July 28, 2016
Can Nuclear Power and Renewables Be Friends?
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Michael Shellenberger
Founder and President, Environmental Progress
May 5, 2016
New Solutions for Rechargeable Batteries
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Dr. John B. Goodenough
Virginia H. Cockrell Centennial Chair in Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
February 18, 2016
Development and Deployment of Large Scale Building Management Systems to Deliver Energy Efficiency — A View to Emerging Technology, Markets and Business Models
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Barry Coflan
Chief Technology Officer, Schneider Electric — EcoBuilding Division
October 22, 2015
Demand Response — the low hanging fruit of Smart Grid
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Mani Vadari, PhD
President of Modern Grid Solutions
August 14, 2015
The Industrial Commons and National Competitiveness
Willy Shih
Robert & Jane Cizik Professor of Management Practice, Harvard Business School
July 28, 2015
Two Degrees — The Built Environment and Our Changing Climate: A Practitioner's Perspective on the Research Agenda
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Cole Roberts
Associate Principal, Energy & Resource Sustainability, Arup
July 21, 2015
A Google Perspective on the Rapidly Evolving Energy System
John Woolard
VP Energy at Google
March 20, 2015
Grid 3.0 — Challenges in Creating the Electricity Platforms of the Future
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Chris Greer
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST); Director of the Smart Grid and Cyber-Physical Systems Program Office and National Coordinator for Smart Grid Interoperability
May 2, 2014
The Discovery-Invention Cycle: Bridging the Basic — Applied dichotomy and the Need for Rethinking of National Science and Technology Policy
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Venkatesh Narayanamurti
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard UniversityBenjamin Peirce Professor of Technology and Public PolicyProfessor of PhysicsBelfer Center, Harvard Kennedy SchoolDirector of Science, Technology and Public Policy Program
October 22, 2012
Long Fuse, Big Bang: Thomas Edison, Electricity, and the Locus of Innovation
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Andrew Hargadon
Charles J. Soderquist Chair in Entrepreneurship, Professor of Technology Management at the Graduate School of Management, University of California, Davis
June 18, 2012
Climate Change Hits Home: Impacts on the Built Environment and Health
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John Spengler
Akira Yamaguchi Professor of Environmental Health & Human Habitation, Harvard School of Public Health, and Director of the Sustainability and Environmental Management Program, Harvard Extension School
April 30, 2012
High Comfort—Low Impact, From Buildings to Cities
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Matthias Schuler
TRANSSOLAR Energietechnik
January 27, 2012
Emissions Trading and Climate Finance: Is 2012 the Dead End or the Crossroads?
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Marc Stuart
Allotrope Partners
October 7, 2011
Advances in Global Climate Modeling for Scientific Understanding and Predictability
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V. Ramaswamy
Professor, Princeton University, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Program
September 21, 2011
How is Building Energy Use Related to Occupant Behaviors and Building Usage Modes?
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Yi Jiang
Professor, Tsinghua University, Beijing
August 11, 2011
Energy Materials and Climate Change
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Linda Nazar
Canada Research ChairDepartment of ChemistryUniversity of Waterloo
July 20, 2011
Toward the Bionic Human: Medical Devices and How They are Powered
Esther Takeuchi
SUNY Distinguished Professor, University of Buffalo, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Chemistry
May 5, 2011
Reinventing Fire
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Amory Lovins
Chairman and Chief Scientist of Rocky Mountain Institute, Chairman Emeritus of Fiberforge Corporation
November 19, 2010
More Electricity for Less CO2
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Yves Bamberger
Head of Research and Development, Electricité de France
October 1, 2010
Don't Do Stupid Things—Green Architecture, Engineering and Construction
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Dr. Joseph Lstiburek
Principal, Building Science Corporation
August 27, 2010
Striking the Balance: Reliability, Cost, and the Environment
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Yakout Mansour
President and Chief Executive Officer, California Independent System Operator
July 13, 2010
Balancing the Energy & Climate Budget: Personally, Nationally, Globally
Saul Griffith
Inventor, SQUID Labs, President and Chief Scientist, Makani Power
May 13, 2010
Energy Efficiency in India: Challenges and Initiatives
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Dr. Ajay Mathur
Director General, Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), Government of India
March 18, 2010
Indoor Chemical Exposures: Humans' Non-respiratory Interactions with Room Air
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Professor Charles J. Weschler
International Centre for Indoor Environment and Energy, Technical University of Denmark
January 28, 2010
Energy Efficiency and Renewables: Market and Behavioral Failures
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Jim Sweeney
Director of the Precourt Institute for Energy Efficiency, Stanford University
November 9, 2009
Electrochemical Energy Storage Technologies and the Automotive Industry: Drivers, Needs, and Recent Research Results
Mark Verbrugge
Director, Chemical Sciences and Materials Systems Lab, General Motors Research & Development Center
July 13, 2009
Materials for Better Li-based Storage Systems for a "Green Energy Society"
Professor Jean-Marie Tarascon
Professor and Lab Director, Laboratoire de Réactivité et Chimie des Solides, Université de Picardie Jules Verne CNRS Amiens, France
April 13, 2009
Two Billion Cars and What it Means for Climate and Energy Policy
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Professor Daniel Sperling
University of California, Davis, Director, Institute of Transportation Studies; Acting Director, Energy Efficiency Center; Professor, Civil Engineering & Environmental Science and Policy; Board member, California Air Resources Board
January 20, 2009
Negawatts for Buildings: Observations from the Past 25 Years
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Lee Eng Lock
General Manager, Energy & Contracting Division, TRANE, Singapore
October 3, 2008
Extrapolate the Past... or Invent the Future
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Vinod Khosla
Khosla Ventures