Program Schedule

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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE * MILKEN INSTITUTE
and NEW MAJORITY ENERGY TASK FORCE -The New Majority California Energy Task Force is a non-partisan, tax exempt educational organization under Internal Revenue Code 501(c)(4)

 

Arnold_Schwarzenegger
With Special Guest
GOVERNOR ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER

 

May 13, 2008

 
7:30 – 8:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
8:00 a.m. Panel Discussion - Today's Predicament

  1. Municipal Governance
    Beth Krom, Mayor, City of Irvine

  2. Liquid Fuels
    Anne Korin, Co-Director, Institute for the Analysis of Global Security, and Chair, Set America Free Coalition.

  3. Consumer Behavior
    Dr. Martha S. Amram, Chief Executive Officer, GreenNow USA, and Senior Fellow, Milken Institute

  4. Security
    Dr. Ronald E. Stoltz, Manager, California Energy Liaison Office, Sandia National Laboratories

Moderator: Joel Kurtzman, Senior Fellow, Milken Institute, and Publisher, The Milken Institute Review

 

Energy Alternatives - John E. Bryson, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Edison International

 
9:15 a.m.
Energy Alternatives

Gov. Schwarzenegger


WATCH VIDEO


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Scott Samuelsen


WATCH VIDEO

  1. California Govenor Arnold Schwarzenegger

  2. Dr. G. Scott Samuelsen, Professor, Mechanical, Aerospace and Environmental Engineering, and Director, National Fuel Cell Research Center, University of California, Irvine

 
10:15 a.m. BREAK
10:30 a.m. Panel Discussion – Energy Solutions in Context

  1. Investments
    Blake A. Schaefer, Director, Global Environmental Finance, Stark Investments
    Richard L. Kauffman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Good Energies, Inc.

  2. Legislative Perspective
    Karen Douglas, Commissioner, California Energy Commission

  3. Business Sector
    G. Chris Andersen, Founder and Partner, G.C. Andersen Partners LLC
    Joseph H. Pettus, Senior Vice President, Fuel and Energy, Safeway, Inc.

Moderator:  Joel Kurtzman

 

 
1:00 p.m. Panel Discussion – Closing the Energy Gap

  1. Miguel Pulido, Mayor, City of Santa Ana

  2. Richard C. Pietrafesa, Jr., Managing Director, Destiny U.S.A.

  3. Chuck Devore, California State Assemblyman, 70th District

Moderator:  Douglas A. Wilson, Chief Executive Officer, Next Solutions, Inc.
2:00 p.m. Progress of Science and Technology for Alternative Energies


VIDEOS

  1. Watch Nuclear Session
  2. Transportation Session not available
  3. Watch Coal Session
  4. Watch Fuel Cells Session
  5. Watch Solar Session

Break-out Sessions

  1. Nuclear
    Dr. Rodney C. Ewing, Professor, Geological Sciences, Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, and Materials Science and Engineering, University of Michigan
    Moderator: Dr. Roger D. McWilliams, Professor, Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine

  2. Transportation, Bio-Fuels and Hydrogen
    William (Bill) N. Reinert, National Manager, Advanced Technology, Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A.
    Moderator: Dr. Albert F. Bennett, Dean, School of Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine

  3. Coal
    Dr. Wm. Randall Seeker, Manager, New Product Development GE Environmental Services
    Moderator: Dr. Derek Dunn-Rankin, Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Irvine

  4. Fuel Cells
    Dr. Jack Brouwer, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and Technical Director, National Fuel Cell Research Center, University of California, Irvine
    Moderator: Dr. Faryar Jabbari, Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Irvine

  5. Solar and Wind
    Dr. Nathan S. Lewis, Professor, Chemistry, California Institute of Technology
    Moderator: Dr. John C. Hemminger, Dean, School of Physical Sciences, University of California, Irvine
3:30 p.m. BREAK
3:45 p.m. Summary of the Day and Next Steps

  1. G. Chris Andersen, G.C. Andersen & Partners LLC

  2. Joel Kurtzman, Milken Institute

  3. Dr. Michael J. Prather, Professor, Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine

  4. Dr. Peter D. Blair, Executive Director, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, The National Academies’ National Research Council

Moderator: Douglas A. Wilson

 

 

 

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