conceiving\, developing and directing the company’s research emphasizing the application of plasma and pulsed power technologies to defense\, industrial and commercial areas. From 1984-1994\, he was a Senior Scientist at GT-Devices\, Inc. working mainly on railguns for defense and energy applications. Dr. Witherspoon received his Ph.D. in Physics in 1984 from the University of Wisconsin (Madison)\, and a B.S. with Honors in Physics in 1976 from Indiana University. \nHe is an experimental plasma physicist with over 30 years of research experience in the field of plasma physics and pulsed power. His research experience includes capillary discharges\, plasma jets\, plasma thrusters\, electromagnetic and electrothermal mass launchers\, pulsed high current & high voltage engineering\, plasma magnetic confinement (tokamaks)\, and computational modeling. He has extensive experience with pulsed plasma accelerator technology. Dr. Witherspoon is a member of the American Physical Society\, IEEE\, AIAA\, and is a Past President of the Washington Academy of Sciences (2005-2006). Dr. Witherspoon is an author or coauthor on over 50 journal papers and reports\, and has been awarded 7 patents to date related to applying pulsed plasma discharge technology to industrial and materials processing applications. \nDr. Richard Barth \nDr. Richard Barth has served as Tri Alpha Energy’s Senior Vice President for government relations and communications since 2010. Tri Alpha Energy is a venture-backed company focused on developing fusion-powered electricity technology that is safe\, carbon-free and sustainable. Barth has over 40 years of experience in communication\, public policy and government relations with particular expertise in energy\, technology and security matters. He is a champion for alternative energy technology development and funding. \nPrior to joining Tri Alpha Energy Barth served as Assistant Secretary\, Policy Development\, for the Department of Homeland Security under Presidents Bush and Obama. Before that he was Corporate Vice President\, Government Relations\, at Motorola where he developed a funding strategy for public safety in the aftermath of 9-11. He also worked on international high tech trade policy in the White House on the National Security Council Staff for both Presidents Bush and Clinton. Barth holds a Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry from the University of Maryland and an AB from Franklin & Marshall College. \nMr. Andrew Holland \nMr. Andrew Holland is the American Security Project’s Director of Studies and Senior Fellow for Energy and Climate. As an expert on energy\, climate change\, and infrastructure policy\, he has worked at the center of debates about how to achieve sustainable energy security and how to effectively address climate change for the last decade. \nHe served as Legislative Assistant on Energy\, Environment\, and Infrastructure for United States Senator Chuck Hagel of Nebraska for three years from 2006 through 2008.  He worked in the US House of Representatives for the House Ways and Means Committee and the Office of Congresswoman Roukema. \nHe holds a Master’s Degree in International Strategy and Economics from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland and a  Bachelor’s Degree in History and Economics from Wake Forest University in North Carolina. \nAdditional Resources:\nPrivate Investors Back Nuclear Fusion Energy \nFusion Energy – The National Security Requirement \nFusion White Paper – 10 Year Plan for American Energy Security \n  \nABOUT THE AMERICAN SECURITY PROJECT  \nThe American Security Project is a non-profit\, non-partisan public policy and research organization dedicated to fostering knowledge and understanding of a range of national security issues\, promoting debate about the appropriate use of American power\, and cultivating strategic responses to 21st century challenges. For more information\, visitwww.americansecurityproject.org.
URL:https://www.americansecurityproject.org/event/hill-briefing-understanding-whats-next-in-fusion-energy/
LOCATION:Russell Senate Office Building\, 188 Russell Senate Office Building\, Washington\, DC\, 20515\, United States
CATEGORIES:Energy Security,Fusion Energy,National Security & Climate Change
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SUMMARY:New York City Event - The American Fusion Project: Scientific Breakthroughs
DESCRIPTION:As a part of New York’s annual “Energy Week\,” the American Security Project\, in conjunction with FTI Strategic Communications\, is proud to sponsor a lunch on new developments in fusion energy research. It will take place at FTI’s Wall Street Plaza office\, 88 Pine Street\, 32nd Floor\, New York City\, NY on Tuesday\, June 16 at 12:30pm. \nFusion energy is real. It would revolutionize the American energy system by providing clean\, safe\, secure\, and affordable energy. However\, fusion is not yet commercially available because it is a tremendous technical challenge. Today\, scientific breakthroughs in research institutions across America and around the world should allow for fusion to be a viable source of power much sooner than many had thought. \nDr. Dennis Whyte\, the Director of the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center\, one of the world’s leading fusion experts\, will detail how groundbreaking advances in superconducting magnets\, 3D printing\, fusion configurations\, and super-computing mean that the day fusion provides powers to our economy could be closer than many had thought. \nMr. Edward Reilly\, Global CEO of FTI Strategic Communications\, will introduce\, and Brigadier General Stephen Cheney\, ASP’s CEO\, will discuss why fusion is important for America: our national security\, our economic competitiveness\, and our scientific leadership. \nFusion research has been underfunded for years\, relative to the game-changing potential it holds. Other countries aren’t waiting: right now America has the edge\, but we are in danger of losing our leadership. It is time to build a program that will allow us to research\, develop\, and deploy the next generation of energy. \n  \nRequest Your Invitation Today \n  \nIn conjunction with:
URL:https://www.americansecurityproject.org/event/the-american-fusion-project-scientific-breakthroughs/
LOCATION:FTI Strategic Communications\, 88 Pine Street\, 32nd Floor\, New York\, NY\, 10005\, United States
CATEGORIES:Energy Security,Featured Event,Fusion Energy
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SUMMARY:What’s Next? Fostering the Next Generation of Energy Security Conference
