Jan. 20, 2015
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA JANUARY 25-27, 2015
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Los Angeles, Calif.—Global and California marketmakers in energy technology, water, transportation, utility efficiency, finance, and green-build will gather under one roof for the eighth-annual VerdeXchange 2015 Conference January 25-27 in Downtown LA to share market knowledge and form partnerships. “Taking significant amounts of carbon out of our economy without harming its vibrancy is exactly the sort of challenge at which California excels…This is exciting, it is bold, and it is absolutely necessary if we are to have any chance of stopping potentially catastrophic changes to our climate system.” —CA Governor Jerry Brown Governor Brown’s recent announcement of his stretch greenhouse-gas reduction goals is just one signpost that The Business of Climate Change is Accelerating to Commercial Scale. As the public and private sector continue to invest and innovate in sustainability, global, national, and state policymakers, renewable energy and finance entrepreneurs, water and transportation leaders will debrief and forecast energy policy, share what is driving markets, and pave the way for future collaborations at the LA Hotel Downtown for VerdeXchange 2015.
Over 150 expert speakers will contribute, including: Pedro Pizarro, President, Southern California Edison; Mary Nichols, Chairman, California Air Resources Board; Dennis Arriola, President and CEO, SoCalGas; Kazuo Furukawa, Chairman, NEDO; Dean Wiberg, Manager, Commercial Technology Partnerships Office, NASA JPL; Tim Romer, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs; Mark Callaway, Senior Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager, Morgan Stanley; Sanjay Ranchod, Senior Director of Policy and Electricity Markets and Regulatory Counsel, SolarCity; Robyn Beavers, Senior Vice President, NRG Energy; Marcie Edwards, General Manager, LADWP; James Jessop, Business Advisor, Storage and Conversion of Energy, Hydro-Quebec Research Institute; Catherine Reheis-Boyd, President, Western States Petroleum Association; Felicia Marcus, Board Member, California State Water Resources Control Board. As well as: Kathleen Brown, Partner, Manatt Phelps & Phillips and Former Treasurer for the State of California; Nancy Sutley, Chief Sustainability and Economic Development Officer of LADWP and Former
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