Cooling Conference Preliminary Program Overview
Sunday, October 19, 2008
0800 Conference Exhibitor Setup
1100 – 1900 Registration Open
1300 – 1630 Technical Tour – Dubai Plant Room(s)
1700 – 1900 Welcome Reception with IDEA Business Partner Exhibitors – Exhibits Open
1900 – 2200 Conference Welcome Delegates Dinner
Monday, October 20, 2008
0730 – 0830 Registration Open/Continental Breakfast with IDEA Business Partner Exhibitors
0830 – 0845 Conference Opening/Introductions – Robert Thornton, President, IDEA
Greetings from IDEA Middle East Chapter – Rita Chahoud, Executive Director
Welcome to Dubai – Conference General Chair & Host, Fouad Younan, CEO City Cool
0845 – 0900 Welcoming Opening Address – H.E. Dr. Mohammed Saeed Al Kindi, UAE Minister of Environment & Water (Invited)
0900 – 1000 Opening Plenary – Global Energy/Environmental Challenges and District Energy
Global Climate Change and Carbon Emissions Regulations – Shelley Fidler, Van Ness Feldman
Global Energy and Environmental Challenges and The Role of District Energy/CHP – Thomas Kerr, International
Energy Agency
International Collaboration – Expanding Markets for District Energy – Robert Thornton, IDEA
1000 – 1030 Refreshment Break with Business Partner Exhibitors
1030 – 1200 Essential Infrastructure, Sustainable City – IDEA Leadership Panel – Moderated by Rob Thornton, IDEA
Senior industry leaders discuss how district energy systems can deliver increased energy efficiency; greenhouse
gas emissions reductions; enhanced water conservation and more sustainable end-user communities.
Invited panelists include:
Dany Safi, CEO, Tabreed, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Dennis Fotinos, President & CEO, Enwave Energy, Toronto, CA
Fouad Younan, CEO, City Cool, Dubai, UAE
Juan Ontiveros, Director Utilities, University Texas Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, CEO, Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company/Masdar, Abu Dhabi, UAE
1200 – 1330 IDEA Recognition and Keynote Luncheon –
Presentation of IDEA District Cooling Best Practice Guide (Inaugural Edition)
Presentation of IDEA Chairman’s Awards
Keynote Address – “Climate Change – Opportunity or Challenge?”
1330 – 1500 Strategic Session 1 Best Practice Guide Workshop Session #1
Water Conservation Strategies Moderated by Mark Spurr, FVB Energy
Radiator Cooled Centrifugal Chillers – D. Mizesko, Overview IDEA BP Guide
US Chiller Services Why District Cooling?
Treated Sewage Effluent – Bassam El Halabi, Metito Business Development Issues
Reverse Osmosis Seawater Desalination – TBD • Fawaz El Hindi, Tabreed
“Alloying Up” for Fluid Flexibility – Craig Thomas, • BS Prashanth, Rakeen
High Performance Tubes • Jack Kattner, Kattner Assoc.
• Samer Khoudeir, Empower
Panel Discussion/Audience Q&A Panel Discussion/Audience Q&A
1500 – 1530 Refreshment Break with Business Partner Exhibitors
1530 –1700 Strategic Session #2 Best Practice Guide Workshop Session 2
Grid Relief/Electricity Demand Design Process and Key Design Issues
“Trigeneration”– Salah A. Al-Afaliq, National Moderated by Mark Spurr, FVB Energy
Trigeneration CHP Company Steve Harmon, Tabreed
Ice Thermal Storage Innovations – Gary Rugel, Evapco Samuel Stone, Stanley
Natural Gas Cooling Technologies – Dr. Al Ain, Bernt Andersson, Tabreed Bahrain
Gas Chill George Berbari, DC Pro Engineering
Panel Discussion/Audience Q&A Panel Discussion/Audience Q&A
1700 – 1830 Reception with Business Partner Exhibitors
