Energy 2006 Symposium, Sacramento, CA
National Energy Symposium
Facing California's Energy Future
October. 12, 2006 - California State Capitol, Sacramento
(Conan Nolan, NBC, Robert Sawyer, CARB, Assemblyman Joe Canciamilla,.John Geesman, California Energy Commission, and Michael Zenker, Cambridge Energy Associates)
Sponsored by
California Energy Commission
California Institute of Technology
University of California Energy Institute
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
University of California, Davis:
Institute for Transportation Studies
and The Energy Efficiency Center
University of Southern California:
Viterbi School of Engineering and
School of Policy Planning and Development
With support from:
The California State Senate Office of Research
The Thomas R. Brown Foundations
About the Symposium
More than 135 people convened at the California State Capitol Oct. 12, 2006, to discuss the nation's critical energy issues and new energy developments in the nation's most populous state.
The state's new initiative designed to curb carbon emissions was top of the discussion. Dr. Robert Sawyer, Chairman of the California Air Resources Board, discussed his agency's new role in overseeing the new legislation. Sawyer was among 20 other top experts, government leaders and industry leaders who took part in the symposium. See coverage of the program on analysisonline.
The goal was to take an objective, nonpartisan look at how to confront the critical energy issues facing the world, focusing especially on California. The symposium was co-sponsored by the California Energy Commission and many of California's leading academic research institutions.
Experts focused expecially on the science and economics of energy. The economic principles of supply, demand and costs are the keys to understanding energy markets. The symposium also reviewed energy sources, including oil, gas, alternatives, and potential new sources of energy in the future.
Stanford Professor Jim Sweeney provided the keynote presentation, and the Symposium included four panels of experts. The sessions confronted key issues including:
* Economics and Rising Energy Prices
* Renewable Energy Technologies
* Technological Viability Of New Energy Sources
* Public Policy and Our Energy Future
* Balancing Energy Costs with Environmental Protection
* The Impact of Global Demand on America’s Energy Future
* Energy and the Environment
* Renewable Energy Technologies
* Technological Viability Of New Energy Sources
* Public Policy and Our Energy Future
* Balancing Energy Costs with Environmental Protection
* The Impact of Global Demand on America’s Energy Future
* Energy and the Environment
Faculty/Panelists
* Doug Arent, Ph.D., Director of Strategic Analysis, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
* Harry A. Atwater, Jr., Ph.D., Howard Hughes Professor and Professor of Applied Physics and Materials Science, Caltech
* Severin Borenstein, Ph.D., Director, University of California Energy Institute
* Jeff Byron, Commissioner, California Energy Commission
* Joe Canciamilla, California State Assembly, (D-Pittsburg), California State Assembly, (D-Pittsburg)
* Jim Detmers, Vice President, Operations, California Independent System Operator
* Thomas A. Edmunds, Ph.D., Chief Scientist, Systems and Decision Sciences Section, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory
* Iraj Ershaghi, Ph.D., P.E., Omar B. Milligan Professor and Director, Petroleum Engineering Program, Viterbi School of Engineering, USC
* John L. Geesman, Commissioner, California Energy Commission
* Andrew Hargadon, Director, UC Davis Energy Efficient Center
* Roland Hwang, Vehicles Policy Director, Natural Resources Defense Council
* Petros Ioannou, Ph.D., Director, USC Center for Advanced Transportation Technologies; and professor, USC Viterbi School of Engineering
* Jane C. S. Long, Ph.D., Associate Director of Energy and Environment for the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
* Conan Nolan, Correspondent, NBC4 News
* Paul D. Ronney, Sc.D., Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California, Former NASA Astronaut
* Robert Sawyer, Ph. D., Chair, California Air Resources Board, and Class of 1935 Professor of Energy Emeritus, University of California at Berkeley
* Daniel Sperling, Ph.D., Director, Institute of Transportation Studies Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis
* James Sweeney, Professor of Economics, School of Engineering, Stanford University
* Al Weverstad, Executive Director, Environment and Energy, General Motors
* Ray Williams, Director, Long-Term Energy Policy & Planning, Pacific Gas & Electric
* Michael Zenker, Managing Director, Cambridge Energy Research Associates
* Harry A. Atwater, Jr., Ph.D., Howard Hughes Professor and Professor of Applied Physics and Materials Science, Caltech
* Severin Borenstein, Ph.D., Director, University of California Energy Institute
* Jeff Byron, Commissioner, California Energy Commission
* Joe Canciamilla, California State Assembly, (D-Pittsburg), California State Assembly, (D-Pittsburg)
* Jim Detmers, Vice President, Operations, California Independent System Operator
* Thomas A. Edmunds, Ph.D., Chief Scientist, Systems and Decision Sciences Section, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory
* Iraj Ershaghi, Ph.D., P.E., Omar B. Milligan Professor and Director, Petroleum Engineering Program, Viterbi School of Engineering, USC
* John L. Geesman, Commissioner, California Energy Commission
* Andrew Hargadon, Director, UC Davis Energy Efficient Center
* Roland Hwang, Vehicles Policy Director, Natural Resources Defense Council
* Petros Ioannou, Ph.D., Director, USC Center for Advanced Transportation Technologies; and professor, USC Viterbi School of Engineering
* Jane C. S. Long, Ph.D., Associate Director of Energy and Environment for the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
* Conan Nolan, Correspondent, NBC4 News
* Paul D. Ronney, Sc.D., Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California, Former NASA Astronaut
* Robert Sawyer, Ph. D., Chair, California Air Resources Board, and Class of 1935 Professor of Energy Emeritus, University of California at Berkeley
* Daniel Sperling, Ph.D., Director, Institute of Transportation Studies Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis
* James Sweeney, Professor of Economics, School of Engineering, Stanford University
* Al Weverstad, Executive Director, Environment and Energy, General Motors
* Ray Williams, Director, Long-Term Energy Policy & Planning, Pacific Gas & Electric
* Michael Zenker, Managing Director, Cambridge Energy Research Associates