LORD HOWE ISLAND - A WORLD HERITAGE LISTED SITE IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC

CONFERENCE
TOWARDS GLOBAL ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS
Energy, Nanochemistry & Governance

14-18 August  2011    l     Lord Howe Island    l    Australia


 

VIDEO PRESENTATIONS from the conference available here


Participants at Lord Howe Island

The aim of this conference was to foster international collaborations and strategies for funding through a global effort in five key areas of artificial photosynthesis:

 •  global collaborations, governance and policy structures and models
 •  energy capture — including photovoltaic systems
 •  energy conversion and storage — including quantum coherence in electron transfer
      and hydrogen production for fuel cells
 •  carbon fixation and
 •  modified and synthetic biological processes.

The conference showcased the research of some of the world's leading experts in artificial photosynthesis, nanotechnology and global governance. Speakers included:

Prof Peidong Yang

Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, North-site Director, Department Head, Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis

Prof Daniel G Nocera Henry Dreyfus Professor of Energy & Professor of Chemistry,Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Prof Gary Brudvig Eugene Higgins Professor of Chemistry & Professor of Molecular Biophysics & BiochemistryDepartment of Chemistry, Yale University
Prof Eva-Mari Aro Department of Biology, PSII Repair Group, University of Turku, Finland
Dr Chris Moser Principal Investigator Photosynthetic Antenna Research Center, Associate Director, Johnson Research Foundation, Dept Biochemistry & Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania
A/Prof Ann Magnuson Photosynthesis Group, Dept of Photochemistry and Molecular Science Uppsala University and Solar H Network
Prof David Officer Intelligent Polymer Research Institute, ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science, University of Wollongong
Prof Dirk Guldi Dept of Chemistry, Design of Photoinduced Electron Transfer Group, Erlangen University, Germany
A/Prof Naoki Aratani Dept of Chemistry, New Functional Molecules Group, Kyoto University, Japan
A/Prof Thomas Faunce ANU College of Law & ANU College of Medicine, Biology & the Environment, Australian Research Council Future Fellow
More speakers
For more information about the conference aims and structure
see overview

Program available here
Enquiries
Please direct any enquiries to:
E:  coast@law.anu.edu.au
T:  +61 2 6125 2906 (international)
  T: (02) 6125 2906 (domestic)
F:
 +61 2 6125 0103 (international)  T: (02) 6125 0103 (domestic)

Hosting institution: The Australian National University, Australia
with sponsorship from the Australian Government Department of Innovation, Industry, Science & Research and the Centre for International & Public Law at the ANU College of Law. Affiliated with the ANU Energy Change Institute.

Organising committee: Associate Prof Tom Faunce, Prof Ron Pace, Prof Elmars Krausz, Prof Warwick Hillier, Prof Fred Chow, Prof Rob Stranger & Prof David Officer

 

  

                            
An official event of the UNESCO & International Union of Pure & Applied Chemistry