ENERGY TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIP FORUM APRIL 13, ALUMNI HOUSE 

COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY 

REGISTRATION SITE: TECHNOLOGY HAMPTON ROAD 

8:00-8:45 Registration, refreshments 

8:45-9:00 Welcome, Opening Remarks

9:00-9:20 Opening/Keynote Speaker: Mary Doswell, Senior Vice President, 

Alternative Energy Solutions, Dominion Resources Services, Inc. 

• How advancements in energy technology are transforming the energy 

industry and challenging the nation’s current energy policies and business 

models

9:20-10:30 Plenary Panel on Energy Technology; an overview 

• Biofuels: Albert C. Weed, Chairman and Co-Executive Director, Public 

Policy Virginia, Inc. 

o Biomass Energy: The Promise and Challenge 

• Renewable Energy: George Hagerman, Director of Research, Virginia 

Coastal Energy Research Consortium 

o Recent findings/studies related to centralized wind farms offshore 

and small distributed solar systems on shore.

• Nuclear Energy: In process of confirming speaker 

10:30-10:45 Break

10:45-12:00 Plenary Session on Energy Users, Environment Impact, Conservation 

and Efficiency; an overview

• Major Investors/Users of Energy: Vladimir Atanasov, College of William 

and Mary

o Overview of modern business valuation techniques and their 

applications in the analysis of conventional and alternative energy 

technologies
• Environmental Impact Mitigation: Hunter Fanney, Chief, Building 

Environment Division, Engineering Laboratory, National Institute of 

Standards and Technology 

o NET Zero sustainable living provides a high quality of life using 

natural resources on site

• Energy Conservation and Efficiency: Dennis Bushnell, Chief Scientist, NASA 

Langley Research Center 

o Energy conservation and reduced U.S. energy consumption 

12:00-12:45 Box Lunch 

12:50-2:15 Parallel Session I/Energy Technology

• Biofuels

o Pat Hatcher, Old Dominion University

 Biodiesel and hydrocarbons from algae

o Sandeep Kumar, Old Dominion University

 Microalgae to biofuels using sub and supercritical water 

technology

o Karl Kuschner, College of William and Mary

 High productivity biomass accumulation without arable land 

use, phosphate or nitrate supplies, using environmentally 

friendly algae production methods

o Al Weed, Public Policy Virginia

• Renewable Energy

o George Hagerman, Virginia Coastal Energy Research Consortium

 Offshore wind energy

o John Mankins, Artemis Solutions

 The Future of Renewable Energy

• Nuclear Energy

o Ray Turcotte, NASA Langley Research Center

o George Bischof, site Vice President, Surry Power Station

o Roy Whitney, Thomas Jefferson National Laboratory

 2:15-2:30 Break
2:30-3:55 Parallel Sessions II/Energy Users, Environment Impact, Conservation 

and Efficiency, 

• Major Investors/Users of Energy 

o Mary Doswell, Senior Vice President, Alternative Energy Sollutions, 

Dominion Resources Services, Inc.

 What technologies Are and Aren’t Ready for Prime Time?

o Vladimir Atanasov, College of William and Mary

 Analysis of US and foreign policies designed to influence 

investments in renewable energy

o Marco Rubin, Center for Innovative Technology/C.I.T.

 Emerging Energy Ventures: Strategies To Attract Professional 

Equity Investment

• Environmental Impact Mitigation 

o Hunter Fanney, National Institute of Standards and Technology

 NIST’s Research Program and the NETZero Energy Residential 

Test Facility: further reflection building on the plenary briefing

o Doris Hamill, NASA Langley Research Center

 “Biochar” to convert wood waste to a very stable char material 

useful for mulch, etc. and is the only thing that has a realistic 

chance of reversing carbon dioxide buildup in the atmosphere. 

Currently very expensive process but small scale efforts/pilots 

can foster support for expanded testing.

• Energy Conservation and Efficiency

o Dennis Bushnell, Chief Scientist, NASA Langley Research Center 

 Energy conservation: why and why not 

o Erick Sheppard, Dean, School of Engineering and Technology, 

Hampton University

 Moving towards energy efficient communities 

o Stuart Rose, builder and architect of garden atriums

 Use of renewable resources for energy efficient homes 

 

4:00 Closing remarks, adjourn formal meeting 

4:00-4:30 Informal networking