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Vinod Khosla Nate Lewis

Program Agenda

7:30 - 8:30 On site registration, continental breakfast
(Baxter Lecture Hall)
8:30 - 9:30 Opening Session: Innovations in Clean Energy & Transportation
(Baxter Lecture Hall)
8:30 - 8:40 Opening Welcome
Jean-Lou Chameau, President, Caltech (Bio)
8:40 - 9:20 Morning Keynote
Nate Lewis, George L. Argyros Professor and Professor of Chemistry, Caltech (Bio)
9:20 - 9:30 Q&A
9:30 - 10:30 Panel 1: Solar & Wind Energy
(Baxter Lecture Hall)
  Solar Energy Technologies for the future
Harry Atwater, Howard Hughes Professor and Professor of Applied Physics and Materials Science (Bio)
Thin Film Solar Technologies
Billy J. Stanbery, CEO, Heliovolt (Bio)
Building Integrated Wind Turbine Development
Paul Glenney, Director, Energy Intiatives AeroVironment; Project lead for the Architectural Wind business (Bio)
Wind Energy
James Lyons, Chief Engineer, Electronics & Energy Conversion, GE R&D (Bio)
Moderator
Art Ellis, Vice Chancellor for Research, UCSD (Bio)
10:30 - 10:45 Coffee Break
10:45 - 11:45 Panel 2: Fuels & Transportation
(Baxter Lecture Hall)
  Plug in Hybrid Electric Vehicles
Sven Thesen, Electric Drive Supervisor, PG&E (Bio)
Moving Toward Sustainable Mobility
Justin Ward, Toyota Advanced Vehicle Technologies (Bio)
Alchohols & Biodiesel
Kevin Gray, Director of Alternative Fuels, Diversa (Bio)
Biofuels
Richard Hamilton, CEO, Ceres (Bio)
Moderator
Terry Tamminen, Director of Climate Policy Program, New America Foundation (Bio)
11:45 - 12:45 Panel 3: Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Storage
Parallel Session 1
(Baxter Lecture Hall)
  Hydrogen Storage
Brent Fultz, Professor of Materials Science & Applied Physics, Caltech (Bio)
Hydrogen Research
Vasilios Manousiouthakis, Director, Hydrogen Energy Research Consortium, & Professor, UCLA (Bio)
Advances in Fuel Cells for Transportations
Mike Gorman, Director, Transportation Products, UTC Fuel Cells (Bio)
New Fuel Cell Technology
Sossina Haile, Professor of Materials Science & Chemical Engineering, Caltech (Bio)
Moderator
Jose-Luis Contreras, Navigant Consulting (Bio)
11:45 - 12:45 Business Competition Fast Pitch - Preliminary Round
Parallel Session 2
(Spalding 106)
  Judges Panel
George Abe, Anderson School of Management, UCLA (Bio)
Paulo de Rezende, Jr., Partner, Zone Ventures (Bio)
Dave Jones, Partner, Sail Venture Partners (Bio)
Yaniv Tepper, Co-founder & Managing Partner, Angeleno Group (Bio)
Wen Hsieh, Partner, KPCB (Bio)
12:45 - 14:00 Networking Lunch
(Beckman Lawns)
14:00 - 15:00 Panel 4: Private and Public Market Financing
Parallel Session 3
(Baxter Lecture Hall)
  Venture Capital
John Rockwell, Managing Director, DFJ Element (Bio)
Private Equity
Jim McDermott, Managing Director, US Renewables (Bio)
Investment Banking
Shez Bandukwala, Partner and Head of Alternative Energy Investment Banking, ThinkEquity Partners (Bio)
Financial Services
Mark Huang, Sr. VP, GE Energy Financial Services (Bio)
Moderator
Paul Frankel, Director, Aquillian Investments (Bio)
14:00 - 15:00 Panel 5: Global Clean Tech Landscape
Parallel Session 4
(Spalding 106)
  China
Woodrow W. Clark II, Senior Fellow, Milken Institute (Bio)
Latin America and Brazil
Jeremy Martin, Energy Director, Institute of the Americas, UCSD (Bio)
Europe
Samer Salty, Partner, Zouk Ventures (Bio)
India & S Asia
Suvi Sharma, CEO, Solaria (Bio)
Moderator
James C. Davis, President, Chevron Energy Solutions (Bio)
15:00 - 16:00 Business Competition Fast Pitch - Finals
(Baxter Lecture Hall)
  Judges Panel
George Abe, Anderson School of Management, UCLA (Bio)
Paulo de Rezende, Jr., Partner, Zone Ventures (Bio)
Dave Jones, Partner, Sail Venture Partners (Bio)
Yaniv Tepper, Co-founder & Managing Partner, Angeleno Group (Bio)
Wen Hsieh, Partner, KPCB (Bio)
16:00 - 16:15 Coffee Break
16:15 - 17:00 Closing Session
(Baxter Lecture Hall)
16:15 - 16:25 Anderson Business School Perspective on Clean Technologies, & Keynote Introduction
Charles Corbett, Associate Dean, Anderson School of Management, UCLA (Bio)
16:25 - 17:00 Closing Keynote
Vinod Khosla, Khosla Ventures
17:00 - 19:00 Cocktails, Light Food, & Networking
(Beckman Lawns)


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