SME News Release -September 23, 2015
SME co-sponsors carbon management technology dialog
Information exchange event attracts industry and government experts
As a Member Society of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers (AIME), the Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (SME) has joined with other major engineering societies to sponsor the 2015 Carbon Management Technology Conference. To be held November 17-19, 2015 at the Sugar Land Marriott Town Square, Sugar Land, TX, the conference will focus on carbon capture, utilization and storage technologies.
Five major engineering societies, AIChE, ASME, AIME, IEEE and ASCE, have worked together with the U.S. Department of Energy and state and local universities nationwide to organize a unique forum to address the challenges posed by developing and implementing carbon capture, utilization and storage technologies that provide options for lowering greenhouse gas emissions while maintaining fuel diversity for sustainable growth.The conference provides an unbiased platform to present information on carbon management solutions for continued energy and economic growth.
Conference topics include:
- Atmospheric CO2 capture systems
- CO2 capture for fossil energy power plants
- CO2 capture for the industrial sector
- CO2 utilization and geological storage
- Large scale demonstration projects and pilot projects
Keynote and distinguished speakers include:
- Dr. Julio Friedmann, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Fossil Energy, Department of Energy
- Janet Gellici, Executive Vice President and COO of the National Coal Council
- Charles McConnell, Executive Director of the Rice University Energy and Environmental Initiative
Special reduced conference rates are available until October 15, 2015. For more information and to register for the Carbon Management Technology Conference, please visit http://fscarbonmanagement.org/cmtc/2015.
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