In the next several weeks NDN/NPI is hosting two terrific events in its new Clean Energy Solution Series: Thursday, June 16, 12:30 pm – Wireless & The Grid
Please join us for what will be a powerful look at Wireless Technology: New Technologies and the Electric Grid. This lunchtime discussion will highlight how wireless communications are creating new innovation opportunities for clean energy technologies and the smart grid. We will also release new national polling which shows public support for new approaches on energy outside the scope of the current debate.
Joining Dan Carol, Senior Fellow for Innovation and Clean Economy and Michael Moynihan, Chair of NDN”s Clean Energy Initiatie will be Nick Sinai, Senior Advisor to CTO, Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, Stewart Kantor, CEO of Full Spectrum, Kurt Yeager, Executive Director of Galvin Electricity Initiative and Hassane Bouhia, Group Manager at Verizon Telecom Connected Home Product Marketing.
Please RSVP today. If you are not able to attend, please join us via webcast by simply clicking here at 12:30pm.
Monday, June 27, Noon – The Speed of Solar
Please join us on Monday, June 27 at 12:00 pm for an insider discussion of the ascent and maturation of solar technology, The Speed of Solar: A Review of the Tremendous Progress Solar Power Has Made in America. This lunchtime discussion will highlight this growth and feature Danny Kennedy, founder of Sungevity, the fastest growing solar company in the US, Andrea Luecke, Executive Director of The Solar Foundation, and Rachel Tronstein, Clean Energy Advisor in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy.
Please RSVP soon. If you are not able to attend, please join us via webcast by simply clicking here at 12:00pm.
This event is the second in a series of events we are calling the “Clean Energy Solution Series.” Our intent is to showcase the leaders, companies, ideas and policies who are hastening our transition to a cleaner, safer and more distributed energy paradigm of the 21st century.
If you have suggestions for future events please contact Clare Giesen at cgiesen@ndn.org.
On Monday, June 27th NDN/NPI will host an extended look at the progress solar power has made across America in recent years. Panelists for this working lunch include Danny Kennedy, founder of Sungevity, a fast growing solar company; Andrea Luecke, Executive Director of The Solar Foundation; and Rachel Tronstein, Clean Energy Specialist, The Solar Program at the US Deptartment of Energy.
Be sure to RSVP as soon as possible. Additionally, don't forget about our kick-off event for the Clean Energy Solution Series, focusing on Wireless Technology, to be held on June 16. For more information, click here.
Danny Kennedy - Founder, Sungevity
A long-time social entrepreneur, Danny has achieved global recognition as an environmental activist, spokesperson, and opinion leader. Most recently, Danny was the Campaigns Manager for Greenpeace Australia Pacific. In 2001, he ran Greenpeace’s California Clean Energy Campaign, the success of which helped lead to the current California Solar Initiative. Danny was the founder and first Executive Director of Project Underground and serves on several nonprofit boards.
Andrea Luecke - Acting Executive Director, The Solar Foundation
Andrea Luecke is responsible for developing and implementing national educational initiatives and high-level research that promote the widespread adoption of solar energy. Ms. Luecke played a key role in authoring and releasing the National Solar Jobs Census 2010 and is currently playing a leadership role on two long-term U.S. Department of Energy programs: Solar America Communities and the Solar Instructor Training Network. Ms. Luecke is regularly asked to present on practical "best practice" approaches to widespread solar deployment at the national and international levels.
Rachel Tronstein - Clean Energy Advisor in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
In this role she focuses on how to make renewables cost competitive with traditional forms of electricity in the near term. She joined the DOE in early 2009, first working in the Policy International Office with an emphasis on U.S.-China clean energy cooperation. Before coming to the DOE, Rachel worked at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York as the Commitments Senior Manager focusing on clean energy. Rachel has an MSc from the London School of Economics, and a BA with Honors from the University of Michigan, where she was President of the undergraduate student body.
NDN and NPI are pleased to announce that several respected experts will be joining us on June 16 for our first Clean Energy Solution Series event. This kick-off event will examine how wireless technologies can and are creating opportunities to modernize our outmoded electric grid system. Presenters include: Dan Carol, NDN Fellow for Innovation and Clean Economy; Michael Moynihan, Director of NDN's Clean Energy Initiative; Nick Sinai, Senior Advisor to CTO, Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy; Stewart Kantor, CEO of Full Spectrum; and Kurt Yeager, Executive Director of Galvin Electricity. You can find more on our panelists below.
