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Speaker & Panelist Bios

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Frank Alix Frank Alix
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Powerspan Corp.
Tim AppenzellerTim Appenzeller
Assistant Executive Editor
National Geographic
Sanjoy BanerjeeSanjoy Banerjee
Professor of Chemical Engineering
University of California, Santa Barbara
Gary BarsleyGary Barsley
Director of Commercial Projects
SolarWorld Industries
Sally BensonSally Benson
Scientist
Earth Sciences Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Severin BorensteinSeverin Borenstein
Director
University of California Energy Institute
Anthony CheethamAnthony Cheetham
ICMR Director
University of California at Santa Barbara
Michael CorradiniMichael L. Corradini
Chair of Engineering Physics and Wisconsin Distinguished Professor of Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Paul DavisPaul Davis
Senior Vice President
Titan Oil Recovery
Larisa DobrianskyLarisa Dobriansky
Senior Advisor
Baker & Hostetler
William FreudenburgWilliam Freudenburg
Dehlsen Professor of Environmental Studies and Sociology
University of California, Santa Barbara
Stephen GoldenStephen J. Golden
Chief Technology Officer
Catalytic Solutions, Inc.
Alan HeegerAlan Heeger
Professor of Physics
University of California, Santa Barbara
Mark JonesMark Jones
Technical Leader
The Dow Chemical Company
Bengt KasemoBengt Kasemo
Professor of Physics
Chalmers University of Technology
Mujid KazimiMujid S. Kazimi
Professor of Nuclear and Mechanical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Walter KohnWalter Kohn
Professor of Physics, Emeritus and Research Professor
University of California, Santa Barbara
Hal la FlashHal la Flash
Director of Integrated Resource Planning and Policy
PG&E
Amory Bloch LovinsAmory Bloch Lovins
CEO
Rocky Mountain Institute
Charles McDermott Chuck McDermott
General Partner
RockPort Capital Partners
William Mitchell William Mitchell
Professor of Architecture and Media Arts and Sciences
MIT
Michal Moore Michal Moore
Senior Fellow
Institute for Sustainable Energy, Environment and Economy at the University of Calgary
Shuji NakamuraShuji Nakamura
Professor of Materials
University of California, Santa Barbara
Doug NewmanDoug Newman
Director
National Energy Center for Sustainable Communities
Joan OgdenJoan Ogden
Professor of Environmental Science and Policy
University of California, Davis
Joe PowellJoe Powell
Chief Scientist – Chemical Engineering
Shell Global Solutions
Paul Roberts Paul Roberts
Journalist
LA Times, Author of book "The End of Oil"
David Rohy David A. Rohy
Principal
Rohy Consulting Associates
Matthew TirrellMatthew Tirrell
Dean of the College of Engineering
UC Santa Barbara
Byron WashomByron Washom
President
Spencer Management Associates
Daniel WeissDaniel Weiss
Co-founder and Managing Partner
Angeleno Group LLC, a Venure Capital Firm
Ernst_von_WeizsäckerErnst von Weizsäcker
Dean, Bren School of Environmental Science & Management
University of California, Santa Barbara