2012 Business of Clean Energy in Alaska
Panel 1 – A Conversation About Alaska’s Energy Future
Moderator: Mark Sinclair, Executive Director, Clean Energy States Alliance (CESA); Montpelier, VT
Nick d’Arbeloff
President, Advanced Energy Economy (AEE); Washington DC
Kateri Callahan
President, Alliance to Save Energy; Washington DC
Dennis V. McGinn
President, American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE); Washington DC
Mead Treadwell, Lt. Governor of Alaska; Anchorage, AK
Panel 2 – Financing the Future: Investing in Energy Innovation
Moderator: John Wanamaker, Principal, Alaska Venture Partners; Anchorage, AK
Doug Kirkpatrick
Partner, VantagePoint Capital Partners; San Bruno, CA
Investing in Energy Innovation – a VC’s Perspective (.pdf)
Ethan Schutt
Senior Vice President of Land and Energy Development, CIRI; Anchorage, AK
Alaska’s (new) Energy Frontier
Clark Wiedetz
Renewable Energy Director, Siemens; Norcross, GA
Corporate America Investment in Renewable Energy (.pdf)
Keynote – United States Energy Security: Challenges and Opportunities
Dennis V. McGinn
President, American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE)
Panel 3 – Government as a Driver: Programming Success
Moderator: Gwen Holdmann, Director, Alaska Center for Energy & Power (ACEP); Fairbanks, AK
Andy Brydges
Sr. Director, Renewable Energy Generation, Massachussetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC); Boston, MA
Measuring Clean Energy Jobs (.pdf)
Peter Crimp
Deputy Director, Alternative Energy & Energy Efficiency, Alaska Energy Authority (AEA); Anchorage, AK
Alaska’s Renewable Energy Fund at Year 5: What’s Next (.pdf)
Mark Sinclair
Executive Director, Clean Energy States Alliance (CESA); Montpelier, VT
State Leadership in Clean Energy: Strategies for Success (.pdf)
Panel 4 – In Search of the “Negawatt”
Moderator: John Davies, Senior Energy Policy Researcher, Cold Climate Housing Research Center (CCHRC); Fairbanks, AK
David Hill
Managing Consultant, Vermont Energy Investment Corporation; Burlington, VT
Deep and Sustained Efficiency Savings: The Importance of Regulatory and Delivery Structures (.pdf)
Yvonne Kraus
Program Manager, RePower Bainbridge; Bainbridge Island, WA
Repower: Energy Efficiency Success through Community Engagement and Outreach (.pdf)
Scott Waterman
State Energy Program Manager, Alaska Housing Finance Corporation (AHFC); Anchorage, AK
Special Operations: Energy Savings in Alaska’s Public Buildings
Panel 5 – What’s in a Vision? The Difference Long-Term Policy Makes
Moderator: Fran Ulmer, Chair, US Arctic Research Commission; Anchorage, AK
Toby Couture
Energy & Financial Markets Analyst, E3 Analytics; Fredericton, New Brunswick
Charting the Course: Policy Stability and the Future of Clean Energy (.pdf)
Theodore A. Peck
Executive Vice President, Ku’oko;a Inc; Ahilea, HI
Pathways to Energy Transformation
Tom Plant
Vice President of State Policy for Advanced Energy Economy
Using Policy to Drive Market Investment
Keynote – Power Surge: Energy for a New Era
Randy Udall
Co-Founder, Association for the Study of Peak Oil-USA
Panel 6 – The Cutting Edge: Alaska Competitive Advantage
Moderator: Jason Meyer, Emerging Energy Technology Program Manager, Alaska Center for Energy & Power (ACEP); Anchorage, AK
Knut M. Aanstad
Special Advisor, UN Sustainable Energy for All; New York, NY
Sustainable Energy for All – a UN Initiative
Dr. Dane Boysen
Program Director, Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E); Washington DC
Catalyzing Energy Technology Innovation (.pdf)
William H. “Trey” Taylor
Co-Founder, Verdant Power; New York, NY
Marine Power: From New York to Alaska (.pdf)
