U.S. CHINA Green Tech Summit 中美绿色科技高峰论坛
Beijing, China
November 16-17, 2009
Co-Chairmen of the 2009 US-China Green Tech Summit
  • Mart Bailey
    Founder & Chairman, The Marley Association, USCGTS More

    Mr. Bailey serves as chairman and founder of non-profit organizing the US-China Green Tech Summit, The Marley Association. In 2000, Mr. Bailey founded Callaway Private Equity Partners, which serves the private financing needs of emerging growth companies. Callaway has worked on $300 million in venture capital and private equity transactions in the U.S. and China, with substantial experience in energy technology opportunities, in both renewable energy and energy efficiency.

    Mr. Bailey is a graduate of UC Berkeley and Beijing University, majoring in East Asian Studies and Chinese. Mr. Bailey is a Co-Chair of the American Council on Renewable Energy's Renewable Energy Finance Forum (REFF-West), and serves on the Boards of the Berkeley China Initiative (BCI), Berkeley Chinese Alumni International Association (BCAIA), U.S.-China Green Energy Council, and several private company boards. Mr. Bailey is an advisor to both the Asia Society and the Bay Area Council in San Francisco.

    Monday November 16 8:30-9:00am: Welcome Remarks and Keynotes
         11:00-12:30pm: Panel 2: Toward Utility-Scale Solar
    Tuesday November 17 5:30-5:45pm: Closing Remarks
  • C.S. Kiang
    Chairman, Peking University Environment Fund, Summit Co-Chair More

    Professor Kiang served as the Founding Dean of the newly established College of Environmental Sciences at Peking University from 2002 to 2006, and Chairman of Peking University Environment Fund from 2006 to 2009. Before that Prof. Kiang spent more than thirty years in the U.S., served as Head of Aerosol Program at National Center for Atmospheric Research, Director of School of Geophysical Sciences, Director of Office of Environmental Sciences, Technology and Policy and Institute Professor at Georgia Tech and the Founding Director of the Southern Oxidant Study, a strategic alliance among public, private and academic institutes.

    Currently, he is the Chairman of Sustainable Development Technology Foundation and Vice Chairman of Global Urban Development. He is a Councillor of the World Future Council, a member of Advisory Board of the Climate Change Capital, a member of International Council of Asia Society and a member of the Global Agenda Council of Climate Change of the World Economic Forum and an advisor of the Global Elders and other various roles in Non-profit Partners Entrepreneurships and consultation service for private corporations.

    Monday November 16 8:30-9:00am: Welcome Remarks and Keynotes
         1:45-3:00pm: Panel 3: Low Carbon Zones: Baoding, China; NASA Research Park: University Associates-Silicon Valley; UC Davis' West Village
  • Reyad Fezzani
    CEO, BP Solar More

    Reyad Fezzani is the Chief Executive Officer, BP Solar. He runs the largest and most established renewable energy business in BP's Alternative Energy portfolio. He is also Chairman of Tata BP Solar, a 20-year old Indian joint venture.

    Prior to this role, Reyad was the Chief Executive Officer, BP Global Chemicals business Aromatics & Acetyls (A&A) based in Hong Kong. Reyad was also the Head of the Executive Office of the Group Chief Executive, Lord Browne of Madingley at the time when BP launched its Alternative and Renewables Energy business.

    Since joining BP in 1989, Reyad has held a number of senior operational and commercial roles across the BP Group. These include Senior Vice-President, US Fuels Marketing; Vice-President, Europe Supply & Logistics; Vice-President of Government & Public Affairs in Exploration and Production (E&P); Project Leader, Mergers & Acquisitions for E&P in Europe and on staff of BP Finance. He has worked for BP in China, Europe, North Africa and the US.

    Reyad holds a Masters Degree in Chemical Engineering and Chemical Technology from Imperial College, London. He is a Chartered Engineer, and a Fellow of the Institute of Chemical Engineers, the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, and the Energy Institute. He also is a Board Director of the Bay Area Council in San Francisco, CA.

    Tuesday November 17 8:30-9:00am: Morning Keynotes
In Order of Panel Appearance | Alphabetically
  • Li Junfeng
    Deputy Director, Energy Research Institute, NDRC More
    Li Junfeng currently serves as the Deputy Director General of the Energy Research Institute (ERI) of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) in Beijing, China. He also serves as Chair of ERI's Academic Committee, General Secretary of the Chinese Renewable Energy Industries Association (CREIA), Vice-Chairman of the Renewable Energy Policy Network (REN21), Vice-Chairman of the Global Wind Energy Council, and Director of the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) in East Asia. Dr. Li was the lead author for China's 2005 Renewable Energy Law. He has engaged himself in development projects for Global Environment Facility (GEF), World Bank, UNDP, and other programs for renewable energy development in China.
    Monday November 16 8:30-9:00am: Welcome Remarks and Keynotes

  • Bruce Sohn
    President, First Solar More

    Bruce Sohn is an engineering graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has published research in a variety of high technology topics including: silicon surface defects, oxygen gettering, and gate oxide quality.

    Mr. Sohn was formerly a senior executive at Intel Corporation and has served on First Solar's Board of Directors since 2003. He became President of First Solar in February 2007.

    He heads operations for First Solar's module business; systems engineering, procurement and construction business; and monitoring & maintenance business.

    During his 24 years at Intel, Mr. Sohn played a leadership role in developing and manufacturing leading-edge semiconductor technology. He designed an early generation transistor and spearheaded initiatives in cycle time reduction and automated operations. He served as an integral part of the start-up team at five Fabs, was program manager for Intel's conversion to 300mm wafers and managed Intel's two largest Fabs.

    Monday November 16 8:30-9:00am: Welcome Remarks and Keynotes

  • Barbara Finamore
    China Program Director, Natural Resources Defense Council More
    Barbara Finamore, a senior attorney at NRDC, founded and directs NRDC's China Program, which for over a decade has worked in China with local partners to address some of the world's most serious environmental challenges and create innovative solutions in the areas of energy, health, market transformation and environmental enforcement. Barbara has over twenty-five years of experience in environmental and energy law and policy while living in the United States, China, Russia, Kyrgyzstan and Taiwan. She served as President and Chairman of the Professional Association for China's Environment (PACE) and as Vice-Chair of the International Environmental Law Committee of the American Bar Association's Section on Environment, Energy and Resources. Barbara is also cofounder and President of the China-U.S. Energy Efficiency Alliance, a California-based nonprofit designed to coordinate private sector resources to help China harness efficiency as a viable resource. She received her law degree cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1980 and was awarded a Wasserstein Public Interest Fellowship from Harvard Law School in 1993.
    Monday November 16 9:00-10:15am: Panel 1: Accelerating the Low Carbon Future

  • Kenneth G. Lieberthal
    Director, John L. Thornton China Center; Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Global Economy and Development, Brookings Institute More
    Lieberthal is director of the John L. Thornton China Center and senior fellow in Foreign Policy and Global Economy and Development at Brookings. Lieberthal served as special assistant to the president for national security affairs and senior director for Asia on the National Security Council from August 1998 to October 2000. His government responsibilities encompassed U.S. policy toward Northeast, East and Southeast Asia.
    Monday November 16 9:00-10:15am: Panel 1: Accelerating the Low Carbon Future
  • Patrick Tam
    General Partner, Tsing Capital More

    Dr. Tam has many years of experience in starting and growing cleantech, IT and manufacturing companies in the US. He served as President of the Washington Research Foundation, which commercialized innovations from over $900 million of annual research conducted at the University of Washington. He sat on the Washington governor's commission to create a $350 million Life Sciences Fund.

