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Subject:	Petroleum Engineering
Topic:	Energy Industry
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Stanford University

Name:	Stanford University (Stanford)
Type:	University

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Stanford-Woods Energy Seminar - Spring 2009

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Lecture 1 Play Video	Renewable Energy and the Economy April 1, 2009 - Dan Arvizu, director of the Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory, discusses the current state of renewable energy technology and implementation in the U.S., as well as potential advancements in the near future.
Lecture 2 Play Video	"Killer Apps" for the Smart Grid April 22, 2009 - Scott McGaraghan, director of business development for EnerNOC, Inc., discusses current and developing technologies to maximize the potential energy saving benefits of local and national-level smart grid systems.
Lecture 3 Play Video	Benefits of a Restructured Electric Industry April 29, 2009 - Frank Wolak, senior fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, discusses restructuring of the electricity industry in the U.S. using examples from California and explains the problems involved in energy market design.
Lecture 4 Play Video	Adaptation to Climate Change May 6, 2009 - Lisa Schipper, research fellow at the Stockholm Environmental Institute, discusses theories connecting climate change adaptation to international development, and how they relate to concrete changes being implemented in southeast Asia and elsewhere.
Lecture 5 Play Video	LIFE: Laser Initial Fusion Energy System May 13, 2009 - Ed Moses, principal associate director of the National Ignition Facility, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, discusses current laser inertial fusion energy technology and its potential to scale up to nationwide energy production in the next 10 years.
Lecture 6 Play Video	Carbon Sequestration & Natural Gas Extraction May 20, 2009 - Mark Zoback, professor in the Department of Geophysics, Stanford University, discusses recent developments in natural gas extraction that enable cost-effective carbon capture and storage to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions.