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1st UCGEF Program

Registration/Help Desk − Conference Foyer Desk
Open Sunday (Nov. 16): 14:00-20:00; Monday & Tuesday (Nov 17&18): 07:30-18:00
  Plenary Sessions (PS)   Best Practice Case Studies (BPCS)
  Renewable Energy (RE)   Transportation (Tr)
  Green Tech/Practice (GT)   Education (E)
  Clean Tech Investment (CTI)   Invited Speeches(IS)
Room assignments: All plenary sessions, invited speeches, receptions, and the first concurrent panels are held at Friendship Palace; the 2nd and 3rd concurrent panels are held at Hall 7, Rm. 1 and Rm. 2, respectively.
  Sunday, Nov. 16  
18:30
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20:30		 VIP Reception
  Monday, Nov. 17  
07:30 Light Breakfast
08:30 Conference Welcome

Introduction and Greeting by Conference Co-Chairs

Welcome Remarks by Conference Honorary Co-Chairs

  • Han, Qide, Dr., Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of National People's Congress of China and President of China Association for Science and Technology
  • Feinstein, Dianne, United States Senator from California and Chairperson of the U.S. Senate Rules and Administration Committee
09:20 Keynote: Xu Dingming, Director, National Energy Expert Consultative Committee of the National Energy Leading Group
09:50 Keynote: China's Energy-Challenges and Strategies - Ni, Weidou, Prof., Academician, Chinese Academy of Science and Former Vice President, Tsinghua University
10:20 Keynote: Sastry, Shankar, Prof., Member, National Academy of Engineering and Dean, College of Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
10:50 Coffee Break
11:00 Plenary Panel Discussion: Energy Policy in China and California: Implications for Greenhouse Gas Emissions
12:00 Luncheon (Sponsored by Dr. Newton D. Becker)
  Friendship Palace Hall 7 Rm. 1 Hall 7 Rm. 2
13:00 RE-1: Solar Energy GT-1: Smart Grid A RE-2: Renewable Policy
14:30 Coffee Break
14:40 RE-3: Wind Energy GT-2: Smart Grid B Tr-1: Transportation 1: Sustainable Transportation System
16:10 Coffee Break
16:20 GT-4: Green Building RE-5: Water Energy RE-4: Bio-Energy
19:00
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21:30		 Gala Dinner (Sponsored by Energy Foundation The China Sustainable Energy Program)
  • Invited speech by Mr. Zhang, Guobao, Bureau Chief of the Energy Bureau; Vice Chairman of NDRC (invited)
  • Invited speech by Congressman David Wu, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives (invited)
  Tuesday, Nov. 18  
07:30 Light Breakfast
08:30 Keynote: Sutardja, Sehat, Dr., Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Marvell Technology Group Ltd.
09:00 Coffee Break
  Friendship Palace Hall 7 Rm. 1 Hall 7 Rm. 2
09:10 GT-5: Green IT A BPCS-1: Reducing CO2 emissions from Cement Production CTI-1: Visions and Market Trends for the Future - from Private Equity and Corporate Investor's view
10:40 Coffee Break
10:50 Tr-2: Transportation B: Alternative Vehicle and Fuel Technologies GT-6: Green IT B GT-3: Cap-and-Trade Approach to Reducing Carbon Emissions
12:30 Luncheon (Sponsored by Western Digital)
13:30 Invited Speech : Realizing the Benefits of Energy Efficient Drives in Large Scale Storage, Martin, Paul, Senior Director, Worldwide Channel Marketing, Western Digital
13:50 Keynote: Hawkins, Neil, Vice President for Sustainability, Dow Chemical Company
14:20 Coffee Break
14:30 CTI-2: Venture Investment in Cleantech in China E-1: Innovations in Education for Energy, Environment and Sustainability BPCS-5: Utility Demand Side Management
16:10   BPCS-4: Rebuilding after Earthquake in Sichuan BPCS-2: Energy Management in Industry: Dow Chemical
18:30
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21:30		 Closing Cocktail Party (Sponsored by Intel Corporation)
  • Invited Speech by Ian Yang, Vice President & General Manager, Intel China
Conference Program Details
(As of Oct. 25; * denotes moderators)
Invited Speeches (IS)
  • Senator Dianne Feinstein, Senior United States Senator from California and Chairperson of the U.S. Senate Rules and Administration Committee
  • Prof. Han Qide, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of National People's Congress of China and President of CAST
  • Dr. Zhao Zhongxian, Vice President of China Association for Science and Technology (CAST)
  • Ian Yang, Vice President & General Manager, Intel China
  • Paul Martin, Senior Director, Worldwide Channel Marketing, Enterprise Western Digital
