The GW Solar Institute held its 3rd annual symposium on solar energy. The event featured speakers from government, academia, and industry discussing challenges and opportunities for solar power. Topics included the political environment, solar costs, grid integration, and the role of solar in meeting clean energy goals. Over 100 people attended the day-long event.
IU Energy Challenge - Capstone by David RoedlDavid Roedl
Please see notes tab below
David Roedl's final presentation for M.S. capstone project in Human-Computer Interaction Design
May 2008
School of Informatics and Computing
Indiana University at Bloomington
Greening in the Red Zone - Valuing Community-based Ecological Restoration in ...Keith G. Tidball
Presentation given Oct 17, 2012
CUNY Center for Urban Environmental Reform
CUNY School of Law
2 Court Square
Long Island City, NY
11101
A presentation of the
New York City Urban Field Station
Quarterly Research Seminar Series
A partnership between the
USDA Forest Service
and
New York City Department of
Parks and Recreation
Social impact of renewable energy systems: solar energy system in vulnerable ...journalBEEI
Photovoltaic lighting systems are unable to reach people with low purchasing power due to high installation costs, so they have traditionally been concentrated in families with high purchasing power and currently do not take into account the social power that this type of system represents. This article analyzes through bibliometric review the effect that lighting can have on human development and how a good lighting system can positively affect a community environment. It is proposed the social design of a photovoltaic lighting system which will be installed in a vulnerable community with resources obtained by the community itself and the whole process of accompaniment achieving a satisfactory impact on the community and achieving integration between the same from community participation. The development of workshops with the children of the community has also been proposed, leading to the training and recognition of alternative energy systems as a strategy of social appropriation.
IU Energy Challenge - Capstone by David RoedlDavid Roedl
Please see notes tab below
David Roedl's final presentation for M.S. capstone project in Human-Computer Interaction Design
May 2008
School of Informatics and Computing
Indiana University at Bloomington
Greening in the Red Zone - Valuing Community-based Ecological Restoration in ...Keith G. Tidball
Presentation given Oct 17, 2012
CUNY Center for Urban Environmental Reform
CUNY School of Law
2 Court Square
Long Island City, NY
11101
A presentation of the
New York City Urban Field Station
Quarterly Research Seminar Series
A partnership between the
USDA Forest Service
and
New York City Department of
Parks and Recreation
Social impact of renewable energy systems: solar energy system in vulnerable ...journalBEEI
Photovoltaic lighting systems are unable to reach people with low purchasing power due to high installation costs, so they have traditionally been concentrated in families with high purchasing power and currently do not take into account the social power that this type of system represents. This article analyzes through bibliometric review the effect that lighting can have on human development and how a good lighting system can positively affect a community environment. It is proposed the social design of a photovoltaic lighting system which will be installed in a vulnerable community with resources obtained by the community itself and the whole process of accompaniment achieving a satisfactory impact on the community and achieving integration between the same from community participation. The development of workshops with the children of the community has also been proposed, leading to the training and recognition of alternative energy systems as a strategy of social appropriation.
Social and Problem-Based Learning in Cyberspace: Tools, Techniques & Technolo...Simon Bignell
A conference presentation by Dr Simon Bignell.
Social and Problem-Based Learning in Cyberspace: Tools, Techniques & Technology in Multi-user Virtual World.
Program for Innovations Time For Change: Reframing the Conversation on Energy...Boltonhillconsulting
Program for A discussion on the occasion of the release of the
Innovations journal special issue on energy & climate: November 24, 2009 at The National Academy of Sciences 21st and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
Video at http://wp.me/pyHrt-cT
EVENT DESCRIPTION:
The goal of this meeting is to contribute to reframing the conversation on energy and climate by illuminating opportunities inherent in the transition away from carbon intensity. The meeting will focus on how technologies already in use can be combined with common-sense policies and 21st century modes of organization to create jobs, advance innovation, and enhance international cooperation. The meeting will take place at the National Academy of Sciences and will engage leaders from business, government, and academia in a discussion of the societal possibilities inherent in the creation of climate solutions.
The event is timed to take place two weeks before the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, and coincides with the release of the Innovations journal special issue on energy & climate titled “Energy for Change.” Led by the Science Adviser to the President of the United States, John Holdren, and informed by a year-long project on energy & climate at the National Academy of Sciences, the meeting will be organized into a set of forward-looking conversations respectively emphasizing opportunities for business, for the United States, and for the global community of nations.
International Journal of Engineering and Science Invention (IJESI) is an international journal intended for professionals and researchers in all fields of computer science and electronics. IJESI publishes research articles and reviews within the whole field Engineering Science and Technology, new teaching methods, assessment, validation and the impact of new technologies and it will continue to provide information on the latest trends and developments in this ever-expanding subject. The publications of papers are selected through double peer reviewed to ensure originality, relevance, and readability. The articles published in our journal can be accessed online.
Steve Parker presented during the plenary session at the 2011 ICSJWG Spring Conference. This presentation addressed a brief overview of NESCO then quickly got into the concept of "Security From the Ground Up". This dynamic presentation was well received by the industry.