    He also headed a Washington State economic development agency, at which he obtained funding for commercial development of fuel cells, biodiesel and waste treatment as a focus for Washington State. He also formed a public private partnership to build a 45,000 sq. ft. biotech incubator and formed a fund for purchase order financing for high growth early stage companies. He is a cofounder of the Northwest Energy Collaborative that links emerging companies in the energy sector with large utilities and other potential customers.

    He has served as CEO of an application software company, President of a chemical sensor company, and Executive Vice President of a specialty food ingredient company.

    He recently was recognized by the World Heath Organization (WHO) for his work in developing a vaccine time-temperature tracker which is used on over 250 million vaccine dosages purchased by UNICEF.

    He obtained BS and MS degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. in Bioengineering from the University of California, Berkeley.

    Monday November 16 11:00-12:30pm: Panel 2: Toward Utility-Scale Solar
  • Steve Chan
    Chief Strategy Officer, Suntech Power More

    Mr. Steven Chan has been with Suntech for over three years and is currently the President, Global Sales/Marketing and Chief Strategy Officer. Chan is focused on enhancing and solidifying Suntech's long term focus to be a leading solar energy company. His primary responsibilities include the global sales and marketing organization, strategy and business development, and investor relations functions. As part of Suntech's three headquarters structure, Chan is responsible for the Americas region and is based in the San Francisco, CA headquarters. Chan had been previously based in Suntech's Wuxi, China headquarters.

    Prior to joining Suntech, Chan worked at CDC Corporation, a NASDAQ-listed, Greater China-based enterprise software and online/mobile services company, most recently serving as its Acting CEO and previously as its General Counsel and Company Secretary. Prior to that, Mr. Chan was a New York-qualified corporate attorney with Morrison & Forester LLP and Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCoy LLP. Chan graduated from the University of California, Berkeley and received a JD law degree from the Boston College Law School.

    Monday November 16 11:00-12:30pm: Panel 2: Toward Utility-Scale Solar
  • Deng Feng
    Founder, Managing Director, Northern Light VC More

    Feng co-founded Northern Light in 2005, a China focused fund. He has nearly 20 years of technical and managerial experience in the computer, communication and data networking industries. In 1997, Feng co-founded NetScreen Technologies, and served as the Vice President of Engineering, Chief Strategy Officer and Board member. NetScreen went public on NASDAQ in 2001 and was acquired by Juniper Networks in 2004 for $4.2 billion. From 2004 to 2005, Feng served as Vice President of Corporate Strategy at Juniper Networks. Feng was awarded the Entrepreneur of the Year award in 2002 and the Innovator of the Year award in 2003.

    Feng holds a MS degree in EE from Tsinghua University, a MS degree in computer engineering from the University of Southern California, and a MBA degree from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He also holds numerous U.S. patents in computer system architecture and IC design.

    Feng also serves on the Board of Directors of Hua Yuan Science and Technology Association (HYSTA), and is a board member of the Tsinghua University Foundation.

    Monday November 16 11:00-12:30pm: Panel 2: Toward Utility-Scale Solar
  • Jane Wu
    CEO, IPP Global More

    Trained as a physicist, Ms. Wu has about 20 years experience in marketing, sales, business development, venture investment, research/technology development in the semiconductor and solar sector. She now serves as President/CEO at IPP Global, a clean energy system integration company, where her main responsibilities include formulating market penetration strategy, positioning and branding new products, improving operational efficiency and creating new business models with both upstream and downstream partners. She is also a partner of Index Capital, responsible for greentech and IT investment.

    Before founding IPP Global, Wu was president of eVillage Solar, which was later reverse acquired by IPP Global. Prior joining eVillage Solar, Wu served as Corporate Officer, Vice President of Business Development for JA Solar and was responsible for forging global strategic alliances, establishing corporate marketing and supply chain management, directing technology development and licensing business. She is also responsible for US operations and R&D center. Wu served 11 years at Applied Materials, where she had various technical and managerial roles from technology development, field engineering support, business management and corporate strategy. Wu worked 4 years at Rockwell Semiconductor on device process engineering for space wireless communication applications. In addition, Wu was an entrepreneur and co-founded CiWest Corporation which was acquired by a major semiconductor foundry.

    Monday November 16 11:00-12:30pm: Panel 2: Toward Utility-Scale Solar
  • Liu Bin
    General Manager, CECIC Solar Energy Technology Co., Ltd. More
    Liu Bin was born in 1963 , and is the General Manager of CECIC Solar Energy Technology Co., Ltd. Which is the subsidiary company of China Energy Conservation Investment Corporation. Liu Bin joined in work in 1989, and became a member of CECIC in 1994. In 2009, Liu Bin leads the construction of CECIC-Suntech Shi Zuishan PV Generation Project which is the first large on-grid PV solar project in desert areas.
    Monday November 16 11:00-12:30pm: Panel 2: Toward Utility-Scale Solar

  • Kevin Berkemeyer
    Strategic Marketing Director, First Solar
    Monday November 16 11:00-12:30pm: Panel 2: Toward Utility-Scale Solar
  • Ray Anderson
    Founder, Interface, Inc. More
    Ray Anderson's Georgia-based company, Interface, Inc., is half-way towards the vision of "Mission Zero," the journey no one would have imagined for the company or the petroleum-intensive industry of carpet manufacturing, which has been forever changed by Anderson's vision. Mission Zero is the company's promise to eliminate any negative impact it may have on the environment, by the year 2020. He's a sought after speaker and advisor on all issues eco, including a stint as co-chairman of the President's Council on Sustainable Development and as an architect of the Presidential Climate Action Plan, a 100 day action plan on climate that was presented to the Obama Administration.
    Monday November 16 12:30-1:30pm: Luncheon: Video Message

  • Lawrence Bloom
    Chairman, Global Agenda Council on Urban Development, World Economic Forum More
    Lawrence is currently Chairman of the Global Agenda Council on Urban Development of the World Economic Forum, Deputy Chairman of Noble Cities plc. and Chairman of Connolly & Callaghan. In 1996 Lawrence took a prolonged sabbatical from his successful career in property business to focus on issues of sustainable development. Lawrence is a Senior Fellow of the Future 500 and a Principal Advisor to the Foundation for Conscious Evolution. Lawrence spoke at the World Economic Forum on Future Series: Designing Sustainable Cities in 2007.
    Monday November 16 1:30-1:45pm: Afternoon Keynote
  • Charles Goldenberg
    Managing Director, Page Mill Consultants More
    Charles Goldenberg has over 25 years of management consulting experience. Goldenberg is currently building Page Mill Consultants to pursue strategy consulting opportunities in the emerging environmental sustainability and cleantech markets. Goldenberg was a partner at 3 leading Management Consulting firms: Deloitte Consulting, KPMG Consulting, and Oliver Wyman Group. Goldenberg began his consulting career at Booz & Co. Goldenberg graduated from Stanford University with a Master of Science degree in industrial engineering..
    Monday November 16 1:45-3:00pm: Panel 3: Low Carbon Zones: Baoding, China; NASA Research Park: University Associates-Silicon Valley; UC Davis' West Village

  • Hong Penglei
    Program Director, WWF China Climate and Energy Program
    Monday November 16 1:45-3:00pm: Panel 3: Low Carbon Zones: Baoding, China; NASA Research Park: University Associates-Silicon Valley; UC Davis' West Village
  • Ken Kay
    FASLA, Founder, KenKay Associates More

    Ken Kay, FASLA, is a successful landscape architect, planner and urban designer, with more than 30 years of experience running his own office in San Francisco. Throughout his career, Ken has focused on creating vision concepts and detail drawings for a large array of planning and design projects, both locally and abroad. Before founding Ken Kay Associates in San Francisco in 1983, he worked as a partner with two eminent landscape architects and planners.

