FEBRUARY 18-19 T H E F R I D AY C E N T E R Co-hosted by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Institute for the Environment and Kenan-Flagler Business School’s Center for Sustainable Enterprise
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1 AGENDA 2016
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T H E T R I A N G L E H A S A H I G H C O N C E N T R AT I O N O F C L E A N T E C H E M P L O Y E E S – H I G H E R , I N FA C T, T H A N T H AT O F AT L A N TA , A U S T I N , B O S T O N , DENVER OR SAN DIEGO.
2016 AGENDA
8:00 – 9:00 S U M M I T B E G I N S W I T H R E G I S T R AT I O N A N D N E T W O R K I N G
9:00 – 10:30 KEYNOTE ADDRESS AND WELCOME REMARKS (GRUMMAN AUDITORIUM)
9:00 – 9:45 WELCOME REMARKS Reginald Holley, Chair of the Board of Visitors for the UNC Institute for the Environment Carol Folt, UNC Chancellor The Honorable Tim Moore, Speaker of the NC House of Representatives Jay Faison, Founder and Managing Partner, ClearPath Foundation
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9:45 – 10:30 MORNING KEYNOTE David Fountain, NC President, Duke Energy
10:30 – 10:45 BREAK
10:45 – 12:00 I N N O VAT I V E I N V E S T M E N T A P P R O A C H E S (GRUMMAN AUDITORIUM) MODERATOR Truman Semans, Element Capital Advisors PANELISTS Jay Faison, ClearPath Foundation Greg Gaskins, NC Department of State Treasurer Scott Jacobs, Generate Capital
INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT) ENABLED SMARTER BUILDINGS (SUNFLOWER ROOM) MODERATOR Nikhil Kaza, UNC-Chapel Hill Department of City and Regional Planning PANELISTS Amy Aussieker, Envision Charlotte Ken Dulaney, FREEDM Systems Center at North Carolina State University Bryan Lampley, Hoffman Building Technologies
3 AGENDA 2016
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CURRENT TRENDS IN THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE MARKET (REDBUD ROOM) MODERATOR Apoorv Agarwal, Ingineering Innovation LLC PANELISTS Akhil Jariwala, PlugShare Alex Keros, General Motors Eric McCarthy, Proterra Inc. Mike Waters, CTE Consulting
12:00 – 1:30 LUNCH IN TRILLIUM
L E S S O N S I N I N N O VAT I O N ( T R I L L I U M ) INTRODUCTIONS Al Segars, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School SPEAKERS Andrew Clinton, Deloitte Consulting Rob Glass, Cree
1:30 – 2:45 V E N T U R E C A P I TA L I N C L E A N T E C H ( G R U M M A N A U D I T O R I U M ) MODERATOR Judith Cone, UNC-Chapel Hill, Innovation & Entrepreneurship PANELISTS Lister Delgado, IDEA Fund Partners Henrik Holland, Shell Technology Ventures David Kirkpatrick, SJF Ventures
N O R T H C A R O L I N A’ S S M A R T C I T I E S ( S U N F L O W E R R O O M ) MODERATOR Maurice Ferrell, Center for Public Technology / UNC School of Government PANELISTS Bruce Clark, Knight School of Communication at Queens University of Charlotte Tom D’Alesandro, Blakefield LLC Greg Marrow, Durham County Government
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T H E PAT H F O R W A R D F O R N C ’ S E M E R G I N G W I N D I N D U S T RY ( R E D B U D R O O M ) MODERATOR Katherine Ross, Parker Poe PANELISTS Paul Friday, Marine Corps Installations East Don Giecek, Apex Wind Energy Wayne Harris, Pasquotank County Economic Development Commission April Montgomery, Renewable Energy and Preservation Craig Poff, Iberdrola Renewables
2:45 – 3:15 BREAK
3:15 – 4:30 NEW TECHNOLOGY AND THE FUTURE OF ENERGY (GRUMMAN AUDITORIUM) MODERATOR Chris Wedding, IronOak Energy PANELISTS Brian Dalgetty, IBM Analytics Kellan Dickens, GE Renewable Energy at GE Power & Water Perry Smith, AIMSCO Aleksandar Vukojevic, Duke Energy
RENEWABLE ENERGY AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SUNFLOWER ROOM) MODERATOR Peden Harris, Birdseye Renewable Energy PANELISTS Melissa Malkin-Weber, Self-Help Credit Union & Ventures Fund Joel Olsen, O2energies Angelo San Fratello, Landowner Paul Sherman, NC Farm Bureau
5 AGENDA 2016
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THE TRIANGLE’S 350 CLEANTECH FIRMS, R A N G I N G F R O M S TA R T U P S T O F O R T U N E 5 0 0 C O M PA N I E S , A R E F U E L E D B Y T H E A R E A’ S M A N Y S P E C I A LT Y R & D C E N T E R S – F O U R F O R S M A R T E N E R G Y, F O U R F O R E L E C T R I C V E H I C L E S A N D 1 7 F O R W AT E R R E S E A R C H A N D P O L I C Y – AND 16 ENTREPRENEURIAL SUPPORT O R G A N I Z AT I O N S H E L P, T O O .