Little research has been done into the actual motives underlying the local opposition found in British local communities against renewable energy schemes to be settled in their areas. Further research on the issue
would be helpful for the UK to meet their target share in the battle against climate change.
This work compiles, in a structured way, existing literature about the basic concepts of social networks and communities to be taken on for that research. It outlines the importance of communities’ involvement in
developments, and gives a range of successful cases where communities and developers have provided each other with a range of different benefits. Some lessons from the past are presented that can help
developers to assume proper methods and models for involving communities, as well as to prevent mistakes from being repeated. The document ends with some possibilities for the Government to further encourage community involvement.
Social and Problem-Based Learning in Cyberspace: Tools, Techniques & Technolo...Simon Bignell
A conference presentation by Dr Simon Bignell.
Social and Problem-Based Learning in Cyberspace: Tools, Techniques & Technology in Multi-user Virtual World.
Program for Innovations Time For Change: Reframing the Conversation on Energy...Boltonhillconsulting
Program for A discussion on the occasion of the release of the
Innovations journal special issue on energy & climate: November 24, 2009 at The National Academy of Sciences 21st and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
Video at http://wp.me/pyHrt-cT
EVENT DESCRIPTION:
The goal of this meeting is to contribute to reframing the conversation on energy and climate by illuminating opportunities inherent in the transition away from carbon intensity. The meeting will focus on how technologies already in use can be combined with common-sense policies and 21st century modes of organization to create jobs, advance innovation, and enhance international cooperation. The meeting will take place at the National Academy of Sciences and will engage leaders from business, government, and academia in a discussion of the societal possibilities inherent in the creation of climate solutions.
The event is timed to take place two weeks before the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, and coincides with the release of the Innovations journal special issue on energy & climate titled “Energy for Change.” Led by the Science Adviser to the President of the United States, John Holdren, and informed by a year-long project on energy & climate at the National Academy of Sciences, the meeting will be organized into a set of forward-looking conversations respectively emphasizing opportunities for business, for the United States, and for the global community of nations.
International Journal of Engineering and Science Invention (IJESI) is an international journal intended for professionals and researchers in all fields of computer science and electronics. IJESI publishes research articles and reviews within the whole field Engineering Science and Technology, new teaching methods, assessment, validation and the impact of new technologies and it will continue to provide information on the latest trends and developments in this ever-expanding subject. The publications of papers are selected through double peer reviewed to ensure originality, relevance, and readability. The articles published in our journal can be accessed online.
Steve Parker presented during the plenary session at the 2011 ICSJWG Spring Conference. This presentation addressed a brief overview of NESCO then quickly got into the concept of "Security From the Ground Up". This dynamic presentation was well received by the industry.
Little research has been done into the actual motives underlying the local opposition found in British local communities against renewable energy schemes to be settled in their areas. Further research on the issue
would be helpful for the UK to meet their target share in the battle against climate change.
This work compiles, in a structured way, existing literature about the basic concepts of social networks and communities to be taken on for that research. It outlines the importance of communities’ involvement in
developments, and gives a range of successful cases where communities and developers have provided each other with a range of different benefits. Some lessons from the past are presented that can help
developers to assume proper methods and models for involving communities, as well as to prevent mistakes from being repeated. The document ends with some possibilities for the Government to further encourage community involvement.
Miller - The Critical Role of Materials in the PV IndustryGW Solar Institute
Dave Miller, President of DuPont Electronics & Communications, presented at the GW Solar Institute Symposium on April 19, 2010. More information at solar.gwu.edu/Symposium.html
Stuart Licht, GW Professor of Chemistry, presented at the GW Solar Institute symposium on April 19, 2010. More information available at: solar.gwu.edu/Symposium.html
Julie Blunden, VP of Public Policy and Corporate Communications for SunPower Corp, presented at the GW Solar Institute Symposium on April 19, 2010. More information at solar.gwu.edu/Symposium.html
Jason Walsh, Senior Advisor for the Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, shares research and program updates from the Department of Energy.
Materials generously provided by the U.S. Department of Energy and the Environmental and Energy Study Institute.
Chris Myers, VP of Energy Programs for Lockheed Martin, presented at the GW Solar Institute Symposium on April 19, 2010. More information at solar.gwu.edu/Symposium.html
Scott Frier, COO of Abengoa Solar, presented at the GW Solar Institute Symposium on April 19, 2010. For more information visit: solar.gwu.edu/Symposium.html
This report presents a vision and a concrete roadmap for U.S.-China collaboration focused on reducing greenhouse gas emissions to mitigate the effects of climate change.
A 174-page study issued by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in June 2011 evaluating natural gas and how it fares as an energy source in a political environment where carbon is taxed. That is, how competitive is natural gas when considering lower carbon emissions standards? The study finds, among other things, that hydraulic fracturing technology as used in shale gas drilling is safe.
Energy Literacy: Essential Principles and Fundamental Concepts for Energy Education presents energy concepts that, if understood and applied, will help individuals and communities make informed energy decisions.
