CE10 Public Program
A free series of live-streamed talks on June 14 and 15, 2022.
Speakers include Steven Chu (former Secretary of Energy), Sally Benson (current Deputy Director for Energy, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy), Arati Prabhakar (former Director of DARPA), and other experts passionately interested in the path to GWG reduction on a compressed timescale – a timescale that is required for the profound societal and ecological transformation required to mitigate adverse climate change.
Tuesday, June 14, 2022
Introduction - Neil Fromer, Thomas Rosenbaum, and Harry Atwater
Arun Majumdar, Energy Gamechangers
Steven Chu, GHG Emissions in Food Production and Potential Solutions
Katie Rae, Supporting Early Stage Climate Tech Companies
Jerry Brown, In Conversation with Dr. Harry Atwater
Jared Blumenfeld, Remarks
Saul Griffith, Rewiring Australia
Tapio Schneider, AI-Accelerated Climate Science for Adaptation
Bob Weisenmiller, California's Innovative Climate/Energy Policies
Steve Westly, Revolutions in Energy, Mobility & Smart Buildings
Peter Green, Pathways to the Future Energy System
Closing Discussion with H. Atwater, L. Hesselink, and D. Welch
| Time | Title | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00 am | Introduction | Thomas Rosenbaum, President, Caltech |
| 10:05 am | Introduction | Harry Atwater, Chair, Division of Engineering and Applied Science, Caltech |
| 10:30 am | Energy Gamechangers: Innovations to Transform U.S. Global Economies to Net-Zero Emissions | Arun Majumdar, Professor, Stanford University |
| 11:00 am | Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Food Production and Potential Solutions | Steven Chu, Professor, Stanford University |
| 11:30 am | Supporting Early Stage Climate Tech Companies | Katie Rae, CEO & Managing Partner of The Engine, built by MIT |
| 1:00 pm | In Conversation with Dr. Harry Atwater | Jerry Brown, Governor of California, 1975-1983 and 2011-2019 |
| 1:45 pm | Remarks | Jared Blumenfeld, California Secretary for Environmental Protection |
| 2:15 pm | Rewiring Australia | Saul Griffith, Rewiring America |
| 2:45 pm | AI-Accelerated Climate Science for Adaptation | Tapio Schneider, Professor, Caltech; JPL Senior Research Scientist |
| 3:15 pm | California’s Innovative Climate/Energy Policies | Bob Weisenmiller, Former Commissioner, California Energy Commission |
| 3:45 pm | Revolutions in Energy, Mobility & Smart Buildings | Steve Westly, The Westly Group |
| 4:15 pm | Pathways to the Future Energy System: Achieving 2030 Goals | Peter Green, National Renewable Energy Laboratory |
| 4:45 pm | Closing Discussion | Harry Atwater, Lambertus Hesselink, and David Welch |
Watch the videos above or on Caltech's YouTube channel.
Wednesday, June 15, 2022
Lambertus Hesselink, An Energy Eco-systems Perspective
Kristen Siemen, Sustainability at GM
Pedro Pizarro, Remarks
Sally Benson, Energy Systems Integration
Arati Prabhakar, Achieving Climate Scale in Time
Andrew Holland, Fusion and the Roadmap to 2030...and Beyond
David Welch, The Roadmap to 2030 GWG Emission Reduction
| Time | Title | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 am | An Energy Eco-systems Perspective Towards Achieving 50% CO2 Reduction by 2030 | Lambertus Hesselink, Professor, Stanford University |
| 9:15 am | Sustainability at GM |
Kristen Siemen Vice President Sustainable Workplaces & Chief Sustainability Officer, General Motors |
| 9:45 am | Remarks | Pedro Pizarro, CEO Edison International |
| 10:15 am | It's Time to Start Thinking More About Energy Systems Integration | Sally Benson, Deputy Director for Energy, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy |
| 10:45 am | Achieving Climate Scale in Time | Arati Prabhakar, Founder and CEO of Actuate, Former DARPA Director |
| 11:30 am | Fusion and the Roadmap to 2030...AND BEYOND | Andrew Holland, Fusion Industry Association |
| 12:00 pm | The Roadmap to 2030 GWG Emission Reduction | David Welch, 4-Good Ventures |
Watch the videos above or on Caltech's YouTube channel.