Conference Presentations
Keynote Speeches
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William D. Magwood, IV, Director, Office of Nuclear Energy
Identifying Public Benefits: Using Estimates of Benefits (PowerPoint)
Joseph S. Wholey, University of California
Session 1. Overview, Background, and Objectives
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Russell Lee
C. Michael Smith
Loretta Beaumont
Session 2. Methods Currently Used by DOE Offices to Estimate
 the Benefits of Their R&D Programs
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Mary Beth Zimmerman, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Measuring Prospective Benefits for FE R&D Programs (PowerPoint)
Jay Braitsch, Office of Fossil Energy
Baselining Benefits (PowerPoint)
Trevor L. Cook, Office of Nuclear Energy, Science, and Technology
Evaluating the Benefits of Basic Research: Approaches and Perspectives within the Office of Science (PowerPoint)
Robert Vallario, Office of Science
Session 3. Federal Perspectives on Performance Measurement
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Measuring the Benefits of the Advanced Technology Program (PowerPoint)
Jeanne Powell, Advanced Technology Program
Robert Pearce, Office of Aerospace Technology (unable to attend session)
Federal Railroad Administration's (FRA’s) Research & Development Project Evaluation and Investment Analysis (PowerPoint)
Robert C. Ricci, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center
Mark A. Weatherly, Office of Management and Budget
Session 4. Establishing a Starting Point for Discussion
of a Methodological Framework for Defining R&D Benefits
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Robert Fri, Resources for the Future
James L. Sweeney, Stanford University
Ideas on a Framework and Methods for Estimating the Benefits of Government-Sponsored Energy R&D (PowerPoint)
Russell Lee, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Session 5. Structure, Goals, and Priorities of the Workshops
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Douglas R. Brookman, Public Solutions, Inc.
Session 6. Summaries and Feedback on the Workshop's
Discussions of a Benefits Framework-
James L. Wolf
Brandon Owens
Gretchen Jordan
Paul Leiby
Session 7. Review the First Day's Workshops and
Review of the Second Day of Workshops
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James L. Wolf
Brandon Owens
Gretchen Jordan
Paul Leiby
Session 8. Workshop Summaries and Discussion
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James L. Wolf
Brandon Owens
Gretchen Jordan
Paul Leiby
Session 9. Next Steps and Closing Remarks
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Russell Lee, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Workshop A: Prospective Benefits -- Cross-Cutting Issues
Session A2.
Defining and calculating the projected baseline on which new technologies are to be introduced -
Baseline Definition for Measuring New Technology Benefits (PowerPoint)
Frances Wood, OnLocation, Inc./Energy System Consulting
Representation of Technological Change: Some Economic Approaches (PowerPoint)
Jim Turnure, ICF Consulting
Prospective R&D Benefits Framework (PowerPoint)
Robert L. Hirsch, Advanced Power Technologies, Inc.
Session A4.
The effect of a government's R&D program on technology deployment and use -
Lessons Learned from GAO’s Evaluation of the Outcomes of R&D Programs (PowerPoint)
Richard P. Cheston, General Accounting Office
Measuring the Effect of Government R&D on Technology Deployment and Use: A Practitioner's Perspective (Word, PDF)
Thomas M. Pelsoci, Delta Research Company
Estimating the Contribution of a Government Program (PowerPoint)
Rosalie T. Ruegg, TIA Consulting
Session A6.
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Using Benefit and Other Performance Information in Program Planning and Evaluation (PDF)
John Mortensen, Consultant
Role of R&D in Market Transformation (PowerPoint)
Helen Kim, NYSERDA
Workshop B: Option Benefits of R&D
- Session B2.
Definition of options and the calculation of option value
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John J. Wise, Retired
Optimizing the Level of Renewable Electric R&D Expenditures Using Real Options Analysis (Word)
Graham A. Davis, Colorado School of Mines, CO
Brandon Owens, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO
Why Real Options Valuation (ROV)? (PowerPoint)
Soussan Faiz, Independent Consultant
Options Value in R&D (PowerPoint)
Gregory L. Hamm, Independent Consultant
- Session B6.
Using estimates of benefits in R&D program planning and evaluation
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Valuing R&D: Investment and Risk Modeling Methods and Tools at Boeing (PowerPoint)
Scott Mathews, Boeing Phantom Works
Using Estimates of Benefits in R&D Program Planning and Evaluation (PowerPoint)
Steffen Gackstatter, AD Little, Inc.
Workshop C: Knowledge Benefits of R&D
- Session C2.
Definition of knowledge value and indicators
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Irwin Feller, The Pennsylvania State University
Indicators of Knowledge Value (PowerPoint)
Diana Hicks, CHI Research, Inc.
- Session C6.
Using estimates of benefits in R&D program planning and evaluation
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J. David Roessner, SRI International
Estimating the Value of R&D: Using Estimates in R&D Program Planning and Evaluation (PowerPoint)
Parry M. Norling, Dupont and RAND
Workshop D: Security, Economic, and Environmental Benefits
- Session D2.
Security benefits of R&D on energy technologies and systems
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Costs of Oil Dependence: A 2000 Update (PDF)
David L. Greene, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN
Nataliya I. Tishchishyna, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
Paula L. Scalingi, The Scalingi Group
Security Benefits of Energy R&D (PowerPoint)
Marjorie L. Tatro, Sandia National Laboratories
- Session D4.
Economic benefits of R&D on energy technologies and systems
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Measuring the Contribution to the Economy of Investments in Renewable Energy: Estimates of Future Welfare Gains (PowerPoint)
Molly Macauley, Joel Darmstadter, Jhih-Shyang Shih, Emily Aronow, David Austin, and Tom Bath
M. Ishaq Nadiri, New York University
- Session D5.
Environmental benefits of R&D on energy technologies and systems
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Michael McKee, University of New Mexico
The value of the world's ecosystem services and natural capital (PDF)
Robert Costanza, Ralph d'Arge, Rudolf de Groot, Stephen Farber, Monica Grasso, Bruce Hannon, Karin Limburg, Shahid Naeem, Robert V. O'Neill, Jose Paruelo, Robert G. Raskin, Paul Sutton, and Marjan van den Belt. Article in Nature, Vol 387, 15 May 1997.
- Session D6.
Using estimates of benefits in R&D program planning and evaluation
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Scott W. Tinker, University of Texas
John Stringer, EPRI
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Ms. Stephanie Floyd
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
P.O. Box 2008, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6207
Phone: 865-574-5517; Fax: 865-574-8272; E-mail: floydsd@ornl.gov
or
Russell Lee
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