Solar ppt. Solar energy technology Education ppt. Contain every knowledge about solar power. Contains information regarding solar generation , different performance parameters.
Energy storage innovation, both at micro and grid scale, is at the cusp of several major breakthroughs which are already impacting consumer electronics and autonomous transportation and several other consumer and industrial uses. Battery prices have come down significantly. Product options are available. With that comes commercial opportunities, policy challenges, industry disruption, new business models, and an array of new startups. What are some emerging energy storage technologies? Who are the players? What adjacent technologies are moving pieces in this game (IoT, cloud, EVs, utilities, distributed generation, transportation networks, mobility tech, sensors etc.). What will this world look like for industry, startups, governments, and consumers? How can existing infrastructure evolve to enable making the most of such breakthroughs? What are the regulatory obstacles in the five key markets where energy storage might emerge first (EU, Australia, Latin-America, South Africa, and USA)?
Softer Solar Landings: Options to Avoid the Investment Tax Credit CliffGW Solar Institute
Federal tax policies have been an important driver for solar’s recent remarkable growth, but without action during the 114th Congress, the 30-percent investment tax credit (ITC) for solar and other clean energy technologies will expire at the end of 2016. If Congress were to allow this policy shock to occur, the economics of solar investments would worsen, reducing solar deployments in 2017 and beyond. Solar jobs would be lost, and solar cost reductions would be delayed. While these negative impacts of current law are undeniable, their magnitude remains an open question. This policy brief estimates the impacts that current law would have on the solar industry. It also formulates several
policy alternatives and estimates their effectiveness at mitigating the negative impacts of the investment tax credit cliff embedded within current law.
This research poster was created as a part of the 2014 Solar Symposium and is by The Solar Foundation.
The National Solar Jobs Census series is a product of The Solar Foundation®, conducted annually since 2010. The inaugural Census established the first credible employment baseline for the domestic solar industry.The Census surveys solar employers and quantifies jobs across all solar technologies and industry subsectors. Since 2010, employment has grown by 53%, representing nearly 50,000 new U.S. solar jobs.
This research poster was created as a part of the 2014 Solar Symposium and is by James Mueller and Amit Ronen.
Fitting Clean Energy into a Reformed Tax Code” Given the looming expiration of clean energy tax incentives and the likelihood of comprehensive tax reform, the clean energy sector need to be developing pragmatic and politically attuned alternatives that fit within the context of tax reform principles. The GW Solar Institute is launching a research series, Fitting Clean Energy into a Reformed Tax Code, which seeks to develop innovative policy solutions and inform policymakers on the full range of impacts that these potential options could have.
Consensus Recommendations on How to Catalyze Low-Income Solar in DCGW Solar Institute
This research poster was featured at the 2014 Solar Symposium and is by Amit Ronen and Anya Schoolman.
Extensive conversations among roughly 70 key stakeholders in the low-income housing, solar, finance, and government sectors revealed that the necessary leadership, consensus, and resources are available to launch a groundbreaking low-income solar initiative in the District. The Expanding Low-Income Solar in DC Roundtable, hosted by the GW Solar Institute and DC Solar United Neighborhoods (DC SUN) on April 9, 2014, developed the recommendation that the city pursue a direct dollar-per-watt rebate program that incentivizes low-income participation and community solar projects, combined with a credit enhancement program that unlocks needed capital.
This project was featured at the 2014 Solar Symposium and analyzes both the solar potential of low income areas in the District as well as the resulting economic impact a full build-out could have.
This poster was created by Dan Moring and Ekandayo Shittu.
Dan Moring is a Graduate Research Analyst at the GW Solar Institute. He is a a student in the Sustainable Urban Planning program at GW, where his research focuses on integrating and analyzing spatial components of energy and building data.
Ekandayo Shittu is an Assistant Profession at the George Washington University School of Engineering and an Affiliated Faculty member at the GW Solar Institute. His research focuses on the economics and management of energy technologies, the design and impacts of climate change response policies on sustainability efforts, and patterns of consumer behavior in energy consumption in the emerging era of smart grid technologies. He’s a Lead Author on he IPCC Fifth Assessment report on climate change mitigation.
The GW Solar Institute working paper, Bridging the Solar Income Gap, details a wide range of policy tools to increase access to affordable solar energy, particularly for lower income families. These urgently needed tools could help unlock solar energy for all Americans and drive billions of dollars of solar wealth into lower income communities.
The GW Solar Institute, a research partner on the National Solar Jobs Census 2014, joined The Solar Foundation and BW Research Partnership in announcing that the solar energy industry added over 31,000 new jobs in 2014. This remarkable growth rate is almost twenty times the national average and accounts for 1 out every 78 new jobs created in the US since Solar Jobs Census 2013.
