Santa Barbara Summit on Energy Efficiency 2011
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When:
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April 26-27, 2011
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Where:
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The Four Seasons Biltmore
1260 Channel Drive
Santa Barbara,California93108
United States
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Contact:
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Courtney Richardson (information@iee.ucsb.edu)
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The organizers of this conference just added a speakers
from Chevron Energy Solutions and Tesla Motors in a session chaired by
Congresswoman Lois Capps. The talks will be followed by a discussion led by
Gregg Ander, Chief Architect at Southern California Edison.
This conference combines
university-led R&D discussion with discussions of government policy and
large-scale commercial, institutional and industrial implementation.
Policy-wise the focus is mainly on U.S. federal and state agencies as R&D
funders and customers.
This is a busy spring for AltaTerra Research, so we
won’t be able to have as many people at this event as we’d like. This is too bad because we have active research and consulting in most of the areas covered on the agenda, including solar power, data centers, and the flagship topic, energy efficiency in the operations of large organizations. A complete
listing of speakers follows below. Also, since we’ve had a lot to say about
this conference in earlier years, we list some of our commentary at the end of
this posting.
Conference Agenda
Tuesday, April 26
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8:30-8:45AM
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Welcome
Henry
Yang, Chancellor, UC Santa Barbara
Gene Lucas, Executive Vice Chancellor, UC Santa Barbara
John Bowers, Director, Institute for Energy Efficiency
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8:45-9:30AM
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Opening Keynote
Bill
Brinkman, Director, Office of Science, U.S. Department of Energy
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9:30-10:55AM
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The Sunshot Initiative
The Department of Energy's newest
program aimed at reducing the cost of solar power to $1/Watt.
Moderator:
Shayle Kann, Managing Director, Solar Research, Green Tech Media Research
- Ramamoorthy Ramesh, Program
Manager, Solar Energy Technologies Program, U.S. Department of Energy;
Senior Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Ryne Raffaelle, Director,
National Center for Photovoltaics, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- Jack Peurach, Executive Vice
President, R&D, SunPower Corporation
- Lynda Ziegler, Executive
Vice President, Power Delivery Services, Southern California Edison
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10:55-11:15AM
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Break
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11:15AM-12:30PM
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Tomorrow's Grid – Prospects for a
Smarter Energy Future
The current state of smart grid technology, integrating
renewables into the grid, potential opportunities for energy efficiency, and
issues including standards and security.
Moderator:
Richard Harris, Science Correspondent, NPR
- Chris Knudsen, Director,
Technology Innovation Center, Pacific Gas & Electric
- Steve Hauser, Vice President
of Grid Integration, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- Paul De Martini, Chief
Technology Officer and Vice President of Innovation, Connected Energy
Group, Cisco
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12:30-2:00PM
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Networking Lunch
On the Monte
Vista Lawn
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2:00-3:15PM
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Research Highlights from the
Institute for Energy Efficiency
The latest advances in energy efficiency research at UCSB, featuring new work
on silicon photonics, battery storage, and solid-state lighting.
Moderator:
Michael Witherell, Vice Chancellor for Research, UCSB
- John Bowers, Professor of
Electrical & Computer Engineering; Director, Silicon Photonics
Center, Institute for Energy Efficiency, and Center for Energy Efficient
Materials, UCSB
- Dan Morse, Professor of
Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry, UCSB
- Jim Speck, Professor of
Materials and Director, Interdisciplinary Centre for Wide Band-Gap
Semiconductors, UCSB
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3:15-3:45PM
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Break
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3:45-5:00PM
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Energy-Efficient Supercomputing
and Datacenters at Large Scale
A preview of the next generation of supercomputers and the enormous challenge
exascale supercomputers face with regard to energy efficiency.
Moderator:
Fred Chong, Computing Solutions Group Head, Institute for Energy Efficiency
- Horst Simon, Deputy
Director, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Pradeep Dubey, Senior
Principal Engineer, Intel
- Bikash Koley, Senior Network
Architect, Google
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5:00-6:30PM
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Reception
At the Coral Casino Beach and Cabana Club, featuring local Santa Barbara
wineries and seasonal fare
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Wednesday, April 27
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8:30-8:45AM
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Welcome
John
Bowers, Director, Institute for Energy Efficiency
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8:45-10:00AM
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California Perspectives on Energy
and Efficiency Innovation
Highlighting advancements in energy efficiency and
sustainable energy in the state.
Chair:Lois
Capps,Congresswoman, California - 23rd District, U.S. House of
Representatives
Moderator: Gregg Ander,Chief Architect,Southern California Edison
- David Stone,Senior
Vice President,Chevron Energy Solutions
- JB Straubel,Chief
Technology Officer,Tesla Motors
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10:00-10:30AM
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Office of Naval Research Efforts
Supporting Energy Efficiency Targets
Dr.
Julie Christodoulou, Director of the Naval Materials Division, Office of
Naval Research
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10:30-11:00AM
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Break
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11:00AM-12:15PM
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Commercialization of Energy
Efficient Technologies
Expediting innovation from the lab to market in today's economy.
- Jim Dehlsen, Co-Founder and
former Chairman & CEO, Clipper Windpower
- Umesh Mishra, CEO,
Transphorm
- KT Moortgat, Partner, Mohr
Davidow Ventures
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12:15-2:00PM
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Lunch and Closing Keynote
Matt
Rogers, Senior Director McKinsey & Company; former Senior Advisor to
Energy Secretary
Steven Chu
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