Program
Day 2 - Friday May 12
Day 2 - Friday May 12, 2017
8:00 - 8:45
Registration, Networking Breakfast
8:45 – 9:00
Opening
9:00 – 9:15
Kevin de Léon, California Senate President Pro Tempore
9:15 – 10:30
PANEL #1: INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP THE ENERGY TRANSITION
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Eicke Weber, Director & CEO of UC Berkeley Education Alliance for Research in Singapore
Harry Lehmann, General Director, German Federal Environment Agency
Marcelino Madrigal, Commissioner, Comisión Reguladora de Energía (CRE)
Patrick Hofer-Noser, Head of Energy Systems, Meyer Burger Technology AG, President, Cleantech Switzerland
Angela Livino, Advisor to the CEO, Empresa de Pesquisa Energética
10:30 – 11:00
Fireside Chat with UC President Janet Napolitano and Commissioner David Hochschild, California Energy Commission
11:00 – 11:15
Networking Break
11:15 – 12:30
PANEL #2: WOMEN ACCELERATING THE 100% RENEWABLE ENERGY TRANSITION
Moderator: Angelina Galiteva, Founding Board Chair, Renewables 100 Policy Institute
Valerie Fong, Member, Energy Imbalance Governing Body
Paloma H. Gonzales, Political and Economic Chief, U.S. Consulate General in Recife, U.S. State Department
Katherine Lucey, Executive Director, Solar Sisters
Maria Eugenia Di Paola, Coordinator of the Environment and Sustainable Development Program, United Nations Development Program
12:30 – 1:30
LUNCH
1:30-2:45 PM
PANEL #3: INNOVATION & DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES CHANGING THE ENERGY LANDSCAPE
Moderator: Rob Glen, Western Market Leader, Bloomberg New Energy Finance
Peter Light, Business Innovation, X
Nancy Pfund, Founder and Managing Partner, DBL
Danny Kennedy, Managing Director, CalCEF
Rob Threlkeld, Global Manager, Renewable Energy, General Motors
2:45-3:00 PM
CLOSING REMARKS
3PM – 5PM
Tour of UCI Campus Advanced Energy Projects
(Separate Registration Required. Please inquire here)