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CONNECTING VETERANS WITH CLEAN ENERGY JOBS (REDBUD ROOM) MODERATOR Maggie Clark, North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association PANELISTS Maria Barker, Strata Solar Stephanie Kline, Department of Energy Rep. John Szoka, NC General Assembly Kimberly Williams, North Carolina for Military Employment
4:30 – 4:45 BREAK
4:45 – 5:45 T H E VA L U E O F W AT E R : A N I N D U S T R Y P E R S P E C T I V E (GRUMMAN AUDITORIUM) MODERATOR Greg Characklis, UNC-Chapel Hill Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering PANELISTS Bob Farren, Pinehurst Resort & Country Club Wayne Flournoy, Entex Jon Radtke, Coca-Cola North America Art Van Wingerden, Metrolina Greenhouses Kevin Wheeler, Highland Brewing Company
5:45 – 6:45 N E T W O R K I N G R E C E P T I O N ( AT R I U M )
7:00 SUMMIT DINNER (TRILLIUM) With remarks by Douglas A. Shackelford, Dean, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School, and keynote address by Scott Jacobs, CEO and Co-Founder, Generate Capital
7 AGENDA 2016
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8:00 – 8:30 R E G I S T R AT I O N A N D N E T W O R K I N G C O F F E E ( AT R I U M )
8:30 – 8:45 WELCOME REMARKS (GRUMMAN AUDITORIUM) Markus Wilhelm, CEO, Strata Solar The Honorable Janet Cowell, Treasurer of the State of North Carolina
8:45 – 9:30 KEYNOTE ADDRESS Jim Hughes, CEO, First Solar
9:30 – 9:45 BREAK 9:45 – 10:45 RENEWABLE ENERGY FINANCING (GRUMMAN AUDITORIUM) MODERATOR Steve Arbogast, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School PANELISTS RD Gauss, Morgan Stanley John Hackney, Energy & Power Investment Banking Group, Wells Fargo Securities Rory Huntly, Jacobs Capital Patrick McConnell, Cypress Creek Renewables
N E W R E S E A R C H I N P R E D I C T I V E A N A LY T I C S FOR UTILITIES (SUNFLOWER ROOM) MODERATOR Arcot Rajasekar, Renaissance Computing Institute PANELISTS Kyle Bradbury, Duke University Energy Initiative Tim Driscoll, Itron Rudy Shankar, UNC Charlotte Energy Production & Infrastructure Center
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CLEAN ENERGY IN THE MEDIA: TRENDS FROM THE REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK (REDBUD ROOM) MODERATOR Tom Linden, UNC School of Media and Journalism PANELISTS Dave DeWitt, WUNC Jim Pierobon, Southeast Energy News Kristi Swartz, E&E’s EnergyWire
10:45 – 11:15 BREAK AND SUMMIT MENTOR SESSIONS
11:15 – 12:15 STORAGE SOLUTIONS ON THE HORIZON (GRUMMAN AUDITORIUM) MODERATOR Gary Rackliffe, ABB PANELISTS Scott Baker, PJM Randell Johnson, Alevo Larry Monroe, Southern Company Justin Sabrsula, GE Renewable Energy at GE Power & Water Boris von Bormann, Sonnenbatterie
RENEWABLE ENERGY POSTCARDS FROM THE FUTURE (SUNFLOWER ROOM) MODERATOR Chris Vlahoplus, ScottMadden PANELISTS Henry Campen, Parker Poe Gary Freeman, Duke Energy Cristin Lyons, ScottMadden Andreas von Schoenberg, Andreas von Schoenberg Consulting
9 AGENDA 2016
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THE RESEARCH TRIANGLE REGION IS HIRING – PA R T I C U L A R LY I N R E N E W A B L E E N E R G Y A N D ENERGY SERVICES. 84% OF TECHNOLOGY AND E N E R G Y C O M PA N I E S H E R E E X P E C T T O H I R E IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, ADDING BETWEEN 1 , 5 0 0 A N D 3 , 3 0 0 T O TA L N E W J O B S .
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E N V I R O N M E N TA L R E S T O R AT I O N A N D ECONOMIC GROWTH (REDBUD ROOM) MODERATOR Todd BenDor, UNC-Chapel Hill Department of City and Regional Planning PANELISTS Jeff Hughes, UNC Environmental Finance Center Sara Lawrence, RTI International Tom Looney, NC Economic Development Partnership David Peart, Department of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College John Preyer, Restoration Systems
12:15 – 2:00 N E T W O R K I N G L U N C H + C A R E E R PA N E L ( T R I L L I U M ) Remarks by Kevin Guskiewicz, Dean, UNC College of Arts and Sciences, and Jenn Bosser, Executive Director, Research Triangle Cleantech Cluster MODERATOR Hilary Davidson, Duke Energy PANELISTS Cindy Holmes, City of Raleigh Maria Kingery, Southern Energy Management Cristin Lyons, ScottMadden
2:15 – 3:30 CLEAN ENERGY POLICIES IN THE SOUTHEAST (GRUMMAN AUDITORIUM) MODERATOR Stuart Pearman, ScottMadden PANELISTS Kendal Bowman, Duke Energy Jennifer Bumgarner, Energy Foundation James Kerr, Southern Company Brian O’Hara, Strata Solar Ivan Urlaub, NC Sustainable Energy Association
3:30 – 3:45 CLOSING SPEAKER (GRUMMAN AUDITORIUM) Larry Band, UNC Institute for the Environment
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