Conference Program Details
(As of Oct. 25; * denotes moderators) |
| Invited Speeches (IS) |
- Senator Dianne Feinstein, Senior United States Senator from California and Chairperson of the U.S. Senate Rules and Administration Committee
- Prof. Han Qide, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of National People's Congress of China and President of CAST
- Dr. Zhao Zhongxian, Vice President of China Association for Science and Technology (CAST)
- Ian Yang, Vice President & General Manager, Intel China
- Paul Martin, Senior Director, Worldwide Channel Marketing, Enterprise Western Digital
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| Plenary Sessions (PS) |
| PS1a: Current Energy Status and its Development Strategy for China - Prof. Ni Weidou, Academician, Chinese Academy of Science and Former Vice President, Tsinghua University |
| PS1b: S. Shankar Sastry, NEC Distinguished Professor,Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences, Bioengineering and Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley |
PS1c: Energy Policy in China and California: Impactions for Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- Mark Levine*, Group Leader of China Energy Group, Former Director of Environment Energy Technology Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Shi Dinghuan, Counsellor of the State Council, State Council
- He ZuoXiu, Academician, Chinese Academy of Science
- He Jiankun, Director, Low-Carbon Energy Lab and Former Executive Vice President, Tsinghua University
- Dian Grueneich, Commissioner, California Public Utilities Commission
- John Geesman, Co-Chair, American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) and Former Commissioner, California Energy Commission
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| PS2a: Dr. Sehat Sutardja, President and Chief Executive Officer, Marvell Technology Group Ltd. |
| PS2b: Neil Hawkins, VP for Sustainability, Dow Chemical Company
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| Renewable Energy (RE) |
RE-1: Solar Energy
- Barry Klein*, Vice Chancellor, University of California, Davis
- Jonathan Pickering, VP Global Marketing and Business Development, Solar Business Group, Applied Materials, Inc
- David Mills, Chairman and Founder, Ausra, Inc.
- Wang Zhifeng, Group Leader, Institute of Electric Energy, CAS
- Gary Conley, CEO, Solfocus
- Wang Sicheng, President, Board member of China Solar Energy Association, Beijing Jike New Energy
- Newton Becker, Cleantech investor, Chairman of Luz International
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RE-2: Renewable Policy
- David Kline*, Project Lead II, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, US Department Of Energy
- Jan Hamrin, Director, Center for Resource Solutions
- John Geesman, Co-Chair (and Former Commissioner of the California Energy Commission), American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE)
- Ren Dongming, Director, Center for Resource Solutions
- Wang Gehua, Vice-Dean, Tsinghua Institute of Nuclear Energy and New Energy
- Xiao Xin, Assistant Director, Institute of Engineering Process, CAS
- William Wallace, Project Leader, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, US Department of Energy
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RE-3: Wind Energy
- Bob Thresher*, Director, National Wind Technology Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, US Department Of Energy
- Greg Yurek, CEO, American Superconductor (AMSC)
- Shi Lishang, Director, Energy Bureau
- Gu Weidong, Chief Scientist in Wind Energy, National 973 Project, Director of Jiangsu Macroeconomics Institute
- He Dexin, President, Chinese Wind Energy Association
- DanKe Yu, CFO, Goldwind
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RE-4: Bio-Energy
- David Kline*, Project Lead II, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, US Department Of Energy
- James Zhang, VP of Business Development, Mendel Biotechnology
- Eric Lam, Director, Prof., Biotechnology Center for Agriculture and the Environment, Rutgers University
- Henrique Amorim, CEO, Fermentec (Brazil)
- Li Dajue, Vice President, Beijing Green Energy Institute
- Cheng Xu, Director, Biomass Engineering Center, China Agriculture University
- Shu Geng, Dean, Graduate School of Environment and Urban Studies, Peking University, Shenzhen; Professor, Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis
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RE-5: Water Energy
- Tom Rooney*, Managing Director, RCI consulting
- Larry Dale, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
- Mark Vilimek, CEO, Tahoe Water System
- Wang Hao, Director and member of Chinese Academy of Engineering, Institute of Water Resources, Chinese Academy of Water Science
- Wang Guangqian, Professor, Tsinghua University
- Jim Boettcher, founding Partner, Focus Ventures
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| Green Tech/Practice (GT) |
GT-1: Smart Grid A
- Oliver Yu*, President, The STARS Group
- Steve Lee, Senior Technical Executive, Electric Power Research Institute
- Bai Xiaomin, Deputy Chief Engineer, China Electric Power Research Institue
- Paul Hamilton, VP Energy Efficiency Program, Schneider Electric (China) Investment Co.
- Zeng Ming, Professor, North China Electric Power University
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GT-2: Smart Grid B
- Chuck Wells*, Platform Architect, OSIsoft, Inc.
- Edward Cazalet, Vice President, MegaWatt Storage Farms
- Farnoosh Rahmatian, CTO, NxtPhase T&D Corporation
- Tu Rongjiang, Managing Director, JX-CAST Beijing
- Zhang Jianhua, Professor, North China Electric Power University
- Hu Xuehao, Professor, China Electric Power Research Institute
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GT-3: Cap-and-Trade Approach to Reducing Carbon Emissions
- Robert Larson*, Managing Director, Woodside Fund; former President of IEEE
- Joel Levin, VP, California Climate Registry
- Reiner Musier, Vice President, APX, Inc.