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Plenary Sessions (PS)
PS1a: Current Energy Status and its Development Strategy for China - Prof. Ni Weidou, Academician, Chinese Academy of Science and Former Vice President, Tsinghua University
PS1b: S. Shankar Sastry, NEC Distinguished Professor,Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences, Bioengineering and Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
PS1c: Energy Policy in China and California: Impactions for Greenhouse Gas Emissions
  • Mark Levine*, Group Leader of China Energy Group, Former Director of Environment Energy Technology Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
  • Shi Dinghuan, Counsellor of the State Council, State Council
  • He ZuoXiu, Academician, Chinese Academy of Science
  • He Jiankun, Director, Low-Carbon Energy Lab and Former Executive Vice President, Tsinghua University
  • Dian Grueneich, Commissioner, California Public Utilities Commission
  • John Geesman, Co-Chair, American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) and Former Commissioner, California Energy Commission
PS2a: Dr. Sehat Sutardja, President and Chief Executive Officer, Marvell Technology Group Ltd.
PS2b: Neil Hawkins, VP for Sustainability, Dow Chemical Company
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Renewable Energy (RE)
RE-1: Solar Energy
  • Barry Klein*, Vice Chancellor, University of California,  Davis
  • Jonathan Pickering, VP Global Marketing and Business Development, Solar Business Group, Applied Materials, Inc
  • David Mills, Chairman and Founder, Ausra, Inc.
  • Wang Zhifeng, Group Leader, Institute of Electric Energy, CAS
  • Gary Conley, CEO, Solfocus
  • Wang Sicheng, President, Board member of China Solar Energy Association, Beijing Jike New Energy
  • Newton Becker, Cleantech investor, Chairman of Luz International
RE-2: Renewable Policy
  • David Kline*, Project Lead II, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, US Department Of Energy
  • Jan Hamrin, Director, Center for Resource Solutions
  • John Geesman, Co-Chair (and Former Commissioner of the California Energy Commission), American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE)
  • Ren Dongming, Director, Center for Resource Solutions
  • Wang Gehua, Vice-Dean, Tsinghua Institute of Nuclear Energy and New Energy
  • Xiao Xin, Assistant Director, Institute of Engineering Process, CAS
  • William Wallace, Project Leader, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, US Department of Energy
RE-3: Wind Energy
  • Bob Thresher*, Director, National Wind Technology Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, US Department Of Energy
  • Greg Yurek, CEO, American Superconductor (AMSC)
  • Shi Lishang, Director, Energy Bureau
  • Gu Weidong, Chief Scientist in Wind Energy, National 973 Project, Director of Jiangsu Macroeconomics Institute
  • He Dexin, President, Chinese Wind Energy Association
  • DanKe Yu, CFO, Goldwind
RE-4: Bio-Energy
  • David Kline*, Project Lead II, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, US Department Of Energy
  • James Zhang, VP of Business Development, Mendel Biotechnology
  • Eric Lam, Director, Prof., Biotechnology Center for Agriculture and the Environment, Rutgers University
  • Henrique Amorim, CEO, Fermentec (Brazil)
  • Li Dajue, Vice President, Beijing Green Energy Institute
  • Cheng Xu, Director, Biomass Engineering Center, China Agriculture University
  • Shu Geng, Dean, Graduate School of Environment and Urban Studies, Peking University, Shenzhen; Professor, Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis
RE-5: Water Energy
  • Tom Rooney*, Managing Director, RCI consulting
  • Larry Dale, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
  • Mark Vilimek, CEO, Tahoe Water System
  • Wang Hao, Director and member of Chinese Academy of Engineering, Institute of Water Resources, Chinese Academy of Water Science
  • Wang Guangqian, Professor, Tsinghua University
  • Jim Boettcher, founding Partner, Focus Ventures
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Green Tech/Practice (GT)
GT-1: Smart Grid A
  • Oliver Yu*, President, The STARS Group
  • Steve Lee, Senior Technical Executive, Electric Power Research Institute
  • Bai Xiaomin, Deputy Chief Engineer, China Electric Power Research Institue
  • Paul Hamilton, VP Energy Efficiency Program, Schneider Electric (China) Investment Co.
