Clean Technology & Sustainable Industries Summit

Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Government agencies’ perspective on the nation’s sustainability requirements and basis for a National Cleantechnology Initiative

Moderator: Patti Glaza
Executive Director & CEO, CTSI
Kathleen Hogan
Director, Climate Protection Partnerships Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Marc G. Stanley
Acting Director of the Technology Innovation Program, NIST
Kevin Hurst
Senior Policy Analyst, Office of Science and Technology Policy
Executive Office of the President
James E. Quinn
Team Leader for Technology Deployment in the Industrial Technologies Program (ITP), Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of Energy

Biofuels, solar, and wind are three major alternative sources of power that will play a critical role in reducing our dependence on foreign oil. This panel will discuss the challenges of bringing these technologies to market – from required technology advances to high-volume manufacturing to implementation. It will also explore how policy can influence the pace of commercialization and market adoption.

Moderator:
Michael J. Nasi
Partner, Regulatory & Legislative Practice Group, Jackson Walker L.L.P.
Daniel L. Laird
Wind Energy Technology Department, Sandia National Laboratories
W.G. (Bill) Coit
Head of Shell Technical Learning Project, Shell Global Solutions
Loucas Tsakalakos
General Electric
Gary Simon
President & CEO, Acumentrics
John Todd Langdon
Vice President Marketing, HelioVolt Corporation

Economic impacts of cleantechnology and sustainable business: Domestic job creation, Rural economic development, U.S. corporate players in clean technologies, Export opportunities.

National Security: Infrastructure implications of distributed power generation, Impact of biofuels/synthetic fuels on price volatility, Reduced imports from sensitive countries.

Moderator:
Anne Korin
Co-Director, Institute for the Analysis of Global Security (IAGS)
Susan Rochford
Vice President, Energy & Sustainability Initiatives, Council on Competitiveness
Charli E. Coon
Executive Director, Policy, U.S. Chamber Institute for 21^st Century Energy
Sal DiFranco
Managing Partner, Nosal Partners LLC
Scott Livingston
Managing Director, The Livingston Group, Axiom Capital Management Inc.

Moderator:
Shyam Venkatesh
Omron Silicon Valley
Mark Smallwood
Green Mission Specialist, Whole Foods Market
Joseph E. Turk
President, PWI Energy
Lewis R. Norman
Halliburton Energy

Participate with CTSI in establishing legislation for the National Clean & Sustainable Technology Initiative (NCTI) as a federally funded R&D program to coordinate multi-agency efforts in science, engineering, and technology related to clean technology and sustainable business innovation.

Sponsored by:
Clean Technology & Sustainable Industry Organization (CTSI)

Moderators: Lauren Choi, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, Patti Glaza, CTSI

Patti Glaza
CTSI Executive Director, CTSI
Matthew Laudon
President, CTSI
Barbara Tyran
Director, Washington Relations, EPRI
George Sterzinger
Executive Director, Renewable Energy Policy Project
Kei Koizumi
Director, R&D Budget & Policy Program, AAAS
Daniel L. Laird
Wind Energy Technology Department, Sandia National Laboratories
Joel Serface
Director, Austin Clean Energy Incubator
Roger Duncan
Deputy General Manager, Austin Energy

Discussion Invites:
Majority Staff, Senate Finance Committee
Majority Staff, House Ways and Means Committee
Majority Staff, House Resources Committee
Energy & Commerce Committee
Department of Defense
Department of Energy
Department of Commerce
Department of Transportation
Department of Defense
Office of Science and Technology Policy
NREL
NIST
NSF
EPA
DARPA

Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Traditional energy industries such as gas, oil, coal, and nuclear will continue to dominate the supply of power for many years to come. How are these sources being improved to minimize negative effects on the environment and consumer safety.

Moderator:
Michael J. Nasi
Partner, Regulatory & Legislative Practice Group, Jackson Walker L.L.P.
Jay Kipper
Associate Director at the Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas at Austin
Roy M. Palk
President, New Horizons Consulting
Paul H. Genoa
Director, Policy Development
Deputy Assistant to the President, Nuclear Energy Institute

Energy Efficiency Decreasing energy needs through efficiency-enabling technologies and processes. As energy prices continue to rise, organizations must find ways to reduce their energy consumption. Utilizing advances in areas such as lighting, cooling, construction, transportation, and manufacturing, companies and organizations are finding innovative ways to decrease their overall power requirements.

Moderator:
Roger Duncan
Deputy General Manager, Austin Energy
Gerald Brady
Acquisition Director, Siemens Corporation
R. Neal Elliott
Industrial Program Director, ACEEE
Tom Rose
Director, Duke Smart Home Program
Mitch Tyson
CEO & Director, Advanced Electron Beams

Safe and usable water is not an unlimited resource. Industries and communities utilizing high-volumes of water must look at technologies and processes to reduce, recycle, and remediate water.

Moderator:
Richard J. Kottenstette
Member of The Technical Staff, Geochemistry Department, Sandia National Laboratories
Susan S. Hutson
Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey
The University of Memphis, Ground Water Institute
Joshua M. Dickinson
Director of Research Programs, WateReuse Foundation
Gerald Brady
Acquisition Director, Siemens Corporation

State-of-the-art power grid initiatives are an essential component to any comprehensive energy strategy. Making the most efficient use of energy already generated and finding ways to store locally generated alternative energies can significantly reduce the long-term costs of power.

Moderator:
Joel Serface
Director, Austin Clean Energy Incubator
Dr. Imre Gyuk
Energy Storage Systems, Program Manager, U.S. Department of Energy
Michael Breen
VP Finance/CFO, Xtreme Power Solutions
Michael Bates
VP of Sales, Utility Division, Gridpoint
Jean-Luc Park
Calvert Funds