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Project Title:
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Competing in the 21st Century: Best Practice in State & Regional Innovation Initiatives
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STEP-Q-07-01-A
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Sub Unit:
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Board on Science, Technology and Economic Policy
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RSO:
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Wessner, Chuck
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Making Big Solar Work: Achievements, Challenges & Opportunities
July 29, 2008 - July 29, 2008
National Academy of Sciences Building
2100 C St. NW
Washington D.C.
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If you would like to attend the sessions of this meeting that are open
to the public or need more information please contact:
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| Contact Name:
Adam Gertz
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agertz@nas.edu
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| Phone:
202-334-1529
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Fax:
202-334-1505
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Agenda:
8:45 AM Welcome
Charles Wessner, The National Academies
8:50 AM Introduction
Clark McFadden, Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP
9:00 AM An Overview of Solar Opportunities & Challenges
Sam Baldwin, Chief Technology Officer and Member, Board of Directors, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of Energy
9:30 AM Panel I: Solar Power Plants: Technical Challenges and Opportunities
Moderator: Robin Gaster, President, Innovation Ecologies
Solar Opportunities
Arnold Leitner, Chair, Solar Electric Division, American Solar Energy Society & CEO, Skyfuel
Technical Issues and Trajectories
Larry Kazmerski, Director, National Center for Photovoltaics, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Technical Implications of Solar
Pete Duprey, CEO, Acciona Energy North America
10:45 AM Coffee Break
11:00 AM Panel II: Accelerating the Commercialization of Solar Technology
Moderator: Kevin Finneran, Editor, Issues in Science and Technology
Federal Price Supports: Key to Solar Economics?
Ken Zweibel, Director, Institute for Analysis of Solar Energy, The George Washington University
Long Term Stability: Utility Contracts and their Role in California
Steve L. Kline, Vice President of Environmental & Federal Affairs, PG&E Corp.
Accelerating Advances in Commercialization: Signals to the Markets
John Lushetsky, Program Manager, Solar Energy Technology Program, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of Energy
12:15 PM Keynote Address
Mark Pinto, Senior Vice-President, Chief Technology Officer, Applied Materials
Q&A
1:00 PM Lunch
Lunch will be served in the Refectory, downstairs.
2:00 PM Panel III: Solar & Government—New Partnerships
Moderator: Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ)
The EPRI Perspective
Rosa Yang, Vice President, Innovation, Electric Power Research Institute
New State Initiatives: The Clean Energy States Alliance Innovation
Lewis Milford, President, Clean Energy Group
A Global Perspective
Alan Miller, Environment Department, International Finance Corporation
3:15 PM Coffee Break
3:30 PM Panel IV: Policy & Funding to Make Solar Work
Moderator: Jim Turner, Chief Counsel, House Committee on Science
German Policy and the Siemens Strategy
Andreas Luczak, Business Development Manager, Siemens AG
Federal R&D Support
Mark Gaffigan, Director, Natural Resources and Environment, U.S. Government Accountability Office
Policy Challenges and Initiatives
Ellen Vaughan, Policy Director, Environmental and Energy Study Institute
4:30 PM Panel V: Roundtable: What Have We Learned? What is the Critical Path?
Moderator: Charles Wessner, The National Academies
5:00 PM Reception
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