Energies and Nanotechnologies. Take a glimpse into the future -- how will we meet our energy needs in the next 20 years?

Thursday, November 6, 2008
7-8 pm
Mackenzie Lawn Bowls Club House at Mackenzie Park on upper State Street
Speaker: 
Alan Heeger, Craig Hawker, Dan Colbert

Alan Heeger, 2000 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry and UCSB Professor of Physics

Craig Hawker, Director of the Materials Research Laboratory and UCSB Professor of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Materials

Dan Colbert, Executive Director of the UCSB Institute for Energy Efficiency

UCSB

Take a glimpse into the future - how will we meet our energy needs in the next 20 years?

• Can nanotechnologies change the ways we generate energy?
• Can innovative technologies solve global climate change and our dependence on foreign oil?

Join us as renowned scientists share their views of nanotechnology applications for energy, and engage in an open discussion with them about your understanding of nanotechnology, your hopes and concerns for future applications.

No science background required.

Refreshments provided.

This event is open to the public.