Joint United States-New Zealand Research Workshop on Geothermal Energy Resources; Mighty River Power, Rotorua Campus, New Zealand; November 2011

这次美国-新西兰地热系统研讨会的首要目标是将新西兰的研究人员和行业代表与美国机构的高级和初级研究人员以及研究生聚集在一起，目标是形成长期的资金合作伙伴关系和研究合作。研讨会将由以下五项关键活动组成：a.它将为工业界提供一个场所，让研究人员了解他们的需求以及确定、监测和管理热液储集层的挑战；b.研究人员将有机会介绍他们自己的研究，并讨论它如何对热液系统的研究有用；c.研究人员和行业代表将就热液系统研究的未来挑战提出他们的想法；D.将邀请潜在筹资场所(如行业、国家科学基金会、能源部)的代表解释他们的筹资重点，并讨论研讨会参与者如何参与；E.研讨会参与者将合作制定会议记录，并广泛分发给美国和新西兰社区这些活动将在专业讲座、主持小组讨论、非正式小组互动和为期一天的实地考察的框架内进行。在研讨会的最后一天，分组讨论小组将概述并起草一系列白皮书，这些白皮书将构成研讨会议事程序的基础。这次新西兰-美国联合研讨会将在巨河动力罗托鲁瓦校区举行。它将是一个重要的场所，让美国研究人员了解新西兰正在进行的工作，建立研究人员与行业的联系，并向新西兰学者和行业代表展示美国在热液系统和EGS方面的最新研究。研讨会还为美国学术机构的学生提供了培训机会。除了这些学生可能接受的培训外，他们还将有机会会见来自美国、新西兰、学术界和工业界的广泛的热液和EGS研究人员。这些互动将提供一个强大的手段，激发学生对地热研究的兴趣，并可能证明对这些学生的形成？事业。还设想将制定几项关于地热能勘探和利用的合作提案，并将其提交给美国和新西兰的资助机构。

The overarching goal of this United States-New Zealand workshop on geothermal systems is to bring together researchers and industry representatives from New Zealand with senior and junior researchers and graduate students from US institutions, with the goal of forming long-term funding partnerships and research collaborations. The workshop will consist of the following five key activities: A. It will provide a venue for industry to educate researchers on their needs and the challenges of characterizing, monitoring, and managing hydrothermal reservoirs; B. Researchers will be given the opportunity to present their own research and discuss how it may be useful for the investigation of hydrothermal systems; C. Both researchers and industry representatives will offer their ideas regarding future challenges in the study of hydrothermal systems; D. Representatives of potential funding venues (e.g., industry, NSF, DOE) will be invited to explain their funding priorities and to discuss how workshop participants can become involved; E. Workshop participants will collaborate on the development of a proceedings that will be available for broad distribution to the US and NZ communitiesThese activities will take place within a framework of professional talks, moderated panel discussions, informal group interaction, and a one-day field trip. During the final day of the workshop, breakout groups will outline and draft the series of white papers that will form the basis of the workshop proceedings. This joint NZ-US workshop will be held at the Mighty River Power Rotorua Campus. It will be an important venue for acquainting US researchers with the work in progress in New Zealand, for making researcher-industry contacts, and for showcasing current US research in hydrothermal systems and EGS to New Zealand academics and industry representatives. The workshop also offers a training opportunity for students at US academic institutions. In addition to the training these students may receive, they will have the opportunity to meet a broad spectrum of hydrothermal and EGS researchers from the US, NZ, academia and industry. These interactions will provide a powerful means of energizing student interest in geothermal research, and may prove formative for these students? careers. It is also envisioned that several collaborative proposals on geothermal energy exploration and utilization will be developed and submitted to funding agencies in the US and New Zealand.