Tax Reform, a Looming Threat to a Booming Solar IndustryGW Solar Institute
This policy brief investigates the impact that recent Congressional tax reform proposals would have on the solar industry. As the first policy brief in an ongoing series, it outlines both the challenges and the opportunities for the solar industry within tax reform. The GW Solar Institute's analysis finds that all recent tax reform proposals would increase the cost of solar energy substantially compared to current policy. Even the Baucus tax reform proposal, which includes a 20 percent Investment Tax Credit (ITC) for solar, would increase costs by 34 percent over current policy due to its drastic changes to current depreciation schedules and the minimal impact from a lower corporate rate. No matter which other broader changes to the tax system Congress adopts in tax reform, additional energy sector policies would still be necessary to maintain solar’s economic competitiveness relative to current law.
This whitepaper summarizes recommendations from the Expanding Low-Income Solar in DC Roundtable, hosted by the GW Solar Institute and DC Solar United Neighborhoods (DC SUN) on April 9, 2014. Extensive conversations among roughly 70 key stakeholders in the low-income housing, solar, finance, and government sectors revealed that the necessary leadership, consensus, and resources are available to launch a groundbreaking low-income solar initiative in the District.
Rhone Resch | Trends in Solar Energy Technology and Costs | 2014 Solar SymposiumGW Solar Institute
Solar panel prices have dropped 80% in the last five years, dramatically changing the economics and feasibility of going solar.
Long-time solar industry leader Rhone Resch will talk about the rapidly changing solar energy landscape and where he sees solar going in the future.
Jon Hillis | Innovation Showcase | 2014 Solar SymposiumGW Solar Institute
This is an Ignite Style presentation (five minute max presentations with slides that automatically advance every 15 seconds) that was a part of the 2014 Solar Symposium Innovation Showcase.
Jon Hillis, Vice President, Prospect Solar
Combining Solar with Green Roofs: Find out how Green Roof Integrated PV in urban areas like DC can take advantage of the symbiotic relationship between solar panels and green roof plants, alleviate competition for roof space, and address energy concerns and storm water drainage issues that are prevalent in larger cities.
Hannah Masterjohn | Innovation Showcase | 2014 Solar SymposiumGW Solar Institute
This is an Ignite Style presentation (five minute max presentations with slides that automatically advance every 15 seconds) that was a part of the 2014 Solar Symposium Innovation Showcase.
Hannah Masterjohn, Program Director of New Markets, VoteSolar
Taking Shared Solar Nationwide: Find out how shared solar is expanding nationwide, how it differs from green tariffs, and how different states are attempting to use the policy as a tool to address barriers to low-income solar investments.
Bracken Hendricks | Innovation Showcase | 2014 Solar SymposiumGW Solar Institute
This is an Ignite Style presentation (five minute max presentations with slides that automatically advance every 15 seconds) that was a part of the 2014 Solar Symposium Innovation Showcase.
Bracken Hendricks, CEO, Urban Ingenuity
PACE and Affordable Housing: Find out how Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing can fund clean energy retrofits and help solve broader financial challenges for affordable housing developers, owners, and property managers by providing a new capital solution for affordable housing preservation.
Annie Harper | Innovation Showcase | 2014 Solar SymposiumGW Solar Institute
This is an Ignite Style presentation (five minute max presentations with slides that automatically advance every 15 seconds) that was a part of the 2014 Solar Symposium Innovation Showcase.
Annie Harper, Coordinator, Yale Community Carbon Fund
Lessons Learned from Low-Income Retrofits: Find out how the Yale Community Carbon Fund overcame implementation challenges to implement energy efficiency and renewable projects in low-income communities in Connecticut.
Beth Galante | Innovation Showcase | 2014 Solar SymposiumGW Solar Institute
This is an Ignite Style presentation (five minute max presentations with slides that automatically advance every 15 seconds) that was a part of the 2014 Solar Symposium Innovation Showcase.
Beth Galante, Chief Energy Efficiency Officer, PosiGen LLC
Making Third Party Ownership Work for Lower-Income Clients: Find out how bundling energy efficiency and solar, government incentives, and standardization is helping low-income individuals, families, and businesses in Louisiana achieve greater fiscal autonomy and energy independence by lowering their energy consumption.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 3. In this session, we will cover desktop automation along with UI automation.
Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
Elevating Tactical DDD Patterns Through Object CalisthenicsDorra BARTAGUIZ
After immersing yourself in the blue book and its red counterpart, attending DDD-focused conferences, and applying tactical patterns, you're left with a crucial question: How do I ensure my design is effective? Tactical patterns within Domain-Driven Design (DDD) serve as guiding principles for creating clear and manageable domain models. However, achieving success with these patterns requires additional guidance. Interestingly, we've observed that a set of constraints initially designed for training purposes remarkably aligns with effective pattern implementation, offering a more ‘mechanical’ approach. Let's explore together how Object Calisthenics can elevate the design of your tactical DDD patterns, offering concrete help for those venturing into DDD for the first time!
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
Generating a custom Ruby SDK for your web service or Rails API using Smithyg2nightmarescribd
Have you ever wanted a Ruby client API to communicate with your web service? Smithy is a protocol-agnostic language for defining services and SDKs. Smithy Ruby is an implementation of Smithy that generates a Ruby SDK using a Smithy model. In this talk, we will explore Smithy and Smithy Ruby to learn how to generate custom feature-rich SDKs that can communicate with any web service, such as a Rails JSON API.