DESCRIPTION:What’s Next? Fostering the Next Generation of Energy Security \nSeptember 30th\, 2014 \n9:00 am – 4:30 pm \nLocation: 1100 New York Avenue\, NW 7th Floor\, West Tower \n \nJoin ASP and our panelists in a discussion about the next generation of energy technology and climate policy.\nIn order to prevent the worst effects of climate change\, total warming must remain under a rise of two degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial baseline.\nLeaders of the G7 and the G20 have repeatedly stated they intend to meet that target. However\, the latest IPCC report\, released in April 2014\, showed that in order to even have a 50% chance of meeting that 2 degree limit\, total global emissions will have to peak around 2020 and will have to drop to around 50% below today’s levels by 2050.\nSuch a global effort would likely require developed countries like the U.S. to reduce emissions to around 80% below 2005 levels. This will not be easy.\nNo major country has a plan to meet this target. There is a clear disconnect between what we have committed to do (keep temperatures at a safe level) and the means with which we will do it.\nThat means we have to start thinking: How can we get to this target while remaining economically strong? In other words: What is the next generation of energy?\nASP’s conference on September 30\, 2014 will draw on expertise from industry\, academia\, government\, and NGOs to discuss the next generation of energy technology and climate policy.\nThis conference will discuss how to truly ensure that natural gas is the transition fuel that it has been touted as – not a “bridge to nowhere.”It will look at the challenges of how to bring more renewable power into an antiquated energy system – and how to overcome those challenges. It will discuss how to catalyze the development of new energy technologies that can bridge the gap between what has been promised and what current technology can achieve.\nIt is a mistake to think that the challenges we face today will be the challenges of tomorrow. It is an even bigger mistake to think that the technologies we have today will look like the technologies of tomorrow.\nWe must start thinking today\, in order to be prepared for tomorrow – in order to secure our American future.\nPanel One: Natural Gas/LNG – Using American Resources and Know-How to Build a World Market\nThe emerging geopolitics of energy shows why it is important for the United States to take a leadership role in exporting LNG. Internationally high demand and our domestic resources have created an opportunity to build a global\, market-based energy economy. This will be particularly important in preventing monopoly energy producers from using their control of gas markets to sway foreign policy.\nThis panel will discuss the importance of American producers joining the global LNG energy markets in ensuring geopolitical benefits for the U.S.\, and how the U.S. could use this opportunity to build an energy bridge to the future.\nChair: Marik String\nPanelists: Michael Levi\, Chris Guith\, Andrew Ware\n \nPanel Two: Renewable Transportation – Policy Options to Break the Oil Monopoly\nFor nearly a decade\, policymakers have attempted to more effectively incentivize the development of sustainable alternatives to petroleum as a transportation fuel. Mandates\, subsidies\, and other policies have succeeded in replacing 10% of the fuel supply with ethanol grown in the U.S. and have begun to create a network of battery-operated vehicles. But\, these efforts are as yet incomplete\, with further policy advances being hampered by the domestic boom in oil.\nThe U.S. Department of Defense is leading the way. They are pursuing plans to enhance our domestic advanced biofuel production. They are reducing petroleum use on the battlefield\, saving lives. They are using renewable energy\, microgrids\, and advanced batteries where appropriate.\nThese developments are important steps towards developing a real advanced biofuel industry that can help move us toward a point where we have other options for how to fuel our cars and trucks. Our panelists will discuss the ways in which biofuels and battery-operated vehicles are becoming a reality\, helping to finally break the American economy’s addiction to oil for transportation.\nChair: To Be Announced Shortly\nPanelists: To Be Announced Shortly\n \nPanel Three: Energy Technology of Tomorrow – What are the Breakthroughs – and how can Government foster that innovation?\nScientists at research universities\, private companies and national laboratories around the nation are making great strides in engineering new ways to generate energy. Nuclear power\, in particular\, could be poised to make a comeback. However\, private investors balk at funding development of untried technologies.\nThe government has an important role to play in bridging the gap to commercialization. Our panelists will discuss the chances of break-out designs in non-carbon based energy\, the ways in which the government has already played a part\, and how science can work with industry and policymakers to further diversify America’s energy mix.\nChair: Julia Pyper\nPanelists: Mark Haynes\, Jack A. Bailey\n \nPanel Four: Powering the Future – Prospects for Fusion Energy\nFusion energy is real\, and it is happening now. Through the cooperation of national and international governments\, universities and organization\, we are seeing the safest and cleanest form of energy becoming a global reality. As with biofuels\, renewables and other energy technologies\, fusion energy funding is also in dire need of assistance.\nOur panelists will discuss how fusion energy works\, what makes it the safest and cleanest form of energy that we can pursue\, how government and private sector investment is making it a viable energy option\, and the possible timeframes for “plugging into the grid.”\nChair: Kate Ling\nPanelists: Andrew Holland\, Nathan Gilliland\n \nResources:\nGeopolitical Reasons to Approve LNG Exports\nWHITE PAPER: America’s Energy Choices – 2014\nFACT SHEET: Bio Fuels and National Security\nReport – Small Modular Reactors\nFusion Power\nLockheed Martin Announces Plans to Build Ocean Thermal Pilot Plant\nWHITE PAPER: American Competitiveness Report – An Issue of National Security\n \nWhat’s Next? Fostering the Next Generation of Energy Security by The American Security Project\nSponsors Include:
URL:https://www.americansecurityproject.org/event/whats-next-fostering-the-next-generation-of-energy-security-conference/
LOCATION:DC
CATEGORIES:Climate Security,Energy Security,Fusion Energy,National Security Strategy
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