    Whether working on city neighborhoods, waterfronts, workplaces, or recreating suburbs, Ken lays the groundwork for compact, vital sustainable communities that respect the environment and link it into the urbanism of the place on a regional and local scale. Ken has also been an early advocate for reclaiming brown and gray field industrial sites, conserving water and recycling leftover land within the urban boundaries of our cities and towns. Though ambitious, his planning and designs enjoy an excellent reputation for getting built within the context of sustainable solutions, project budgets and schedules. Currently, Ken is working to create a vision and promote a dynamic new sustainable mixed-use community that intends to have a minimal carbon footprint at the former Moffett Naval Air Station, California, which is owned by NASA Ames Research Center. This 77-acre next-generation "test bed" research community is a collaboration led by the University of Santa Cruz plus five other Universities and NASA Ames. He has also exported his expertise to China in 2005, where he addressed a major conference in Guangzhou as a US expert on urban transit-oriented sustainable planning concepts as their new mega-cities are projected to attract 200 million new residents within a decade.

    Monday November 16 1:45-3:00pm: Panel 3: Low Carbon Zones: Baoding, China; NASA Research Park: University Associates-Silicon Valley; UC Davis' West Village
  • Ali Shakouri
    Professor, Jack Baskin School of Engineering, UCSC More
    Ali Shakouri is professor of electrical engineering at University of California Santa Cruz. He received his undergraduate degree from Ecole Nationale Superieure des Telecommunications de Paris, France and Ph.D. from California Institute of Technology in 1990 and 1995, respectively. His current research is on thermoelectric energy conversion and waste heat recovery, renewable energy microgrids, submicron thermal imaging, and micro refrigerators on a chip. He has authored or co-authored over 190 journal articles, conference proceedings and book chapters. He is currently the director of the Thermionic Energy Conversion Center, a multi university research initiative aiming to improve direct thermal to electric energy conversion technologies. With funding from National Science Foundation, he has initiated a new curriculum in sustainable development in collaboration with colleagues in Social Sciences and Engineering. He is also one of the co-organizers of the California-Denmark summer program in renewable energies in practice. He received the Packard Fellowship in 1999, the NSF CAREER award in 2000 and the UCSC School of Engineering FIRST Professor Award in 2004.
    Monday November 16 1:45-3:00pm: Panel 3: Low Carbon Zones: Baoding, China; NASA Research Park: University Associates-Silicon Valley; UC Davis' West Village
  • Barry Klein
    Vice Chancellor of Research, University of California, Davis More

    Barry M. Klein received his PhD in condensed matter theory from New York University following an undergraduate degree in Engineering Physics from NYU. He has held several professional and management research appointments at the Naval Research Laboratory and the National Science Foundation prior to arriving at UC Davis as Professor and Chair of the Department of Physics in 1992. In 1998 Dr. Klein was appointed Vice Provost for Academic Personnel, a position he held for three years before his current appointment as Vice Chancellor for Research.

    Dr. Klein is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, Fellow and Chartered Physicist of the Institute of Physics, London, U.K., and he is a Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Dr. Klein has been a member of numerous NSF, DoD and DoE and DoE Laboratory committees including: the NSF Supercomputing Center Peer Review Committee; the High Performance Computing Advisory Board for Los Alamos and Oak Ridge National Laboratories; the Advisory Committee for Physical Sciences and Space Technology and the Director's Advisory Committee at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; and the Materials Science and Technology Advisory Committee at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. He has over 140 scientific publications.

    Monday November 16 1:45-3:00pm: Panel 3: Low Carbon Zones: Baoding, China; NASA Research Park: University Associates-Silicon Valley; UC Davis' West Village
  • S. Ming Sung
    Chief Representative for Asia-Pacific, Clean Air Task Force More

    Dr. Sung's professional experience extends over 30 years in the energy and IT industries. He has worked for many leading companies such as AspenTech, BASF, Monsanto, Shell, US DOE, and XinAo Group in engineering and management. He was with Shell for 25 years. His experience covers management, engineering, operations, marketing, etc. in the coal, oil, chemicals and related areas.

    Dr. Sung is also very active in the community in the private and public sector and has developed a very broad network in the US and Greater China. He has served on many boards and committees, including the National Association of Chinese Americans (NACA), OCA, American Institute of chemical Engineers (AIChE), Chinese American Petroleum Association and Houston Sister City Association. For several years, at the invitation of the Chinese government, Dr. Sung has worked with the Chinese energy industry leaders to draft energy proposals for the Central Government leaders. He serves as the Senior Economic Advisor to the city of DaQing, China. He has been keynote speakers/moderators at many international conferences on energy and environment.

    Dr. Sung earned his BS and MS in Chemical and Petroleum Refining Engineering from Colorado School of Mines. His Ph.D. research was in asphalt rheology at University of Florida.

    Monday November 16 3:30-4:30pm: Panel 4: Clean Coal Technology Partnerships
    Tuesday November 17 1:30-2:30pm: Panel 4: Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS): Creating a Framework for U.S.- China Cooperation on Climate and Energy
  • Xu Shisen
    Thermal Power Research Institute More
    Dr. Xu Shisen is CTO of Thermal Power Research Institute (TPRI)and GreenGen Ltd of China. He is also CTO of China Huaneng Group(CHNG) R&D Center. He received doctorate degree in thermal power engineering from the Xi'an Jiaotong University. He has more than 20 years of experience on coal gasification and IGCC. He is a member of the expert group of Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST). He is a leader on R&D projects on gasification with dry feed and IGCC's key technologies funded by MOST. He is also a engineering design leader of "GreenGen-Near Zero Emission Coal Based Power Project" of CHNG. He developed a 3000t/a CO2 capture facility that was the first demonstration project in China. A 100000 t/a CO2 capture project designed by his team will go into operation in Shanghai by the end of this year. Now he is also the Chinese side leader for CO2 capture for the International Cooperation Project for CCS between China and Europe. He has published more than 100 papers and three books about gasification, syngas cleanup, IGCC and fuel cells. He has more than ten patents in the area of gasification and CO2 capture.
    Monday November 16 3:30-4:30pm: Panel 4: Clean Coal Technology Partnerships

  • Zhang Hongmei
    Director, Technology Strategy and Development, ENN Group More

    Dr. Hongmei Zhang joined ENN Group in 2007 and she serves as Director, Technology Strategy and Development at ENN Science and Technology Company. In this role, she is responsible for corporate R&D development, strategy, liaison and collaborations. Prior to joining ENN, Dr. Hongmei Zhang was a Lead Mechanical Engineer at GE Global Research Center located in Schenectady, NY.

