Live Update From Sixth Annual ACORE Renewable Energy Forum
The Phoenix Sun
LIVE
UPDATED SCHEDULE
Global Issues and US Competitiveness
11:30 am-12:45 pm (EST)
John Geesman, Co-Chair, ACORE Board of Directors
Mike Eckhart, President, ACORE
David Sandalow, Assistant Secretary, DOE Policy & International Affairs
John Graham, President, BP Wind Energy
Steen Riisgaard, CEO, Novozymes NS, Denmark
Hermann Scheer, Member, German Bundestag
The renewable energy industry has built up in the U.S. in recentyears, but even more so in several other countries such as Germany,Spain, India and China. The U.S, may have led the research anddevelopment of renewable energy technologies, but are we building ourshare of the companies and factories to serve the world markets? Whatwill it take to have the U.S. become a major exporter of renewableenergy systems? Also, seen the other way, how can the U.S. promotegreater use of renewable energy around the world? This session willprovide a global perspective on the markets and industry, and also whatour government is doing and plans to do in international policy.
Lunch, 12:30 pm-1:30 pm (EST)
Financing the Scale-up of Renewable Energy
1:45 pm-3:00 pm (EST)
Dan Reicher, Director of Climate Change and Energy Initiatives, Google
Mike Eckhart, President, ACORE
Jeff Holzschuh, Vice Chairman, Morgan Stanley, Investment Banking Division
Kevin Parker, Global Head, Deutsche Bank Asset Management
Raymond Wood, Co-Head of Alternative Energy Group, Credit Suisse
Michael D. Ware, Managing Director, Good Energies
Reed Hundt, Co-Chair, Green Bank Coalition
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