Generating a custom Ruby SDK for your web service or Rails API using Smithy
Program | Symposium 2011
1. The GW Solar Institute | 3RD ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM
SOLAR ENERGY:
Sponsored By:
A Critical Component of Meeting
the Clean Energy Challenge
April 26, 2011 • 8:30am–6:00pm U.S. DEPARTMENT OF
Jack Morton Auditorium
805 21st Street, NW, Washington, DC ENERGY
2.
3. Letter from the Director
Dear Colleagues,
Since we last met in 2010, the political environment has shifted substantially. With a new Republican majority in the
House, a divided Senate, and austere State governments, the public financing outlook for renewable energy looks
less favorable. Nevertheless, solar costs are dropping and the public need for clean, renewable energy remains.
With this in mind, President Obama issued a challenge to Congress in his 2011 State of the Union: “Now, clean
energy breakthroughs will only translate into clean energy jobs if businesses know there will be a market for what
they’re selling. So tonight, I challenge you to join me in setting a new goal: by 2035, 80% of America’s electricity will
come from clean energy sources. Some folks want wind and solar. Others want nuclear, clean coal, and natural gas.
To meet this goal, we will need them all—and I urge Democrats and Republicans to work together to make it happen.”
Today, we look at the solar component of that vision and ask ourselves, can solar make it happen? What are the barriers?
Can we really build a solid energy infrastructure with a resource that fluctuates with every passing cloud? That costs
much more than conventional electricity? Today, we will face these questions squarely.
Thanks for joining us,
Ken Zweibel
Director, GW Solar Institute
4. Symposium Agenda
Welcome Kathy Weiss
8:30–8:45am VP Federal Government Affairs, First Solar
Steven Lerman, Thomas Georgis
Provost, The George Washington University VP Development, Solar Reserve
Peg Barratt Simon Watson
Dean, GW Columbian College of Arts and Sciences Director, Utility Market Strategy, SunEdison
Ken Zweibel
Director, GW Solar Institute Break
10:30–10:45am
Keynote: “SunShot, the Apollo Mission of Our Time”
8:45–9:15am Private Sector Taking Up the Clean Energy Challenge
Minh Le, Chief Engineer, DOE Solar Energy Technologies Program 10:45–11:50am
Session Chair: Jerry Bloom, Partner, Winston & Strawn, LLP
Leading Energy Companies Taking Up the Clean Scott Sklar
Energy Challenge President, The Stella Group
9:15–10:30am
Andrew Murphy
Panel Discussion
EVP & President of the Northeast Region, NRG Energy, Inc.
Moderator: Randall Packer,
Elizabeth Singleton
Associate Dean, The George Washington University
Global Business Development Leader, Energy & Climate Change,
James Torpey The Dow Chemical Company
Director Market Development, SunPower
5. Lunch Break
12:00–1:30pm 3:30–3:45pm
“China: Surging Ahead in Renewable Energy”
(Marvin Center–Grand Ballroom) Solar: Distributed or Central? Distant or Close By?
Doug Guthrie, Dean, GW School of Business 3:45–4:45pm
Bill Powers, “California and Distributed PV,” Powers Engineering
What’s Next Steve Burns, “Transmission for the Solar Grand Plan,”
1:30–2:30pm The George Washington University
Session Chair, Jack Hurley, Siemens USA
Richard Perez, “Grid parity – A Value Based Perspective,”
James Sites, “PV’s Leading Edge,” Colorado State SUNY Albany
Clemens Heske, “Hard Problems Improving the Best PV,” UNLV
Open Questions
Stuart Licht, “Solar Thermal Hybrids,” The George Washington 4:45–5:00pm
University Ken Zweibel, Director, GW Solar Institute
Tackling the Variability Challenge Reception
2:30–3:30pm 5:00–6:00pm
Robert Gibson, “Utility Perspective on Solar Energy,” Solar Electric All welcome (Jack Morton 2nd Floor Lobby)
Power Association (SEPA)
Carl Lenox, “Connecting Variable Solar to the Grid,” SunPower
Chris Cook, “Regulatory and Economic Issues of Grid Integration,”
Keyes & Fox, LLP
6. Speaker Bios
Peg Barratt Jerry Bloom
Dr. Peg Barratt is Dean of the Columbian As Department Chair of Winston & Strawn LLP’s
College of Arts and Sciences at the George Energy, Project Development and Finance
Washington University, the oldest college at Practice Group, Jerry Bloom focuses his practice
the University. Departments and programs are on the development, finance, and operation
supported in the arts and humanities; social and of domestic and international independent
behavioral sciences; and natural, mathematical energy projects, electric-industry restructuring
and biomedical sciences. Dr. Barratt served as and privatization, and mergers and acquisitions.
