February 6-7, 2013 Palm Springs, CA IBF Conferences

2013 Speakers

Ralph Alexander, Managing Director, Riverstone
Ralph Alexander

Managing Director
Riverstone

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Shai Agassi
Shai Agassi

Founder
Better Place

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Jeff Bingaman
Jeff Bingaman

Former U.S. Senator
New Mexico

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Mike Carr | US Department of Energy
Mike Carr

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary
U.S. Department of Energy

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Ahmad Chatila | MEMC
Ahmad Chatila

Chief Executive Officer
MEMC

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James A. Hughes First Solar
James A. Hughes

Chief Executive Officer
First Solar

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Dr. Arun Majumdar, Director, ARPA-E
Dr. Arun Majumdar

Director, Energy Initiatives
Google.org

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JohnMcDonald
John McDonald

Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
Chevron

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Ernest J. Moniz | Massachusetts Institue of Technology
Ernie Moniz

Director of the Laboratory for Energy and the Environment
MIT Department of Physics

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Don Paul
Donald Paul

Executive Director
Energy Institute at the University of Southern California.

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Dickon
Dickon Pinner

Global Cleantech Practice Leader
McKinsey & Company

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Lyndon Rive | SolarCity
Lyndon Rive

Co-Founder and CEO
SolarCity

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David Sandalow
David Sandalow

Under Secretary of Energy (Acting) & Assistant Secretary for Policy & International Affairs

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David Schramm | Maxwell Technologies
David Schramm

President & Chief Executive Officer
Maxwell Technologies, Inc.

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Tom Siebel
Tom Siebel

Chairman and CEO
C3 Energy

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JB Tesla Motors
JB Straubel

Co-Founder and Chief Technical Officer
Tesla Motors

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Lior Suchard
Lior Suchard

Supernatural Entertainer and Mentalist

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Vienna Teng
Vienna Teng

Special Musical Guest

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Bill Watkins | Bridgelux
Bill Watkins

CEO
Bridgelux

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Past High-Level Speakers

Michael Allman, President and CEO Southern California Gas Company
Michael Allman

President and CEO
Southern California Gas Company

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Ray Anderson, Author, Confessions of a Radical Industrialist and Chairman, Interface
Ray Anderson

Author,
Confessions of a Radical Industrialist and Chairman, Interface

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Dan Arvizu, Director, NREL
Dan Arvizu

Director
NREL

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Janine Benyus
Janine Benyus

Author, Biomimicry
Co-Founder

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Rob Bernard, Chief Environmental Strategist, Microsoft
Rob Bernard

Chief Environmental Strategist,
Microsoft

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Gregory Boyce
Gregory H. Boyce

Chairman and CEO
Peabody Energy

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Ralph Cavanagh, Co-Director, NRDC Energy Program
Ralph Cavanagh

Co-Director
NRDC Energy Program

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Peter Darbee
Peter Darbee

Chairman, CEO and President
PG&E Corporation

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Ira Ehrenpreis, General Partner, Technology Partners
Ira Ehrenpreis

General Partner
Technology Partners

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Christine Ervin
Christine Ervin

Former President and CEO
USGBC

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Dan Esty, Connecticut Energy and Environment Commissioner and Green to Gold Coauthor
Dan Esty

Connecticut Energy and Environment Commissioner and Green to Gold Coauthor

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Reyad Fezzani
Reyad Fezzani

Chief Executive Officer
BP Solar

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Dana Flanders
Dana Flanders

President
Chevron Technology Ventures

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Chris Flavin
Christopher Flavin

President
Worldwatch Institute

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Denis Giorno, Vice President of new ventures for the Gas & Power Division of Total S.A.
Denis Giorno

Vice President of new ventures for the Gas & Power Division of Total S.A.

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Ray Gogel, President and COO, Current and former chief architect of Xcel Energy’s SmartGridCity™
Ray Gogel

President and COO,
Current and former chief architect of Xcel Energy’s SmartGridCity™

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Stuart Hart, Professor of Management at Cornell University's Johnson School of Management and Author
Stuart Hart

Professor of Management at Cornell University’s Johnson School of Management and Author, numerous books and articles

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John Hofmeister, Former President, Shell Oil Company Founder and CEO, Citizens for Affordable Energy, Inc. Author, Why We Hate The Oil Companies
John Hofmeister

Former President, Shell Oil Company
Founder and CEO, Citizens for Affordable Energy, Inc.
Author, Why We Hate The Oil Companies

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Reed Hundt, Co-Chair, Coalition for the Green Bank, Former head of U.S. FCC, & Author In China’s Shadow
Reed Hundt

Co-Chair,
Coalition for the Green Bank,
Former head of U.S. FCC, &
Author In China’s Shadow

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Matt Kistler
Matt Kistler

Senior Vice President, Sustainability
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

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Steven Koonin
Dr. Steven Koonin

Chief Scientist
BP

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Scott Lang, Chairman, President, and CEO, Silver Spring Networks
Scott Lang

Chairman, President, and CEO
Silver Spring Networks

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Jon Lauckner, GM Vice President & President, General Motors Ventures, LLC
Jon Lauckner

