Thursday, December 11th

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Clean Energy and Climate Change Agenda
Strategic Responses
December 11, 2008

Mitigating Demand, Diversifying Supply

 “The emerging consensus of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is increasingly clear: the stability of the global environment will only be ensured through aggressive actions forcing fundamental change in national and international energy policy, pricing, and deployment of technology.  Shifting global patterns of energy consumption and production requires a step change in international collaboration between the developed and developing world to solve the twin challenges of demand mitigation and supply diversification.  Nowhere is the need for such collaboration more vital than in the relationship between the world’s two largest energy markets (the US and China), and one of its fastest rising players –  India.”

7:30 am                Registration & Breakfast

8:15 – 8:30 am     WELCOME – Clean Energy Sponsor

8:30 – 9:15 am     KEYNOTE ADDRESS – Global Partnerships: The 2020 Vision – Prof. John Holdren, Teresa and John Heinz Professor of Environmental Policy, Harvard Kennedy School; Director, Woods Hole Research Center

9:15 – 10:00 am   Massachusetts as Energy Leader – Ian Bowles, Massachusetts Secretary of Energy and Environment

US POLICY KEYNOTE - The Future Carbon Price: Implications for Energy R+D and Policy Collaborations

• Investing in Climate Action and Protection – Capping Carbon, Investing in Technology 
• Call to action for a new U.S.-China-India Initiatives to expand global talent and innovation collaboration in energy solutions

10:00 – 10:30 am  Break

10:30 – 12:00 pm  PANEL – Global Partnerships in U.S. & Asia: First Steps
Much has already been accomplished through targeted energy partnerships between the US, China and India.  Panel members will discuss ways in which major international partnerships have succeeded, where challenges have emerged, and the shape of the next generation of partnership in demand and supply.

12:00 – 1:30 pm LUNCHEON ADDRESS – Clean Energy Initiatives Under a New President and Congress: What's Needed and What's Likely

Prof. Ernest Moniz, Professor of Physics, Director of MIT Energy Initiative, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Former Under Secretary of the Department of Energy 

1:30 – 3:00 pm  STRATEGY SESSIONS – PART 1: ISSUES AND CHALLENGES

After the plenary, the Clean Energy conference will break into four (4) strategy sessions that will provide a smaller venue to explore model partnerships and recommend policies and investments between the United States, China, and India connecting universities and clean energy companies. The goal of the strategy sessions is to have to more focused, participative discussions around topics critical to the industry with respect to Asia, such as increasing efficiency, building and infrastructure, scalable renewables, and clean coal. Each strategy session will be conducted in two parts. In the First Session (1:30-3:00pm), strategy groups will focus on identifying major cross-border challenges. In the Second Session (3:30-5:00pm), strategy groups will focus on solutions to those challenges, such as possible responses by academic institutions, industry, and government; specifically, the Second Session will focus on ways in which an Energy Innovation Challenge Fund supporting cross-border collaborations for mid-range technology applications and industry demonstration projects could address technological, financial, and policy challenges.

Demand Mitigation

Efficiency
Efficiency improvement is often cited as the “quickest, cheapest, and most effective” means for reducing energy demand and addressing a major component of the climate challenge.  However, such investments are often not made. The First Session will explore the financial and political requisites for the development and deployment of efficiency technologies through specific cases of success: the rise of EnerNOC and the differing needs of the US, China and India markets. In the Second Session, discussion will focus on proposals to remove the obstacles to these investments and technologies as well as next steps for collaboration.

Buildings/Infrastructure
Buildings remain one of the largest consumers of energy. In 2003 U.S. buildings alone were responsible for more carbon dioxide emissions than total carbon dioxide emissions of any other country in the world, except China. India and China lack this considerable carbon lock-in presented by the U.S.-built environment, but are urbanizing rapidly. The First Session will examine the financial and political requisites for the development and deployment of energy efficient materials and building designs through specific cases of success: global, LEED certified (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) real estate developers that are pioneering approaches to profitable green building. In the Second Session, discussion will focus on proposals to remove the obstacles to the growth of the LEED Building Rating System, the use of such materials in each national market, and next steps for collaboration.

Scalable Renewables
The “portfolio approach” to solving climate change requires the diversification of supply through the development of renewable technologies that can be built to scale. Recent advances in solar and wind energy have provided vital momentum to such an approach and provide clear opportunities for alternative, dispersed generation models suitable for the developing world as well. The First Session will examine the financial and political requisites for the development and deployment of solar and wind technologies through a discussion of leading firms in the three national markets and how national conditions shaped the emergence of these firms. In the Second Session, discussion will focus on proposals to remove the obstacles to scaling up and next steps for collaboration. In addition, storage technology will be highlighted as a critical complementary capability.

Clean Coal and CCS
Coal surpassed oil to be the world's largest source of emissions in 2004. The most conservative estimates reveal that coal will remain the fuel of choice for the world's major energy consumers, particularly the US, China and India. The First Session will examine the financial and political requisites for the development and deployment of clean coal technologies through specific cases of leading firms such as GreatPoint Energy. Discussion will also focus on the differing needs of the China and India markets as well as the different approaches GreatPoint Energy has employed in these markets. In the Second Session, discussion will focus on proposals to remove the obstacles to scaling up clean coal solutions and next steps for collaboration.

3:30 – 5:00 pm  STRATEGY SESSIONS – PART 2: RESPONSES AND SOLUTIONS

6:00 – 9:00 pm  INNOVATION LEADERSHIP DINNER