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The first Carbon
Sequestration Conference was held in 2001 in order to facilitate
the exchange of information and experience primarily between the
engineers and scientists involved in projects funded by the
National Energy Technology Laboratory and other Department
of Energy (DOE) programs. The second conference was held in 2003
and has subsequently been held on an annual basis. At the
current time, President George W. Bush has launched the
Administration’s Climate Change Science Program. He has also
directed the DOE to create a government-wide Climate Change
Technology Program to complement the science initiative and work
on technologies to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. The
President also invited the international community to work with
the U.S. to develop carbon capture, separation and sequestration
technologies that would allow developed and ‘emerging economy’
nations to utilize their vast fossil resources but in a manner
that would reduce carbon intensity. This has led to the
establishment of the Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum
and expansion of the Conference to include international RD&D
activities. For the most part, the early conferences focused
on carbon capture, separation and sequestration projects funded
primarily by U. S. Government agencies. Over the past three
years, however, the technical sessions have been expanded to
include efforts supported by countries outside the U.S. The 2007
Conference follows in the footsteps of the past five events,
maintaining the objectives to:
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Focus on carbon capture,
separation and sequestration technologies that are being or
could be deployed in the U.S. and North America
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Provide a forum for the
exchange of experience among U.S. and international
scientific and engineering communities working on such
technologies and systems
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Facilitate the necessary
dialogue between technology developers/purveyors, industry
and the public on the development and deployment of viable
technologies
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Share experience on
developing the necessary capacity within the public and
private sector to move the technology base forward
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