On May 21st, NDN and New Policy Institute Green Project Director, Michael Moynihan, will host a presentation with NDN's new Senior Advisor, Alicia Menendez, in New York. This presentation will examine the electricity industry and why the uptake of renewables has been so slow. Moynihan argues that the answer lies in the outdated and complex structure of Electricity 1.0, a closed, highly regulated network created a century ago, is fundamentally incompatible with clean technology and renewable power. America must upgrade to Electricity 2.0, an open, distributed network capable of fostering innovation and a clean technology revolution.
Clean energy has captured the imagination of people from Silicon Valley, who invested $5.4 billion in the sector last year, to President Obama, who highlighted it in his State of the Union Address. However, it has yet to fulfill its economic promise and displace legacy fuels in America’s electricity sector, especially when compared with the significant progress made in other countries. Today, non-hydro renewables account for just 3.5% of electricity in the US.
Joining Michael on the 21st will be our new Senior Advisor, Alicia Menendez. If you haven't had a chance to meet Alicia this will be a good time. And check out this recent appearance by her on Fox News.
We hope that you will be able to join NDN in New York. Please RSVP if you can attend.
Electricity 2.0: Unlocking the Power of the Open Energy Network Friday, May 21st 8:00 AM, breakfast will be served The Harvard Club of New York, The Mahogany Room 35 West 44th Street New York, NY
Alicia appeared on Fox News yesterday discussing Arizona's Immigration law, and what it could mean for the rest of the country. Watch this clip below if you missed it.
Yesterday Simon Rosenberg announced the launch of The 21st Century America Project, featuring NDN’s demographic and public opinion research. Many of NDN’s senior staff are involved in this new project, including Alicia Menendez, our new Senior Advisor, Morley Winograd and Mike Hais, NDN/NPI Fellows, and Andres Ramirez, NDN’s Senior Vice President.
The rapid increase in the Hispanic population in the U.S. is one of the most tangible demographic trends of the 21st century. Huge waves of immigration from throughout the Americas contributed to this exponential growth, and will have lasting effects on the complexion of the United States. At 15% of the U.S. population today, Hispanics are now America’s largest “minority” group, and are projected to be 29% of all those living in the United States by 2050. The combination of the 2010 Census and the upcoming mid-term elections provides meaningful context for examining the growing influence and power of the Hispanic community. Hispanics Rising 2010 Tuesday, April 27th Time has been changed to 12:00 PM. Webcast will begin at 1215pm. NDN Event Space First Floor 729 15th Street, NW Washington, DC
NDN is excited to be hosting Alec Ross this upcoming Monday, April 12. Please note that April 12 and 13 will be big days here in DC due to the Nuclear Security Summit, and travel around the city will be strained. We suggest that you factor in a bit more time to come to this event.
Alec Ross, Senior Adviser on Innovation to the Secretary of State, will deliver a speech on the role of connection technologies in open and closed societies. His address will focus on the tension between societies that are increasingly open by virtue of connection technologies, and societies that are increasingly closed by government suppression and manipulation of connection technologies and communications networks.
Before joining the State Department, Ross served as the convener for technology, media, and telecommunications policy for Obama for America and for the Obama-Biden Presidential Transition Team where he focused on technology, innovation, and government reform. In 2000, Ross co-founded One Economy, a non-profit, three-person basement operation which, until 2008, he helped lead and grow to the world's largest digital divide organization that connects low-income people to the tools of the digital age.
NDN looks forward to having you join in this great event. Please RSVP if you'll be joining us. If not, a live webcast of the event will begin at 12:15 p.m.
Monday, April 12 12:00 pm NDN Event Space 729 15th Street, NW, First Floor, Washington, DC
We hope you will join us at NDN for a very special event with Ambassador Ichiro Fujisaki, the Ambassador of Japan to the United States. As this January marked the 50th Anniversary of the US-Japan security alliance, Ambassador Fujisaki will take this opportunity to offer thoughts and commentary on what the future holds for our two countries.
The event will be held at our offices on Wednesday, April 7th at 12:15 p.m. NDN looks forward to having you join in this great event. Please RSVP if you'll be joining us. If not, a live webcast of the event will begin at 12:15 p.m.
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NDN is excited to be hosting Alec Ross this upcoming Monday, April 12. Please note that April 12 and 13 will be big days here in DC due to the Nuclear Security Summit, and travel around the city will be strained. We suggest that you factor in a bit more time to come to this event.
We hope you will join us at NDN for a very special event with Ambassador Ichiro Fujisaki, the Ambassador of Japan to the United States. As this January marked the 50th Anniversary of the US-Japan security alliance, Ambassador Fujisaki will take this opportunity to offer thoughts and commentary on what the future holds for our two countries. 