Please make sure to RSVP today, and click here for more on this new series. If you have ideas for future events or presenters, please let us know. See you on the 16th!
Nick Sinai Senior Advisor to CTO, Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
Previously Nick was the Energy and Environment Director of the National Broadband Plan at the Federal Communications Commission. The National Broadband Plan included an ambitious vision for how broadband and advanced communications can help the nation achieve its goals of energy independence and energy efficiency. Nick has also served a senior advisor to the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center, the lead agency for clean energy in Massachusetts.
Prior to entering public service, Nick was a principal at Tenaya Capital, a leading mid-stage venture capital firm, formerly known as Lehman Brothers Venture Partners. Nick was also an investment professional at Polaris Venture Partners, a national venture capital and private equity firm. At Polaris, Nick was a key part of investment teams, and a board observer, to a number of information technology and clean energy companies.
Stewart Kantor President and CEO, Full Spectrum
Widely known as an innovator in the industry, Stewart Kantor has over 15 years of wireless experience and was most recently Vice President of Business Development of Vyyo, Inc, a publicly held broadband wireless equipment manufacturer. In this capacity, Mr. Kantor led Vyyo's successful entry into the wireless data business for the Electric Utility Industry. Mr. Kantor has held senior management positions with AT&T Wireless, BellSouth International and Nokia Networks. Mr. Kantor has a BA from Columbia University and an MBA in Finance from the Wharton School.
Kurt Yeager Executive Director of Galvin Electricity Initiative As the Executive Director, Kurt Yeager works with electricity experts, innovators and entrepreneurs to design and build Perfect Power System models of a smart, efficient electric power system that cannot fail the consumer. He also leads the Initiative in driving the electricity policy changes necessary for system transformation at the state and federal levels.
Yeager previously served as the president and chief executive officer of the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), retiring in 2004 after 30 years with the organization. Under his leadership, EPRI evolved from a nonprofit industry think tank to a family of companies that undertake both proprietary and collaborative research and development for the electric power industry in the United States and 40 other countries. During that time he also guided an industry-wide collaborative effort to address challenges and plan for the future of electric power. “The Electricity Technology Roadmap” and the “Electricity Sector Framework of the Future” have since become the foundation of utility industry progress.
This week NDN/NPI announced our new Clean Energy Solution Series. We have a great event planned for June 16th with Michael Moynihan, for the first of this multi-part Solutions Series. The gathering will examine how wireless communications create opportunities for these new technologies and what new technologies will be needed to support wireless networks.
The smart grid is fundamentally changing the relationship between consumers and their electricity provider. No longer will consumers grimace at the high cost and perplexity of their utility bills. Through the creation of increased systems knowledge and increased operational response options, smart grids will make it possible for utilities to engage two way communications systems all the way to the customer premises and enable consumers to benefit from dynamic pricing.
If you're interested in joining us, please make sure to Save the Date.
The third event of our very successful New York Clean Energy Forums, will feature Peter Fusaro, Chairman of Global Change Associates. Fusaro will speak on “Green Financing During Tough Economic Times” This event will be Tuesday, May 17, 8:30am at the Harvard Club, 35 W 44th St, in the Mahogany Room. Click here to RSVP.
Peter C. Fusaro is the Chairman of Global Change Associates an energy and environmental consultancy in New York since 1991 and is the best selling author of What Went Wrong at Enron as well as 15 other books on energy and the environmental financial markets. Peter’s latest book will be published in 2010 by Oxford University Press on Energy and Environmental Project Finance Law and Taxation: New Investment Techniques. Peter is has been on the forefront of energy and environmental change for over 36 years focusing emissions, energy efficiency, cleantech, carbon trading and renewable energy markets. Peter has worked over 20 years on climate change issues and is currently advising on carbon trading and finance as well as clean energy technology and renewable energy to companies worldwide. Peter was selected for Who’s Who in America for 2007-2012 and Who’s Who in the World for 2009-2011. He coined the term “Green Trading” and holds the annual Wall Street Green Trading Summit X each spring (www.wsgts.com). Peter is advisor to 8 cleantech software and hardware companies in the US and UK. In 2009, Peter launched the Global Change Foundation focused on environmental education and projects (www.global-changefoundation.com) and held its first Green Jobs Summit in March 2010. The foundation also runs the Green Salon where artists perform and environmental experts speak. Peter graduated with an MA in international relations from Tufts University and a BA from Carnegie-Mellon University. He is on the Advisory Board of the ERB Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan as well as on the Board of Trustees of the UN’s Energy & Water Institute of New York.
