A few (free!) events that I thought would be of interest to Zero Resource readers. If you know of other events you think folks might be interested in, let me know at anna AT zeroresource DOT com.
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September 22, 2010
CPUC Thought Leaders event – Dr. Peter Fox-Penner, The Brattle Group
10:30 am – 12:00 pm @ the CPUC Auditorium, 505 Van Ness Ave, San Francisco
The Brattle Group provides consulting and expert testimony in economics, finance, and regulation to corporations, law firms, and governments around the world. Mr. Fox-Penner is recognized as an international authority on energy and environmental policies and electric regulatory planning and competition issues. He will discuss his vision for electric utilities as described in his new book, Smart Power: Climate Change, the Smart Grid, and the Future of Electric Utilities. This will include business models that reflect the new roles and abilities required of utilities adopting Smart Grid technology: balancing and dispatch of energy across a changing grid and management of advanced end-use technologies for energy consumption. According to Dr. Fox-Penner, adopting and adapting to these changes will be one of the primary challenges the industry will face for the next 20 years.
More information and links to register here.
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October 1-2, 2010
The Philomathia Foundation Symposium at Berkeley: Pathways to a Sustainable Energy Future
9:00 am – 5:00 pm both days @ Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Berkeley
Can we emulate the ability of green plants to harness solar energy? Can we create intelligent materials, buildings, and even entire communities that generate their own energy? Can we put a price on greenhouse gases in order to reduce emissions? Can the technology used to produce an inexpensive anti-malaria drug also extract fuel from agricultural waste?
Hear world-renowned experts in solar energy, synthetic biology, climate science, urban design, and other critical areas discuss the best courses of action to achieve a sustainable energy future.
More info and links to register here.
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October 11, 2010
Science at the Theater – Cool Cities, Cool Planet, featuring Art Rosenfeld
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm @ Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Berkeley
How can white roofs cool your building, your city…and our planet? What’s the role of the other carbon – black carbon – in global warming?
More information here.
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