2012 Solar Symposium | A Path to Energy Significance
On April 12, 2012, over 500 people tuned-in online or came in person to watch, participate, and learn during the GW Solar Institute 4th Annual Symposium, Solar Energy: A Path to Energy Significance.
The event convened major figures in the energy and solar arenas, including a keynote address from California Public Utilities Commissioner Timothy Simon, on the regulatory challenges and opportunities for solar energy in California.
Other highlights included a panel moderated by Washington Post National Environmental Reporter Juliet Eilperin on barriers to the development of solar energy related to finance, trade, and competition from natural gas, as well as discussions on the technical and business realities for solar energy.
Agenda:
Welcome | Session Video
Ken Zweibel - Director, GW Solar Institute
Steven Lerman - Provost, George Washington University
Peg Barratt - Dean, GW Columbian College of Arts and Sciences
Keynote: Lessons Learned Regulating California Utilities | Session Video
Timothy Simon - Commissioner, California Public Utilities Commission
Panel Discussion: The State of Solar Power 2012 | Session Video
Moderator: Ken Zweibel, Director, GW Solar Institute
Tom Kimbis - Vice President of Strategy and External Affairs, Solar Energy Industries Assoication, Presentation
Minh Le - Deputy Manager and Chief Engineer, Solar Energy Technologies Program, US Department of Energy, Presentation
Joel Link - Vice President of Development, SolarReserve, Presentation
Ranga Pitchumani - Concentrating Solar Power Team Lead, Solar Energy Technologies Program, US Department of Energy, Presentation
Richard Perez - Research Professor, Atmospheric Sciences Research Center, SUNY-Albany, Presenation
Networking Lunch
Panel Discussion: Economic and Policy Barriers to the Development of Solar Energy | Session Video
Moderator: Juliet Eilperin, National Environmental Reporter, The Washington Post
Brian Crabb - Director of Federal Government Affairs, First Solar, Presentation
Robert Margolis - Senior Analyst, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Presentation
William Morin - Senior Director of Government Affairs, Applied Materials, Inc., and Chairman of the Trade Working Group, Solar Energy Industries Assoication, Presentation
Sara Banaszak, Vice President and Chief Economist, America's Natural Gas Alliance
Panel Discussion: Solar - The Private Sector is the Driver | Session Video
Moderator: Jerry Bloom, Partner, Winston & Strawn LLP, Presentation
Gaetan Borgers - Executive Vice President, Solar Division, Soitec
Andrew Murphy - Executive Vice President of Strategy and M&A, NRG Energy, Inc.
Daniel Petrucci - Managing Director, Link2, LLC
Closing
Ken Zweibel, Director, GW Solar Institute
Event Details
Thursday, April 12, 2012
9:00am to 4:30pm
Jack Morton Auditorium
805 21 Street, NW Washington, DC 20052
Hosted By:
GW Solar Institute
GW Solar Institute
Tompkins Hall of Engineering,
725 23rd St NW, Suite 103
Washington, DC 20052
Phone: 703-522-3049