SuperGrid 2 Conference
October 25-27, 2004
Levis Faculty Center
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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SuperGrid II Workshop Agenda Levis Faculty Center, 919 W. Illinois St., Urbana, IL 61801 Sunday, October 24 (Levis Faculty Center--Third Floor) 7:00 PM Vans leave Hampton Inn for Levis Faculty Center 7:30-9:00 PM Public Lecture: "Big Ways to Decarbonize the Energy System" by Jesse Ausubel, Rockefeller University Monday, October 25 (Levis Faculty Center-- Fourth Floor, Room 407) 7:45 - 8:15 AM Vans Leave Hampton Inn for Levis Faculty Center 8:00-8:30 AM Registration/Continental Breakfast 8:30-8:45 AM Welcome and Overview - Tom Overbye (UIUC) 8:45-9:30 AM Supergrid Vision - Chauncey Starr (EPRI) (via videotape) Technical Plenary Session: Overviews of the Supergrid by discipline, with each presentation 15 minutes followed by 15 minute questions/discussions; chaired by Tom Overbye 9:30-10:00 AM Supercable - Paul Grant (EPRI retired) 10:00-10:30 AM Power Control - Bob Lassester (University of Wisconsin) 10:30-11:00 AM Break 11:00-11:30 AM Power System Integration - Bob Thomas (Cornell) 11:30 AM-12:00 PM Hydrogen - Robert Schainker (EPRI) 12:00-1:00 PM Lunch on Levis Third Floor 1:00-1:30 PM Nuclear - Wes Myers (Los Alamos National Lab) 1:30-2:00 PM Underground Construction/Tunneling - Ed Cording (UIUC) 2:00-2:30 PM Environmental Engineering - Wayland Eheart (UIUC) 2:30-3:00 PM Break 3:00-5:00 PM Parallel Breakout Sessions by Disciplines, with each breakout group charged with developing list discipline-specific research topics. The focus of these breakout sessions is on the scientific/technical challenges to implementing the supergrid (i.e., the "what" question). Breakout groups, with moderators, are: Supercable, Paul Grant Power control, Phil Krein Power system integration, Pete Sauer Hydrogen, Robert Schainker Nuclear, Jim Stubbins Underground construction/tunneling, Ed Cording Environmental engineering, Ed Herricks 5:00-5:45 PM Return to Hampton Inn via bus/vans (optional) 5:45 PM Bus/vans leave the Hampton Inn and Levis for Kennedy's 6:00 PM Reception at Kennedy's followed by dinner Tuesday, October 26 (Levis Faculty Center - Fourth Floor) 7:45-8:15 AM Vans leave Hampton Inn for Levis Faculty Center 8:00-8:30 AM Continental Breakfast 8:30-8:50 AM Campus Welcome, College of Engineering Dean David Daniel 8:50-10:15 AM Monday Breakout Group Reports, chaired by Tom Overbye 10:15-10:45 AM Break 10:45 AM-12:00 PM General Q&A and Discussion with a focus on integration issues and challenges; chaired by Paul Grant. 12:00-1:00 PM Lunch on Levis Third Floor 1:00-1:45 PM "Supergrid Construction Challenges" by Craig Smith (DMJM) 1:45-4:30 PM Reconvene breakout sessions with the same moderators. Tuesday Breakout Sessions: the focus of these sessions switches from being purely technical to addressing the more practical challenges to implementing the supergrid. Questions for discussion include: Who does what, where, and when? How much will it cost? What are the organizational and institutional challenges that need to be overcome to get the research done? Breakout groups, with moderators, are: Supercable, Paul Grant Power control, Phil Krein Power system integration, Pete Sauer Hydrogen, Robert Schainker Nuclear, Jim Stubbins Underground construction/tunneling, Ed Cording Environmental engineering, Ed Herricks 2:30-3:00 PM Break refreshments available in 407 4:30-5:00 PM Return to Hampton Inn via vans 5:45 PM Vans leave the Hampton Inn to Grainger Library 6:00 PM Reception at Grainger Engineering Library followed by dinner Wednesday, October 27 (Levis Faculty Center - Fourth Floor) 7:45-8:15 AM Bus Leaves Hampton Inn for Levis Faculty Center 8:00-8:30 AM Continental Breakfast 8:30-10:00 AM Tuesday Breakout Group Reports - chaired by Jesse Ausubel 10:00-10:30 AM Break 10:30-11:30 AM Workshop Wrap-Up and Next Steps - Jesse Ausubel 11:30 AM Adjourn 11:30 AM-12:30 PM Lunch (box lunches will be available to take with you or to eat at Levis)   Questions/Info: Logistics: Program/Content: Cheryl Barber Professor Tom Overbye Conferences & Institutes Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign cabarber@ad.uiuc.edu overbye@ece.uiuc.edu 217-333-2880 217-333-1162