    Hongmei earned a Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering from Penn State University in State College, PA, a M.S. degree in Engineering Mechanics from Tsinghua University, China and a B.S. degree in Thermal Engineering from Chongqing University, China. She is the author of 12 refereed publications and she currently holds 4 patents.

    Monday November 16 3:30-4:30pm: Panel 4: Clean Coal Technology Partnerships
  • Bill Tyndall
    Sr. Vice President, Federal Government and Regulatory Affairs, Duke Energy More

    Bill Tyndall is senior vice president of federal government and regulatory affairs for Duke Energy. He leads the group responsible for federal policy and government affairs, and environment, health and safety policy. He was named to his current position in April 2009.

    Most recently, Tyndall served as a managing director at Natsource LLC, a company that provides asset management, origination, and advisory and research services to companies required to reduce emissions. He was responsible for identifying new private equity investment opportunities in renewable energy, carbon abatement and management, pollution control, energy efficiency and related areas. From 1998 to 2006, Tyndall served in various leadership positions at Cinergy Corp. and has a deep knowledge of the key business and policy issues facing Duke Energy. He served as vice president for corporate development and strategy, where he was responsible for mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, as well as development of corporate growth initiatives. In 2005, he helped coordinate all aspects of the company's merger with Duke Energy. Tyndall also served as vice president of environmental services and federal affairs, working closely with government regulators and testifying before Congress, state utility commissions and other government entities. In that role, he also served as a member of the Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Air Act Advisory Committee and wrote several articles on environmental issues facing the utility industry. From 1995 to 1998, Tyndall served as the minority counsel to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. He counseled Congressman John Dingell and Chairman Henry Waxman (then ranking members) and other Democratic members of the Committee on issues involving the Clean Air Act and other environmental statutes. Tyndall also served as one of the key staff negotiators for the last major environmental bill to pass Congress, the Safe Drinking Water Act of 1996. Tyndall received a bachelor's degree from Stanford University and a juris doctor degree from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. He also completed the Sanford University School of Business Executive Program.

    Monday November 16 3:30-4:30pm: Panel 4: Clean Coal Technology Partnerships
  • David Nieh
    General Manager, Shui On Land More

    David Nieh serves as General Manager for Shui On Land. He is a registered architect and certified planner, as well as an accredited professional in sustainable design. He formerly directed the studio for Skidmore, Owings and Merrill's (SOM) Shanghai office, and was chief architect for the City of San Jose and Redevelopment Agency. He has taught architecture, urban design and urban studies at Stanford University and is a member of the International Society for City and Regional Planners and the China Planning Network.

    Mr. Nieh has served on advisory boards ranging from strategic economics, creative communities, campus development, education, social innovation, biotech and public art. He is currently a Board Member for the Joint US-China Cooperation on Clean Energy (JUCCCE), Stanford Program on Regions of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SPRIE) and Cogswell College in Silicon Valley. He advises the One-North Development in Singapore, the US-China Clean Energy Forum China Greentech Initiative and the Cleantech Group.

    Mr. Nieh holds a Masters of Architecture in Urban Design degree from Harvard University and a Masters of Architecture degree from the University of California/ Berkeley.

    Monday November 16 4:30-5:45pm: Panel 5: Dalian Tiandi Partnership — Sustainable, Pragmatic, and Profitable Development
  • Tom McCawley
    Managing Director, Evergreen (Asia Pacific) Investments Ltd. More
    Tom McCawley is a Greentech Investment Consultant working in the Asia Pacific region. He started his 20+ year career in the Nuclear Industry working for both General Electric and Westinghouse. His subsequent roles included Operations Director for Nucor Steel (Iron Carbide, Trinidad WI), Technology Director for the start-up venture Qualitech Steel, Acquisition Consultant to Mitsubishi International and has held numerous leadership roles at Owens Corning, most recently as General Manager, Energy Solutions Asia Pacific. He has personally managed over $300M in projects, has helped raise $500M in financing and lead the acquisition and integration of a Japanese company. He currently serves as Vice-Chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce Shanghai Environmental Committee, and is a Strategic Advisor to the Joint US-China Cooperation on Clean Energy, the China Greentech Initiative and the US-China Clean Energy Forum. Mr. McCawley received his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University.
    Monday November 16 4:30-5:45pm: Panel 5: Dalian Tiandi Partnership — Sustainable, Pragmatic, and Profitable Development
  • Li Junjie
    Assistant President, Dalian University of Technology
    Monday November 16 4:30-5:45pm: Panel 5: Dalian Tiandi Partnership — Sustainable, Pragmatic, and Profitable Development
  • Chuck Shi
    Deputy Director, Dalian High Tech Zone More
    Chuck Shi is a lawyer, as well as deputy director and law consultant of the investment promotion bureau of Dalian Hi-tech Industrial zone Administrative Committee. Mr. Shi graduated from Tianjin University and got his bachelor degree with double majors. After graduation he served as professor for over ten years in Dalian Maritime University and received his law degree. Mr. Shi transferred into Dalian Hi-tech Industrial Zone in 1996 and then was appointed as deputy director of investment promotion bureau. With multiple majors and versatile skills, Mr. Shi plays an important role in investment promotion of Dalian Hi-tech Zone. He has brought many Global fortune 500 companies and projects into Dalian Hi-tech zones such as DELL, IBM etc.
    Monday November 16 4:30-5:45pm: Panel 5: Dalian Tiandi Partnership — Sustainable, Pragmatic, and Profitable Development
  • Norris Lee
    Dalian High-Tech Zone More
    Chuck Shi's assistant in investment promotion bureau of Dalian Hi-tech Industrial zone. Majoring in business English, last year Norris graduated from Dalian University of Foreign Languages and takes part in English-speaking countries business' investments.
    Monday November 16 4:30-5:45pm: Panel 5: Dalian Tiandi Partnership — Sustainable, Pragmatic, and Profitable Development

  • Alex Camprubi
    Chief Architect, Turenscape (Beijing Turen Design Institute) More
    Alex currently works as a Chief Architect in Turenscape (Beijing Turen Design Institute) and lectures at the College of Urban and Environmental Sciences of Peking University. He was CEO of Arppa S.A. de C.V. until 2007, an Architectural Firm in Mexico. Alex graduated in Architecture in 1992 from Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM) and lectured at ITESM's Architectural School.
    Monday November 16 4:30-5:45pm: Panel 5: Dalian Tiandi Partnership — Sustainable, Pragmatic, and Profitable Development
  • Robert Theleen
    Chairman and CEO, ChinaVest More

    Mr. Theleen is Chairman and CEO of ChinaVest, the oldest American merchant banking firm in Greater China. Founded in 1981, ChinaVest has acted as M&A advisor to numerous Fortune 500 clients, raised over US$400 million from leading American and European institutions and invested in industries including light manufacturing, logistics, branded services, telecommunications and information technology. Mr. Theleen is currently a trustee of the Asia Foundation and serves on the Board of Beijing Enterprises, one of China's leading Red Chip companies on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

    Mr. Theleen completed his Bachelor of Arts degree from Duquesne University, and has an MBA degree from the American School of International Management (Thunderbird). In 1999 he was awarded an honorary doctorate of philosophy from Loras College in Iowa for his work in China.

