Workshop on Strategies and Opportunities for Decarbonizing the World’s Freight System
Singleton Room, Roberts Hall
Carnegie Mellon University
February 27-28, 2017
Monday, February 27th 2017
| 08:30 – 9:00 | Continental breakfast |
| 09:00 – 09:10 | Welcome and aims of the workshop – Parth Vaishnav |
| 09:10 – 09:30 | Round of multi-sentence introductions |
| We will focus on transportation modes on day 1 and on alternative fuels on day two. | |
| 09:30 – 10:00 | Heavy trucks: Inês Azevedo, Chris Hendrickson, Jason Mathers |
| 10:00 – 10:45 | Discussion of strategies, potential and costs to reduce emissions from trucks |
| 10:45 – 11:00 | Coffee break |
| 11:00 – 11:20 | Rail freight: Andreas Hoffrichter and Raphael Isaac |
| 11:20 – 12:00 | Discussion of strategies, potential and costs to reduce emissions from rail freight |
| 12:00 – 12:15 | Low and zero CO2 electric power: Ed Rubin |
| 12:15 – 12:30 | Discussion of strategies, potential and costs to reduce emissions using low and zero CO2 electric power |
| 12:30 – 13:10 | Lunch |
| 13:10 – 13:30 | Direct air capture and disposal and/or use of CO2: Jen Wilcox |
| 13:30 – 14:00 | Discussion of strategies, potential and costs to reduce emissions using direct air capture and disposal and/or use of CO2 |
| 14:00 – 14:30 | Ocean shipping: Jim Corbett, Parth Vaishnav |
| 14:30 – 15:00 | Discussion of strategies, potential and costs of ocean shipping |
| 15:00 – 15:25 | Air freight: Parth Vaishnav, Jim Heidmann |
| 15:25 – 16:00 | Discussion of strategies, potential and costs of air freight |
| 16:00 – 16:15 | Coffee break |
| 16:15 – 16:45 | Alternative fuels, storage, and transport: Nathan Lewis, Joan Ogden, William Chernicoff |
| 16:45 – 17:30 | Discussion of strategies, potential and costs of fuels, storage and transport |
| 17:30 – 18:00 | Travel to dinner – Out of town participants via shuttle, CMU participants via carpool or Lyft |
| 18:00 – | Reception and dinner – Plum Pan Asian Kitchen – 5006 Centre Ave., Pittsburgh, PA (412) 363-7586 |
Tuesday, February 28th 2017
| 08:00 – 08:30 | Continental breakfast |
| 08:30 – 08:35 | Objectives for day 2 |
| 08:35 – 09:35 | Short introductory talks on alternative fuels, storage and conversion systems: Mike Griffin, Jay Whitacre |
| 09:35 – 10:05 | Discussion of strategies, potential and costs of biomass, fuel cells and batteries |
| 10:05 – 10:15 | Coffee break |
| 10:15 – 10:35 | Intermodal transfers: Lynn Kaack, James Winebrake |
| 10:35 – 11:05 | Discussion of strategies, potential and costs of intermodal transfers |
| 11:05 – 11:25 | Strategies for manufacturing: Erica Fuchs |
| 11:25 – 11:55 | Discussion of strategies, potential and costs for manufacturing alternatives |
| 11:55 – 13:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00 – 13:20 | Last mile delivery (with a focus on autonomous vehicles): Costa Samaras |
| 13:20 – 14:00 | Discussion of strategies, potential and costs on last mile delivery |
| 14:00 – 14:30 | Final discussion session identifying research needs and priorities on deep decarbonizaton of the global freight system |
