| Description | Discussion meeting held on 10 and 11 April 2006 at the Royal Society
By Lord Robert May FRS, Dr Katherine Blundell, Professor Fraser Armstrong and Dr David Vincent
'Energy... for the future' will pose the question: how can we supply energy for the inhabitants of Earth, sufficient to meet everyones needs, without causing serious, irreversible damage to the environment? This is timely as we face the global challenges of addressing climate change, providing a secure and reliable supply of energy and the depletion of oil. Fossil fuels provide cheap and convenient sources of energy and no single solution can replace them. But unless we change course, developing alternative supplies of energy and address how we use it, the next generations could face dangerous climate change and major restrictions to their lifestyles and economic development with the potential for conflicts over energy supplies. Our generation - rightly - will be blamed for knowingly squandering the planet's resources. The input for this meeting was from leading scientists and engineers representing a whole spectrum of possible energy solutions.
Monday 10 April 2006
Session 1 - Chair Lord May; Speakers Sir David King FRS, Professor Robert Socolow, Sir Chris Llewellyn Smith FRS, Dr Sue Ion OBE
Session 2 - Chair Dr Katherine Blundell; speakers David Kerr, Professor Bill Leithead, Professor Michael Gratzel, Christiane Egger
Tuesday 11 April 2006
Session 3 - Chair Professor David Armstrong; Speakers Professor Jess Tester, Professor Thorsteinn Sigfusson, Professor Pete Edwards FRS, Professor Jim Barber FRS
Session 4 - chair Dr David Vincent; Speakers Dr Sam Holloway, George Couvaras. Concluding summary by Lord May FRS |