Abstract
Wednesday, May 12
8:00-8:30AM Registration
Continental breakfast & networking
8:30-8:45AM Welcome
Henry Yang, Chancellor, UC Santa Barbara
Dave Auston, Executive Director, Institute for Energy Efficiency
8:45-9:00AM New Ideas in Energy Efficiency
John Bowers, Director, Institute for Energy Efficiency
9:00-10:00AM Opening Keynote
Dan Reicher, Director of Climate Change and Energy Initiatives, Google
Realizing the Potential of Energy Efficiency: Technology, Policy and Finance
10:00-11:15AM Implementing Solar Energy Options
Moderator: Gui Bazan, Production & Storage Solutions Group Head, Institute for Energy Efficiency
Howard Wenger, President, Utility & Power Plants, SunPower Corp.
Utility Scale Solar Technology at a Distribution Level
Dina Lozofsky, Vice President of Corporate Development, Solarmer
Commercializing Polymer Solar Panels
Tim Keating, Vice President of Marketing, Skyline Solar
Getting New PV Solar Power Technologies with a focus on the Skyline Solar High Gain Approach
11:15-11:30AM Break
11:30AM-12:30PM Implementing Energy Savings
Moderator: Jeffrey Henley, Global Advisory Board Chair, Institute for Energy Efficiency
Joe Pettus, Senior Vice President of Fuel and Energy Operations, Safeway
Innovation for Energy Savings
William Sisson, Director of Sustainability, United Technologies Research Center
UTC's Sustainability and Energy Demand Reduction in Targeted Facilities
12:30-1:30PM Networking Lunch
On the Monte Vista Lawn
1:30-2:45PM Energy Efficient Computing at a Large Scale
Moderator: Fred Chong, Computing Solutions Group Head, Institute for Energy Efficiency
Robert Sproull, Vice President and Fellow, Sun Labs, Oracle
Optimizing IT and IT for Optimization
Katherine Yelick, NERSC Division Director, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Energy Efficiency at Extreme Scales
Rich Wolski, CTO, Eucalyptus Systems
Eucalyptus: An Open Source Infrastructure for Cloud Computing
2:45-4:00PM Energy Efficient Information Technology
Moderator: John Bowers, Director and Electronics & Photonics Solutions Group Head, Institute for Energy Efficiency
Mario Paniccia, Director, Photonics Technology Lab, Intel
Energy Efficiency in the PC/Server Environment
Michael Lebby, President and CEO, Optoelectronics Industry Development Association
Green Photonics: How it will Affect our Lives Over the Next Decade
Mark Rodwell, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, UC Santa Barbara
Low-voltage III/V Transistors for VLSI
Daniel Blumenthal, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, UC Santa Barbara
Energy Efficient Photonics for Communications and Application to the Terabit Optical Ethernet Center at UCSB
4:00-4:30PM Break
4:30-5:30PM Keynote
Richard Newell, Administrator, U.S. Energy Information Administration
Understanding and Modeling Energy Efficiency Across U.S. Sectors
5:30-7:30PM Reception
At the Coral Casino Beach and Cabana Club, featuring local Santa Barbara wineries and seasonal fare
Thursday, May 13
8:00-8:30AM Registration
Continental breakfast & networking
8:30-9:45AM Tools and Technologies for Energy Efficient Building Systems
Moderator: Igor Mezic, Buildings & Design Solutions Group Head, Institute for Energy Efficiency
Cary Vandenberg, CEO, Agilewaves, Inc.
Building Energy Efficiency: the Path to Optimization
Takashi Hikihara, Professor of Electrical Engineering (Power Conversion & System Control Lab) Kyoto University
Power Router and Packetization Project for Home Electric Energy Management
Marti Ogram, Strategic Product Specialist, Emerging Technology Group, Cisco Systems, Inc.
Energy Efficiency Across the Enterprise: The Role of Information and Communications Technologies to Eliminate Hidden Energy Waste
Panelists:
Alexis Ringwald, Co-Founder and Director of Business Development, Valence Energy
Walter Yuen, Professor, Mechanical Engineering, UC Santa Barbara
9:45-11:00AM Moving Towards a Viable and Large Scale LED Market
Moderator: Steve DenBaars, Lighting Solutions Group Head, Institute for Energy Efficiency
Robert Karlicek, Director, Smart Lighting Engineering Research Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Novel Applications of LEDs for Energy Savings: A Systems Level View
James Speck, Professor, Materials Science, UC Santa Barbara
Progress in GaN Materials and Processes for Advanced Solid State Lighting
Jed Dorsheimer, Principal, Senior Equity Analyst, Canaccord Adams
The Second Cycle and Beyond: Worldwide LED Supply and Demand Analysis
11:00-11:15AM Break
11:15AM-12:30PM Expert Picks: Near Term High-Growth Technologies
Moderator: Jon Guice, Managing Director of Research, AltaTerra Research
Gene Rodrigues, Director of Energy Efficiency, Southern California Edison
Policy & Technology: Fueling a Revolution in Demand-Side Management
Brent Dehlsen, Co-Founder and CEO, Ecomerit Technologies
Competitiveness of Wind and Marine Energy
TJ DiCaprio, Sr. Director, Environmental Sustainability Initiative, Microsoft U.S.A.
Using Software Technology to Support Environmental Sustainability
Kelly Smith, Manager Sustainability Programs, Building Efficiency, Johnson Controls
Connecting the Dots: Integrating Components in a Building through Technology and Innovation
12:30-2:00PM Lunch and Closing Keynote
Michael Peevey, President, California Public Utilities Commission
Energy Efficiency
2:30-4:30PM UC Santa Barbara Lab Tours
(register at check-in for this supplemental activity)