California Clean Energy Roundtable: April 27-29, 2010, Palo Alto

  

Montreux Energy’s 6th Annual

 California Clean Energy Roundtable

PRESENTATIONS  (Password protected, Roundtable participants only) 

Roundtable Speakers include:  

Dian Grueneich
Commissioner,
California PUC
Jim Boyd
Vice Chair,
Calif Energy
Commission
Jack Jacometti
Special Advisor,
Grp Strat Plannig,
Shell
John Boesel
President & CEO,
CALSTART
Mike Gallagher
 Sr Adviser &
Board Member,
Westport
Innovations
Prof Jim Sweeney
 Dept Mgmt,
Science, Engineering,
 Stanford Univ
Jeff Reed,
Dir, Mkt & Devel
Emerging Tech,
Sempra
Energy Util
Wim Thomas
 Head Energy
Analyses,
Shell Global
Scenarios Group
Diane Wittenberg
President,
California
Climate
Reserve
Dan Sperling
Director,
UC Davis ITS,
Board Member,
CARB
Cree Edwards
 Chairman,
eMeter
Jan Berman
 Sr Dir, DSM, &
Integr Planning,
PG&E
James Spaeth
 Director,
Commercialization
U.S. DOE
Mary Beth Stanek
Director, Energy
& Enviro Policy &
Commercialization
GM
Lee Schipper
 Sr Rsch Engineer,
Precourt Center,
 Stanford Univ
Joe Browder
  Partner,
Dunlap & Browder
Arati Prabhakar
 General Partner,
US Venture
Partners
David Merkoski
 Executive
Creative Director,
FROG Design
Neil Gerber
 Global Power Gen
Solution Leader,
Energy & Utilities,
IBM
David Armitage
CEO,
CartaSite
Catherine
Dunwoody
 Exec Director,
California Fuel Cell
Partnership
Matt Horton,
CEO,
Propel Fuels
John Tillman
 Head of Advanced
Powertrain Rsch,
Volkswagen
David Prend
Partner,
Rockport
Capital
Kate Blumberg
 Director,
International
Ctr for Clean
Transportation

and   

Gitanjali DasGupta Manager, Electric Vehicles, Electrovaya
Amy Zimpfer Associate Director, U.S. EPA Region 9
Kevin Best CEO, RealEnergy  

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Roundtable Program:  

Tuesday, April 27:  

Afternoon Arrivals: The Four Seasons Hotel, Palo Alto  

5:30pm: Registration  

7:00pm: Dinner and Opening of Shell Scenarios Workshop  

Workshop Session I: “Setting the Stage”  

• Jack Jacometti Special Advisor, Group Strategic Planning, Shell
• Prof Jim Sweeney
Dept Mgmt, Science, Engineering, Stanford University  

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Wednesday, April 28:

7:30am: Registration  

Shell Global Energy Scenarios Workshop  

Workshop Session II: Scenarios 8:30 – 10:30 am  

• Wim Thomas Chief Energy Advisor, Shell Global Scenarios Group  

Workshop Session III: Independent Perspectives 11:00 – 12:30 pm  

• Jim Boyd, Vice Chair, California Energy Commission
• John Boesel,
CEO, CALSTART
• Catherine Dunwoody,
Exec Dir, California Fuel Cell Partnership
• Kate Blumberg,
Director, International Center for Clean Transportation
• Amy Zimpfer, Associate Director, U.S. EPA Region 9  

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Luncheon 12:30 – 1:30pm  

Workshop Session IV: Transforming Consumer Behavior 1:30 – 3:30 pm  

New Technologies: David Armitage, CEO, CartaSite
Social Networking: Speaker tba, FaceBook
Changing Business Models: David Merkoski, Exec Creative Dir, FROG Design  

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Roundtable Group Discussions 4:00 – 5:00 pm  

Open 5:00 – 6:30pm  

Roundtable Keynote Evening Session 6:00 pm  

• Dian Grueneich, Commissioner, California PUC
• Dan Sperling,
Director, UC Davis ITS, and Board Member, CARB
• Mary Beth Stanek, Dir Energy & Enviro Policy & Commercialization, GM
  

Music by The Lee Shipper Quartet: “The Carbon Mitigators”, followed by dinner at the Four Seasons  

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Thursday, April 29:  

Investment Session I: Clean Energy Materials 8:30 – 9:30 am  

• Keith Gillard, Principal, BASF Venture Capital America
• Arati Prabhakar,
General Partner, US Venture Partners  

Investment Session II: Connectivity, Smart Grid, Energy Storage  

• Cree Edwards, Chairman, eMeter
Jan Berman, Sr Dir Integrated Demand Side Mgmt & Policy, PG&E
• Joe Browder, President, Dunlap & Browder  

Investment Session III: Clean Transportation   

• Dr. Michael Gallagher, Sr Adviser & Board Member, Westport Innovations
• Lee Schipper, Sr Energy Researcher, Precourt Center, Stanford University
• John Tillman, Director, Advanced Powertrain Development, Volkswagen  

Matt Horton, CEO, Propel Fuels
 

  

 

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Luncheon 12:30 – 1:30pm  

• Diane Wittenberg, President, California Climate Reserve  

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Roundtable Closing Investment Session IV:   

Utility-Scale Clean Energy & Major Infrastructure Projects:   

Jeff Reed, Dir, Market Devel & Emerging Tech, Sempra Energy Utilities
• Neil Gerber, Global Power Generation Solution Leader, Energy & Utilities, IBM
• James Spaeth, Director, Office of Commercialization, U.S. Dept of Energy
• David Prend, Partner, Rockport Capital
• Kevin Best, CEO, RealEnergy  

CLOSE OF ROUNDTABLE, 3pm  

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The California Clean Energy Roundtable fee is $750. We have a limited number of rooms reserved ($260) at the Four Seasons Hotel Silicon Valley. Kindly let us know as soon as possible if you require assistance with hotel reservations. http://www.fourseasons.com/siliconvalley/  

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