Basic Research Needs for Solar Energy Utilization

Panel 2C (Photocatalytic Cycles and Photodriven Chemical Reactions) — Seneca Boardroom

Time Topic Speaker or Location

Session 1

1:30 – 1:45 p.m. Sub-panel Co-chairs, C. Creutz and

D. Nocera

1:45 – 2:15 p.m. Water-splitting to Form Hydrogen and Oxygen Thomas Mallouk

2:15 – 2:45 p.m. Proton-coupled Electron Transfer/Multiple Electron

Transfer

Thomas Meyer

2:45 – 3:15 p.m. Collecting Multiple Electrons into a Single Subunit of a

Multicomponent Species

Sebastiano Campagna

3:15 – 3:45 p.m. Molecular Chemistry of Renewable Energy Daniel Nocera

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

Panel 2D (Biofuels) — Oakley Room

Time Topic Speaker or Location

Session 1

1:30 – 1:45 p.m. Sub-panel Co-chairs, Chris Somerville and

Bob Tabita

1:45 – 2:15 p.m. Advantages and Disadvantages of the

Nitrogenase/Hydrogenase System for Biohydrogen

Production

Paul Ludden

2:15 – 2:45 p.m. Biological Methane Production John Reeve

2:45 – 3:15 p.m. Direct Biohydrogen Production from Oxygenic

Photosynthetic Microorganisms

Mike Seibert

3:15 – 3:45 p.m. Biomass to Ethanol: State of the Art Mike Himmel

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