University of California Berkeley and Stanford University Partner to Launch Second Tech Conference on Clean Solar Energy
Menlo Park, California -UC Berkeley and Stanford University will again join hands to launch a second tech conference on clean solar power entitled "Big Solar." The symposium will bring together key solar energy policy makers, industry leaders, and academia to raise awareness, and solutions, to environmentally sound living.
Mr. Roy Kuga, Vice President of PG&E's Energy Supply Division, will be the featured key note speaker at the Big Solar Berkeley-Stanford Clean Tech Conference. Mr. Kuga is responsible for all commercial gas and electricity procurement.
Symposium panels will include professionals from energy industry groups, utility specialists, legal firms, and independent business owners, featuring discussions on California's leadership in matters of energy policy, and technological innovation. Big solar conference will conclude with a reception which will provide a forum for networking opportunities in the field of clean solar energy.
The second annual "Big Solar" tech conference wishes to integrate ideas, cross-cultivate projects, and shape the future of energy development between the Business and Engineering schools at University of California, Berkeley and Stanford University by bringing together leaders in the field of solar energy to discuss current business, technology and policy challenges, and opportunities in California. Moreover, the conference hopes to establish a framework from which innovation will produce next generation utility scale power technology.
This conference has been made possible by student support from the UC Berkeley Center for Energy & Environmental Innovation, the Berkeley Energy Resources Collaborative (BERC) and Stanford University Energy Crossroads.
Keynote speakers and moderators include:
Bob Cart - Greenvolts - Founder & CEO
Marc Gottschalk - Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati - Managing Partner Arno Harris - Recurrent Energy - Founder & CEO Sue Kateley - CAL SEIA- Executive Director Joseph Kastner - MMA Renewable Ventures -Vice President Solar Implementation & Operations Roy Kuga - PG&E - Vice President Energy Supply Division Rob Lamkin - Cool Earth Solar - CEO Hal La Flash - PG&E - Director of Integrated Resource Planning & Policy Kristina Peterson - SunTech America -Director Structured Finance Ed Smeloff - SunPower Corporation -Senior Manager Utility Project Sales
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
Noon to 7pm
SRI Auditorium
International Building - Room T,
333 Ravenswood Avenue, Menlo Park, CA
The Berkeley-Stanford Clean Tech Conference was founded in 2007 as a continuing series of focused conferences highlighting clean technology solutions for global warming. The conference also fosters collaboration between policy makers, industry leaders and academia. Student support from UC Berkeley Center for Energy & Environmental Innovation, the Berkeley Energy Resources Collaborative (BERC), and Stanford University Energy Crossroads has made this event possible.
BERC, an interdisciplinary, student-run, organization at UC Berkeley was founded, in 2005, to enhance interdepartmental collaboration on energy issues; serving as a bridge between the university and the private sector.
For further information, please contact:
Deep Sahni Conference Co-Founder at deepsahni@gmail.com or (650) 387-1046
Joanna Laznicka Phaze-9 Public Relations at Joanna@phaze-9.com or (408) 448-3113
Or visit: http://cleantech.berkeley.edu Online Map: http://www.sri.com/contact/campusmap-large.html
Please note reporters are invited to attend the symposium free of charge.