- Brian Storms, Chief Executive Officer, APX
- Barbara Buchner, Energy and Environment Analyst(Europe) International Energy Agency
- Ma Jingjing, CDM project director, COWI
- Liu Deshun, deputy director Center for Renewable Energy Development, NDRC Professor Tsinghua University
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GT-4: Green Building
- Wei Zhou*, Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
- Harrison Fraker, Dean and Professor, College of Environmental Design Engineering, UC Berkeley
- Carolina Woo, Principal (former President of SOM, International Ltd) CW Group
- Wei Qingpeng, Associate Professor, Building Energy Research Center (BERC), Tsinghua University
- Bob Wise, Senior Project Manager, Cogan Owens Cogan, LLC
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GT-5: Green IT A
- Russell Flannery, Senior Editor and Shanghai Bureau Chief, Forbes
- James M. Swartz, CIO, Sybase
- Ian Yang, Vice President, Intel
- Lim Wei Wah, Area IT Management Lead, Greater China Region, Microsoft
- Hans Wildenberg, Executive Vice President, Media Storage Division, Spansion
- Liu Rulin, Secretary General, Chinese Institute of Electronics
- George Or, General Manager, Greater China Region, NetApp
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GT-6: Green IT B
- Wang Yichao*, Senior Editor, Caijing (Chinese equivalent of Business Week)
- Fei Zonglian, Chief Engineer (Former), Ministry of Machinery & Electronics Industries, China
- Frank Paniagua, Jr., CEO, Green Plug
- Jian-Yue Pan, Corporate Vice President, Synopsys
- Jack Shu, Vice President, HP
- David Sung, President, Greater China,VMware
- Elaine Lennox, Vice President, Marketing Management, IBM Systems & Technology Group
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| Best Practice Case Studies (BPCS) |
BPCS-1: Reducing CO2 emissions from Cement Production
- Lynn Price*, Project Leader, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Marc Porat, CEO, Calstar Cement
- Steve Coppinger, Director of Energy Service, CalPortland
- Wang Yanjia, Professor, Tsinghua University
- Wang Lan, Professor, China Building Materials Academy
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BPCS-2: Energy Management in Industry: Dow Chemical
- Jianyu Zhang, China Program Director, Environment Defense Fund
- Donald Chen, Director Hydrocarbon and Energy, Asia Pacific, Dow Chemical
- Li Longsheng, Vice President, China Energy Conservation Company
- Jiang Yuanfu, CEO, PowerU
- Mi Jianchun, Professor, Peking University
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BPCS-4: Rebuilding after Earthquake in Sichuan
- Mark Levine*, Group Leader of China Energy Group, Former Director of Environment Energy Technology Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Joe Hagerman, Federation of American Scientists
- Elizabeth Hausler, Executive Director, Build Change, Chengdu (invited)
- Wu Yong, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Construction, Beijing
- Shi Jian,Vice President, Sichuan University
- Deng Jianhui,Professor, Sichuan University
- Li Bixion, Professor, Sichuan University
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BPCS-5: Utility Demand Side Management
- Barbara Finamore*, Natural Resources Defense Council, SF, CA
- Gene Rodriguez, Director, Southern California Edison
- Terry Frye, Senior Vice President, Nexant
- Wang Rong, Jiangsu Economic and Trade Commission
- Chen Gang, Deputy Director, Hebei DSM Center
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| Clean Tech Investment (CTI) |
CTI-1: Visions and Market Trends for the Future - from Private Equity and Corporate Investor's view
- Mart Bailey*, Founder/Managing Partner, Callaway Private Equity Partners
- John Breckenridge, Managing Director, Good Energies
- Peng Fang, President, Best Solar
- James Chapman, Partner and co-head, China practice Nixon-Peabody
- Xihong Deng, Managing Director Hony Capital
- Steve Chan, Chief Strategy Officer, Suntech Power Holdings
- Karen Fang, Chief Vice President, ChinaVest
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CTI-2: Venture Investment in Cleantech in China
- Don Williams*, Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
- Drew Clark, Strategy Director, IBM Ventures
- Ye Don, Managing Director, Tsing Capital
- James Mi, Managing Derector, Lightspeed Venture Partners
- Thomas J. Toy, Managing Director, PacRim Venture Partners
- Zhao Jun, Partner, DT Capital Partners
- Andrew Kau, Managing Director, Walden International
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| Transportation (Tr) |
Tr-1: Transportation 1
- Dan Sperling*, Professor/Director, ITS-University of California, Davis
- Belle Wei, Dean of Engineering School, San Jose State Univ
- Joseph Norbeck, Director, Bourns College of Eng. University of California, Riverside
- Wu Wenhua, Deputy Director, NDRC/Institute of Transportation
- Feng An, President and Executive Director, Innovation Center for Energy and Transportation (CET)
- Jia Feng, Deputy Director, Center for Environmental Education & Communications, China
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Tr-2: Transportation 2
- Huang Zhen*, Director, Professor, Energy Research Institute, SJTU
- Tom Turrentine, Director, Plug-in Hybrid Vehicle Research Ctr, UC Davis
- Andy Burke, Professor, ITS-University of California, Davis
- Yang Jialin, Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation
- David Chen, Vice President, General Motors China Group
- Peng Zhou, Director, Research and Development, Tesla Motors
- Marvin E. Bush, Founder, President & CEO of Adura Systems, Inc.
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| Education (E) |
E-1: Innovations in Education for Energy, Environment and Sustainability
- Barry Klein*, Professor, Vice Chancellor for Research, University of California at Davis
- Joseph Norbeck, Professor, Director of Environmental Research Institute, University of California at Riverside
- Anthony St. George, Executive Director of GLOBE, University of California, Berkeley; Director of Development, CITRIS
- Sun Qixin, Professor, Vice President for Research, China Agricultural University
- Yu Suyuan, Professor, Deputy Director of Institute of Nuclear and New Energy, Tsinghua University
- Ni Jinren, Professor, Associate Dean of Environmental Science and Engineering College, Peking University
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