The first day of the Swiss-US Energy Innovation Days is a conference style event with a keynote speech followed by three interactive panel discussions.

Schedule

9:00 am     Introductions: Christian Simm, CEO swissnex San Francisco and Walter Steinmann, Director SFOE
9:15 am     Keynote by Mark Ferron “Now Comes the Hard Part: Making California’s Clean Energy Future a Reality”, Board of Governors, California Independent System Operator Corporation
10:15 am   Panel discussions (more details below)
12:15 pm   Lunch
1:15 pm     Panel discussions (more details below)

Panel discussions

10:15 am – 12:15 pm: Net Positive Energy

• Michael Wetter, Staff Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
• Ken Munson, President & CEO, Sunverge Energy
• Peter Richner, Deputy Director, Empa
• Adrian Altenburger, Board of Directors, Belimo
• Moderator: Craig Lewis, Director, Clean Energy Coalition

1:15 pm – 3:15 pm: Emerging Mobility Modes

• Susan Shaheen, Co-Director, Transportation Sustainability Research Center UC Berkeley
• Matthew George, CEO & Founder, Bridj
• Hans-Jörg Dennig, Bicar
• Emily Castor, Director of Transportation Policy Lyft
• François Vuille, Developement Director, Energy Center EPFL/Chairman Softcar
• Moderator: Gerry Tierney, Associate Principal, Perkins + Will

3:30 pm – 5:30 pm: The Energy Cloud

• Andrew Tanner, VP Business Development Geli
• Leesa Lee, VP of Marketing Bidgely
• Mario Paolone, EOS Holding Chair Distributed Electrical Systems Lab EPFL
• Sabine Sulzer, Head Lucerne Competence Center for Energy Research HSLU
• Moderator: Christina Wuerthner, Chief Financial & Strategy Officer enersis suisse

*Note: names marked with (tbc) are subject to change

Related Events

Swiss-US Energy Days – Networking Dinner
August 22, 2016, 6:00 pm – 9:30 pm
University Club California Memorial Stadium

Swiss-US Energy Days – Workshop
Aug 24, 2016, 8:30 am – 1:00 pm
swissnex San Francisco

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The Swiss-US Energy Innovation Days bring together the brightest minds in energy from Switzerland and the US to discuss new technologies, services, and regulations that are disrupting antiquated paradigms in the energy industry.

Photo: Myleen Hollero