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IPCC Expert Review Meeting - Welcoming Address

Welcome to the IPCC Expert Review Meeting on the Expert Review of the SRREN. The goal is to provide the best-available information, analysis, and recommendations for greenhouse gas emissions mitigation. Led by volunteers from 5 societies and funded by various organizations. Business community engagement is promoted for the preparation of IPCC Assessments.

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IPCC Expert Review Meeting - Welcoming Address

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  1. Welcoming AddressIPCC Expert Review Meeting1 February 2010Hotel Palomar, Washington DC Haroon Kheshgi ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company and participant in the Carbon Management Project, Expert Meeting Host

  2. Engineering Founders Societies’ Carbon Management ProjectWelcome from the Expert Meeting Host Goal:To assure that engineering communities, educators, the general public, and public policy makers have the best-available information, analysis, sound engineering advice and recommendations regarding the mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions which contribute to climate change. Led by volunteers from the 5 Societies, together with roughly one million members. Staffed by American Institute of Chemical Engineers - Local Staff Hosting this Expert Meeting Led by Darlene Schuster, AIChE http://www.aiche.org/FSCarbonMgmt/ 2 Funded by the United Engineering Foundation

  3. Recognizing Support of this Expert Meeting • With Funding from: • Chevron • Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) • EURELECTRIC • Exxon Mobil • The Federation of Electric Power Companies/Japan (FEPC) • General Electric (GE) • Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) • International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Association (IPIECA) • And In-kind Support from: • Founders Societies’ Carbon Management Project

  4. Broad Interest from the Business Community in Contributing Expertise as Input for IPCC Reports • Interest from experts from a broad range of firms and associations with a history of participation in the IPCC and work on behalf of business • Ad Hoc Business Group (ABG) to facilitate input of expertise and perspective in the work of the IPCC : • Nick Campbell, Arkema, France • Jean-Yves Caneill, EDF, France • Ann Condon, GE, USA • Seth Dunn, GE, USA • Brian Flannery, ExxonMobil, USA • Norine Kennedy, USCIB, USA • Haroon Kheshgi, ExxonMobil (ABG-Chair), USA • Arthur Lee, Chevron, USA • John Novak, EPRI, USA • Stan Rosinski, EPRI, USA • Masayuki Sasanouchi, Toyota, Japan • Steve Sawyer, GWEC, Belgium • John Scowcroft, EURELECTRIC, Belgium • Yoshiharu Tachibana, TEPCO, Japan • Promoting continuation of the successful series of expert meetings engaging business in the preparation of the 4th Assessment Report: Tokyo, Paris, Cape Town

  5. How to Facilitate Engagement of Business Expertise & Perspective in the Preparation of IPCC Assessments?

  6. Welcome to the all of the Participants of the IPCC Expert Meeting on the Expert Review of the SRREN Funded by the United Engineering Foundation

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