California Renewable Energy and Storage Techonology Conference May 4, 2013

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Program

9:00 am - 9:20 am
Welcome remarks by the Dean, CECS, CSUN
9:25 am - 10:05 am

Plenary Speaker: Energy for Sustainability
Dr. Ram B. Gupta, Program Director, Energy for Sustainability
Program, CBET Division, National Science Foundation

10:10 am - 11:40 am

Panel Discussion I: Renewable Energy Future in CA

  • Dr. Wayne Miller, Renewable Energy Associate Program Leader, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
  • Dr. Eric Matthys, Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department and Institute for Energy Efficiency, UCSB
  • Dr. Heather Youngs, Senior Bioenergy Analysis Fellow, Energy Biosciences Institute, UC Berkeley

11:50 noon - 12:20 pm

Luncheon Keynote Speaker: David Nahai Former Head, LADWP (Colleagues Room, Sierra Hall)

12:25 noon - 1:15 pm

Lunch(Colleagues Room, Sierra Hall)

1:15 pm - 1:45 pm
Poster Session (Manzanita Hall)
1:50 pm - 3:20 pm

Panel Discussion II: Current Advances in Energy Storage Technology

  • Dr. Rajit Gadh, UCLA, Director, UCLA Smart Grid Energy Research Center (SMERC)
  • Dr. Landis Kannberg, Lead Manager - Energy Storage, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
  • Dr. Whitney Colella, Principal Research Engineer, Strategic Analysis Inc., Energy Services Division

3:25 pm - 4:55 pm

Panel Discussion III: Turning LA into a Cleantech Powerhouse

  • Fred Walti, Exec Director of LACI/CTLA
  • Jim McDermott, Managing Director, US Renewables Group
  • Dr. Shahin Farshchi, Principal, Lux Capital
  • Ian Gardner, VP Development and Entrepreneur In Residence, LACI

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