    Tuesday November 17 9:00-10:00am: Panel 1: Competition and Marketplace: What You Need to Know About China's Green Technology Markets
  • Xu Sitao
    Chief Representative, The Economist Group, China More

    Mr. Xu is Chief Representative of the Economist Group in China and Director of Advisory Services for the Economist Intelligence Unit, responsible for program and development and services for China. A trained economist, he also provides research and analysis on China for EIU Corporate Network programs across Asia.

    Previously, Mr. Xu was the Head of Economics, based in Hong Kong, for ICBC (Asia), the international flagship of China's largest bank. Prior to that, he was the Regional Treasury Economist for Standard Chartered Bank followed by Chief Economist for Asia (ex-Japan) for Societe Generale. He began his career as an economist for Indonesia, Korea, and Thailand for MMS International of Standard and Poor's Group, based in Singapore in 1995.

    He has been a columnist for Caijing and 21st Century, China's leading business publications and contributes frequently to leading regional and international publications, such as the Asian Wall Street Journal and Financial Times. He appears regularly on CNBC, Bloomberg, and other news shows, and also delivers numerous talks to corporate audiences' institutional investors, and boards interested in understanding China's rapidly changing economy. Mr. Xu holds a B.A. in Economics from Peking University, an M.A. in Economics from the University of Connecticut, and a M.S. in Finance from Boston College.

    He frequently lectures at Tsinghua and Shanghai Universities.

    Tuesday November 17 9:00-10:00am: Panel 1: Competition and Marketplace: What You Need to Know About China's Green Technology Markets
  • Jeremy Burks
    Vice President, Dow Corning China More

    Jeremy joined Dow Corning in the UK in 1987, working initially as a salesperson for the automotive and electronics industries. In 1993 he moved to Belgium as Economic Evaluator/ Business Controller for Europe and then became Global Planning and Evaluation Manager for the Designed Products business. In 1994 he became an industry manager for Europe. Five years later, his role expanded to Global Industry Manager for Household Care. He was appointed as European Industry Director for Elastomers and Lubricants and led the restructuring of the silicone rubber business.

    Prior to his current role, Jeremy served as the Global Executive Director of Dow Corning's Expertise-Based industry group. Jeremy also served as chairperson of Dow Corning's Global Commercial Council. In Aug 2009, Jeremy was relocated from Seoul to Shanghai and appointed as the Vice president of Dow Corning China.

    Tuesday November 17 9:00-10:00am: Panel 1: Competition and Marketplace: What You Need to Know About China's Green Technology Markets
  • Yi Xiqun
    Chairman, Beijing Private Equity Development Fund Management Co., Ltd.; Vice Chairman, China Association for the Promotion of Industrial Development More
    Yi Xiqun, graduated from Beijing University of Chemical Technology in 1975 and received a master's degree in economic management engineering from Tsinghua University. Yi directed the work of the economy and system reform office for the Beijing People's Government from 1986 to 1987. He then shifted to supervise the Xicheng district of the Beijing government and later assumed the directorship of the Beijing Economy and Technology Development Zone Management Committee. Yi remained with the government and served as an assistant to the mayor of Beijing before joining Beijing Holdings Limited in 1999. He holds the vice-president and general manager position at the company as well as the vice-chairmanship at Beijing Enterprises Holdings Limited.
    Tuesday November 17 9:00-10:00am: Panel 1: Competition and Marketplace: What You Need to Know About China's Green Technology Markets

  • Wang Dazong
    CEO, Beijing Automotive Industry Holding, Co, Ltd. More

    Dr. Dazong Wang, graduated from Cornell University with a Ph.D. degree in 1985 and he joined GM in same year. He worked up to engineering manager and technical fellow in GM during 1985-1994. In 1994, he was appointed as Country Manager and Chief Engineer for Delphi Energy and Engine Management Systems in Beijing, China. In the following three years, he led a total of $100 million investment in China's then fledgling industry and established three large joint-venture companies in China, serving as the Chairman/Director on each their boards. After returning from China, he worked in GM's North America technical center as Director of Engineering in charge of various engineering activities such as vehicle integration, design and analysis, etc.

    During 2006, Dr. Wang joined SAIC Motor Corporation Limited, the largest domestic automotive company in China. He was appointed as Vice President of Engineering.

    In 2008, Dr. Wang joined Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Corporation Limited, he was appointed as President.

    Tuesday November 17 9:00-10:00am: Panel 1: Competition and Marketplace: What You Need to Know About China's Green Technology Markets
  • Han Wenke
    Director, Energy Research Institute, NDRC More

    Since graduation from Xi'an Jiaotong University in 1982, has long been engaged in the research of energy policies and is currently Director-General of Energy Research institute, NDRC, responsible for the research of energy economy, energy conservation, energy supply and demand forecast, and energy development strategy and planning.

    In recent year, has participated in the research and work on China's energy saving technology policies, China's green lights project, Asian transportation pollution control technology selection, China's utilization strategy of quality foreign energies, China's oil strategy, China's sustainable energy industry policies in the early 21 century, and West China energy development strategy, and China's electric power system reform.

    Tuesday November 17 10:00-11:00am: Panel 2: American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE)— US-China Program Partners: Expanding the Global Renewable Energy Market
  • Zhu Gongshan
    Chairman, GCL Group (invited) More
    Zhu Gongshan is the chairman and CEO of the GCL Silicon Technology Holdings Inc. Mr. Zhu Gongshan obtained a Ph.D. degree in Business Administration from the Bulacan StateUniversity of the Philippines.
    Tuesday November 17 10:00-11:00am: Panel 2: American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE)— US-China Program Partners: Expanding the Global Renewable Energy Market
  • Han Junliang
    Chairman, President, Sinovel Wind More
    Han Junliang is the Chairman of Sinovel Wind Technology Co., Ltd - the first Chinese company to introduce advanced megawatt-class wind turbine technology. Mr. Han has led the company through a historic leap becoming China's largest wind power equipment company in 2008. Sinovel has installed over 30 percent of China's 2009 installed capacity. Mr. Han has also guided Sinovel as it developed China's first batch of 3MW offshore wind turbines to supply the Shanghai East China Sea Bridge offshore wind project.
    Tuesday November 17 10:00-11:00am: Panel 2: American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE)— US-China Program Partners: Expanding the Global Renewable Energy Market
  • Xie Xiaonan
    Vice President, Suntech Power More
    Mr. Xie Xiaonan has long been engaged in commercial trade, economic research and management, energy saving and comprehensive utilization of resources, and research. His master's thesis was "Long-term Energy Planning in Zibo City," and his doctoral thesis was "Economic Development and the Taihu Lake Basin Water Environment Relations". He carried out a large number of industrial restructuring and new-type industrialization. While serving as deputy director of the Economic and Trade Commission in Wuxi, he carried out a number of industry investigations, and made a number of recommendations regarding the development of the local automotive industry to municipal leaders.
    Tuesday November 17 10:00-11:00am: Panel 2: American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE)— US-China Program Partners: Expanding the Global Renewable Energy Market

  • Charles Guo
    Dir. of Business Development and Marketing, Applied Materials
    Tuesday November 17 10:00-11:00am: Panel 2: American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE)— US-China Program Partners: Expanding the Global Renewable Energy Market
  • Scott Jacobs
    McKinsey and Company More

    Jacobs co-founded and manages McKinsey & Company's Global CleanTech practice and is the Firm's global CleanTech practice expert. At McKinsey, Jacobs works with high-technology, energy, automotive, private equity and public sector clients across a wide range of functions relating to clean energy technology, including international market expansion, M&A strategy, regulation strategy, manufacturing and operations, alliances, and investing. Jacobs helped the US Department of Energy and the Governor of Hawaii create the State's landmark Clean Energy Initiative. Jacobs also has led several McKinsey research initiatives in CleanTech, including carbon emissions abatement, vehicle electrification, and energy storage. From November 2008 to January 2009, Jacobs took a temporary leave of absence from McKinsey & Co. in order to advise President-elect Obama's Transition Team on clean energy and transportation policy.

