delivers a unique line-up of green technology experts, policy makers and leaders in the investment and workforce sectors.Tthis Summit offers participants an interactive, educational, productive experience with tangible outcomes.
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8:30 am – Welcome/Opening Address |
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Former Mayor Willie Brown Jr.
(Master of Ceremonies)
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Commissioner Timothy Alan Simon,
California Public Utilities Commission
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Opening Address:
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom
“Commitment to Green: What it Means and what it Takes in San Francisco”
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9:00 am – Panel One – Preparing for a Booming Clean and Green Economy |
California must be well prepared to meet the workforce demands posed by aggressive climate policies and an aging workforce in the utility sector. This panel will identify areas of key growth, potential gaps between labor demand and supply, and current actions to develop a talented and diverse labor pool. What new skills will be required to thrive in this new energy economy? How can we diversify and create equity in the new green workforce? |
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Moderator: Phil Angelides
Chairman, Apollo Alliance |
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Van Jones
Co-founder
Ella Baker Center for Human Rights
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Peter A. Darbee
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer
and President
PG&E Corporation |
Nancy Pfund
Managing Director
JPMorgan |
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Jay Hansen
Legislative and Political Director
State Building & Construction Trades Council |
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NETWORKING BREAK (10:30 am – 11:00 am) |
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11:00 am – Panel Two – Advancing Investments and Innovation to |
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Commercialization and Jobs |
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With the proper mechanisms in place, clean technology will create a new economy with rippling effects throughout the state and country. In 2006, California received over $1 billion in venture capital investments in clean technology. This surge in investments will fund research and development and product innovation in renewable energy, energy efficiency, and other enabling technologies. What scale of investment is needed to reach the state’s climate change goals?How can we move new technologies from the laboratory to the marketplace, and how can this lead to broader economic benefits and jobs for a diverse workforce? |
Special Topic Address:
SpeakerFabian Núñez
California State Assembly |
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Dan Kammen
(moderator)
Professor of Energy University of California,
Berkeley
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Julie Blunden
Vice president, Public Policy and Corporate Communications
Sun Power |
Dan Reicher
Director of Climate
Change and Energy Initiatives
Google.org
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NancyFloyd
Founder and
Managing Director
Nth Power
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Joseph Perkins
President and CEO, Homebuilders Association of Northern California
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LUNCHEON BREAK (12:15 pm – 1:00 pm)
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1:00 pm – Afternoon Keynote –Greening the Golden State: Committing to an |
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Eco-Economy in California |
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Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
State of California (invited) |
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President Miichael R. Peevey
California Public Utilities Commission |
| 2:00 pm – Interactive Session – Bridging the Gap: Clean Energy Investments and |
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a Diverse Workforce |
Climate action has the potential to serve as a regional economic development strategy for the California economy, including low-income communities. In this session, smaller groups of participants and experts gather in five breakout sessions. A skilled moderator directs the flow of an interactive discussion of common goals, practical solutions, and barriers to implementation. The discussion leader will develop strategies that advance clean energy investments leading to wealth creation for all Californians.
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Tim Rainey
Director of the Workforce and Economic
Development
Program
California Labor Federation
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José Millan
Vice Chancellor of
California Community
Colleges
Economic
Development and Workforce Preparation Division |
Bernadette
Del Chiaro
Director of
Global
Warming Programs
Environment California |
Paul Frankel
Director
Aquillian Investments |
Jose Carmona
Policy Coordinator
Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technologies(CEERT) and the Clean Power Campaign (CPC)
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NETWORKING BREAK (3:15 pm – 3:30 pm)
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| 3:30 pm –Summit Spotlight: Challenges, Perspectives, and Answers |
Discussion leaders share highlights from interactive sessions with investors, entrepreneurs, workforce leaders, policy makers, and educators.
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4:00 pm – Panel Three – Pathways and Partnerships: Steps to New Investment, |
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Jobs and Growth in the New Energy Economy |
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A panel of decision-makers and action-takers representing each sector delivers a focused report from each integrated group of investors, organized labor leaders, green technology experts and community organizers. Hear perspectives, practical solutions, strategies and
visions that emerged from industry leaders with clear targets, steps and commitments. What are the next steps to advance the joint efforts of this Summit to build progress in economic development and job creation in California? What is the role of state government to encourage macroeconomic impacts? |
Special Topic Address:
Congresswoman Hilda Solis (invited) |
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Bob Epstein
(moderator)
Co-founder of
Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2), Director of
New Resource Bank and Trustee of the Natural Resources Defense Council |
Raquel
Pinderhughes,
Ph.D.
Professor of Urban Studies
San Francisco
State University |
Peter Liu
Founder and Vice Chairman
New Resource
Bank |
Dr. Philip R. Day
Chancellor
City College of San Francisco
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Tom Martinez
Director of Development
National Electrical Contractors Association & IBEW |
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5:30 pm – Living Green and Driving Growth in The Green Sector |
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Special introduction
Secretary Rosario Marin, California State and Consumer Services Agency |
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Evening Address:
Ed Begley, Jr.
Green Reality Star
Host of “Living With Ed”
Author of “Living Like Ed”
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Fred Buenrostro,
CEO, CalPERS |
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EVENING RECEPTION (6:15 pm )
Drinks and Hors d’oeuvres served until 7:30pm.
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