Basic Research Needs for Solar Energy Utilization

Agenda for Solar Fuels Breakout Sessions

Panel Chair: M.R. Wasielewski

Monday, April 18, 2005, 1:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Panel 2A (Bioinspired Assemblies for Photochemical Energy Conversion) — Salon F

Time Topic Speaker or Location

Session 1

1:30 – 1:45 p.m. Sub-panel Co-chairs, M.R. Wasielewski and

D. Gust

1:45 – 2:15 p.m. To be announced Thomas Moore

2:15 – 2:45 p.m. Light-Collecting Supramolecular Assemblies based on

Coordination Chemistry

Joseph Hupp

2:45 – 3:15 p.m. Beyond the Single Electron: Coupled Electron

Transfers in Artificial Photosynthesis

Leif Hammarstrom

3:15 – 3:45 p.m. Realizing Long-lived Charge Separation in Artificial

Photosynthetic Systems

Anthony Harriman

3:45 – 4:00 p.m. Coffee Break

4:00 – 5:45 p.m. Initial Discussion of one-sentence Priority Research

Directions (PRDs)

6:00 – 7:30 p.m. Working Dinner Salon D

Session 2

7:30 – 9:00 p.m. Prioritize 3–5 one-sentence PRDs

9:00 – 9:30 p.m. Panel Chair and Sub-panel Co-chairs review PRDs Salon B

Panel 2B (Natural Photosynthetic Systems) — Brookside B Room

Time Topic Speaker or Location

Session 1

1:30 – 1:45 p.m. Sub-panel Co-chairs, G.R. Fleming and

J.R. Norris

1:45 – 2:15 p.m. To be announced Richard Cogdell

2:15 – 2:45 p.m. Light-harvesting and Charge Separation in

Photosystem II

Rienk vanGrondelle

2:45 – 3:15 p.m. Protein Design for Stabilization of Electron and Proton

Transfer Reactions

Marilyn Gunner

3:15 – 3:45 p.m. The Oxygen-evolving Complex of Photosystem II Gary Brudvig

3:45 – 4:00 p.m. Coffee Break

4:00 – 5:45 p.m. Initial Discussion of one-sentence PRDs

6:00 – 7:30 p.m. Working Dinner Salon D

Session 2

7:30 – 9:00 p.m. Prioritize 3–5 one-sentence PRDs

9:00 – 9:30 p.m. Panel Chair and Sub-panel Co-chairs review PRDs Salon B