This week NDN was honored to host Francisco Sanchez, Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade. Sanchez focused on how the administration is working to expand market access by reducing barriers for American companies. To that end, he cited recent progress on the Korea, Colombia, and Panama FTAs. He also engaged in dialogue with Dr. Robert Shapiro on matters ranging from collecting data on best practices in exporting to the Doha Round.
If you were not able to attend, you can watch the event video below.
This upcoming Tuesday, April 26, NDN will host Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade Francisco Sanchez for an address on the challenges and opportunities presented to America by an increasingly competitive global economy. In the days following his speech, Under Secretary Sanchez will attend the World Economic Forum on Latin America in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where he will meet with leaders from some of the world's most vibrant economies.
As new economic powers rise around the world, the prosperity of Americans increasingly depends on our ability to export to and do business in these fast growing markets. Under Secretary Sanchez, the International Trade Administration, and the Department of Commerce are central to these efforts to advance American economic interests abroad. Under Secretary Sanchez will be joined by Dr. Robert Shapiro, Chair of NDN's Globalization Initiative and former Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs.
Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade Francisco Sanchez at NDN/NPI April 26, 12:30pm NDN: 729 15th Street, NW First Floor DC RSVP
This week NDN and The New Policy Institute hosted Forward Together/Avanzando Juntos/Avançando Juntos, a conference looking at the changing politics of the Americas. Filled with speeches by Senior White House and Administration officials, as well as local and foreign government officials, the day was a great success. For more information on all the day had to offer, check out posts from Kristian Ramos. We will have full video next week posted on our website, and there are pictures from the day below.
NDN has planned another great event for April 26th, with Francisco Sanchez, Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade. He will address the challenges and opportunities presented to America by an increasingly competitive global economy. In the days following his speech, Under Secretary Sanchez will attend the World Economic Forum on Latin America in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where he will meet with leaders from some of the world's most vibrant economies.
Under Secretary Sanchez will be joined by Dr. Robert Shapiro, Chair of NDN's Globalization Initiative and former Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs. Please RSVP as soon as possible.
Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade Francisco Sanchez at NDN/NPI April 26, 12:30pm NDN: 729 15th Street, NW First Floor DC RSVP
Forward Together/Avanzando Juntos/Avançando Juntos – A Conference Looking at the Changing Politics of the Americas 4/11/2011
Dan Restrepo, Senior Director for the Western Hemisphere at the National Security Council
Governor Bill Richardson, Former Governor of New Mexico and Chairman of APCO Worldwide's Executive Advisory Service Global Political Strategies
From Left; Ernesto Araujo, Minister Counselor for Economic and Trade Affairs at the Brazilian Embassy, Ambassador Francisco Altschul, Ambassador of El Salvador to the United States
From Left; Nelson Cunningham, Chairman of the Latin American Policy Initiative, Ambassador Miriam Sapiro, Deputy U.S. Trade Representative, Samuel Lewis Navarro, Former Vice President of the Republic of Panama
Mexican Ambassador to the United States, Arturo Sarukhan
From Left; Arturo Garino, Mayor of Nogales Arizona, Chappell Lawson, Associate Professor of Politics at MIT
Today NDN and NPI hosted the Secretary of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano and a panel of experts discussing the very substantial progress being made along our common border with Mexico. If you did not attend or catch the webcast, please check back on our website next week to view the video.
Additionally, NDN/NPI hosted an event on Tuesday with Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Judith McHale. This event was focused on how social media and other new technologies are affecting diplomacy, politics and governance in Latin America. To view a video of the event, please click here.
