Agenda
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Power Day: Thursday, February 12, 2009
7:30
- 8:50 AM
LEADERSHIP CIRCLE BREAKFASTS (INVITATION ONLY)
Sponsored by Alstom
- Christopher J. Hansen, Associate Director, CERA
- Guy Chardon, Senior Vice President, Turbomachines Group, Alstom
- Jone-Lin Wang, Managing Director and Group Head, CERA (Chair)
The Energy Security Innovation and Sustainability (ESIS) Initiative
Sponsored by Marathon and Council on Competitiveness
- Ralph Izzo, Chairman, President and CEO, PSEG
- Shirley Ann Jackson, President, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Deborah Wince-Smith, President, Council on Competitiveness
- Alexander A. Karsner, Distinguised Fellow, Council on Competitiveness
- Clarence P. Cazalot, President and Chief Executive Officer, Marathon Oil Corporation
- David Hobbs, Chief Energy Strategist, CERA (Chair)
STRATEGY BREAKFASTS
The Near-term Outlook on US Wind
- Kenneth Westrick, Chief Executive Officer, 3TIER
- Glen Hodges, Wind Developer, Babcock & Brown
- Darrell Thorson, Vice President, Wind Development, Central US, BP Alternative Energy
- Antonio Coutinho, Chief Energy Management Officer, Horizon Wind Energy
Power Storage: Batteries and Beyond
- Donald Sadoway, John F. Elliot Professor of Materials Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Royal Daniel, Chief Executive Officer, Energy Storage and Power
- Kristian Bodek, Associate Director, CERA (Chair)
Operational Optimization in Coal-Fired Power Plants
Sponsored by RMT
- Timothy Bennington, Executive Vice President, RMT-SmartBurn
- Roger J. Goodman, Senior Consultant, CERA (Chair)
The Evolving Carbon Policy Landscape and Implications for Clean Energy
Sponsored by Vinson & Elkins LLP
- Rob Barnett, Associate Director, CERA
- Larry Nettles, Partner, Vinson & Elkins
- Fabien Roques, Director, CERA
- Robert LaCount, Senior Director, CERA (Chair)
9:00
- 9:30 AM
Opening Address: The Environmental Case for Coal
- Fred Krupp, President, Environmental Defense Fund
9:30
- 11:00 AM
- Ralph Izzo, Chairman, President and CEO, PSEG
- David Joos, President and Chief Executive Officer, CMS Energy
- James Miller, Chairman, President and CEO, PPL Corporation
- John Young, President and Chief Executive Officer, Energy Future Holdings
- Lawrence J. Makovich, Vice President and Senior Advisor, CERA (Chair)
11:15 AM
- 12:45 PM
CRITICAL ISSUE FORUMS
Opportunity amid Turmoil: Financing the Power Sector in a Turbulent Economy
- Jeffrey R. Holzschuh, Vice Chairman, Morgan Stanley
- George Bilicic, Managing Director, Chairman of Power, Utilities and Infrastructure, Lazard
- Peter N. Rigby, Director, Standard & Poor's
- Jim McGinnis, Managing Director, Harbinger Capital Partners
- Marie N. Fagan, Senior Director, CERA (Chair)
Managing Through the Global Power Construction Cycle
- Candida Scott, Senior Director, CERA
- Dean Oskvig, President and Chief Executive Officer, Energy, Black & Veatch Corporation
- Gregory M. Vesey, President, Chevron Global Power Generation
- Jim Suciu, Global Vice President, Marketing and Sales, GE Energy
- Jone-Lin Wang, Managing Director and Group Head, CERA (Chair)
From Concept to Reality: Are We Ready for Electric Cars?
- Robert Fraser, Director, CERA
- Peter L. Corsell, Chief Executive Officer, GridPoint
- Andrew Tang, Senior Director, Smart Energy Web, PG&E
- Mark Perry, Director, Product Planning, Nissan North America, Inc.
- Patricia DiOrio, Director, CERA (Chair)
Solar Energy: Crossing the Divide in Cost and Performance?
- Robert Fishman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Ausra
- Steven Chan, President, Global Sales and Marketing, Chief Strategy Officer, Suntech
- Charles Gay, President, Applied Solar, Applied Materials
- Richard Gruber, Vice President, Project Development, First Solar
- Roger Kranenburg, Director, CERA (Chair)
2:30
- 3:45 PM
INDUSTRY PLENARIES
Smart Grids: Big Bang or Incremental?
- Barry T. Smitherman, Chairman, Public Utility Commission
- Laurent Demortier, Senior Vice President, Energy Management, Alstom
- Sharon Allan, President, Elster Integrated Solutions
- David Mohler, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Duke Energy Corp
- Patricia DiOrio, Director, CERA (Chair)
Changing Face of Global Electric Power
- Takayuki Ueda, Director General Energy and Environment Policy, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan
- Johannes Kindler, Vice President, Federal Network Agency
- Prof. Eicke R. Weber, Director, Fraunhofer, Institute for Solar Energy Systems
- Jacques Besnainou, President, AREVA Inc., President & CEO, AREVA NC, Inc.
- Douglas Howe, Senior Associate, CERA (Chair)
4:00
- 5:00 PM
SPECIAL PLENARY
- Peter Diamandis, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, X-Prize Foundation
- Shirley Ann Jackson, President, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
5:00
- 6:30 PM
6:30
- 8:30 PM
DINNER
Special Economic Forum on the Future of the Global Economy
- Nariman Behravesh, Chief Economist, IHS
- Kenneth Rogoff, Professor of Economics, Harvard University
- Nouriel Roubini, Professor of Economics and International Business, Stern School of Business, New York Universtity; Chairman, RGE Monitor
- Daniel Yergin, Chairman, CERA (Chair)
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