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Agenda - GW Solar Symposium 2012
1. “SOLAR ENERGY: A Path to Energy Significance”
April 12, 2012 ● 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM ● The Jack Morton Auditorium
805 21st
Street, Northwest, Washington, DC 20052
Video and presentations at solar.gwu.edu
Welcome (9:00 – 9:15 AM)
o Steven Lerman, Provost, The George Washington University
o Peg Barratt, Dean, GW Columbian College of Arts and Sciences
o Ken Zweibel, Director, GW Solar Institute
Keynote: “Lessons Learned Regulating California Utilities” (9:15 – 10:00 AM)
o Timothy Simon, Commissioner, California Public Utilities Commission
Panel Discussion: The State of Solar Power – 2012 (10:00 – 11:45)
Moderator: Ken Zweibel, Director, GW Solar Institute
o Tom Kimbis, VP of Strategy & External Affairs, Solar Energy Industries Association
o Minh Le, Deputy Solar Energy Technologies Program Manager, SunShot, DOE
o Ranga Pitchumani, CSP Team Lead, SunShot, DOE
o Joel Link, VP of Development, SolarReserve
o Richard Perez, Atmospheric Sciences Research Center, SUNY-Albany
Networking Lunch (12:00 – 1:15 PM) – Marvin Center 3
rd
Floor
Panel Discussion: Economic and Policy Barriers to the Development of Solar Energy (1:30 – 2:45 PM)
Moderator: Juliet Eilperin, National Environmental Reporter, The Washington Post
o Bryan Crabb, Director of Federal Government Affairs, First Solar
o Robert Margolis, Senior Analyst, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
o William Morin, Director of Government Affairs, Applied Materials &
Chairman of the Trade Working Group, Solar Energy Industries Association
o Sara Banaszak, Vice President & Chief Economist, America's Natural Gas Alliance
Break (2:45 – 3:00 PM)
Panel Discussion: Solar – The Private Sector is the Driver (3:00 – 4:15 PM)
Moderator: Jerry Bloom, Partner, Winston & Strawn LLP
o Gaëtan Borgers, Executive Vice President, Solar Division, Soitec
o Andrew Murphy, Executive Vice President of Strategy and M&A, NRG Energy, Inc.
o Daniel Petrucci, Managing Director, Link2 LLC
o Joel Link, VP of Development, SolarReserve
o Timothy Simon, Commissioner, California Public Utilities Commission
Closing (4:15 – 4:30 PM)
o Ken Zweibel, Director, GW Solar Institute
Public Reception (4:30 – 6:00 PM) – Jack Morton 2
nd
Floor Lobby