If you are interested in attending more events NDN has to offer, we would like to remind you that our Latin American Policy Initiative and 21st Century Border Initiative will be joining forces on April 11 for Forward Together/Avanzando Juntos/Avançando Juntos – A Conference Looking at the Changing Politics of the Americas. This day-long conference will look at how this fast-changing region might be able to do more together in the years ahead. The agenda for this policy day is listed below. Please make sure to register for this event as soon as possible.
10:00 AM – 10:05 AM Welcoming Remarks Nelson Cunningham, Chairman of the Latin American Policy Initiative
10:05 AM – 10:45 AM Remarks on President Obama’s Trip to Latin America Dan Restrepo, Senior Director for the Western Hemisphere at the National Security Council
10:45 AM – 11:45 AM Panel Discussion on the Changing Politics of the Americas Panelists: Ambassador Francisco Altschul, Ambassador of El Salvador to the United States Juan Carlos Lopez, Anchor and Senior Correspondent CNN Espanol
11:45 AM – 12:15 PM Moving Forward on U.S. Foreign Policy with Latin America
12:15 PM – 12:45 PM Networking Lunch
12:45 PM – 1:30 PM The 21st Century Border Initiative Mexican Ambassador to the United States, Arturo Sarukhan
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM Working Together to Create a 21st Century Border: A Special Conversation With Mayors on Both Sides of the US-Mexico Border Moderated by Chappell Lawson, Associate Professor of Politics at MIT Panelists: Arturo Garino, Mayor of Nogales Arizona Jose Barajas, Mayor of Nogales Sonora
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM Growing Together: How a 21st Century Border is Essential to Prosperity in Both the U.S. and Mexico Moderated by Maria Luisa O’Connell, Senior Advisor for Trade and Public Relations Office of the Commissioner US Customs and Border Protection, DHS Panelists: Martin Rojas, Vice President of Security & Operations, American Trucking Association Jim Kolbe, Senior Transatlantic Fellow, The German Marshall Fund Col. Eric Rojo, Vice President of U.S.-Mexico Chamber Of Commerce and Security Program Coordinator for CEDAN-ITESM
3:30 PM – 4:15 PM Address Governor Bill Richardson, Former Governor of New Mexico and Chairman of APCO Worldwide's Executive Advisory Service Global Political Strategies
If you have not yet signed up for our upcoming events, please make sure you do soon! Here is what's coming up next.
Public Diplomacy and Social Media in Latin America Time: Tuesday, March 29, 12:00pm - 2:00pm Location: SAIS Rome Building, Room 203, 1619 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington, DC RSVP | Watch Webcast
As mobile phones and social media networks tie together more and more people across the Americas, these new technologies are enabling individuals to connect and communicate within countries and across borders. On March 29, NDN and the New Policy Institute will co-host a forum with the Latin America Studies Program of Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) to discuss how these technologies are affecting diplomacy, politics and governance in Latin America.
A keynote speech by Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, Judith McHale will address how the State Department is advancing U.S. foreign policy in Latin America through increased engagement, including constructive and meaningful people-to-people exchanges, local and regional media outreach and the use of multiple social platforms to establish direct relationships across the region.
Following Under Secretary McHale's speech, a panel discussion will explore the impact of social media and other network technologies on governance and civil society in certain Latin American countries, including Cuba, Venezuela and Mexico. Panelists will include:
* Christopher Sabatini - Senior Director of Policy, Americas Society & Council of the Americas * Carlos Ponce - Reagan Fascell Democracy Fellow, National Endowment for Democracy * Oscar Salazar - Founder & CEO, Citivox; Co-Founder, Cuidemos el Voto * Sam duPont - Policy Analyst, NDN & New Policy Institute (moderator)
Forward Together/Avanzando Juntos/Avançando Juntos– A Conference Looking at the Changing Politics of the Americas Time: April 11, 8:45am Location: Newseum, 555 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC RSVP
NDN and the New Policy Institute will conduct a major day-long conference looking at how this fast-changing region might be able to do more to move forward together, in the years ahead. The day will feature major addresses by influential thought leaders well experienced in the region, including Governor Bill Richardson, the Senior Director for the Western Hemisphere at the National Security Council Dan Restrepo, the Ambassador from Mexico to the United States Arturo Sarukhan and a panel discussion with Latin American Ambassadors to the United States.
