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Key Panelists and Speakers
Paul Roberts A journalist since 1983, Paul Roberts writes and lectures frequently on the complex interplay of economics, technology, and the natural world. "The End of Oil" is his first book. A long-time observer of energy issues and politics, Roberts appears regularly on national and international television and radio news shows. 
Amory Lovins Amory Bloch Lovins is CEO of the Rocky Mountain Institute, a MacArthur Fellow, and consultant physicist who has advised the energy and other industries for nearly three decades as well as the U.S. Departments of Energy and Defense. He advises governments and major firms worldwide on advanced energy and resource efficiency, and has led the technical redesign of nearly $30 billion worth of facilities in 29 sectors to achieve very large energy savings at typically lower capital cost. 
Tim Appenzeller Fascinated by how science shapes our lives and minds, Tim Appenzeller has spent more than 20 years writing and editing on topics of physics, biology, and technology for publications such as National Geographic, Science, Scientific American, The Science, Time-Life Books, and U.S. News and World Report. He is the winner of the American Geophysical Union’s 2005 Walter Sullivan Award for Excellence in Science Journalism for his National Geographic article, "The Case of the Missing Carbon" (February, 2004).  Photo: Randy Lamb, UCSB Shuji Nakamura Dr. Nakamura was awarded the 2006 Millennium Technology Prize for his invention of revolutionary new light sources: blue, green, and white light-emitting diodes and the blue laser diode. The award is presented by Finland's Millennium Prize Foundation and recognizes outstanding technological achievement aimed at promoting quality of life and sustainable development. 
Daniel Weiss Daniel Weiss is co-founder and managing partner of Angeleno Group LLC, a Los Angeles based private equity firm focused on energy and environmental technology companies. He oversees AG's investment activities in the areas of pollution control, transmission and distribution infrastructure and fuel technologies. 
Severin Borenstein E.T. Grether Professor of Business Administration and Public Policy in the Economic Analysis and Policy Group of the Haas School of Business, director of the University of California Energy Institute, research associate for the National Bureau of Economic Research. Mr. Borenstein is co-director of the Center for the Study of Energy Markets and a former member of the governing board of the California Power Exchange and the California Attorney General's Gasoline Price Task Force. 
Larisa Dobriansky Larisa Dobriansky is senior advisor to the law firm of Baker & Hostetler on environmental and energy matters relating to clean energy technology commercialization, with a principal focus on developing new financing instruments, policies, and institutional structures that can interact to spur technology innovation and manage risks associated with the deployment of advanced energy technologies. Special areas of expertise are designing market development strategies, structuring risk-sharing public-private partnerships to accelerate market transformation and facilitating local programs for integrating energy and environmental systems on a community-scale. 
Chuck McDermott Chuck McDermott has worked in the energy and environmental field for more than twenty years. Prior to his role forming RockPort’s merchant bank and venture fund, McDermott served as Vice President and officer of Waste Management, Inc., the world’s largest environmental services company, and was responsible for the company’s federal advocacy before the White House, U.S. Congress, and other federal agencies. He also directed all political, constituent, and legislative matters in his role as Chief of Staff for Congressman Joseph P. Kennedy II. As Manager of Project Development for Citizens Energy Corporation, Mr. McDermott helped pioneer the creation of the nation's first bulk electric power trading company. He currently serves on the Boards of Directors of Cerox Corporation and Renaissance Lighting. He is also a Member of the Board of Directors and President of the CEO Coalition to Advance Sustainable Technologies and a Member of the Board of Governors of the National Association of Small Business Investment Companies. Mr. McDermott is a board advisor to the Cleantech Venture Network, Chairman of the Gridwise Alliance and Board Member of the Flax Trust, a business incubator in Belfast, Northern Ireland. 
Alan Heeger Dr. Alan Heeger’s role in the revolutionary discovery that plastics can have the properties of metals and semiconductors earned him the 2000 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. This discovery launched an important new field of research in plastics properties, widely used in solar technology. In addition to being the recipient of the Nobel Prize, Dr. Heeger has received numerous national and international awards. In 2003, Dr. Heeger was named to a University of California Presidential Chair, an honor that is reserved for the institution's most distinguished scholars. 
Joe Powell Joe Powell leads major research and development programs directed toward chemicals, biofuels, CO2 capture, and enhanced oil recovery for the Chemical Development Department at Shell’s Westhollow Technology Center (Houston). These programs have included new technology for the production of Bisphenol-A, and innovation and commercialization of a process route to1,3-Propanediol. Dr. Powell has been granted 39 U.S. patents and several industry awards, including the Arthur Dehon Little Award for Chemical Engineering Innovation (AIChE 1998), R&D100 Award (R&D Magazine), and American Chemical Society Team Innovation Award (2000). He is a life member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, and currently serves as chair for Area 12B (Pilot Plants) of the Process Development Division. 
Dr. William J. Mitchell Dr. William J. Mitchell sits as chair of the National Academies Committee on Information Technology and Creativity. Mitchell was awarded the Architectural Institute of Japan’s 1997 Appreciation Prize for his "achievements in the development of architectural design theory in the information age as well as worldwide promotion of CAD education." Mitchell is MIT’s former Dean of the School of Architecture and Planning and Head of the Program in Media Arts and Sciences. Prior to his time at MIT, he was the G. Ware and Edythe M. Travelstead Professor of Architecture and Director of the Master in Design Studies Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. He also served as Head of the Architecture/Urban Design Program at UCLA's Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Planning, and has taught at Yale, Carnegie-Mellon, and Cambridge Universities. In addition, he is also the recipient of honorary doctorates from the University of Melbourne and the New Jersey Institute of Technology. 
Doug Newman Doug Newman has 25 years of experience in national environmental policy analysis and program development and in planning and managing collaborative research initiatives. Prior to the formation of the NECSC, he served as the Director of community energy systems research for the Gas Technology Institute and served in a number of senior career posts in the U.S. government, and as a private-sector business consultant and entrepreneur. His commercial clients included Discovery Communications (the Discovery Channel Network), General Electric, GeoSpehere, Pratt & Whitney-Canada, Samsonite-American Tourister, SES-ASTRA and the U.S. Department of Commerce - National Ocean Service. |