IITBHF and IITBAA (http://www.iitbombay.org)

FAN 2007, July 8 & 9, 2007

Santa Clara Convention Center, California

FAN 2007 will be held over two days on July 8-9, 2007 in conjunction with IIT 2007 (http://www.iit2007.org) in Silicon Valley, California. Review the information below or write to fan_team [at] iitbombay (dot) org for additional details.

The entire event is free, however REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED.

Interviews of IIT Bombay Faculty Candidates.
Symposium on Energy & Avenues for Collaboration with IIT Bombay.

The event will begin in the afternoon on Sunday, July 8, right after IIT 2007, and continue on July 9. The venue for July 8 will be the Santa Clara Convention Center same as the venue for the Pan IIT conference; and the one for July 9 is to be determined ... watch this space for further information.

AGENDA FOR FAN 2007

Sunday, July 8, 2007

Morning: The event will begin with a keynote speech by Prof. Ashok Misra, Director of IIT Bombay, about the Faculty Alumni Network and IIT Bombay's Golden Jubilee plans. Prof. Misra's speech will be followed by comments from:

Prof. Nitish Thakor, Johns Hopkins
Prof. J. Vasi, Deputy Director, IIT Bombay
Prof. Deepak Phatak, IITB Golden Jubilee Program Coordinator
Prof. Raghu Shevgaonkar, Dean – Resource Mobilization

Afternoon: Symposium on Energy & Avenues for Collaboration with IIT Bombay
2 to 6 pm

TIME	DESCRIPTION	PRESENTERS
2:00–2:15 pm	Welcome and Introduction to FAN	Nitish Thakor, Johns Hopkins Devang Khakhar, Dean, IIT B Prof. Ashok Misra, Director, IITB
2:15- 2:45 pm	Perspective of India's Energy Scenario & Research needs. Overview of new Department of Energy Science & Engineering at IIT Bombay	Rangan Banerjee, Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
2:45 -3:05 pm	Biomass and Coal Combustion	Anuradda Ganesh, Prof., IIT B
3:05 -3:25 pm	Fuel Cells and Hydrogen	Sushanta Mitra, Assoc. Prof., IIT B
3:30– 4:00pm	Coffee Break
4:00–4:20 pm	Novel Materials for Energy Applications	Vinayak Dravid, Prof., Northwestern
4:20–4:40 pm	Energy Initiatives @ Berkeley	Arunava Majumdar, Prof., UC Berkeley
4:40–5:00 pm	Energy and Environmental Nanotechnology & IITB-WUStL Collaborative Programs	Pratim Biswas, Prof., Washington Univ. in St. Louis
5:00–6:00 pm	Panel Discussion- Feedback on IITB Programs and Avenues for Collaboration: Moderated by Nitish Thakor, Prof., Johns Hopkins	Participants: Prof. Ashok Misra, Director IIT B D. Khakhar, IIT B R. Banerjee, IIT B Pratim Biswas, WUStL Ali Dhinojwala, U of Akron Arunava Majumdar, UC B Vinayak Dravid, NWU

Dinner FAN Members, IITB Alumni & Faculty; Faculty Candidates
6:15 pm Speaker: Bruce Darling, Executive Vice President, Univ. of California
Hyatt Hotel

Monday, July 9, 2007
Location TBD

9 am to 12 noon Parallel Sessions

1) Interviews of IITB Faculty Candidates

                              2) Panel Discussions: Collaborations with IIT B Faculty
                                  Various areas of Research & Education
                                  Discussion of Funding Opportunities & Success Stories

3) Networking with FAN Members

The entire FAN 2007 Event is Free. Please register for the event by accessing https://www.iitbombay.org/iitbfund/Fan2007/FAN2007Register.asp

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