BASF Member of Board and Research Executive Director Dr. Andreas Kreimeyer gives an introduction to "smart energy for a sustainable future", the main topic of this year's BASF Science Symposium 2015 in Ludwigshafen. For more information see https://creator-space.basf.com/content/basf/creatorspace/en/events/symposium-ludwigshafen.past.html.

1. Smart Energy for a Sustainable Future
Dr. Andreas Kreimeyer
Member of the Board and Research Executive Director, BASF SE Ludwigshafen
Science Symposium on March 9, 2015

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70%
of the world
population
will live in cities
by 2050
30%
more food
will be needed
by 2050
Global challenges
9 billion
people will live
on this planet
by 2050
50%
more primary
energy will be
needed in 2050
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Facing global challenges in our Science Symposia
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Smart energy for
a sustainable future
Sustainable food chain:
from field to table
Sustainable
urban living
Ludwigshafen
March 9-10, 2015
Chicago
June 23-24, 2015
Shanghai
November 10-11, 2015

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Energy is essential for the chemical industry
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Energy Use
 Electricity and heat
supply for production
units
 Electricity and fuel for
internal logistics and
distribution
Material Use
 Raw materials for
chemical production
processes
Chemistry as
key enabler
Energy as
cost factor
Production
Energy conversion
Efficient use
Storage
Energy
Use
by customer by industry
Logistics
Transmission
Development of
 New cross-sectional
technologies
 Innovative
materials
 Functional
components
 Improved and new
system solutions

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Success factors for sustainable energy solutions
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Affordability
Acceptance
Efficiency
Reliability
Robustness
Safety

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Key challenges along the power value chain
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Power
supply
Power
transmission
Power
storage
Power
use

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Contribution of chemistry to power supply
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Power supply
 Materials for wind turbines
 Materials for next generation solar cells
 Biopolymers for enhanced oil recovery
 …
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Contribution of chemistry to power transmission
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Power transmission
 High temperature superconductors
 Cable insulation
 …

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Contribution of chemistry to power storage
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Power storage
 Battery materials and components
 Sodium nitrate for thermal energy
storage
 Electrocatalysts
 Power-to-Gas: H2, CH4,…
 Adsorptive gas storage
 …
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Contribution of chemistry to power use
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Power use
 Magnetocaloric materials
for efficient cooling
 Materials for efficient lighting
 Magnets, superconducting cable
for electric motors
 Intelligent insulation
 …
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Cooperation along the value chain essential for innovation
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CustomerResearch
Contribution
of Industry
Technical
solutions
Contribution
of Academia
Fundamental
research
Material System
Functional
Component
Device
Material
solutions
Customer
Main contribution of BASF

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Today’s agenda
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09:00 Kurt Bock BASF opening address
Georg Schütte Opening address
Andreas Kreimeyer Smart energy for a sustainable future
Steven Chu, Stanford University The energy, Climate change and how to transition to a sustainable world
Robert Schlögl, Fritz-Haber Institute Catalysis – A fundamental perspective
12:00 Open Space Exhibition, networking and “flying lunch“
16:30 Linda Nazar, Waterloo University New vistas in electrochemical energy storage materials
Henry Snaith, Oxford University Organic-inorganic perovskite thin film formation for high efficiency solar cells
18:30 Food for thought with
George Whitesides, Harvard University Reinventing chemistry
19:00 Science Party BASF 150
13:30 Energy storage
Friedrich Schulte, RWE
Detlef Stolten, FZ Jülich
Yang Shao-Horn, MIT
Omar Yaghi, UC Berkeley
Sustainable energy consumption
Masayuki Kawamoto, Toyota Motor
Ekkes Brück, TU Delft
Delia Milliron, Texas A&M
Michael Bäcker, BASF/D-Nano
Energy efficient chemical production
Detlef Kratz, BASF
Andrzej Stankiewicz, TU Delft
Rafiqul Gani, DTU Lyngby
Wolfgang Marquardt, RWTH Aachen

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Tomorrow’s agenda
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08:45 Peidong Yang, UC Berkeley Semiconductor nanowires for artificial photosynthesis of value-added chemicals
12:40 Open Space Exhibition, networking and “flying lunch“
14:00 Ferdi Schüth, MPI für Kohlenforschung A new energy system: Challenges and opportunities for the chemical industry
Boqiang Lin, Xiamen University China’s Energy transition and clean development
15:45 Panel Discussion with Steven Chu,
Ferdi Schüth,George Whitesides
and Boqiang Lin Hard Talk – The future of energy
17:00 Closing & Farewell get-together
10:00 Mobility of the future
Jürgen Leohold, Volkswagen AG
Josef R. Wünsch, BASF
Hubert Gasteiger, TUM
Tetsuya Osaka, Waseda University
Materials for energy technologies
Dave Mitzi, Duke University
Wolfgang Peukert, Erlangen
University
Claus Feldmann, KIT
Claudia Felser, MPI Dresden
Future energy supply
Robert Frimpong, BASF/Wintershall
Sean Simpson, Lanza Tech
Willi Smits, Masarang Foundation
Andreas Opfermann, Linde

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Exploring Angewandte Chemie’s special edition
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