2008 PROGRAM Sunday, July 20, 2008:Wynkoop Brewing Co.1634 18th Street
4:30 PM – 6:30 PM
Welcoming Opening Reception
Invited: Mayor John Hickenlooper – City and County of Denver
Monday, July 21, 2008: Cable Center – 2000 Buchtel Blvd.
7:30 am – 8:30 am
Networking Continental Breakfast
Great Hall
8:30 am – 8:45 am
Opening Remarks & Summit Overview Sean Murdock, Executive Director – NanoBusiness Alliance
Center Theater
8:45 am – 9:00 am
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)Overview: Dr. Jim Brainard , Director of Chemical & Biosciences, NREL
Center Theater
9:00 am - 9:30 am
Keynote Speaker: Michael Bruce
Senior Advisor for Finance, US Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
Center Theater
9:30 am - 10:30 am
Collaborations for Financial Success: Universities Collaborating with
Government and the Private Sector
Moderator: Susan D. Brienza, Of Counsel, Patton Boggs LLP; Erik Fisher, Associate Research professor, CNS-ASU; Robert "Skip" Rung, President & Executive Director, Onami; Dr. Jim Brainard, NREL; David Hiller, Exec. Dir., Colorado Collaboratory for Renewable Energy; Prof. Craig Taylor, Professor, Department of Physics, Colorado School of Mines and Associate Director, Colorado Energy Research Institute
Nano Renewable Energy Business Presentations
(20 minute sessions)
Moderator- Vincent Caprio, Vice President & Event Director NanoBusiness Alliance
1:30 pm -- Altair Nano
1:50 pm -- FEI
2:10 pm -- Always Ready
2:30 pm -- Oxonica
2:50 pm -- QSI
3:10 pm -- RavenBrick
3:30 pm -- NanoFilm
3:50 pm -- Eikos
4:10 pm -- Luna
4:30 pm -- Prism Solar
4:50 pm -- reXorce Thermionics, Inc.
Center Theater
5:10 pm – 5:30 pm
Keynote Speaker, Leonid Melamed, Director General, Russian Corpration of Nanotechnologies
Center Theater
5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Reception Opening Remarks: Gov. Bill Ritter, 41st Governor of Colorado
Overview: Don Elliman, Executive Director, Colorado Office of Economic Development & International Trade
Great Hall
Tuesday, July 22, 2008: Cable Center – 2000 Buchtel Blvd.
Keynote Speaker, Honorable Richard M. Russell, Associate Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), Executive Office of the President
Center Theater
10:30 am – 11:30 am
The Coming Federal Government Actions That Will Impact Nano Renewable Energy: How to Capitalize on Opportunities and Protect Yourself From Risks. Moderator: Brian Lopina, Of Counsel, Patton Boggs, LLP.; Honorable Richard M. Russell, Associate Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), Executive Office of the President; Kyle Cahill,
Manager, Corporate Partnerships, Environmental Defense Fund; Cynthia Kuper Ph.D., CEO, Versilant
Center Theater
11:30 am – Noon
How to Talk Effectively to the Media about Nanotech and Renewable EnergyBarnaby Feder, formerly a Business and Technology Reporter for The New York Times
Great Hall
11:30 am – Noon
International Markets: PV and Building-Integrated Technologies, Focus on Europe and FranceDr. Jean-Pierre Joly, Director, Solar Technologies Ines, CEA-Liten
Center Theater
Post Conference Tour to NREL
Noon – 1:00 pm
Box Lunch
Great Hall
1:00 pm – 1:45 pm
Depart by Bus to NREL
Great Hall
1:45 pm – 3:45 pm
NREL Overview & Tour
NREL
3:45 pm – 4:00 pm
Return by Bus to the Cable Center and/or Hotel Teatro