  • Zeng Ming, Professor, North China Electric Power University
GT-2: Smart Grid B
GT-3: Cap-and-Trade Approach to Reducing Carbon Emissions
  • Robert Larson*, Managing Director, Woodside Fund; former President of IEEE
  • Joel Levin, VP, California Climate Registry
  • Reiner Musier, Vice President, APX, Inc.
  • Brian Storms, Chief Executive Officer, APX
  • Barbara Buchner, Energy and Environment Analyst(Europe) International Energy Agency
  • Ma Jingjing, CDM project director, COWI
  • Liu Deshun, deputy director Center for Renewable Energy Development, NDRC Professor Tsinghua University
GT-4: Green Building
  • Wei Zhou*, Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
  • Harrison Fraker, Dean and Professor, College of Environmental Design Engineering, UC Berkeley
  • Carolina Woo, Principal (former President of SOM, International Ltd) CW Group
  • Wei Qingpeng, Associate Professor, Building Energy Research Center (BERC), Tsinghua University
  • Bob Wise, Senior Project Manager, Cogan Owens Cogan, LLC
GT-5: Green IT A
GT-6: Green IT B
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Best Practice Case Studies (BPCS)
BPCS-1: Reducing CO2 emissions from Cement Production
BPCS-2: Energy Management in Industry: Dow Chemical
BPCS-4: Rebuilding after Earthquake in Sichuan
  • Mark Levine*, Group Leader of China Energy Group, Former Director of Environment Energy Technology Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
  • Joe Hagerman, Federation of American Scientists
  • Elizabeth Hausler, Executive Director, Build Change, Chengdu (invited)
  • Wu Yong, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Construction, Beijing
  • Shi Jian,Vice President, Sichuan University
  • Deng Jianhui,Professor, Sichuan University
  • Li Bixion, Professor, Sichuan University
BPCS-5: Utility Demand Side Management
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Clean Tech Investment (CTI)
CTI-1: Visions and Market Trends for the Future - from Private Equity and Corporate Investor's view
CTI-2: Venture Investment in Cleantech in China
  • Don Williams*, Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
  • Drew Clark, Strategy Director, IBM Ventures
  • Ye Don, Managing Director, Tsing Capital
  • James Mi, Managing Derector, Lightspeed Venture Partners
  • Thomas J. Toy, Managing Director, PacRim Venture Partners
  • Zhao Jun, Partner, DT Capital Partners
  • Andrew Kau, Managing Director, Walden International
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Transportation (Tr)
Tr-1: Transportation 1
  • Dan Sperling*, Professor/Director, ITS-University of California, Davis
  • Belle Wei, Dean of Engineering School, San Jose State Univ
  • Joseph Norbeck, Director, Bourns College of Eng. University of California, Riverside
  • Wu Wenhua, Deputy Director, NDRC/Institute of Transportation
  • Feng An, President and Executive Director, Innovation Center for Energy and Transportation (CET)
  • Jia Feng, Deputy Director, Center for Environmental Education & Communications, China
Tr-2: Transportation 2
  • Huang Zhen*, Director, Professor, Energy Research Institute, SJTU
  • Tom Turrentine, Director, Plug-in Hybrid Vehicle Research Ctr, UC Davis
  • Andy Burke, Professor, ITS-University of California, Davis
  • Yang Jialin, Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation
  • David Chen, Vice President, General Motors China Group
  • Peng Zhou, Director, Research and Development, Tesla Motors
  • Marvin E. Bush, Founder, President & CEO of Adura Systems, Inc.
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Education (E)
E-1: Innovations in Education for Energy, Environment and Sustainability
  • Barry Klein*, Professor, Vice Chancellor for Research, University of California at Davis
  • Joseph Norbeck, Professor, Director of Environmental Research Institute, University of California at Riverside
  • Anthony St. George, Executive Director of GLOBE, University of California, Berkeley; Director of Development, CITRIS
  • Sun Qixin, Professor, Vice President for Research, China Agricultural University
  • Yu Suyuan, Professor, Deputy Director of Institute of Nuclear and New Energy, Tsinghua University
  • Ni Jinren, Professor, Associate Dean of Environmental Science and Engineering College, Peking University
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