Energy 2007 Forum- USC Campus

National Energy Symposium

Confronting the Challenges: Energy Costs to New Technology
June 15, 2006 - University of Southern California, Los Angeles

Leaders from government, business and the media from throughout the nation participated in the National Energy Symposium on the campus of the University of Southern California.

Faculty and panels included some of the nation’s leading experts, who discussed America’s and California’s energy future. The Symposium took an objective, nonpartisan look at how to confront the issues. Click here for full coverage of the event.

The National Energy Symposium was sponsored by the University of Southern California, The California Institute of Technology, Congressional Quarterly, and The Communications Institute with the support of Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. (Click here for more information on sponsors.)

The Symposium reviewed both the science and economics of the energy issue. The basic economic principles of supply, demand and costs are the keys to understanding energy markets. The symposium included in-depth analyses by Harvard Professor Henry Lee and Caltech Professor Nate Lewis on the science of energy, oil and potential new sources of energy in the future.


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The National Energy Symposium was sponsored by the University of Southern California, The California Institute of Technology, Congressional Quarterly, and The Communications Institute with the support of the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. Click here for more details.



The Symposium featured several presentations and three panels of experts moderated by NBC's Conan Nolan and CQ Editor David Rapp. Issues to be addressed include the following:

  • 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
faculty

The symposium included the following distinguished scholars and experts:

* Joseph Canciamilla, California State Assembly (D-Contra Costa County)
* T.C. Cheng, Sc.D., Lloyd F. Hunt Chair in Electrical Power Engineering and Professor of Electrical Engineering/Electrophysics, University of Southern California
* John Cranford, National Editor and Economics Columnist, Congressional Quarterly
* Iraj Ershaghi, Ph.D., P.E., Omar B. Milligan Professor and Director, Petroleum Engineering Program, Viterbi School of Engineering, USC
* James Flanigan, Contributor, New York Times, former Senior Economics Editor, Los Angeles Times
* Henry Lee, Director, Environment and Natural Resources Program, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
* Nathan S. Lewis, Ph.D., George L. Argyros Professor and Professor of Chemistry, Caltech
* Beth Lowery, Vice President, Environment and Energy, General Motors
* Anupam Madhukar, Ph.D., Kenneth T. Norris Professor of Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials , USC (solar and new materials expert)
* Steven D. Mazor, Chief Automotive Engineer, Automotive Research Center, Automobile Club of Southern California
* Conan Nolan, Correspondent, NBC4 News
* Pedro Pizarro, Senior Vice President for Power Procurement, Southern California Edison
* David Rapp, Editor & Senior Vice President, Congressional Quarterly
* Paul D. Ronney, Sc.D., Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Southern California, Former NASA Astronaut
* John Sheehan, Senior Strategic Analyst, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), United States Department of Energy
* Craig Smith, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
* Roderick Wright, Chairman, California State Assembly Committee on Utilities and Commerce (1998-2002)
* Michael Zenker, Managing Director, Cambridge Energy Research Associates