The San Francisco Tesla Society

Presents a free presentation featuring

Roger Bedard

"The Promise of Offshore Wave
& Tidal Energy Technology"

Sunday, June 12, 2005  1 - 5 p.m. at

Round Table Pizza
Banquet Room on 2nd Floor
5160 Geary Blvd. (at 16th Ave.)
San Francisco, California

Mr. Bedard will describe typical wave & tidal resources, conversion devices, power plant system design, performance, cost, economies, environmental impact and regulatory issues. He will also brief us on the status of current ongoing energy at sea technology demonstration projects worldwide.

Roger Bedard is the Ocean Energy Program Manager for the Electric Power Research Institute. Prior to joining EPRI, Mr. Bedard served as a Program Manager for GEC Alstom Schilling Robotic Systems, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Acurex Corporation and Hercules Chemical Corporation. As an active duty Air Force Officer, he was responsible for managing contractual technology development programs. Mr. Bedard earned a MSME from the University of Southern California and a BSME from the University of Rhode Island.

Parking is available on the street or for $ 2 per hour in the garage nearby behind ROSS Dept. Store.

For more information about the San Francisco Tesla Society, call (415) 820-1451, or visit us online at http://sftesla.org .

Click here for the PDF Version of our Spring 2005 Newsletter