Event Schedule

The Global New Energy Summit 2010 Schedule is now Posted!

Sunday, March 22, 2009
2:00 - 6:00pm	Exhibitor load-in
4:00 - 6:00pm	Registration
5:30 - 7:30pm	Speakers/Sponsors Reception (by invitation)
Monday, March 23, 2009
7:30am	Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30am	Opening Remarks: Michael G. Semmens, Executive Director, RMTA David Blivin, Summit Director Terry Wallace, Los Alamos National Laboratory Keynote: Senator Pete Domenici Presentation: Hybrid Power Solutions David Hill, Deputy Director, Idaho National Laboratory
9:30am	Break
9:45am	Session I Track 1 - Oil and Gas Executives Discuss specific areas of alternative energy in addition to new technology in support of conventional energy resources, with a view of the long term contributions these areas will make to their businesses and energy security.     Moderator: Mike Beatty - Chairman, Beatty & Wozniak, Natural Resources and Energy Industry Law     Panelists:       Sean Ebert - Investment Manager, Altira Group LLC       Manny Gonzalez - Special Projects Team, Energy Technology Company (ETC), Chevron       C. Michael Ming - President - RPSEA (Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America)       C. Kyle Simpson - Policy Director, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck       Other distinguished panelists will be posted as confirmed Track 2 - Nuclear Power Leading research scientists and entrepreneurs in the nuclear energy arena.     Moderator: Dr. Alan E. Waltar - Senior Advisor, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory     Panelists:       John R. "Grizz" Deal - CEO, Hyperion Power Generation       David Hill - Deputy Director, Idaho National Laboratory       Ambassador C. Paul Robinson - Vice Chairman, Advanced Reactor Concepts, Inc; Former Director, Sandia NL       Sara Scott - Program Director for Civilian Nuclear Programs, LANL       Les Shephard - V.P. Energy and Critical/Global Infrastructures, Strategic Unit, Sandia National Laboratories
10:30am	Break
10:45am	Session II Track 1 - Solar Commerce Focus on funded and commercial deployment leaders.     Moderator: Shez Bandukwala - Partner, Think Equity     Panelists:       Ty Jagerson - Vice President Corporate Development, SolFocus       Christopher Larocca - Executive Vice President & General Manager, EMCORE Solar Power       Dr. Arnold Leitner - CEO & President, SkyFuel, Inc.       Mac Moore - Executive Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Schott Solar       Keshav Prasad - Vice President of Business Development, Signet Solar Track 2 - Algae Biofuels This will be a mix of research and funded biofuel leadership discussing the potential and challenges of algae in volume, extraction, etc     Moderator: Gary Lee - CEO, Universal Asset Management     Panelists:       Stan Barnes - CEO, Bioalgene       Pete Lammers - Professor Biochemistry, NMSU       Doug Lynn - Executive Director, Center for Excellence Hazardous Materials Management (CEHMM)       Anthony Martino - Sandia National Laboratories       Jose Olivares - Los Alamos National Laboratory       Tim Zenk - Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Sapphire Energy
11:30am	Breakout Sessions & Networking - Discussions will continue on each of Session I & II topics in individual breakout rooms. Oil and Gas Executives Nuclear Power Solar Commerce Algae Biofuels
12:00pm	Lunch with Keynote Speaker Keynote: Geoffrey West - President and Distinguished Professor, Santa Fe Institute
2:00pm	Session III Track 1 - Public Policy Panel National and International public policy leaders discuss carbon credits and nuclear concerns.     Moderator: Warren Belmar - Immediate Past Deputy General Counsel for Energy Policy, DOE     Panelists:       Drew Bond - Vice President of Public Policy, Battelle       Craig Cox - Executive Director, Interwest Energy Alliance       Dan Fine - Director Energy Policy Institute, New Mexico Tech       Pike Powers - Partner, Fulbright & Jaworski       C. Kyle Simpson - Policy Director, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck Track 2 - Smart grid/Micro grid Smart grid/micro grid solutions for integrated energy.     Moderator: Jack McGowan - CEO, Energy Control Inc, Chairman Emeritus, DOE GridWise Architecture Council     Panelists:       Richard DeBlasio - Principal Laboratory Program Manager for Electricity Programs, NREL       Andrea Mammoli - Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of NM       Alan Mantooth - Director, National Center for Reliable Electric Power Transmission       Carl Podlogar - IBM, Associate Partner, Energy and Utilities       Satish Ranade - NM State University       Gene Wolf - CEO, Lone Wolf Engineering, LLC
