VX2012

Assessing Clean Cities - Programs that Drive Sustainable Policies

•Moderator: Gail Goldberg, Executive Director, ULI Los Angeles
•Terry O'Day, Regional Director, eVgo / NRG
•Aaron Klemm, Energy Project Manager, City of Huntington Beach
•Lee Kanon Alpert, Immediate Past President, LADWP Board of Commissioners
•H. Eric Schockman, Vice President, California League of Conservation Voters Educational Fund

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Assessing Clean Cities - Programs that Drive Sustainable Policies

Commercialization of Technology

  • Moderator: David Fransen, Consul General, Canada
  • Fred Walti, Executive Director, Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator 
  • Ed Beres Sr., Senior Technology Licensing Manager, USC Stevens Institute for Innovation
  • Dr. Lei He, Professor, UCLA Clean Energy Research Center
  • Doug McPherson, General Counsel and Vice President, Corporate Development, Idealab
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Commercialization of Technology

California's Cap & Trade Creates a Carbon Market - What now?

  • Moderator: Mickey Kantor, Partner, Mayer Brown LLP; Former US Secretary of Commerce
  • James Goldstene, Executive Officer, California Air Resources Board
  • Robert Owen-Jones, Assistant Secretary, Global Engagement Branch, Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Australian Government
  • Frank Harris, Manager of Corporate Environmental Policy, Southern California Edison
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California's Cap & Trade Creates a Carbon Market - What now?

California's Delta: Mapping an Action Plan

  • Moderator: Felicia Marcus, Western Director, National Resources Defense Council
  • Woody Wodraska, President, Wodraska Partners, Inc.
  • Jeff Kightlinger, General Manager, Metropolitan Water District 
  • Phil Isenberg, Chair, Delta Stewardship Council
  • Garrett Graves, Chair, Costal Protection and Restoration Authority of Louisiana; Executive Assistant to the Governor for Costal Activities, State of Louisiana
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California's Delta: Mapping an Action Plan

Transmission, Grid Intergration & Storage of Renewables

  • Moderator: Paul Krekorian, Councilmember, District 2, Los Angeles City Council
  • V. John White, Executive Director, CEERT
  • Juan Castaneda, Manager Power Systems Technologies, Advanced Technologies, Southern California Edison 
  • Osamu Onodera, Director, Japan New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization, Silicon Valley
  • Carl Zichella, Director of Western Transmission, Natural Resources Defense Council
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Transmission, Grid Intergration & Storage of Renewables

Cars 2.0 Assessing California's Alternative Fuel Vehicle Marketplace

  •  Moderator: James Goldstene, Executive Officer, California Air Resources Board 
  • Andreas Klugescheid, Vice President, Governmental Affairs, BMW AG
  • Diane Wittenberg, Executive Director and Chairman, Plug-in Vehicle Collaborative
  • Dean Taylor, Manager and Scientist, Electric Transportation, Southern California Edison
  • Wendy James, President and CEO, The Better World Group, Inc.
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Cars 2.0 Assessing California's Alternative Fuel Vehicle Marketplace

Given an Uncertain Landscape, Is Renewable Energy & Sustainability Beyond the Tipping Point?

  • Moderator: David Abel, Chair, VX2012
  • Ron Nichols, General Manager, LADWP
  • Catherine Reheis-Boyd, President, Western States Petroleum Association 
  • Robert Hertzberg, Founder and Director, G24 Innovations
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Given an Uncertain Landscape, is Renewable Energy & Sustainability Beyond the Tipping Point?

Costs and Benefits of Reliance on Natural Gas to Power our Economies

  • Moderator: Bill Allen, President and CEO, LAEDC
  • Michael Allman, President and CEO, Southern California Gas Company
  • Jonathan Weisgall, Vice President, Mid-American Energy 
  • Kristen Eberhard, Legal Director, Western Energy and Climate Projects, Natural Resources Defense Council
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Costs: Benefits of Reliance on Natural Gas to Power our Economies