Additionally there will be a very special conversation about the state of our common border with Mexico with mayors from sister citiies on both sides of the border - Mayor Arturo Garino of Nogales, Arizona and Mayor Jose Angel Hernandez Barajas of Nogales,in the state of Sonora in northern Mexico. This exciting discussion will be moderated by Chappell Lawson, former Executive Director and Senior Policy Advisor to the Commissioner U.S. Customs and Border Patrol at the Department of Homeland Security. Dr. Lawson is the co-author of one of the seminal pieces of academic work on the future of the U.S - Mexico border region, Managing the United States-Mexico Border: Cooperative Solutions to Common Challenges. He is currently an Associate Professor at MIT with a concentration in Latin America.
Rounding out the day will be an in depth conversation about the economic ties that bind the United States and Mexico together. This panel will feature representatives from both U.S. and Mexican businesses and governments.
NDN's New York Clean Energy Forum Hosts Michael Granoff Time: April 12, 8:30am Location: Harvard Club, 35 W 44th St, in the Mahogany Room RSVP
Our second event for the New York Clean Energy Forum will be with Michael Granoff on Tuesday, April 12 at 8:30am at the Harvard Club.
Michael Granoff has been head of oil independence policies for Better Place since its founding in 2007. In that capacity, he helps stakeholders of all types calibrate policies consistent with the Better Place approach to ending the corrosive effect of oil dependence on economy, environment and security. Stakeholders with which Granoff works include governments on every level, industry, non-governmental organizations, and current and future Better Place partners. Granoff is founder of Maniv Energy Capital, a New York-based investment group and the first investor in Better Place. In 2004, Granoff became a founding board member of Securing America’s Future Energy, a Washington, D.C. based group that works with corporate and retired military leaders to advocate for policies that contribute to the security of the U S.
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Danny Kennedy - Founder, Sungevity
Andrea Luecke - Acting Executive Director, The Solar Foundation
Nick Sinai
Stewart Kantor
Kurt Yeager
Peter C. Fusaro is the Chairman of Global Change Associates an energy and environmental consultancy in New York since 1991 and is the best selling author of What Went Wrong at Enron as well as 15 other books on energy and the environmental financial markets. Peter’s latest book will be published in 2010 by Oxford University Press on Energy and Environmental Project Finance Law and Taxation: New Investment Techniques. Peter is has been on the forefront of energy and environmental change for over 36 years focusing emissions, energy efficiency, cleantech, carbon trading and renewable energy markets. Peter has worked over 20 years on climate change issues and is currently advising on carbon trading and finance as well as clean energy technology and renewable energy to companies worldwide. Peter was selected for Who’s Who in America for 2007-2012 and Who’s Who in the World for 2009-2011. He coined the term “Green Trading” and holds the annual Wall Street Green Trading Summit X each spring (www.wsgts.com). Peter is advisor to 8 cleantech software and hardware companies in the US and UK. In 2009, Peter launched the Global Change Foundation focused on environmental education and projects (www.global-changefoundation.com) and held its first Green Jobs Summit in March 2010. The foundation also runs the Green Salon where artists perform and environmental experts speak. Peter graduated with an MA in international relations from Tufts University and a BA from Carnegie-Mellon University. He is on the Advisory Board of the ERB Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan as well as on the Board of Trustees of the UN’s Energy & Water Institute of New York.
This upcoming Tuesday, April 26, NDN will host Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade Francisco Sanchez for an address on the challenges and opportunities presented to America by an increasingly competitive global economy. In the days following his speech, Under Secretary Sanchez will attend the World Economic Forum on Latin America in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where he will meet with leaders from some of the world's most vibrant economies.
Francisco Sanchez, Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade. He will address the challenges and opportunities presented to America by an increasingly competitive global economy. In the days following his speech, Under Secretary Sanchez will attend the World Economic Forum on Latin America in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where he will meet with leaders from some of the world's most vibrant economies.
Today NDN and NPI hosted the Secretary of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano and a panel of experts discussing the very substantial progress being made along our common border with Mexico. If you did not attend or catch the webcast, please check back on our website next week to view the video.
Public Diplomacy and Social Media in Latin America
