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April 24, 2009
8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
GW Jack Morton Auditorium
805 21 Street NW
Washington, DC
The GW Solar Institute Kickoff Symposium
Solar Energy: A solution to energy and environmental problems?
The symposium took place on April 24, 2009. The first in a series of conferences hosted by the The George Washington University Institute for Analysis of Solar Energy, it focused on using solar electricity to meet challenges in energy independence and climate change. New research, key technical leaders, as well as influential decision-makers were featured with the aim of developing a consensus vision for the role of solar energy. Many thanks are owed to the extraordinary line-up of speakers who agreed to participate. Their presentations are featured below.
Symposium Video
Speakers:
- Sam Baldwin
- Chief Technology Officer & Board of Directors, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy
- Peg Barratt
- Dean, The Columbian College of Arts and Sciences
- Karin Corfee
- Senior Principal, Kema, Inc.
- Jonathan Deason
- Professor of Engineering and Applied Science, GWU
- MdB Hans Josef Fell
- Member, German Bundestag & Founder, Energy Watch Group
- Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords
- Member, US House of Representatives, Arizona
- Robert Harrington
- Professor of Engineering and Applied Science, GW
- Julie Hamm
- Executive Director, Solar Electric Power Association
- Steven Knapp
- President, The George Washington University
- John Lushetsky
- Manager of the Solar Energy Technologies Program & Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy
- Robert Margolis
- Senior Analyst, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- Stephen O’Rourke
- Managing Director, Deutsche Bank Securities
- Richard Perez
- Professor, Atmospheric Sciences Research Center, SUNY Albany
- Rhone Resch
- President & Chief Executive Officer, Solar Energy Industries Association
- Wilson Rickerson
- Executive Vice President, Meister Consultant Group
- Ted Turner
- Chairman, Turner Enterprises Inc.
- Jon Wellinghoff
- Chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
- Ken Zweibel
- Director, Institute for Analysis of Solar Energy