Top Experts to Explore U.S. Energy Future

COLLEGE PARK, Md. —

WHAT:
Artic oil drilling, rising gas prices and hybrid vehicles are in the news and energy policy is on the table. On April 4, the conflicting energy demands and trade-offs that drive much of U.S. foreign and domestic policy will be debated by a panel of leading technology and energy policy specialists who will meet at the University of Maryland . The panel will examine today's hottest (and coldest) energy issues from the Bush administration's energy agenda to the promise of a hydrogen fuel-based future. Panelists will each speak for about 10 minutes and substantial time will be left for audience and media questions.

WHO:
Panelists include:

• William Wulf , president, National Academy of Engineering
• Katherine Sierra, vice president, Infrastructure, World Bank
• Michael Ramage, co-author and chair, National Research Council report "The Hydrogen Economy;" retired executive vice president, ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Co.
• Anne Davies, associate director of Fusion Energy Sciences, U.S. Department of Energy
• Moderator: Jacques S. Gansler, UM vice president for research; Roger C. Lipitz Professor of Public Policy and Private Enterprise; former U.S. Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics

WHEN:
Monday, April 4, 4:30 p.m.

WHERE:
University of Maryland , College Park ; Lecture Hall, Jeong H. Kim Engineering Building on Paint Branch Drive.

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