GM Vice President and President
General Motors Ventures, LLC

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Andrew Littlefair, President & CEO, Clean Energy Fuels
Andrew Littlefair

President & CEO
Clean Energy Fuels

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Amory Lovins, Cofounder, Chairman, and Chief Scientist, Rocky Mountain Institute
Amory Lovins

Cofounder, Chairman, and
Chief Scientist, Rocky Mountain Institute

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Hunter Lovins, President & Founder - Natural Capitalism Solutions Coauthor - Climate Capitalism
Hunter Lovins

Climate Innovator:
President and Founder – Natural Capitalism Solutions
Coauthor – Climate Capitalism

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Dr. Arun Majumdar, Director, ARPA-E
Dr. Arun Majumdar

Director, Energy Initiatives
Google.org

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Elon Musk, Chairman, Product Architect, & CEO Tesla Motors
Elon Musk

Chairman, Product Architect, and CEO
Tesla Motors

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Rick Needham, Director, Energy & Sustainability, Google
Rick Needham

Director, Energy & Sustainability, Google

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Larry
Larry O’Donnell

President and Chief Operating Officer
Waste Management, Inc.

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Don Paul
Donald Paul

Executive Director
Energy Institute at the University of Southern California.

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T Boone Pickens
T. Boone Pickens

Founder and chairman
BP Capital Management

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John Podesta
John Podesta

CEO, Center for American Progress and former Chief of Staff to President Clinton
“Federal Clean-Energy Policy: An Insider’s View”

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Carl Pope, Chairman, Sierra Club
Carl Pope

Chairman
Sierra Club

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Anne R. Pramaggiore, President and COO Exelon's ComEd
Anne R. Pramaggiore

President and COO
Exelon’s ComEd

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Vikram Rao, Former CTO, Halliburton and current Executive Director of RTEC (Research Triangle Energy Consortium)
Vikram Rao

Former CTO, Halliburton and current Executive Director of RTEC
(Research Triangle Energy Consortium)

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Dan Reicher, Executive Director Steyer-Taylor Center on Energy Policy and Finance, Stanford University
Dan Reicher

Executive Director
Steyer-Taylor Center on Energy Policy and Finance, Stanford University

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William K Reilly
William K. Reilly

CEO, Aqua International Partners
Chairman of the World Wildfire Fund
Former U.S. EPA Administrator

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Bill Richardson | Governor New Mexico
Bill Richardsson

Governor New Mexico
Former U.S. Secretary of Energy

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T.J. Rodgers, Founder & CEO, Cypress Semiconductors
T.J. Rodgers

Founder and CEO
Cypress Semiconductors

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Jim Rogers | Duke Energy
Jim Rogers

Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Duke Energy

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Matt Rogers, Senior Advisor, DOE
Matt Rogers

Senior Advisor,
DOE

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Arthur H Rosenfeld | Commissioner
Arthur R. Rosenfeld

Commissioner
California Energy Commission

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Peter Schwartz, Co-Founder and Chairman, GBN
Peter Schwartz

Co-Founder and Chairman
GBN

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Andrew Shapiro, Founder and President, Green Order
Andrew Shapiro

Founder and President
Green Order

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Jonathan Silver, Executive Director, U.S. Department of Energy's Loan Guarantee Program
Jonathan Silver

Executive Director
U.S. Department of Energy’s Loan Guarantee Program

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Bill Ritter, Former Governor of Colorado and Director, Center for the New Energy Economy
Bill Ritter

Former Governor of Colorado and Director, Center for the New Energy Economy

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Matthew R Simmons | Simmons & Company
Matthew R. Simmons

Chairman
Simmons & Company

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Nancy Skinner | The Climate Group
Nancy Skinner

U.S. Director
The Climate Group

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Jeff Sterba

CEO
PNM Resources

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Thomas F. Steyer, Co-Senior Managing Member, Farallon Capital Management
Thomas F. Steyer

Co-Senior Managing Member
Farallon Capital Management

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Terry Tamminen
Terry Tamminen

Cullman Senior Fellow, New America Foundation And Former Secretary
Cal EPA

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Adrian Tuck, CEO, Tendril
Adrian Tuck

CEO,
Tendril

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Malcolm Unsworth, President and CEO, Itron Inc.
Malcolm Unsworth

President and CEO
Itron Inc.

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Mark L. Vachon, Vice President, GE ecomagination
Mark L. Vachon

Vice President, GE ecomagination

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Marc Vebruggen
Marc Verbruggen

President and Chief Executive Officer
NatureWorks LLC

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David Vieau, President and CEO, A123 Systems
David Vieau

President and CEO,
A123 Systems

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Kevin Walsh
Kevin Walsh

Managing Director, Renewable Energy
GE Energy Financial Services

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Jon Wellinghoff, Chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Jon Wellinghoff

Chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

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Tom Werner, Chief Executive Officer, SunPower Corporation
Tom Werner

Chief Executive Officer, SunPower Corporation

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John Woolard, CEO, Brightsource
John Woolard

CEO, Brightsource

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Daniel Yergin, Author The Quest: Energy, Security and the Remaking of the Modern World
Daniel Yergin

Author
The Quest: Energy, Security and the Remaking of the Modern World

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2012 Speakers

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