Kashmir S. Gill, PEng, PhD
Industrial Technology Advisor
c/o Alberta Research Council
250 Karl Clark Road
Edmonton, AB, T6N 1E4

Tel: (780) 495-2136
Fax: (780) 495-6510
E-mail: kashmir.gill@nrc.gc.ca

2005 Canadian Fuel Cell Systems Symposium
"Energy Solutions for Tomorrow"
Banff Conference Centre
Banff , Alberta , Canada

October 12-14, 2005

DAY 1: WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 12, 2005

12:00 pm     Short Course Registration

12:30 pm     SHORT COURSE:  Principles of Fuel Cells

Josephine Hill, Professor, University of Calgary , Calgary , Canada

John Kilner, Professor, Imperial College , London , UK

      4:00 pm       REGISTRATION & SETTING UP OF POSTERS

      5:30 pm       Dinner

SESSIONS BEGIN

      6:45 pm       Welcome & Opening Remarks from Conference Chair

      6:50 pm       Guest Address - from WD

SESSION 1:      OPENING SESSION - FUEL CELL NETWORKS AND CLUSTERS

Moderators:     Doug James, AERI/EnergyINEt and Alex Dickson (Cetac-West)

      7:00 pm     U.S. FUEL CELL STRATEGY AND IMPLEMENTATION

                         Subhash Singhal, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory , USA

      7:30 pm     SOFC RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AT RISØ NATIONAL LABORATORY

Søren Linderoth, Risø National Laboratory , Denmark

      8:00 pm     NRC-INSTITUTE FOR FUEL CELL INNOVATION

Radenka Maric, NRC-Institute for Fuel Cell Innovation, Vancouver , BC , Canada

      8:20 pm     THE WESTERN CANADA FUEL CELL INITIATIVE

Viola Birss, University of Calgary , Calgary , Alberta , Canada

      8:40 pm     RESEARCH ACTIVITIES AT THE QUEEN’S-RMC FUEL CELL RESEARCH CENTRE

Brant A. Peppley, Queen’s-RMC Fuel Cell Research Centre, Kingston , Ontario , Canada

      9:00-10:30 pm      Reception & Networking

DAY 2: THURSDAY OCTOBER 13, 2005

    7:30 am       REGISTRATION

SESSION 2:    SOFC RESEARCH TRENDS

Moderators:   Viola Birss, University of Calgary and Tom Etsell, University of Alberta

      8:00 am     Keynote Speaker

OXYGEN TRANSPORT IN NON-STOICHIOMETRIC OXIDES FOR APPLICATION IN SOFCs AND ITSOFCs

                        John Kilner, Department of Materials, Imperial College , London , UK

      8:40 am     THE APPLICATION OF SPINEL COATINGS FOR SOFC INTERCONNECTS

Anthony Petric, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, McMaster University , Hamilton , Ontario , Canada

      9:00 am     THE INFLUENCE OF THE PORE DISTRIBUTION AND MORPHOLOGY OF THE PROCESSING AND PROPERTIES OF NI-YSZ SOFC ANODES

Stephen F. Corbin, Materials Engineering and Processing Group, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

      9:20 am     NEXT GENERATION ELECTROLYTE-SUPPORTED SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS

Michael J. Day, Todd Lesousky, Dayna Hatoski, J. Michael Funk, Kathy Sabolsky, Jerry Jayjohn and  Matthew M. Seabaugh, NexTech Materials, Ltd., Lewis Center, Ohio, USA

      9:40 am     ANODE SUPPORTED MICRO-SOFC FOR SMALL POWER APPLICATIONS

                        Partho Sarkar , Alberta Research Council, Edmonton , Alberta , Canada

      10:00 am   FABRICATION OF SOFC ELECTRODES BY IMPREGNATION METHODS (Invited)

Raymond J. Gorte, University of Pennsylvania, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Philadelphia, PA 19104  USA

      10:30 am   Coffee Break

SESSION 3:    INDUSTRY'S PERSPECTIVE OF FUEL CELL TECHNOLOGY:  CURRENT STATUS

Moderator:     Partho Sarkar , Alberta Research Council and Anthony Petric, McMaster University

      11:00 am   SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL FOR POWER GENERATION APPLICATIONS

Nguyen Minh, GE Energy, GE Hybrid Power Generation Systems, Torrance , CA , USA

      11:25 am   DEVELOPMENT OF SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS

Brian P. Borglum, Versa Power Systems Ltd, Calgary , Alberta , Canada

      11:50 am   RECENT TECHNOLOGY ADVANCEMENTS AT BALLARD R+D

Rajeev Vohra, Ballard Power Systems, Research and Development, Burnaby , BC , Canada

LUNCH BREAK:          12:15 - 1:45 PM

LUNCH SPEAKER:  HYDROGEN – OR A SUSTAINABLE ENERGY FUTURE

Ulf Bossel, European Fuel Cell Forum , Switzerland

Moderator:     Francois Girard, National Research Council, Vancouver , Canada             

SESSION 4:    MODELING OF FUEL CELLS

Moderators:     K. Nandakumar, University of Alberta and Kunal Karan, Queens University

      1:50 pm     Keynote Speaker

                        MULTI-PHYSICS MODELING AND AND SIMULATION OF SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS-FROM MICROSTRUCTURE TO SYSTEMS  (Keynote on Modeling)

Moe A. Khaleel, Laboratory Fellow and Director, Computational Science and Mathematics Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland , WA 99352 , USA

      2:30 pm     A PARAMETRIC MODEL OF A TUBULAR SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL

J.G. Pharoah and M.E. Austin , Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston , Ontario , Canada

      2:50 pm     ESTIMATION OF REACTION RATE PARAMETERS FOR A H₂S FUELLED SOFC

D. Monder*, K. Nandakumar and K.T. Chuang, Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta , Edmonton , Alberta , Canada

SESSION 5:    POSTER SESSION (3:10 pm - 5:30 pm)

                        Coordinator:  Jingli Luo, University of Alberta

Dinner Break:   5:30 - 6:45 pm

SESSION 6:    Evening Session

      6:45 pm     GUEST ADDRESS - ARC

      6:55 pm     FUEL CELLS TO MEET MILITARY REQUIREMENTS (Invited Talk)

Ed Andrukaitis, Defense R&D Canada, H/AVRS, Ottawa , Ontario , Canada

Moderator:     Mark Williams, Department of Energy , USA

      7:30 PM    PANEL DISCUSSION ON "IS THERE A FUTURE FOR FUEL CELLS?"