    Prior to joining McKinsey, Jacobs spent 14 years in the high-technology, clean energy technology and private equity industries. Jacobs helped start and lead PolyServe, a virtualization software company acquired by Hewlett Packard in 2007, where he served as General Manager for Europe, Middle East & Africa and established the international operations for the company. During this time, Jacobs also served on Sun Microsystems' Software Advisory Board. Also prior to McKinsey, Scott was a high-technology and cleantech venture capital investor in Silicon Valley, working with Battery Ventures, Sequoia Capital and WR Hambrecht + Co. Scott received his MBA with high distinction from the Harvard Business School, where he was named a George F. Baker Scholar, and his B.A. cum laude from Dartmouth College.

    Tuesday November 17 11:00-12:00pm: Panel 3: From Batteries to EV Technology Projects
         1:00-1:30pm: Keynote Speech
  • Andy Chu
    Director of Marketing, A123 Systems More
    Dr. Chu is currently Director of Marketing at A123. Since joining A123 in early 2003, he has served multiple roles, including R&D, manufacturing support, applications engineering, program management, marketing and business development. Most recently, he led the team that resulted in a $249M award from the U.S. Department of Energy to support the company's U.S. battery manufacturing. Prior to joining A123Systems, he was the Department Manager of the Energy Technologies Department at HRL (formerly Hughes Research Lab.) He has a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, where his thesis research was on lithium ion battery materials.
    Tuesday November 17 11:00-12:00pm: Panel 3: From Batteries to EV Technology Projects
  • Richard Blundell
    Managing Partner, 2 Degree Capital Partners More

    Mr. Blundell has over 25 years of senior executive management and consulting experience in the global environmental services and technology sectors. His experience includes operations management, corporate and market development, mergers and acquisitions, new business initiation, and consulting. Mr. Blundell's international experience includes running businesses in East and West Europe, North and South America, and Asia, including 12 countries from India to China. He has significant experience in new business creation and management of growth-stage businesses in global markets.

    Mr. Blundell is currently managing director at 2degrees Capital Partners, a growth/expansion capital cleantech, investment firm and is the executive director of the Business Sustainability Network. He was formerly a member of the executive committee and the SVP of International Business Development at Think Global AS, an electric vehicle company. From 1989 to 1992, Mr. Blundell led the expansion of Laidlaw Inc (Canada's leading waste management company) into Europe as Director of Business Development. From 1992-1995 (as Managing Director) and subsequently from 2002-2004 (as Vice President), Mr. Blundell led the Global Environmental Services Division of SGS. In 1995 to 1998, Mr. Blundell moved to Asia to lead two new business units for Hagemeyer-Cosa Liebermann as Senior Vice President, where he spearheaded HCL's expansion into the environment and energy businesses.

    After HCL, Mr. Blundell held senior positions at two early-stage companies: President of Fluobor International (1998-2002) and CMO and CEO of Askair Technologies (2004-2006). Mr. Blundell has served on several boards of directors over the past 25 years and currently serves on the Advisory Boards of Suning Srl (Milan), Water Capital Inc. (Toronto), PureSense Environmental (Emeryville, CA) and General Sensing (Hong Kong).

    Mr. Blundell holds a BSc in Geology from the University of Toronto and an MBA from the International Management Institute, Geneva (now IMD, Lausanne).

    Tuesday November 17 11:00-12:00pm: Panel 3: From Batteries to EV Technology Projects

  • Paul Gao
    CFO, Cheri Quantum Auto Company, Ltd. More

    Mr. Gao brings CQAC many years of financial and management experience from across multiple manufacturing sectors. Previously, he was a Partner at McKinsey, the leading global management consulting firm, where he led McKinsey's automotive and assembly practice in Asia. Over the past 12 years, Mr. Gao helped a wide variety of multinational and Chinese clients with corporate and business unit strategy, product and brand strategy, organization and management process optimization, operational transformation, and cross-boarder merger and acquisition and alliance building.

    Prior to McKinsey, Mr. Gao worked as a Management Consultant at Coopers & Lybrand and AT Kearney, then as Senior Vice President at Bessemer Holdings Asia, based in Shanghai. He studied at the Institute of International Relations in Beijing and go his BA in Accounting and Economics from St. John's University in the United States.

    Tuesday November 17 11:00-12:00pm: Panel 3: From Batteries to EV Technology Projects
  • Dan Cohen
    Vice President, Strategic Initiatives, Better Place More
    Dan Cohen is vice president of strategic initiatives for Better Place. In this role, he is responsible primarily for overseeing key initiatives and providing leadership support within the Office of the CEO. Before joining Better Place, Cohen served as managing director with John L. Thornton & Company, a private equity firm led by the former president and co-chief operating officer of Goldman Sachs. Prior to that, Cohen was a consultant with McKinsey & Company, where he led client engagements in the consumer goods sector. Cohen has an LL.B. from The Hebrew University in Jerusalem and an MBA from The Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
    Tuesday November 17 11:00-12:00pm: Panel 3: From Batteries to EV Technology Projects
  • Kahlil Morse
    China Director, The Marley Association More
    Kahlil Morse is the China Director of the Marley Association, the non-profit organizing the U.S.-China Green Tech Summit. Morse works closely with the academic communities both the U.S. and China in order to create pathways to connect them to the private sector. In 2008, Morse worked at the University of California Office of the President in the International Strategic Development (ISD) office to organize the first annual U.S-China Green Energy Conference last November 2008 in Shanghai. Morse is the founder and chairman of the Santa Cruz Energy & Resources Collaborative (SCERC), a student led organization based out of the University of California, Santa Cruz. Currently he is studying Mandarin at Peking University.
    Tuesday November 17 12:00-1:00pm: Luncheon Discussion: Smart Grid
  • Dan Kammen
    Professor in the Energy and Resources Group; Professor of Public Policy, Goldman School of Public Policy; Professor of Nuclear Engineering; Director of the Renewable and Appropriate Energy Lab, UC Berkeley More

    Daniel M. Kammen is Professor in the Energy and Resources Group Energy and Resources Group (ERG), Professor of Public Policy in the Goldman School of Public Policy and is Professor of Nuclear Engineering in the Department of Nuclear Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley . He is also the founding Director of the Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory (RAEL).

    Kammen received his undergraduate degree in physics from Cornell University, and his masters and doctorate in physics from Harvard for work on theoretical solid state physics and computational biophysics. He was then the Wezmann & Bantrell Postdoctoral Fellow at the California Institute of Technology in the Divisions of Engineering, Biology, and the Humanities. Kammen received the 1993 21st Century Earth Award, recognizing contributions to rural development and environmental conservation from the Global Industrial and Policy Research Institute and Nihon Keizai Shimbun in Japan.