Deputy Director of the Clinical Research Policy His expertise in the development and financing
Analysis and Coordination Program at NIH (CRpac) until 2006, and of energy infrastructure projects includes renewable, combined heat
and power (CHP), and fossil-fuel generation in the United States and
before that as Division Director for Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences
abroad. He is active in the development of wind, biomass, and small
and Program Director for Developmental and Learning Sciences/
and utility scale photovoltaic and thermal solar facilities.
Children’s Research Initiative at the National Science Foundation.
Jerry Bloom has extensive experience negotiating off-take and power
Prior to her service at NSF, Dr. Barratt directed the Institute for Children,
purchase agreements, engineering, procurement, and construction
Youth, and Families at Michigan State University and was a member
contracts, operation and maintenance agreements, fuel supply
of the faculty of the University of Wisconsin--Madison for 19 years agreements, syndication and agency agreements and he appears
in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies and regularly before various local, state, and federal regulatory bodies with
served as department chair. She received the University of Wisconsin– jurisdiction over energy infrastructure projects.
Madison Distinguished Teaching Award in 1998.
Mr. Bloom is leading efforts in the private and public sectors on the
She received a doctorate in developmental psychology from the formation and execution of Sustainability, CleanTech strategies, which
University of Wisconsin-Madison, and received bachelor’s and will be crucial in making energy efficiency and renewable energy
master’s degrees in psychology from Michigan State University. development a key factor in achieving energy independence, resource
She also holds a Master of Philosophy in psychology from The preservation and greenhouse gas reductions.
George Washington University.
Degrees: B.A. in Psychology and M.A. in Counseling from The George
Washington University,1974 and 1976, respectively; JD from University
of Miami School of Law, 1980.
7. James Torpey Steve Burns
Jim Torpey has served as director of market Mr. Burns has nearly 15 years of experience
development for SunPower since 2007, in the electric power industry, specializing
in renewable energy asset development;
bringing two decades of power industry
power sector commercial and technical
expertise, including, including extensive
due diligence; and energy efficiency and
experience in solar and renewable energy green power strategies. His experience
certificate markets. In his market spans the Americas, Europe, and the Near
development role, Jim is responsible for East, where he has been involved in over
working with public policy officials to grow solar markets in the $1 billion in generation development. He currently serves
eastern U.S. and designing innovative financing strategies using as a Senior Energy Advisor for the United States Agency for
SRECs for residential, commercial, and utility projects in the same International Development where his focus is regulatory reform
to promote energy efficiency and renewable energy development
region.
in transition economies. He previously engaged in a variety of
Prior to joining SunPower, jim was president of Madison Energy technical and financial consulting assignments, where he served
Consultants (MEC), a firm that has helped develop supportive in the acquisition and development of several renewable energy
policy environments at the State and National levels to enable projects, including wind, photovoltaic, biomass, and natural gas
clean, distributed resources to become a significant factor in the facilities. He has advised utilities on resource planning efforts
U.S. energy supply. Prior to that, Jim spent more than 20 years in and has led multiple power project screening and feasibility
the electric utility industry, serving in a number of management assessments for the Department of Defense. He holds bachelors
and masters degrees in mechanical engineering and is a licensed
posts, where led the development of solar independent power
professional engineer in Maryland. The Solar Energy Institute
plants in California.
is supporting his joint research with Dr. Jonathan Deason on
He has served as the National Chairman of the Solar Electric large scale solar integration through an independent grant to
Power Association and the Policy Committee Chair for the Mid- the George Washington University Department of Engineering
Atlantic Solar Energy Industries Association. Management and Systems Engineering.
8. Christopher Cook Thomas Georgis
Mr. Cook is a member of the Maryland bar and Thomas Georgis is the Vice President
leads the Washington office of Keyes & Fox. of Development at SolarReserve, which
Mr. Cook assists clients with renewable energy uses integrated molten salt thermal energy
transactional work and power purchase storage technology in conjunction with
agreement drafting and negotiation for both solar power towers. He has over 20 years of
commercial and utility customers. He also development and operational experience
undertakes regulatory filings and policy work in the energy, technology, and government
before federal and state renewable energy service sectors, holding several senior
policy makers. management positions, most recently as Managing Director of
International at GlobalTec Solutions, a privately held technology
Prior to joining the firm Mr. Cook was a Managing Director of
company where he was responsible for all aspects of the company’s
Sunworks, a startup company focused on building US based solar
international expansion. Mr. Georgis was a Principal and Managing
PV manufacturing facilities to support utility solar deployment. Mr.
Director at Exodus Energy LLC, a Houston based privately held power
Cook was formerly Sr. Vice-President, of Regulatory Affairs and New
and natural gas firm. While at Exodus, he focused on the development
Markets for SunEdison, a company he helped found with three
and acquisition of energy assets, acting as lead developer on several
others in 2003. In his role at SunEdison, Mr. Cook worked with utility
multi-million dollar innovative technology energy facilities including
regulators, state and federal policy makers and electric utilities to
natural gas storage, offshore LNG regasification, and petroleum coke
create new opportunities for solar energy. He was the principal
gasification. Previously, Mr. Georgis was a manager at Enron Corp.
program architect for the design of the New Jersey solar program
where he was responsible for developing and structuring energy asset
—one of the most successful in the world.
projects internationally; negotiating and closing over 500 MW
Mr. Cook was instrumental in creating the federal standards for of power generation agreements. Mr. Georgis also served nine years
the interconnection of small generators with the utility grid. He as a Naval Special Warfare Officer in the United States Navy.
is considered by many to be the leading national expert on net
Mr. Georgis graduated from Northwestern University with a B.A. in
metering—the economic arrangement by which a customer
International Studies and obtained a MBA from the Anderson School
generating their own power is compensated by their local utility.
at the University of California Los Angeles.