Moderator:     TBA

PARTICIPANTS:       David Keith ( University of Calgary )

                                    Ulf Bossel (European Fuel Cell Forum Switzerland )

            Brant Peppley (RMC, Kingston )

                                    Subash Singhal (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory , USA )

            Bob Mitchell (Private Consultant)

      9:15-10:30 pm      Reception & Networking

DAY 3:  FRIDAY OCTOBER 14, 2005

7:30 am           REGISTRATION

SESSION 7:    PROTON CONDUCTING FUEL CELLS AND HYDROGEN TECHNOLOGY

Moderators:   Stephen F. Corbin, University of Waterloo and Biao Huang, University of Alberta

      8:00 am     PROTON CONDUCTING PROPERTIES OF SULFONATED METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS

George K. H. Shimizu and Jeff A. Hurd, Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary

      8:20 am     DEVELOPMENT OF SOLID STATE PROTON CONDUCTORS FOR APPLICATION IN FUEL CELLS

V. Thangadurai, University of Calgary , Department of Chemistry, Calgary

      8:40 am     HYDROGEN NOW^TM  TECHNOLOGY BASED ON ALUMINIUM-ASSISTED WATER SPLIT REACTION

Ricky Gujral¹ and T. Troczynski², A. Alfantazi², E. Czech^2*, J. Skrovan^2*, ¹Hydrogen Power, Inc., Seattle, WA, USA and ²Department of Materials Engineering, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. Canada

      9:00 am     TRANSPORTABLE GEOTHERMAL ENERGY FROM ICELAND , ALASKA , CHILE , NORTH AMERICA AND BEYOND. HYDROGEN, METHANOL, OR ETHANOL AND METALS/MINERALS AVAILABILITY FROM NEAR SURFACE MAGMATIC SYSTEMS, A CHALLENGE TO THE OIL ECONOMy

Daniel W.H. Fraser, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Manitoba , Winnipeg , Manitoba , Canada

      9:20 am     HYDROGEN PURITY SECURITY^TM

David R. Martin, and Andy Klassen, Membrane Reactor Technologies, Vancouver , BC , Canada

      9:40 am     COFFEE BREAK

SESSION 8:    VENTURE CAPITAL, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, AND MARKETING

Moderator:     TBA

      10:00 am   INVITED PRESENTATION (TBA)

                        Kirk Washington, Yaletown Venture Partners

      10:30 am   SWOT (STRENGTHS, WEAKNESSES, OPPORTUNITIES, THREATS) ANALYSIS FOR EMERGING TECHNOLOGY

John T. Ramsay, Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP, Calgary , Alberta , Canada

      11:00 am   TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTS OF FUEL CELL DEVELOPMENT AND MARKET PENETRATION

Mike Hollinshead, Facing the Future, Edmonton, and Craig Eastman and Tom Etsell, Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

      11:30 am   FUEL CELL PATENTING TRENDS IN CANADA AND TIPS FOR EFFECTIVELY MANAGING YOUR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ASSETS

Brian Y. Lee, Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP, Vancouver , BC , Canada

LUNCH BREAK:          12:00 - 1:10 PM

SESSION 9:    FUELS & FUEL PROCESSING

Moderator      Josephine Hill, University of Calgary and J.G. Pharoah, Queen's University

      1:10 pm     OPERATING CONDITIONS FOR THE DIRECT ELECTROCHEMICAL OXIDATION OF METHANE ON CERMET BASED ANODES

Agusti Sin¹, Evgeny Kopnin¹, Yuri Dubitsky¹, Antonio Zaopo¹, ¹Pirelli Labs S.p.A., Viale Sarca 222, I-20126 Milan, Italy, Antonino S. Aricò², Laura R. Gullo², Daniela La Rosa²,  Vincenzo Antonucci^{2, 1}CNR-ITAE,  Via Salita Santa Lucia Sopra Contesse 5, I-98125 Messina, Italy

      1:30 pm     H₂S-FUELLED SOFCs

Karl Chuang and Jingli Luo, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

      1:50 pm     DRY REFORMING INTEGRATED TO SOFC SYSTEM DESIGN

Francois Gitzhofer,ing and Nicolas Abatzoglou, Chemical Eng. Dept, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke , Quebec , Canada

      2:10 pm     DEVELOPMENT OF MICROLITH FOR FUEL CELLS - A SYSTEM PERSPECTIVE

Subir Roychoudhury and Maxim Lyubovsky and Dennis Walsh, Precision Combustion Inc., North Haven , CT , USA

      2:30 am     DIESEL FUEL PROCESSING FOR SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL SYSTEMS

Brant A. Peppley⁽¹⁾, C.G. Caners⁽²⁾, P.T. Harasti⁽¹⁾, S.J. Harrison⁽²⁾ and P.H. Oosthuizen^{(2), 1}Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Royal Military College of Canada, ²Department of Mechanical Engineering, Queens University, Kingston, Ontario

CLOSING REMARKS:         CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS