Introduction and Welcome

• Gregory Picker, Policy Officer, Australian Greenhouse Office

SF6 and the Environment: Understanding, Measuring, and Managing

• The Science of Global Climate Change and the Role of SF6, Jerry D. Mahlman, Former Director-Emeritus, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Methods for Measuring SF6 Emissions, Dina Kruger, Branch Chief, Methane & Sequestration Branch, USEPA
• Global Climate Change Policy: The View From Here, Vicki Arroyo Cochran, Director of Policy Analysis, Pew Center on Global Climate Change

US EPA’s Voluntary SF6 Emission Reduction Partnerships and a Perspective On Global Sales of SF6

• EPA’s SF6 Emission Reduction Partnership for the Magnesium Industry, Scott Bartos, Program Manager, USEPA
• EPA’s SF6 Emission Reduction Partnership for Electric Power Systems, Eric Jay Dolin
• SF6 Production and Distribution: Results of RAND Survey and Implications for the Utility and Magnesium Industries, Katie D. Smythe, Senior Project Manager, RAND Environmental Science & Policy Center

International Perspectives On SF6 Emission Reduction

• Australia, Gregory Picker, Policy Officer, Australian Greenhouse Office
• Germany, Katja Schwaab, Product Manager, Halogenated Substances, Federal Environmental Agency
• Japan, Shigeru Maruyama, Manager, Department of Engineering,The Federation of Electric Power Companies in Japan Masanari Meguro, Assistant Senior Manager, Toshiba Corporation
• Denmark, Frank Jensen, Biologist, Miljostyrelsen (Danish EPA)
• Canada, John Ayres, Senior Program Engineer, Minerals & Metals Division, Environment Canada

Utility Breakout Session I: Effectively Managing SF6: Leak Detection And Reduction

• EPRI’s SF6 Management Program, Ben Damsky, Manager, Power Electronics Systems, EPRI
• Experience with Infrared Leak Detection on FPL Switchgear, John Fischer, Project Manager, Florida Power & Light and Dave Keith, Field Service Manager, Roberts Transformer
• Standoff Wide Area Detection of SF6 by Means of a Passive IR Imaging Spectrometer, E. Robert Schildkraut, Vice President, Corporate Development and Research, Block Engineering, Division of Spectra Optics Incorporated
• Remanufacturing Older Breakers, George A. McCracken, Operations Manager, ABB Power T&D Service

Magnesium Breakout Session I: Alternative Melt Protection Gases

• International Magnesium Association (IMA) and SF6, Byron Clow, Executive Vice President, IMA and James Hillis, Chairman of IMA’s SF6 Substitution Committee, Noranda
• Hydrofluorocarbons as a Replacement for SF6 in Magnesium Processing, Nigel Ricketts, Senior Leader for Magnesium Production, Australia’s CRC for Cast Metals Manufacturing
• Handling and Use of Sulfur Dioxide for Magnesium Melt Protection, Darryl L. Albright, Director of Market Development, Hydro Magnesium
• A Replacement for SF6 The MagShield System, Allen Schultz, Director, Light Metals - North America, HATCH

Poster Sessions

• Poster #1: The SF6 ReUse Program, David Iacoe, Solvay Fluorides, Inc. and Michael Pittroff, Solvay Fluor und Derivate GmbH
• Poster #2: Impact of High Voltage SF6 Circuit Breakers on Global Warming - Relative Contribution of SF6 Losses, Jean-Luc Bessede, Alstom T&D France and Werner Krondorfer, Alstom T&D USA, Inc.
• Poster #3: Historical Global Emission Trends of the Kyoto Gases HFCs, PFCs and SF6, Jos G.J. Olivier, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) and Joost Bakker, TNO-MEP
• Poster #4: Electrical Insulation Performance of Extremely Small Amount of SF6 in N2 Mixture and the SF6 Reduction Rate for Electric Power Apparatus, Hitoshi Okubo, Nagoya University
• Poster #5: Carbon Membrane Separator for Elimination of SF6 Emissions from Gas Insulated Electrical Utilities, Gil Dagan, Giora Agam, Vitaly Krakov, Len Kaplan, Carbon Membranes Ltd.

Utility Breakout Session II: Recycling SF6

• CIGRE’s Recycling Guide, Phil Bolin, General Manager, Substation Department, Mitsubishi Electric Power Products
• SF6 Maintenance Equipment Fundamentals, Eric Campbell, General Manager, DILO Company, Inc.
• SF6 Recycling: Where are We?, Bryan Smith, SF6 Product Manager, Cryoquip, Inc.
• Product Stewardship for SF6, Ewald Preisegger, Environmental & Public Affairs Manager, Solvay Fluor and Derivate
• SF6 Management and Handling by Switchgear Manufacturers and Users: An Overview of the Situation in the European Union, Jan W. Wouda, Capiel HV Technical Committee

Magnesium Breakout Session II: SF6 Management and Process Optimizations

• GasVue and the Magnesium Industry: Advanced SF6 Leak Detection, Tom McRae, President, Laser Imaging Systems
• Discussion Session/Information Sharing, Scott Bartos, USEPA

Utility Breakout Session III: Gas Mixtures And Alternatives To Pure SF6

• Cold Weather Applications of Gas Mixture (SF6/N2 and SF6/CF4) Circuit Breakers: A Utility User’s Perspective, Bob Middleton, Apparatus Quality Control Engineer, Manitoba Hydro
• Research and Findings on Alternatives to Pure SF6, Loucas Christophorou, National Institute of Standards and Technology
• CIGRE Guide for SF6 Gas Mixtures: Application and Handling in Electrical Power Equipment, Lutz Niemeyer, Senior Scientist, ABB Corporate Research

Magnesium Breakout Session III: SF6 Capture And Recycle

• Capture and Reuse of SF6 in Magnesium Casting Operations, Tom Tripp, Production Manager, Magnesium Corporation of America
• A Tailor-Made Membrane for SF6 Recycling: An Environmentally Friendly Method to Reduce Costs, Gil Dagan, Operations Manager, Carbon Membranes Ltd.
• Concept for the Reduction of SF6: Emissions in Magnesium Foundries, Michael Pittroff, Technical Manager for SF6, Solvay Fluor & Derivate

Utility Breakout Session IV: Case Studies

• Southern California Edison, Alex Salinas, Technical Specialist, Southern California Edison
• Bonneville Power Administration, Joseph Lo, Electrical Engineer, Bonneville Power Administration
• Consolidated Edison: SF6 Management Plan, Patrick Di Lillo, Technical Specialist, Consolidated Edison
• American Electric Power, James D. McCreary, Senior Engineer, American Electric Power
• An Overview of Operating Experience and SF6 Emission Reduction Efforts at Seabrook Station, Edward Saputa, Senior Engineer, Environmental Services Department, North Atlantic Energy Service Company

Magnesium Breakout Session IV: Case Studies

• A Noranda Perspective on Global Warming, Michael M. Avedesian, President, Noranda Magnesium
• Strategy to Reduce and Replace Emissions of SF6 in Magnesium, Darryl Albright, Director of Market Development, the Americas and Pacific Rim, Hydro Light Metals
• Update on SF6 Use and Emissions from Japan’s Magnesium Casting Industry, Kiyoshi Hara, Secretary General, Japan Industrial Conference for Ozone Layer Protection

Closing Plenary Session: Benefits of Established Industrial Partnerships

• Voluntary Aluminum Industrial Partnership, Jerry Marks, Former Manager, Analysis & Testing Services, Alcoa Technical Center, and Consultant, International Aluminum Institute
• PFC Emission Reduction Partnership for the Semiconductor Industry, Chuck Fraust, Director of Environment, Health & Safety, Semiconductor Industry Association