    He is the author of over 90 journal publications and a book on environmental, technological, and health risks and numerous reports on renewable energy and development. Kammen advises the U. S. and Swedish Agencies for International Development, the World Bank, and the Presidents Committee on Science and Technology (PCAST), and is a member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (Working Group III and the Special Report on Technology Transfer). Dr. Kammen serves on the technical review board for the GEF (the STAP), is a lead author for the Special Report on Technology Transfer of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and advises the World Bank and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and well as the African Academy of Sciences.

    Tuesday November 17 12:00-1:00pm: Luncheon Discussion: Smart Grid
  • Hu Zhaoguang
    Chief Economist, State Grid Energy Research Institute More
    Dr. Zhaoguang Hu is the vice president and chief economist at the State Grid Energy Research Institute (former State Power Economic Research Institute) as well as the head of the Policy Simulation Laboratory on Economy-Energy. He is an honorary professor at North-China Electric University and Beijing Jiaotong University. Dr. Hu was one of the main contributors of the China's demand side management (DSM) white paper 2007. He was a team leader of the World Bank's project, "DSM in China's Restructured Power Industry -- How Regulation and Policy Can Deliver DSM Benefits to a Growing Economy and a Changing Power System," in 2004. He has published more than 120 papers and three books.
    Tuesday November 17 12:00-1:00pm: Luncheon Discussion: Smart Grid
  • Zhang Dongxiao
    Director, New Energy Institute, Associate Dean, College of Engineering, Chair, Dept of Energy and Resources, Beijing University More
    Professor Dongxiao Zhang is an Associate Dean at the College of Engineering, the director of Institute of Clean Energy, and a Chair Professor at the Energy and Resources Engineering Department at Peking University (Beijing). He has held positions as Chair Professor at the University of Southern California, Miller Chair Professor at the Department of Petroleum and Geological Engineering at the University of Oklahoma, and Senior Scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory. He has also been a "Chang Jiang" Chair Professor at Nanjing University. Professor Zhang is the recipient of National Thousand Talents Plan and the recipient of the National Natural Science Foundation Outstanding Young Researcher Award. He has authored two books and published over one hundred papers. He earned both his Master's degree and Ph.D. in hydrology and water resources in 1992 and 1993, respectively, from the University of Arizona.
    Tuesday November 17 12:00-1:00pm: Luncheon Discussion: Smart Grid

  • Oltmann Siemens
    Former World Bank Group Representative in Europe More
    Siemans worked at the Max-Planck Institute for Foreign and International Private Law and as an associate of the law firm White and Case and as Deputy General Counsel of the German Investment Corporation (DEG) in Cologne prior to joining the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank Group, in Washington, D.C. in July 1979. At the end of 1994, Mr. Siemens returned to Washington, D.C., where he served as Principal Counsel of the IFC. In May of 1998, he was appointed Representative of the World Bank Group, based in Frankfurt, Germany. In 2001, he was also named Special Representative of the International Finance Corporation. Siemens retired from the World Bank Group in August, 2007. He then served on an interim basis as General Counsel of the International Fund for Agricultural Development, and as Co-Chairman, Advisory Board of First Trust Portfolios LP, an investment banking firm based in Wheaton, Illinois, USA. He is also Senior Advisor to Oxford Analytica in Oxford, England and a trustee of the Middle East Institute in Berlin, Germany.
    Tuesday November 17 12:00-1:00pm: Luncheon Discussion: Smart Grid
  • Thomas Heller
    Lewis Talbot and Nadine Hearn Shelton Professor of International Legal Studies, Stanford Law School; Executive Director, Climate Policy Initiative More

    An expert in international law and legal institutions, Thomas C. Heller has focused his research on the rule of law, international climate control, global energy use, and the interaction of government and nongovernmental organizations in establishing legal structures in the developing world. He has created innovative courses on the role of law in transitional and developing economies, as well as the comparative study of law in developed economies. He co-directs the law school's Rule of Law Program, as well as the Stanford Program in International Law. Heller has been a visiting professor at the European University Institute, Catholic University of Louvain, and Hong Kong University, and has served as the deputy director of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University, where he is now a senior fellow.

    Professor Heller is also a senior fellow (by courtesy) at the Woods Institute for the Environment. Before joining the Stanford Law School faculty in 1979, he was a professor of law at the University of Wisconsin Law School and an attorney-advisor to the governments of Chile and Colombia.

    Tuesday November 17 1:00-1:30pm: Keynote Speech

  • Ren Xiangkun
    Vice President, Shenhua Coal to Liquid & Chemical Co.
    Tuesday November 17 1:30-2:30pm: Panel 4: Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS): Creating a Framework for U.S.- China Cooperation on Climate and Energy
  • Deborah Seligsohn
    Senior Fellow, WRI More
    Deborah Seligsohn is a consultant based in Beijing, working with the World Resources Institute's Climate, Energy and Pollution Program as its China Program Director. Her focus is on deepening research collaboration and the development of useful policy tools to address climate change issues. She comes to WRI from the U.S. State Department, where she had over 20 years' experience working on energy and environment issues in China, India, Nepal and New Zealand. Her most recent position was as Environment, Science, Technology and Health Counselor on Beijing. She has a master's degree from Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School in Science, Technology and Environmental Policy, and her BA is from Harvard University in East Asian Studies. She speaks fluent Chinese and some Hindi.
    Tuesday November 17 1:30-2:30pm: Panel 4: Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS): Creating a Framework for U.S.- China Cooperation on Climate and Energy

  • Frank Alix
    CEO, Powerspan (invited) More
    Frank Alix is the CEO of Powerspan, which developed advanced clean coal technology. Alix co-founded Powerspan in 1994 and formed a team to create the ECO multi-pollutant control technology from lab to pilot scale, and then to a commercial available technology. Powerspan's ECO2 is a regenerative process that uses an ammonia-based solution to capture CO2 in the flue gas. The ECO2 approach to CO2 capure uses is a post-combustion process for conventional power plants, designed to capture 90% of CO2 emissions by retrofitting existing coal-fired plants.
    Tuesday November 17 1:30-2:30pm: Panel 4: Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS): Creating a Framework for U.S.- China Cooperation on Climate and Energy
  • Blake Simmons
    Vice President, Deconstruction, Joint Bio Energy Institute More
    Blake Simmons is the manager of the Energy Systems Department of the Sandia National Laboratory. A chemical engineer by training, his expertise includes biofuel cells, nanophotonic materials, microfluidics, nanofluidics, desalination, biomineralization and enzyme engineering. Most recently, he has been studying enzymes isolated from extremophile organisms that could be applied to the deconstruction of lignocellulosic biomass into biofuel material.
    Tuesday November 17 3:00-4:00pm: Panel 5: Joint Bio Energy Institute (JBEI)/ A Bio-Energy Partnership

