BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:REQUEST PRODID:-//ddaysoftware//NONSGML DDay.iCal 1.0//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20071102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20070301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:The oil & gas industry currently finds itself in a rapidly chan ging and challenging environment\; there are signals of disruption in the overall business environment that necessitate an understanding of the basi cs and potential implementation of technology. As the global energy system evolves and environmental\, social and regulatory expectations change\, t here is a need for the industry to increase its awareness of\, develop\, a nd support technologies to decrease costs and carbon intensity.The figure at right is taken from an article on innovation in the Harvard Business Re view1\; the concepts of core\, adjacent\, and transformational innovation are described in the figure. The focus of the Suncor Academic Forum will b e early-stage transformational technologies and the fundamental interdisci plinary R&D that will be critical to their advancement.Against this backgr ound\, the Forum Objectives are:1. To attract to the Forum\, researchers f rom all over the world pursuing R&D in subject areas with transformational potential (examples subject areas described in more detail below)\;2. To increase the intersection and collisions between external innovators and r esearchers with Suncor’s R&D and technology development activities\;3. To kick off the creation of a Collaboration Network of fundamental researcher s and Suncor technology developers in support of transformational technolo gy aspirations\;4. To create a draft framework for the Collaboration Netwo rk\, partly funded by Suncor and with the goal to actively seek leveraged funding from external funding organizations.Subject Areas of Interest (not exhaustive)Suncor’s Technology Development activities are organized into three broad Strategic Focus Areas or SFA’s:1. Bitumen Value Chain Optimiza tion (BVCO)\;2. Low-Intensity Electricity\, Heat and Hydrogen (LIEH)\;3. R enewable Liquid Fuels (RLF)\;The Organizers are seeking to attract to the Forum world-class R&D in subject areas that cut across multiple focus area s\, including\, but not limited to:• Fundamentals of chemistry applied to thermal conversion and / or hydroprocessing of bitumen\;• Advances in anal ytical methods for bitumen characterization (e.g. NMR\, Synchrotron radiat ion\, etc.)\;• Cross-disciplinary approaches to characterization and upgra ding of bitumen: e.g.\, large molecule synthetic biology and pharmacology\ ;• Nanotechnology and nanocatalysis for bitumen conversion\, power generat ion\, and renewable liquid fuels manufacture\;• Application of atomic scal e imaging to catalysts used for bitumen conversion\;• Ionic liquid fundame ntals and application to bitumen recovery and upgrading\, CO2 capture\, an d biomass conversion\;Contact Information:For additional information or qu estions\, contact the Conference Organizing Committee: SuncorAcademicForum @suncor.com Abstract Submission:Abstracts should not exceed one page in le ngth and must be submitted by June 18th\, 2018. Abstracts must follow the format shown in the attached template.Abstracts should be submitted as a W ord file via email to this address: SuncorAcademicForum@suncor.com \n\nKey Dates:June 18th\, 2018 – Deadline for Abstract SubmissionsJuly 3rd\, 2018 – Deadline for Organizers to Invite Full Paper Submissions based on Abstr acts ReceivedAugust 27th\, 2018 – Full Papers DueOctober 9th to 11th\, 201 8 – Forum Dates\n\n\n DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181013 DTSTAMP:20180612T165612Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181010 LAST-MODIFIED:20180612T165612Z LOCATION:Hotel Arts\, Calgary\, Alberta\, Canada ORGANIZER;CN=Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy via Waterloo Institu te for Sustainable Energy:MAILTO:efc7951d-b742-48f8-b058-b5ec7e139f79.21@c a.igloosoftware.com SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:The Suncor Academic Forum on Transformational Technology for Energy Systems UID:efc7951d-b742-48f8-b058-b5ec7e139f79 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html;FMTTYPE=text/html:
The oil &\; gas i
ndustry currently finds itself in a rapidly changing and challenging envir
onment\; there are signals of disruption in the overall business environme
nt that necessitate an understanding of the basics and potential implement
ation of technology. As the global energy system evolves and environmental
\, social and regulatory expectations change\, there is a need for the ind
ustry to increase its awareness of\, develop\, and support technologies to
decrease costs and carbon intensity.
The figure at right is taken fro
m an article on innovation in the Harvard Business Review1\; the concepts
of core\, adjacent\, and transformational innovation are described in the
figure. The focus of the Suncor Academic Forum will be early-stage transfo
rmational technologies and the fundamental interdisciplinary R&\;D that
will be critical to their advancement.
Against this back
ground\, the Forum Objectives are:
1. To attract to the
Forum\, researchers from all over the world pursuing R&\;D in subject a
reas with transformational potential (examples subject areas described in
more detail below)\;
2. To increase the intersection and collisions be
tween external innovators and researchers with Suncor’s R&\;D and techn
ology development activities\;
3. To kick off the creation of a Collab
oration Network of fundamental researchers and Suncor technology developer
s in support of transformational technology aspirations\;
4. To create
a draft framework for the Collaboration Network\, partly funded by Suncor
and with the goal to actively seek leveraged funding from external fundin
g organizations.
Subject Areas of Interest (not exhaustive)
<
br/>Suncor’s Technology Development activities are organized into
three broad Strategic Focus Areas or SFA’s:
1. Bitumen V
alue Chain Optimization (BVCO)\;
2. Low-Intensity Electricity\, Heat a
nd Hydrogen (LIEH)\;
3. Renewable Liquid Fuels (RLF)\;
• Fundamentals of chemistry applied to the
rmal conversion and / or hydroprocessing of bitumen\;
• Advances in an
alytical methods for bitumen characterization (e.g. NMR\, Synchrotron radi
ation\, etc.)\;
• Cross-disciplinary approaches to characterization an
d upgrading of bitumen: e.g.\, large molecule synthetic biology and pharma
cology\;
• Nanotechnology and nanocatalysis for bitumen conversion\, p
ower generation\, and renewable liquid fuels manufacture\;
• Applicati
on of atomic scale imaging to catalysts used for bitumen conversion\;
• Ionic liquid fundamentals and application to bitumen recovery and upgrad
ing\, CO2 capture\, and biomass conversion\;
Contact Informa
tion:
For additional information or questions\, contact
the Conference Organizing Committee: SuncorAcademicForum@suncor.com
Abstract S
ubmission:
Abstracts should not exceed one page in lengt
h and must be submitted by June 18th\, 2018. Abst
racts must follow the format shown in the attached template.
Abstracts should be submitted as a Word file via email to this addres
s: SuncorAcademicForum@sun
cor.com
Key Dates:
June 18th\, 2018
– Deadline for Abstract Submissions
July 3rd\, 2018 – Deadline for Or
ganizers to Invite Full Paper Submissions based on Abstracts Received
August 27th\, 2018 – Full Papers Due
October 9th to 11th\, 2018 – Foru
m Dates