HYDROCARBON RESOURCES January 7-12, 2001 Crowne Plaza Ventura, CA Chair: Akira Tomita Vice Chair: Ripudaman Malhotra

MEETING LINKS Conference History Chair Contact Info

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Sunday Afternoon
16:00	Registration
17:30	Welcome and dinner
Sunday Evening Biotechnology for materials and energy
19:00	Greetings by chairs and staffs
19:15	Ripudaman Malhotra (SRI International, USA): Introductory remarks
19:30	Daniel Monticello (Enchira, USA): "Biotransformations of petroleum products"
20:10	Discussion
20:25	Patrick Gruber (Cargill-Dow, USA): "Making the transition from hydrocarbon to carbohydrate based chemicals"
21:05	Discussion
Monday Morning Organic chemistry of heavy hydrocarbons
8:30	John Larsen (Lehigh Univ., USA) & Masashi Iino (Tohoku Univ., Japan): Introductory remarks
8:45	Oliver Mullins (Schlumberger-Doll Research, USA): "Asphaltene structure - A new technique involving complex fluorescence"
9:25	Discussion
9:40	Break and Conference Photo (at 10:00)
10:15	Kouichi Miura (Kyoto Univ., Japan): "Hydrogen bonding in coal"
10:55	Discussion
11:10	Karen Pedersen (Calsep A/S, Denmark): "Effects of precipitated wax and asphaltenes on oil flow properties"
11:50	Discussion
12:05	Lunch
	Afternoon Free from All Formal Activity
18:00	Dinner
Monday Evening Design of advanced catalyst
19:00	Masaru Ichikawa (Hokkaido Univ.): Introductory remarks
19:05	Jean-Marie Basset (Univ. of Lyon, France): "Surface-grafted Zr hydride complexes for catalytic degradation of polymer materials, catalyst design and industrial application"
19:40	Discussion
19:55	Enrique Iglesia (Univ. California, Berkeley, USA): "Catalyst design for industrial FT synthesis of hydrocarbons"
20:30	Discussion
20:45	Akira Miyamoto (Tohoku Univ., Japan): "Combinatorial computer chemistry"
21:20	Discussion
21:35	Informal poster sessions with refreshments
Tuesday Morning Carbon from hydrocarbons: New material and application
8:30	Rosa Menendez (CSIC, Spain) & Ljubisa Radovic (Penn State Univ., USA): Introductory remarks
8:45	Sylvie Bonnamy (Univ. Orleans, France): "Colloidal aspects of primary carbonization of carbon materials"
9:25	Discussion
9:40	Break
10:10	Akira Yoshino (Asahi Chemicals, Japan): "Carbonaceous materials for lithium ion battery"
10:50	Discussion
11:05	Peter Ecklund (Penn State University, USA): "Chemical nanosensors using SWNTs"
11:45	Discussion
12:05	Lunch
	Afternoon Free from All Formal Activity
18:00	Dinner
Tuesday Evening New characterization technique for complex molecules
19:00	Randy Winans (Argonne National Lab., USA): Introductory remarks
19:05	Robert Klingler (Argonne National Lab., USA): "Toroid cavity NMR imaging detector -- High-resolution, in-situ chemical analysis of high-pressure, high-temperature industrial catalysis processes"
19:40	Discussion
19:55	Loic Barre and D. Espinat (Inst. Francois du Petrole, France): "Colloidal macrostructure of heavy crudes and asphaltene solutions"
20:30	Discussion
20:45	Alan G. Marshall (Florida State Univ., USA): "Ultrahigh-resolution mass spectrometry for resolution and identification of constituents in complex hydrocarbon mixtures ranging from heavy crude oil to diesel fuel"
21:20	Discussion
21:35	Informal poster sessions with refreshments
Wednesday Morning Non-fuel uses of hydrocarbon resources
8:30	Chun-shan Song (Penn State Univ., USA): Introductory remarks
8:45	Julian R. H. Ross (Univ. Limerick, Ireland): "Catalytic conversion of natural gas and related hydrocarbons to chemicals"
9:25	Discussion
9:40	Break
10:10	Kiyoshi Otsuka (Tokyo Inst. Technol., Japan): "Partial oxidation of hydrocarbons using fuel cells".
10:50	Discussion
11:05	Harold H. Schobert (Penn State University, USA): "Chemicals and materials from coal"
11:45	Discussion
12:05	Lunch
Wednesday Afternoon Poster session and Business Meeting
Kouichi Miura (Kyoto Univ., Japan)
15:00-16:15	Session 1 - Speakers at posters
16:15-17:30	Session 2 - Speakers at posters
17:30-18:00	Business Meeting (Elect next chair, etc.)
18:00	Dinner
Wednesday Evening Advanced energy production and use
19:00	Hisao Makino (Central Res. Inst. Electric Power Ind., Japan) & Terry Wall (Newcastle Univ., Australia): Introductory remarks
19:05	Thomas H. Fletcher (Brigham Young Univ., USA): "Coal reactivity at high pressure and temperature"
19:40	Discussion
19:55	Terry Wall (Newcastle Univ., Australia): "Ash formed in coal combustion and gasification: Properties, plant and environmental impact"
20:30	Discussion
20:45	Yoshihiro Mugikura (CRIEPI, Japan): "New technology of fuel cell"
21:20	Discussion
21:35	Refreshments
Thursday Morning Upgrading of heavy hydrocarbons
8:30	Marty Gorbaty (ExxonMobil, USA): Introductory remarks
8:45	Kim G. Knudsen (Haldor Topsoe A/S, Denmark): "A detailed understanding of reaction routes and inhibition effect by organic nitrogen compounds for ultra deep HDS"
9:25	Discussion
9:40	Break
10:10	Ryuichiro Iwamoto (Idemitsu, Japan): "Influence of additive on the properties of Mo-based hydrotreating catalysts"
10:50	Discussion
11:05	Bruce R. Cook (ExxonMobil, USA): "The role of hydrogen transfer in catalytic cracking of multi-ring aromatics"
11:45	Discussion
12:05	Lunch
	Afternoon Free from All Formal Activity
Thursday Evening Conference Dinner - Plenary Address
18:00	Conference Dinner
19:00	Chairman and Chair-Elect Presentations
19:30	Peter J. McCabe (U.S. Geological Survey, USA): "The evolving energy mix: Hydrocarbon fuels for the 21st century."
Friday Morning
7:00	Breakfast
7:45	Bus Departs to LAX

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