2007 Asian Energy Security Project Meeting

 “Energy Futures and Energy Cooperation in the Northeast Asia Region”

October 31 – November 2, 2007

Beijing, China

Agenda

30 October

17:30 – 18:00   Informal Meeting Registration (for Those Arriving on 30 October or Before)

18:00               Meet in Lobby of Qinghuayuan Hotel to go to Dinner

18:30               INFORMAL GROUP DINNER

31 October

Informal Registration, Tea/Coffee

Welcoming Remarks

Session I: Country Updates and Summaries

8:15-8:45        Registration for Later Arrivals/Local Participants, Tea/Coffee

Welcoming Remarks and Presentation of Workshop Goals and Schedule

8:45 – 9:00       Welcoming Remarks: Representative of Tsinghua University

9:00 – 9:20       Welcoming Remarks and Goals of Meeting: Dr. Peter HAYES, Nautilus Institute

9:20 – 9:30       Presentation of Meeting Schedule and Logistics: Dr. David VON HIPPEL, Mr. Scott BRUCE, Nautilus Institute

9:30     Session I: Country Updates (and Country Summaries for AES Teams Joining the Project in 2007)

9:30 – 10:25     Prof. Victor KALASHNIKOV and Dr. Ruslan GULIDOV:  “Update on the RFE Energy Sector and on the RFE LEAP Modeling Effort”.

10:25 – 10:40  BREAK

10:40 – 11:30   Dr. Asclepias R.S. INDRIYANTO, Dr. Bobby Tamaela WATTIMENA, and Dr. Fabby Victor Chandra MULIA:  “Overview of Indonesia’s Energy Sector – Current Status and Plans for Future Development”

11:30 – 12:20  Ms. TAKASE Kae and Prof. SUZUKI Tatsujiro:  “Update on the Japanese Energy Sector and on the Japan LEAP Modeling Effort”.

12:20 – 13:20  LUNCH

13:20 – 14:10   Prof. Yunchang Jeffrey BOR, Prof. Yophy HUANG, and Ms. Chieh-Yu PENG, “Overview of Taiwan’s Energy Sector – Current Status and Plans of Future Development”

14:10 – 14:55   Dr. David VON HIPPEL, “Nautilus Institute’s Analysis of the DPRK Energy Sector and DPRK Energy Paths: Update” [Note: The DPRK delegation is unfortunately unable to attend AES this year, but expects to continue to be involved in the project in the future.  In their absence, Dr. Von Hippel will present the results of Nautilus’s most recent analysis of the DPRK energy sector to provide AES colleagues with an overview of the DPRK energy sector and provide an example of AES energy paths]

14:55 – 15:45   Prof. PHAM Khanh Toan, “Overview of Vietnam’s Energy Sector – Current Status and Plans of Future Development”

15:50 – 16:00  BREAK

16:00 – 17:00  Prof. WANG Yanjia, Dr. GU Alun, and Prof ZHANG Aling: “Update on the Chinese Energy Sector and on the China LEAP Modeling Effort”

17:00 – 17:15   Discussion of Agenda for Next Day, and Logistics Announcements

17:15                 End of First Day of Workshop

18:00               Meet in Hotel Lobby for Walk or Transit to Local Restaurant

18:30               Informal Group Dinner

 

1 November

Session I: Country Updates and Summaries (continued)

Session II: The Nuclear Power Sector in East Asia and other Special Topics

Session III: The AES Project Moving Forward: Discussion of Publication Opportunities, Collaborative Research Proposal for 2008, and General Workshop Discussion

Begin 9:00 (Tea and Coffee Available at 8:45)

Session I: Country Updates and Summaries (continued)

9:00 – 9:55       Prof. Jim FALK:  “Overview of Australia’s Energy Sector – Current Status and Plans of Future Development”.

9:55 – 10:45     Dr. David VON HIPPEL “Overview of and Brief Update on the Energy Sector and LEAP Modeling Effort in the Republic of Korea”, and Dr. KANG Jungmin: “Maximum and Minimum Nuclear Power Paths for the Republic of Korea”.   [Note: Due to previous commitments, Prof. SHIN Eui-soon and Dr. CHUNG Woo-jin of the ROK AES Team are unable to attend AES this year.  In their absence, David Von Hippel will provide a brief overview of energy in the ROK, and of the ROK LEAP modeling effort in general, and Jungmin Kang will provide a presentation on the attributes of the “Maximum” and “Minimum” nuclear paths to be implemented in the ROK LEAP model by Prof. Shin’s team.]