  • Michael Mulqueen
    Senior Scientist, Logos Technologies More
    Dr. Michael Mulqueen is a senior scientist at Logos Technologies in Arlington Virginia. He is the principal investigator of a $19 Million US Department of Defense funded program on developing technology for the conversion of cellulosic feedstocks into bio-jet fuel. The primary focus of Dr. Mulqueen's research on biofuels has been on those technologies that demonstrate significant commercial potential with the ability to produce current infrastructure fuels at costs that are competitive with petroleum. Dr. Mulqueen received a bachelor of science in chemical engineering from the California Institute of Technology and a Doctorate in ChemE from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His Ph.D. thesis entails the theoretical modeling of fluid interface of mixed surfactant solutions along with experimental work measuring static and dynamic surface tensions. Prior to Logos, he worked at Adroit Systems and the Institute for Defense Analysis as a technical consultant to various agencies within the US Department of Defense.
    Tuesday November 17 3:00-4:00pm: Panel 5: Joint Bio Energy Institute (JBEI)/ A Bio-Energy Partnership
  • Bryan Jenkins
    Professor, Director, UC Davis Energy Institute More
    Prof. Jenkins teaches and conducts research in the areas of energy and power, with emphasis on biomass and other renewable resources. Dr. Jenkins has more than thirty years experience working in the area of biomass thermochemical conversion including combustion, gasification, and pyrolysis. His research also includes analysis and optimization of energy systems. He teaches both graduate and undergraduate courses on energy systems, heat and mass transfer, solar energy, and power and energy conversion, including renewable energy and fuels, economic analysis, environmental impacts, fuel cells, engines, electric machines, fluid power, cogeneration, and other technologies. Prof. Jenkins is a recipient of an Outstanding Achievement Award from the US Department of Energy for exceptional contributions to the development of bioenergy, and the Linneborn Prize from the European Union for achievements in biomass development. Prof. Jenkins is currently Director of the UC Davis Energy Institute.
    Tuesday November 17 3:00-4:00pm: Panel 5: Joint Bio Energy Institute (JBEI)/ A Bio-Energy Partnership
  • Jonathan Woetzel
    Director, McKinsey and Co., Greater China Office More

    Dr. Jonathan Woetzel is a Director with McKinsey & Company based in Shanghai. In his 25 years with the Firm, Jonathan has advised clients in a range of industries - including energy, materials, technology and industrial - helping transform local companies into global leaders, and developing policy recommendations for government.

    Dr. Woetzel has led McKinsey's Asia Energy and Materials practice, the McKinsey Global Institute, McKinsey's macroeconomic research institute, in Asia, and its Corporate Finance practice in China. He led the establishment of McKinsey's China practice in the 1990s including managing its Shanghai location.

    Dr. Woetzel actively participates in international fora, particularly in the area of US China-relations, including the US-China Clean Energy Forum, the Joint US-China Coalition for Clean Energy, and the Aspen Strategy Group. He has written three books on China including Capitalist China: Strategies for a Revolutionized Economy (Wiley & Sons, 2004) and co-authored with Jimmy Hexter Operation China: From Strategy to Execution (Harvard Business Press, 2008). He holds a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Southern California, where his work focused on China's political economy. He is an honorary lecturer at Jiaotong University Antai Business School.

    Tuesday November 17 4:00-4:30pm: Keynote Speech

  • Wang Ying
    President, ENN Group More

    Ms. Wang earned her bachelor's degree from the China University of Political Science and Law. She takes charge of the whole corporate operations and the strategic business expansions of ENN Group. As a member of the board of directors, Ms Wang also takes part in the corporate strategy planning.

    Prior to joining ENN, Ms Wang has played the role of corporate president and chairman for about twenty years. Previously, she took on the posts as chairman of Great Dragon Information Technology Co. and president of China Social Network Information Technology Co., Zhongkejian Residential Business Co., and Yinjian Company, both located in Guangzhou Free Trade Zone.

    Tuesday November 17 4:00-4:30pm: Keynote Speech
  • Zhang Xiliang
    China Automotive Energy Research Center (CAERC), Tsinghua University More
    Zhang Xiliang received his Ph.D. of Engineering at Tsinghua University in 1997. Dr. Zhang is currently a full professor of energy systems analysis and executive director of the Institute of Energy, Environment and Economy at Tsinghua University. Since April 2008, Zhang also served as the chief scientist and executive director of China Automotive Energy Research Center, Tsinghua University. Zhang served as the chief scientist of the expert group for drafting the experts' version of China Renewable Energy Law during 2004 -2005, and the energy expert of the expert group for drafting China Circular Economy Law in 2007. Zhang is currently coordinating research on integrated assessment of China's strategic energy technology pathways and policies for mitigating CO2 emissions from an international perspective, which is a part of the National Global Environment Research Program during the 11th Five-Year-Plan period (2006-2010). Zhang has been a lead author for Energy Supply of the 4th IPCC Assessment Report, and shares the Nobel Prize for the work on IPCC. He is an associate editor of Energy for Sustainable Development, and a member of editorial board of Climate Policy, International Journal of Sustainable Engineering, and Frontiers of Energy and Power Engineering in China. He is currently a co-guest editor of the Special Issue on China Renewable Energy of Energy Policy. Zhang has been the secretary general of the New Energy Committee of China Energy Research Society since January 2006.
    Tuesday November 17 4:30-5:30pm: Panel 6: Transportation Partnership
  • Arthur Pontau
    Sandia National Laboratories More
    Art Pontau leads the Combustion and Industrial Technologies Group as part of the new Transportation Energy Center at Sandia National Laboratories in Livermore, California. The group includes efforts in engine combustion, hydrogen and combustion technologies, and thermal/fluid science and engineering. Pontau has a bachelor's degree with majors in physics and mathematics from the University of California, San Diego, and a master's degree and PhD in physics from the University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign. He has authored about 100 articles that have been published in a broad range of technical journals. He has also participated in several teams that have created leadership development programs for Sandia. Pontau is currently affiliated with the American Physical Society, the Materials Research Society, and the Asia Society.
    Tuesday November 17 4:30-5:30pm: Panel 6: Transportation Partnership
  • David S. Chen
    Vice President, General Motors China Group More

    Dr. David S. Chen joined General Motors Corporation in 1984. His assignments during the first 10 years include automotive manufacturing automation and process optimization. He has been working on GM programs in China since 1994. He has held positions as Managing Director of Delphi Shanghai (then GM Automotive Component Group), Executive Director of New Business Development and Planning, Executive Director of Product Development, and General Manager of Shanghai GM Dongyue JV. He currently is the General Manager of GM China Beijing Operation responsible for corporate affairs and advanced technology management. During his 10 years working for GM in China, Dr. Chen played a key role in joint venture negotiations, merge/acquisition projects, product portfolio planning/development, and joint venture management.

    Dr. Chen has a Ph.D. (1990) in electrical engineering and computer science from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Campus, master degrees in statistics (1983) and electrical engineering (1984) from Purdue University, West Layette Campus, and a master degree (1998) in Sloan management program from Stanford University. He earned his bachelor's degree (1981) in mathematics from East China Normal University in Shanghai.

    Tuesday November 17 4:30-5:30pm: Panel 6: Transportation Partnership
  • Magnus Aspegren
    Director, BMW Design Works More
    Educated in architecture in both the United States and Europe and currently residing in Asia, Magnus is the Director of Singapore Studio and will be expanding DesignworksUSA's work in Asia with a focus on aviation. He joined DesignworksUSA as Creative Director in 2005 in the California Studio. While at DesignworksUSA, Magnus applied his versatile background and expertise to develop the strategic skill set of the Color, Materials & Finish team and the Transportation Design team, resulting in numerous innovative, award winning designs for transportation and product development companies like the BMW Group, Embraer, Boeing Business Jets, Airbus, Carver yachts, Kyocera, Rubbermaid, Remington, HP and Microsoft.
    Tuesday November 17 4:30-5:30pm: Panel 6: Transportation Partnership

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