9. Bob Gibson Doug Guthrie
Bob Gibson joined the Solar Electric Power An expert in the fields of management,
Association (SEPA) as Vice President of Market economic reform in China, leadership, and
Intelligence in September 2010. Bob came to corporate governance, Dr. Guthrie is the Dean
SEPA from the National Rural Electric Cooperative of The George Washington University School
Association (NRECA), where he was a senior of Business.
manager in the Cooperative Research Network,
Previously, he served as Professor of
leading NRECA’s analysis of renewable energy
Management at NYU Stern School of Business.
and energy efficiency technologies and
He also held a joint appointment as Professor of Sociology at NYU’s
business models. Bob also worked at an alternative energy services
College of Arts and Sciences. Dr. Guthrie has been a trusted adviser
company, marketing fuel cells, microturbines, photovoltaics and other
of both multinationals and local Chinese companies and
technologies to electric utilities. One of his key responsibilities while
a student of China for some 25 years. He is the author of Dragon in
with the Technology Transition Corporation was program management
a Three-Piece Suit: The Emergence of Capitalism in China, China and
for the Utility Photovoltaic Group. Bob’s diverse background includes
Globalization: The Social, Economic and Political Transformation of
work on projects to bring electricity to rural communities in developing
Chinese Society, and Social Connections in China: Institutions, Culture,
countries in Asia and Latin America, as an award-winning magazine
and the Changing Nature of Guanxi. He is currently writing China’s
and newspaper editor, writer and photographer, and service as a U.S.
Radical Transformation: Economic Reform, Global Integration, and
Peace Corps Volunteer in the West Indies.
Political Change in the World’s Largest Nation, which is an in-depth
look at how China’s government-driven form of capitalism has
successfully overcome traditional theories of development and helped
China become the economic and political juggernaut it is today.
In addition to NYU Stern, Doug has also taught at Harvard Business
School, INSEAD, and the graduate schools of business at Stanford
University, Columbia University, and Emory University. He received
his B.A. in Chinese Literature from the University of Chicago and
a Ph.D. in Organizational Sociology from the UC Berkeley.
10. Clemens Heske Jack Hurley
Dr. Clemens Heske is Professor of Materials Jack Hurley currently leads the US University
and Physical Chemistry at the University of Collaboration program for the Siemens
Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). Dr. Heske uses soft Corporation. In this role, Jack is responsible
x-rays to study surfaces and interfaces in a for establishing and managing strategic
wide variety of material systems for energy collaborations with leading North American
conversion. With the expertise and technical research universities on behalf of Siemens
skills of his research group, he teams up with worldwide.
over thirty different national and international
Prior to joining Siemens in 2007, Jack worked as a management
partners in academia, national labs, and industry to investigate and
consultant focusing on emerging opportunities in the energy
improve thin film solar cells, materials for hydrogen production,
technology and sustainability sectors. Jack’s depth of experience
hydrogen storage, fuel cells, light-emitting devices, nuclear fuel,
in the energy technology sector enables him to play a valuable role
and other systems that involve interfaces and require a deeper
in energy related strategic initiatives at Siemens Corporate Research.
understanding of their properties to optimize the performance
and stability of the final device. Jack earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering
from Villanova University and an MBA from the Wharton School
Dr. Heske received his Ph.D. (Dr. rer. nat.) in Physics from the
at the University of Pennsylvania.
University of Würzburg in Germany in 1998. After two years as a
postdoctoral fellow at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,
he became a “wissenschaftlicher Assistent” at the University of
Würzburg and completed his German Habilitation in Experimental
Physics in December of 2003. In 2004, Dr. Heske joined the UNLV
Chemistry Department as an Associate Professor for Materials/Physical
Chemistry and was tenured in the summer of 2007 and promoted
to Professor in the summer of 2009.