10:45 – 11:00  BREAK

Session II: The Nuclear Power Sector and Nuclear Fuel Cycle in East Asia and other Special Topics: Presentations and Discussions  (Chair to be determined)

11:00 – 11:30 Dr. LEE Choon Geun:  “Science and Technology Cooperation Between the ROK and the DPRK with an Emphasis on the Energy Sector”

11:30 – 12:00 Prof. SUZUKI Tatsujiro:  “Summary of Nuclear Spent Fuel Management in Japan: Updated Status and Plans”

12:00 – 12:30 Presenter from Tsinghua:  “The Nuclear Power sector in China: Generation Capacity Expansion and Nuclear Spent Fuel Management, Update on Status, Plans, and Policies”

12:30 – 13:30 LUNCH

13:30 – 14:00   Dr. Alexander OGNEV: “The Power Sector in the Russian Far East: Recent Status and Plans”

14:00 – 14:30   Dr. Alexander DMITRIEV: “Summary of Nuclear Spent Fuel Management in Russia and the Russian Far East: Status and Plans”

14:30 – 15:00   Prof. Jim FALK:  “Overview of Australia’s Nuclear Power Sector – Current Status and Plans/Options for Future Development”

15:00 – 15:30  Dr. KANG Jungmin: “Potential Regional Nuclear Spent Fuel Management and Regional Uranium Enrichment/Reprocessing Paths for Asia”

15:30 – 15:45  BREAK

Session III: The AES Project Moving Forward (Chair, Peter Hayes)

15:45 – 16:10  Mr. Timothy SAVAGE and David VON HIPPEL, Nautilus Institute: “Status Report on Plans for Publication of Asian Energy Security Collaborative Research in Energy Policy

 

16:10 – 16:30  Dr. Peter HAYES and Dr. David VON HIPPEL, Nautilus Institute: “AES Status Report, Introduction to Proposed Research Plan for 2008, and Connections of AES with Other Initiatives”

16:30 – 17:30 Discussion of Publications, Research Plan, and Other AES Issues

17:30 – 17:35   Discussion of Agenda for Next Day, and Logistics Announcements

17:35                 End of Second Day of Workshop

18:30               Meet in Hotel Lobby for Walk or Transit to Local Restaurant

19:00               Informal Group Dinner

2 November

 

Session III (continued): The AES Project Moving Forward

Session IV: LEAP Software Training/Working Session

Begin 9:00 (Tea and Coffee Available at 8:45)

Session III: The AES Project Moving Forward (continued)

9:00 – 10:15     Continue Discussion of Publications, Research Plan, and Other AES Issues (as needed)

10:15 – 10:30  Concluding Remarks from Meeting Co-Hosts, Concluding Discussion from Participants, Wrap-up of Presentation/Discussion Portion of Meeting, and Awarding of Meeting Certificates

10:30               End of Presentation/Discussion Portion of Meeting

10:30 – 11:00  BREAK AND SET-UP FOR LEAP TRAINING

Session IV: LEAP Software Training/Working Session

This year at AES we will have a combination of participants who are very experienced at using LEAP, and participants who may be seeing LEAP for the first time.  We have planned to use most of November 2^nd to provide a combination of training on LEAP and opportunities to share LEAP results with, help, and learn from other country teams and Nautilus staff.   This session will start at 11:00 with a LEAP overview lecture for those new to the software (and those wishing a refresher course), after which those new to the software will probably wish to start work on a training exercise.  Those who are experienced with LEAP can use this time to work on their models, discuss how to modify their models to incorporate regional considerations, ask questions about their models (or those of other groups) of each other and of Nautilus trainers, or help colleagues new to LEAP to learn the software!

11:00 – 17:00    LEAP Presentations/Work Session

12:30 – 13:30 WORKING LUNCH

17:00               End of LEAP Working Session

18:00               Meet in Hotel Lobby for Transit to Downtown Beijing

19:30               INFORMAL GROUP DINNER IN DOWNTOWN BEIJING