2:45pm	Break
3:00pm	Session IV Track 1 - Venture/Finance Panel Discussion of leading venture investors in alternative energy.     Moderator: Lee Rand - Partner, Sun Mountain     Panelists:       Charlie Costenbader - Senior Manager, Macquarie Cook Power Inc.       Robert Peterman - Senior Manager, Clean Energy , Toronto Stock Exchange       Walter L. Schindler - Managing Partner, SAIL Venture Partners, LLC       Katie Szczepaniak Rice - Associate, Epic Ventures       John White - Chairman and CEO - Standard Renewable Energy Group Track 2 - Solar Research Materials science and research oriented discussion by leading researchers at regional and national labs and academic institutions.     Moderator: Craig Tyner - Senior Vice President Engineering, eSolar     Panelists:       Karl Jonietz - Los Alamos National Laboratory       Jeff Nelson - Manager Solar Technologies Department, Sandia National Laboratories       Ellen Petrill - Director, Public/Private Partnership, EPRI       Ray Stults - Associate Director, Energy Sciences, NREL       Jessika Trancik - Santa Fe Institute
3:45pm	Breakout Sessions & Networking - Discussions will continue on each of Session III & IV topics in individual breakout rooms. Public Policy Smart grid/Micro grid Venture Investment Solar Research
4:15pm	Break
5:30pm	Networking Reception
7:00pm	Explore Santa Fe for dinner!
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
7:30am	Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30am	Opening Remarks: Michael G. Semmens, Executive Director, RMTA David Blivin, Summit Director Les Shephard, Sandia National Laboratories Keynote: Anup Jacob, Founding Partner, Virgin Green Fund
9:30am	Break
9:45am	Session V Track 1 - Utility Industry Leaders Discuss integration and grid issues with supporting alternatives.     Moderator: Brad Kitchens - President & CEO, ScottMadden, Inc.     Panelists:       Ken Anderson - EVP/General Manager of Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association       Jim Ferland - Senior Vice President, Public Service New Mexico (PNM)       Roy Palmer - Vice President, State and Federal Government Affairs, Xcel Energy       Ed Rahill - CFO and President ITC Grid Development       A. Richard Walje - President, Rocky Mountain Power PacifiCorp Track 2 - Energy Storage Research lab leaders discuss energy storage.     Moderator: Dr. Abbas Ghassemi - Director, Institute for Energy and the Environment, NM State University     Panelists:       Plamen Atanassov - Director of University of NM Center for Emerging Energy Technologies       Carlos Coe - CEO, Xtreme Power       Chris Hickman - Senior Vice President, Utility Solutions, Ice Energy       Justine Johannes - Senior Manager of Materials Synthesis and Processing, Sandia National Laboratories       Bill Tumas - Program Director for Applied Energy Programs, Los Alamos National Laboratory       Ed Williams - CEO, Firefly Energy
10:30am	Break
10:45am	Session VI Track 1 - Wind Research and manufacturers of wind technology.     Moderator: Kevin Hannigan - Managing Principal, Roland Mann     Panelists:       Kurt Adams - Chief Development Officer, First Wind       Warren Byrne - CEO, Foresight Wind       Aparna Narang - Development Director, West Region, Clipper Windpower       Gary Seifert - Idaho National Laboratory       Jose Zayas - Manager, Wind Energy Technology Dept, Sandia National Laboratories       Other distinguished panelists will be posted as confirmed. Track 2 - Lab Directors Panel Federal lab directors will discuss priority shifts and areas of focus.     Moderator: Heather Wilson - Former Member of Congress     Panelists:       Michael R. Anastasio - Director, Los Alamos National Laboratory       John J. Grossenbacher - Director, Idaho National Laboratory       Tom Hunter - Director, Sandia National Laboratories       Mike Kluse - Director, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory       Thomas Mason - Director, Oakridge National Laboratory & President & CEO, UT-Battelle, LLC       Bob McGrath - Deputy Laboratory Director, NREL
11:30am	Breakout Sessions & Networking - Discussions will continue on each of Session V & VI topics in individual breakout rooms. Utility Industry Leaders Energy Storage Wind Lab Directors
12:00pm	Adjourn - optional Los Alamos National Laboratory tour (limit 50 people - first come, first served), explore Santa Fe and enjoy great NM Spring Skiing!