Gothenburg 2017
In collaboration with Chalmers University of Technology, the Molecular Frontiers Foundation will be hosting a symposium on the important topic of sustainable energy. The program will bring together a number of pioneering scientists who are focusing on the challenges of fueling a growing population in a sustainable manner.
The symposiumwill take place in Gothenburg, Sweden on December 7th and 8th. On Friday December 8th between 13:30 and 15:30 Swedish time (7:30–9:30 EST), Lorie Karnath, Jason’s Explorer-at-Large, will be chairing a panel discussion with the symposium participants. Many of the questions that will be addressed will be those submitted by students from around the world. If you have a question to be considered for the panel discussion please forward this to the comments section below.
Download program (pdf)
Speakers:
Steven Chu
“Climate Change and innovative paths to a sustainable future”
Nobel laureate in Physics 1997, former United States Secretary of Energy. Stanford University, United States
Dame Julia King
“Electric vehicles in a sustainable energy system”
The Baroness Brown of Cambridge DBE
Sir Richard Friend
“How can molecules function as semiconductors?”
University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Daniel G. Nocera
“Fuels and Food from Sunlight, Air and Water”
Harvard University, United States
Paul Alivisatos
“Quantum Dot Light Emitters: from displays to enabling a new generation of energy conversion systems”
University of California, Berkeley, United States
Josef Michl
“Singlet Fission for Solar Cells”
University of Colorado Boulder, United States and Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic
Katherine Richardson
“How do we transition an entire country’s energy system to renewables?”
University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Harry Atwater
“Fueling Human Progress with Sunlight”
California Institute of Technology, United States
Susanne Siebentritt
“Thin film solar cells — achievements and challenges”
University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Jean-Marie Tarascon
“Materials science for electrochemical storage: Achievements and new directions.”
Collège de France
Originally published at molecularfrontiers.org.
