Australia – US Energy Dialogue

 

Date: Wednesday 13 January, 2010

Venue: Intercontinental Hotel, Century City

12:00 Noon - 6:00 pm

Description: The Energy Dialogue will feature panel discussions and a keynote speaker discussing developments in ‘old’ and ‘new’ energy. From carbon capture and storage to geothermal energy, ‘green’ construction, and algae biofuels. Panels will focus on issues such as technical, regulatory and market challenges. Speakers will include representatives of Australian and US industry, academia, and government.

• The Post Copenhagen Energy Outlook
• The Technical, Regulatory and Market Challenges for Tradtional Energy
• The Technical, Regulatory and Market Challenges for New Energy
• The Impact and Opportunities for Green Building and Green Development
• Energy Innovations in the Wider Economy

Confirmed speakers include:

• The Hon. Peter Beattie, Trade Commissioner to the Americas, Queensland Government
• Associate Professor Michael A. Djordjevic, Australian National University's BioSolar Project
• Mr Michael Mudd, CEO Futuregen Alliance
• Professor Lynn Orr, Director of the Precourt Institute for Energy, Stanford University
• Ms Cecilia Estolano, CEO, Community Redevelopment Authority of Los Angeles
• Mr Rich Wells, VP, Global Government Affairs and Public Policy, The Dow Chemical Co.
• Mr Paul De Martini, VP, Advanced Technology, Southern California Edison
• Ms Jassandra Nyker, Snr VP, PCG Clean Energy & Technology Fund
• Mr Dale Seymour, Snr VP, Strategy, Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute
• Mr Perry Wong, Snr Managing Economist, Milken Institute
• Mr Drew Clarke, Deputy Secretary, Australian Dept. of Resources, Energy and Tourism
• Mr Richard Hamilton, President and CEO Ceres Inc
• Ms Cindy Tuck PE, Undersecretary of CalEPA
• Prof. Stuart White, Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology, Sydney
• Mr Jerry Yudelson, PE, Prinicipal, Yudelson Assoc., Tuscon AZ
• Mr Zeb Rice, Managing Partner, Angeleno Group
• Ambassador Charles P Ries, RAND Corporation
• Dr Mark Bernstein, Managing Director, USC Energy Institute
• Mr Che Wall, Managing Director, WSP Lincolne Scott and Founding Chair of the World Green Building Council, and Co-Founder of the Green Building Council of Australia
• Dr David Mills, Founder and Chief Science Officer, Ausra
• Professor Tony Haymet, SCRIPPS Institution of Oceanography, UCSD

For more information contact: la.events@dfat.gov.au