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Opportunities for Technology and Policy Innovation in Energy and Environment
MIT-NESCAUM Endicott House Symposium
August 16-18, 2011
Agenda
| Wednesday, August 17 | |
| 8:00 am | Welcome Dick Gibbs, Research Affiliate, MIT |
| 8:05 am | Symposium Overview Praveen Amar, Clean Air Task Force |
| 8:15 am | Keynote Address: Opportunities in Policy Innovation
Jason Grumet, President, Bipartisan Policy Center |
| 9:00 am | Keynote Address: The Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy: A New Paradigm in Transformational Energy Research
Eric Toone, Deputy Director, Technology, DOE ARPA-E |
| 9:45 am | Break |
| 10:00 am | The Future of Energy and Energy Innovation: A Diversity of Views
Moderator: Bob Sawyer, Professor Emeritus, UC Berkeley |
| 10:05 am | Enabling a Clean Energy Future
Melanie Kenderdine, Executive Director, MIT Energy Initiative |
| 10:35 am | The Energy Innovation Imperative
Jesse Jenkins, Director, Energy and Climate Change, The Breakthrough Institute |
| 11:05 am | Business and the Transition to a Clean Energy Economy
David Levy, Director, Center for Sustainable Enterprise, University of Massachusetts |
| 11:35 am | The Outlook for Energy: A View to 2030
Tom Eizember, Manager, Corporate Strategic Planning, Exxon Mobil Corporation |
| 12:05 pm | Lunch |
| 1:35 pm | The Role of Energy Efficiency
Moderator: Praveen Amar |
| 1:40 pm | Jevons Effect and the Dilemma of Energy Efficiency
David Owen, Writer, The New Yorker |
| 2:10 pm | Opportunities for Energy Efficiency in the U.S. Economy
Nuri Demirdoven, Associate Principal, McKinsey & Company |
| 2:40 pm | Break |
| 2:55 pm | Transportation: Linking Policy, Regulations, and Technologies
Moderator: Dick Gibbs |
| 3:00 pm | How Smart Regulations Drive Vehicle Innovation
Anup Bandivadekar, Program Lead, International Council for Clean Transportation |
| 3:30 pm | Review of CO2 Mitigation Technologies from On-Road Transport
Tim Johnson, Director, Emerging Technologies and Regulations, Corning, Inc. |
| 4:00 pm | Plan NYC: Preparing NYC for a Sustainable Future
Steve Caputo, Jr., Policy Advisor, NYC Mayor's Office of Long-Range Planning and Sustainability |
| 4:30 pm | Smart-Grid: A Progress Report
Kurt Yeager, Executive Director, Galvin Electricity Initiative |
| 5:00 pm | Free time |
| 5:30 pm | Reception and Dinner |
| Thursday, August 18 | |
| 8:00 am | Energy and Environmental Initiatives at the State Level
Moderator: Praveen Amar |
| 8:05 am | California's Clean Energy Future: Where do We Go from Here?
Anthony Eggert, Deputy Secretary, California Environmental Protection Agency |
| 8:35 am | New York State Energy Innovation Efforts
Janet Joseph, Vice President, Technology and Strategic Planning, NYSERDA |
| 9:05 am | Environmental Impacts of Marcellus Shale Gas Development
Phil Johnson, Sr. Program Officer, Heinz Endowments |
| 9:35 am | Break and Check-out |
| 10:05 am | Future Directions in the Electric Sector
Moderator: Susan Wierman, Executive Director, Mid-Atlantic Regional Air Management Association |
| 10:10 am | The Business of Making Technology Opportunities Work
Johanna Wellington, Advanced Technologies Leader, General Electric |
| 10:40 am | Future of Electricity Generation in the U.S.
Sue Tierney, Managing Partner, The Analysis Group |
| 11:10 am | Regulation / Technology Interface in the Electricity Sector
Michael Bradley, President, MJB and Associates |
| 11:40 am | Lunch |
| 1:10 pm | Innovation in Energy Storage
Moderator: Dick Gibbs |
| 1:15 pm | Flywheel Technology for Grid-Based Energy Storage and Frequency Regulation
Matt Lazarewicz, Chief Technology Officer, Beacon Power Corp. |
| 1:45 pm | Prospects for Battery Technology: Grid and Personal Vehicle Applications
Andy Chu, Vice President, A123 Systems |
| 2:15 pm | Break |
| 2:25 pm | Eyes on the Earth
Moderator: Dick Gibbs |
| 2:30 pm | The Ultimate Stakes: Climate Disruption and the Fate of Civilization
Dianne Dumanoski, Author: The End of the Long Summer |
| 3:00 pm | Wrap-Up Q/A and Discussion
Moderators: Praveen Amar and Dick Gibbs |