Materials for a Sustainable Energy Future
Summit keynotes and panelists focused on the materials challenges, opportunities and latest developments related to technologies that are impacting energy efficiency and driving us toward a sustainable energy future. Speakers are listed below. Further details will be added as they become available. Click here to download the Summit Program. All sessions took place in the Fess Parker Grand Ballroom unless otherwise noted.
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Wednesday, May 1, 2013
| Time | Session |
| 7:45-8:30am | Check-in and Registration at the Fess Parker Resort
Continental Breakfast & Networking |
| 8:30-8:45am | Summit Welcome
John Bowers
Director, Institute for Energy Efficiency
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
UC Santa Barbara
Mike Witherell
Vice Chancellor for Research
UC Santa Barbara |
| 8:45-9:10am | Opening Keynote Address: Materials Science Innovations in Energy Efficiency and Generation
Secretary Steven Chu
Secretary of Energy
U.S. Department of Energy |
| 9:10-9:40am | Fireside Chat
Jeff Henley
Chairman, Oracle Corporation
with Secretary Steven Chu |
| 9:40-10:15am | Networking Break |
| 10:15-10:45am | Keynote Presentation
Michael McQuade
Senior Vice President of Science & Technology
United Technologies Corporation |
| 10:45-12:00pm | Critical Materials for Energy Technologies
What are the key issues around extracting, processing and using materials needed for our increasing global energy needs?
Moderator:
Barbara Goss Levi
Contributing Editor, Physics Today Panelists:
Sangwon Suh
Professor, Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, UC Santa Barbara Tom Graedel
Professor, Industrial Ecology, Chemical Engineering, Geology and Geophysics, Yale University
Robert Jaffe
Professor, Department of Physics. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Alex King
Director, Ames Laboratory, DOE Critical Materials Hub
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| 12:00-1:45pm | Networking Lunch at the Plaza del Sol |
| 1:45-3:00pm | Innovations in Solid-State Lighting
Discussions on the latest developments in this rapidly growing field.
Moderator:
Waguih Ishak
Division Vice President, Corning Panelists:
Steven DenBaars
Co-Director, Solid-State Lighting & Energy Center and Professor, Department of Materials,
UC Santa Barbara James Ibbetson
Manager, Advanced LED Group, Cree Mike Krames
Chief Technology Officer, Soraa Kelly Gordon
Program Manager, Pacific
Northwest National Laboratory |
| 3:00-3:30pm | Networking Break |
| 3:30-4:45pm | Energy Efficient Information & Communications Technology
The future of scalability and energy efficiency for next generation ICT core networks.
Moderator:
Rod Alferness
Dean, College of Engineering
UC Santa Barbara Panelists:
Steve Alexander
Senior Vice President, Ciena Mario Paniccia
Director, Photonics Research, Intel
Ashok Krishnamoorthy
Architect & Chief Technologist, Oracle John Bowers
Director, Institute for Energy Efficiency and Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering,
UC Santa Barbara
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| 5:00-6:30pm | Reception at Plaza del Sol |
Thursday, May 2, 2013
| Time | Session |
| 8:00-8:30am | Continental Breakfast & Networking |
| 8:30-8:40am | Welcome
David Auston
Executive Director, Institute for Energy Efficiency
UC Santa Barbara |
| 8:40-9:10am | Keynote Presentation
George Crabtree
Director, Joint Center for Energy Storage Research
Argonne National Laboratory |
| 9:10-10:25am | Electrochemical Energy Storage Technologies
What are the latest technologies and materials that will enable more efficient, economical and reliable energy storage?
Moderator:
Richard Harris
Science Correspondent, National Public Radio Panelists:
David Eaglesham
Chief Executive Officer, Pellion Technologies Jeremy Cowperthwaite
Vice President and General Manager, Engine Starting Group, Maxwell Technologies Inc.
Jun Liu
Laboratory Fellow, Department of Chemical and Materials Science, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Galen Stucky
Professor, Department of Materials, UC Santa Barbara |
| 10:25-10:50am | Networking Break |
| 10:50-11:30am | Connecting Innovation: The Utilities' Perspective
Utility representatives will discuss the challenges and opportunities involved in transitioning towards a clean energy grid and an energy-efficient future.
Moderator: David Auston
Executive Director, Institute for Energy Efficiency Panelists:
Steven Malnight
Vice President, Integrated Demand Side Management, PG&E Seth Kiner
Vice President, Customer Programs and Services, Southern California Edision |
| 11:30-12:45pm |
High Efficiency Power Electronics
What does the future look like for more efficient power electronics. How can we enable and integrate new technologies into existing systems faster?
Moderator:
Lisa Margonelli
Author and Journalist, New America Foundation Panelists:
Rajeev Ram
Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Hari Harikumar
VP, Advanced Technology, Ingersoll Rand JB Straubel
Chief Technology Officer, Tesla Motors Umesh Mishra
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, UC Santa Barbara
CEO and Co-founder, Transphorm |
| 12:45-1:30pm | Lunch & Keynote Presentation
Kateri Callahan
President, Alliance to Save Energy |
| 1:30- 2:00pm | Fireside Chat
Dan Burnham
Retired President and CEO, Raytheon Company
with Kateri Callahan
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