The Heraeus Seminar features a large group of
distinguished lecturers, representing a wide spectrum of research in
climate and in energy physics and technology:
Introduction: Eberhard Umbach
(Vice- President of the German Physical Society, DPG)
(1) Climate Prediction
U1: Jochem Marotzke (Max Planck Institut für
Meteorologie, Hamburg):
"Decadal
Climate Predictability" U2: Hartmut Grassl (Max
Planck Institut für Meteorologie, Hamburg): "Anthropogenic
Climate Change and its Modelling“
U3:
Christoph Schär (Institut für Atmosphäre und Klima, ETH Zürich):
“Climate Change and Extreme Events”
(2) Geoengineering: A Critical
Assessment U4:
Klaus Lackner (Columbia
University, New York):
"Options of Capturing
Carbon Dioxide from
the Air"
U5: Johannes Feichter
(Max Planck Institut für Meteorologie, Hamburg): "
Solar Radiation Management“ U6: Thomas Leisner
(Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe): "Climate
Engineering: A Critical Review of
Aerosol Approaches
to Changing the Global Energy Balance“
(3) Vulnerability and Adaptation
U7: Wallace Broecker (Columbia
University, New York):
“Will
the Drylands Become even Dryer - Evidence from the Past”
U8: Klaus Hasselmann (Max Planck Institut
für Meteorologie, Hamburg): "What
to Do? Does
Science have a Role?“ U9: Hans von Storch
(Institute for Coastal Research of the GKSS Research
Centre, Geesthacht): "The Dimension of
Adaptation“
(4) Low Carbon Energy
Supply E1: Eckhard Rebhan (University Düsseldorf): "Challenges for Future Energy
Usage“ E2:
Henner Gladen, Lars
Schnatbaum-Laumann (Solar Millenium AG): "Solar
Thermal Power Plants" E3: Hermann-Josef Wagner (University
Bochum): "Energy from Wind – Perspectives
and Research Needs" E4: Petr Novak (Paul
Scherrer-Institut, Villigen): "Energy
Storage in Advanced Batteries" E5: Sven Kullander (Energy
Committee of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm): "Energy from
Biomass" E6:
Wolfgang Feist, Jürgen Schnieders (Passivhaus Institut, Darmstadt): "Energy Efficiency - a Key to Sustainable
Housing" E7: Jason Anderson
(Institute for European Environmental Policy IEEP,
Brussels): "Carbon Dioxide
Capture and Storage: Potential and Pitfalls"
E8: Alex Müller (CNRS-IN2P3, Orsay): "Prospects of Transmutation of Nuclear Waste"
E9: Chris Llewellyn Smith (UK Atomic Energy Authority, Culham Division): "The Path to Fusion Power"
E10: Ferdi Schüth (Max Planck Institut für
Kohleforschung, Mühlheim): "Hydrogen
as Energy Carrier"
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