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ReSET Workshop Streaming Live April 12,13

Url:
/public/conference/ReSet2012.html
Start Date:
04/12/12
End Date:
04/13/12
Location:
/public/conference/ReSet2012.html

Description:

The fellows of the Clean Energy for Green Industry IGERT (Clean Green IGERT) at the University of California, Los Angeles invite you to join them for the Renewable & Sustainable Energy Technology Workshop (ReSET), focusing on the effort to ReSET our economy from conventional to renewable technology. The workshop will take place on April 12-13, 2012.

Can’t make it in person? The entire event will be broadcast live at /public/conference/ReSet2012.html

Visit http://cleanenergy.ucla.edu/reset for information on the speakers or to register.

Thursday April 12 4:30 – 6:00 PST:
Opening Remarks

  • Dr. Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director of The Earth Institute (Interactive Video Feed)

  • Mark Goodstein, Executive Director, Cleantech L.A.

  • Carol F. Stoel, Integrative Graduate Education Research Traineeship (IGERT), National Science Foundation

Friday April 13, 8:30 – 10:00 PST
Overcoming Policy, Economic, and Business Barriers:

  • Moderator – Dr. Magali Delmas, Professor, UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability

  • Dr. Ramteen Sioshansi, Assistant Professor, Integrated Systems Engineering, Ohio State University.

  • Mary Leslie, Los Angeles Business Council

  • Dr. Deepak Rajagopal, Assistant Professor, UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability

  • Marvin Moon, Director of Power System Engineering Division, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power

Friday April 13, 10:15-11:45 PST
Technological Innovations for a Sustainable Future:

  • Moderator – Dr. Laurent Pilon, Professor UCLA Mechanical Engineering

  • Dr. Linda Sapochak, Program Director, Division of Materials Research, National Science Foundation.

  • Dr. James Liao, Professor, UCLA Chemical Engineering

  • Dr. Lynden A. Archer, Professor, Cornell University Chemical Engineering. KAUST-Cornell Center for Energy and Sustainability.

  • Russ Jones, Director of Concentrator Photovoltaics Business Development, Spectrolab

Friday April 13, 2:00 – 3:30 PST
Electric Vehicle Adoption and Technology

  • Moderator – Dr. Shahin Farshchi, Principal, Lux Capital Management

  • Dr. J. R. DeShazo, Associate Professor, Public Policy and Urban Planning, University of California Los Angeles

  • Dr. Rajit Gadh, Professor, UCLA Mechanical Engineering

  • Kellen Shefter, Public Policy and Incentives, Fisker Automotive.

  • Michael Boehm, Sustainovation Group, Haig Barrett Inc

Friday April 13 3:45 – 5:00 PST:
Closing Remarks

  • Romel Pascual, City of Los Angeles Deputy Mayor for the Environment

  • Jonathan Parfrey, Executive Director, Climate Resolve

  • Fred Walti, Executive Director, Los Angeles Clean-tech Incubator

Schedule is subject to change.

Posted By:
Joshua Shapiro
Posted:
April 6, 2012