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China, Korea, Japan, Switzerland, Canada, and Germany to Participate in International Alternative Energy Forum in Michigan, October 11

    DEARBORN, Mich., Oct. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- The Society of Manufacturing
Engineers (SME) is hosting an international forum on alternative energy next
week at the first annual "Advanced Energy & Fuel Cell
Technologies: Manufacturing Opportunities & Challenges" Conference &
Exposition being held on October 11-13, 2004 at Laurel Manor, located at
39000 Schoolcraft Road, Livonia, Mich.  Each country will present their
successes and challenges in implementing alternative energies and fuel cell
technologies throughout their regions.
    The international forum, moderated by Michael Quah, PhD, chief technology
officer, NextEnergy, takes place on Monday, October 11, at 1-5 p.m. and will
include the following presentations:

    Switzerland    Keynote Presentation: Towards a Sustainable Energy Future
                   Dr. Ulf Bossel, PhD., director, European Fuel Cell Forum -
                    Oberrohrdorf, Switzerland

    Germany        Micro Fuel Cell Systems from Simulation to Production
                    Technology
                   Dr. Christopher Hebling, Department Head of Energy
                    Technology, Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems
                    - Freiburg, Germany

                   Highlights of Fuel Cell Research at the Institute of Energy
                    Process Engineering in Julich
                   Prof. Dr.-Ing Detlef Stolten, director, Institute for
                    Materials and Processes in Energy Systems,
                    Forschungszentrum Julich - Julich, Germany

    Japan          Commercializing Fuel Cells in Japan
                   Takehiko Kato, president, Interlink Corporation - Tokyo,
                    Japan

    China          China Power: Delivering Clean Energy to 1.25 Billion People
                   Dr. John Shen, PhD., P. Eng., founder, chairman & chief
                    executive officer, Palcan Fuel Cells Ltd. - Shanghai,
                    China (head office in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada)

    South Korea    Portable Fuel Cell System: Integration and Operation of 1kW
                    PEMFC
                   Dr. Chang-Soo Kim, PhD and P. Eng., director of Hydrogen
                    and Fuel Cell Department, Korea Institute of Energy
                    Research (KIER) - Daejeon, Republic of Korea

    Canada         Canadian Fuel Cell Commercialization Roadmap
                   Glenn MacDonell, director of Energy, Industry Canada -
                    Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

    Exhibit viewing and a networking reception sponsored by the Canadian
Consulate General of Detroit will immediately follow the close of the session.

    To register for the "Advanced Energy & Fuel Cell Technologies:
Manufacturing Opportunities & Challenges" Conference & Exposition, call the
SME Resource Center at (800) 733-4763, or visit the SME Advanced Energy
& Fuel Cell Technologies Web site at http://www.sme.org/aet .  To join SME,
call the SME Resource Center, or visit http://www.sme.org/join .
    The Society of Manufacturing Engineers is the world's leading professional
society supporting manufacturing education.  The Society has members in 70
countries and is supported by a network of chapters worldwide.
Visit us at http//www.sme.org .

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CONTACT:
Irene Spanos of SME, +1-313-425-3155, Email:
communications@sme.org ; or Judith McNeeley of NextEnergy,
+1-313-873-9260, Ext. 15, Email: judithm@nextenergy.org