<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#243FFC"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; "><b>THIS WEEK'S SEMINAR</b></span></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><font face="Arial" size="5" style="font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; "><b>* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; ">The Technology and Policy Program presents</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><font face="Arial" size="5" style="font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; "><b>Issues in Technology and Policy</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><font face="Arial" size="5" style="font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; "><b>2011 IAP Seminar Series</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; display: inline !important; "><font face="Arial" size="5" style="font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Check locations for individual seminars</span></font></font></div></span></b></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; 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">Wednesday Jan. 12th</span></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><b>Global Politics of Mercury Pollution: An Inside Look at Treaty Negotiations</b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><b><br></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><font face="Helvetica" size="4" style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Helvetica; "><b>Noelle Eckley Selin</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; "><i>Assistant Professor, Engineering Systems Division and </i></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; "><i>Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences</i></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; min-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0819FF"><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; min-height: 21px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">Noon–1:30 pm</span></div></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; "><font face="Arial" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; ">E51-145</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="text-align: left;">Mercury is a global environmental pollutant that poses toxic risks to humans and the environment. On January 25th, 2011, representatives from over 100 countries will meet in Japan to negotiate a global treaty to control mercury. The talk will give some background about the risks posed by mercury, and give a preview of country positions, the type of provisions which are under negotiation, and some major controversies on the road to a global treaty.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; ">Bring brown bag lunch; light refreshments provided.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="3" color="#0000f0" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 240); "><a href="mailto:rrobins@mit.edu"><u>rrobins@mit.edu</u></a></font><font face="Arial" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; "> for further information</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; ">**************************</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; "><br></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><p style="text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#243FFC">TPP IAP SEMINAR SERIES -- </font></b></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 18px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; "><p style="text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; display: inline !important; "><font face="Arial" size="4" style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal Arial; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#243FFC">FULL SCHEDULE</font></b></font></p></span></b></span></p><div><br></div><div><div style="text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font size="5" face="Arial" style="font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#2729C0">Wednesday Jan. 12th </font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#2729C0">Noon–1:30 pm E51-145</font></span></b></span></font></div><div style="text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">-----------------------------------------------------------------</font></div><div style="text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-weight: normal; font-size: 18px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; "><div style="text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; ">Global Politics of Mercury Pollution: An Inside Look at Treaty Negotiations</span></font></b></div><div style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; "><b><i>Noelle Eckley Selin,<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "> Assistant Professor, Engineering Systems Division and Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences</span></i></b></span></font></div><div style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; "><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><br></span></i></b></span></font></div><div style="text-align: left; ">Mercury is a global environmental pollutant that poses toxic risks to humans and the environment. On January 25th, 2011, representatives from over 100 countries will meet in Japan to negotiate a global treaty to control mercury. The talk will give some background about the risks posed by mercury, and give a preview of country positions, the type of provisions which are under negotiation, and some major controversies on the road to a global treaty.</div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><br></span></div></span></b></span></b></span></font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font size="5" face="Arial" style="font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#2729C0">Wednesday Jan. 19th </font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#2729C0">Noon–1:30 pm E51-145</font></span></b></span></font></div><div style="text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">-----------------------------------------------------------------</font></div><div style="text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; "><b><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-weight: normal; font-size: 18px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; "><div style="text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; "><b>IT-Enabled Electricity Services: The Missing Piece of the Environmental Puzzle<br></b></span></font></div><div style="text-align: left; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; "><b><i>Marija Ilic,<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "> </span></i></b></span></font><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; display: inline !important; "><div style="display: inline !important; "><p align="center" style="text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; display: inline !important; "><font style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><i>Visiting Professor, MIT Engineering Systems Division (Professor of </i></font></font></p></div></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; "><b><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; display: inline !important; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><div style="display: inline !important; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-weight: normal; font-size: 18px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; "><font style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; display: inline !important; "><div style="display: inline !important; "><p align="center" style="text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; display: inline !important; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><i>Electrical & Computer Engineering and Engineering & Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University</i></font></p></div></div></font></span></b></span></b></span></font></span></font></div></span></font></div></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; "><b><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; display: inline !important; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><div style="display: inline !important; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-weight: normal; font-size: 18px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; "><br></span></b></span></b></span></font></span></font></div></span></font></div></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; "><b><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; display: inline !important; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><div style="display: inline !important; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-weight: normal; font-size: 18px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; ">In this talk we describe the role electric power grid and its Information Communications Technologies (ICT) play in enabling sustainable electricity services. Examples of new ICT needed to enable affordable integration of renewable resources, as well as the role of T&D management for enabling delivery of cleaner and cheaper power are used to demonstrate the key role these technologies play. The talk also provides a brief summary of a Spring 2011 Course on Smart Grids to be offered at MIT.</span></b></span></b></span></font></span></font></div></span></font></div></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; "><b><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; display: inline !important; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><div style="display: inline !important; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-weight: normal; font-size: 18px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; "><br></span></b></span></b></span></font></span></font></div></span></font></div></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; "><b><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; display: inline !important; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Times" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; "><div style="display: inline !important; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-weight: normal; font-size: 18px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; "><br></span></b></span></b></span></font></span></font></div></span></font></div></b></span></div></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; 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"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; "><div style="display: inline !important; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; display: inline !important; "><div style="text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-size: medium; display: inline !important; "><font size="5" face="Arial" style="font: normal normal normal 18px/normal Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#2729C0">Wednesday Jan. 26th </font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#2729C0">Noon–1:30 pm E51-057 (NOTE DIFFERENT ROOM)</font></span></b></span></font></div></div></div></span></b></span></div></b></span></b></span></font></span></font></div></span></font></div></b></span></font></div></div></div></span></b></span></div></b></div></span></font></b></span></font></div></div></div></span></b></span></div></b></span></b></span></font></span></font></div></span></font></div></b></span></font></div></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; 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