11. Andrew Murphy Steven Lerman
J. Andrew Murphy, Drew has been an Steven Lerman became provost of The George
Executive Vice President of NRG Energy Inc., Washington University on July 1, 2010. Dr. Lerman
since December 18, 2006 and its President joined The George Washington University from
of the Northeast Region since February 2009. the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT),
Mr. Murphy lead NRG’s Northeast Region, where he served as vice chancellor and dean for
representing more than 7,000 megawatts graduate education, acting as the chancellor’s
of electricity in Connecticut, Delaware, chief deputy and working to develop strategic
Maryland, Massachusetts and New York. initiatives across the units of the Office of the
He served as General Counsel of NRG Energy Inc., from December Dean of Graduate Education, Office of the Dean for Undergraduate
18, 2006 to February 2009. He advises and support NRG on all Education and the Division for Student Life.
legal matters relevant to its terms of compliance, governance
Dr. Lerman brings to GW more than 35 years of experience as a
and general business operations. He came to NRG from the law
leader and scholar at one of the nation’s most prestigious research
firm of Hunton & Williams where he served as Partner in Charge
universities. He began at MIT as a student, earning a Bachelor of
of their energy practice. He has more than 15 years of experience
Science in Civil Engineering, a Master of Science in Civil Engineering
representing issuers, developers, investors and lenders in a wide
and a Ph.D. in Transportation Systems Analysis. He joined the faculty
variety of U.S. and cross-border energy projects and structured
in 1975 as assistant professor of civil engineering and rose through the
financings. His legal expertise includes supporting various
ranks, serving twice as chair of the faculty and then as dean of graduate
development projects and financings including coal- and gas-fired
education since 2007 and as vice chancellor since 2008. His awards
power plants, transmission lines, gas storage facilities, waste-to-energy
and honors have included the Advisor of the Year Award from the
facilities, water treatment facilities and renewable energy projects.
National Association of Graduate and Professional Students, the Maseeh
Mr. Murphy has a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Harvard College Teaching Award for best departmental teacher and the Class of 1922
and a Law Degree from the George Washington University. Distinguished Professorship.
12. Minh Le Carl Lenox
Minh Le is the Chief Engineer of the Solar Carl Lenox is a principal engineer in technology
Energy Technologies Program within the for SunPower Corporation and currently leads
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable a cross-functional team that is addressing the
Energy at the US Department of Energy. challenges of integrating photovoltaic power
The Solar Energy Technologies Program plants into the utility system. He has spent
represents and provides the national more than ten years in the solar industry in
programmatic expertise in solar energy diverse roles, including product development
to support the formulation and execution and certification; codes and standards
of national energy policies. Secretary Chu recently announced development; performance modeling; and testing and reliability.
a new initiative called SunShot, aimed at helping make solar energy Lenox holds three U.S. patents with numerous applications pending.
competitive with fossil fuels without subsidies by the end of the
Mr. Lenox earned a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University
decade. Minh helps manage and balance the portfolio of Research,
of California San Diego.
Development, Demonstration, and Deployment programs in
achieving our national goals.
Prior to his current role at the DOE, Minh spent his career in industry
developing technologies and scaling new technologies to high
volume manufacturing. Most recently, he was at Evergreen Solar
where he managed the team that developed the Quad String
Ribbon Silicon wafer technology. He served on the Board
of Directors of a Design For Manufacturing startup and has advised
a number of other high technology startups. Minh earned his SB
and SM degrees from MIT where he held fellowships by the DoD,
DoE, and the Bose Foundation.
13. Stuart Licht Randall Packer
Dr. Licht is Professor of Chemistry in The Dr. Randall Packer is Associate Dean for Special
George Washington University Columbian Projects at the Columbian College of Arts and
College of Arts and Sciences and is a founding Sciences at the George Washington University,
member of the GWU Institute of Basic Energy and serves as Scientific Director for the GW
Science and Technology. His current research Solar Institute. He is a Professor of Biology
focuses on the generation of fuels from and also serves on the faculty of graduate
sunlight, and he has published numerous programs in Environmental Resource Policy
articles on the subject, which have been and Molecular Medicine. He received his Ph.D.
featured in the Journal of Physical Chemistry. in Zoology from the Pennsylvania State University and has served
as a visiting scientist in the Laboratory of Kidney and Electrolyte
Prior to coming to the George Washington University, Dr. Licht served
Metabolism, Heart, Lung and Blood Institute; The National Institutes
as a Program Director in the Chemistry Division of the National
of Health (Bethesda, Md); The Laboratory of Comparative Respiration,
Science Foundation. He also held professor positions at Technion
Bristol University (Bristol, England); and the Department of Zoology,
Israel Institute of Technology, Clark University, and the University of
University of British Columbia (Vancouver, BC). His research interests
Massachusetts, Boston, where he served as Chair of the Chemistry
include mammalian renal physiology as well as ion balance,
Department from 2003 to 2006.
respiration and acid-base balance in other vertebrates, especially
Dr. Licht earned his doctorate from the Weizmann Institute of Science as affected by acid pollution and temperature.
and a bachelor’s degree in chemistry and a master’s in physics from
Dr. Packer’s work has appeared in Science, Journal of the
Wesleyan University.
American Society of Nephrology, American Journal of Physiology,
. Kidney International, Physiological Reviews, and the Journal of
Experimental Biology.
14. Richard Perez Bill Powers
Richard Perez is a Research Professor at the Mr. Powers is a registered professional
University at Albany’s Atmospheric Sciences engineer in California with over 25 years of
Research Center, where he directs applied experience in the energy and environmental
research and teaches in the fields of solar fields. He is involved in siting distributed
radiation, and solar energy applications, PV plants and has permitted numerous
and daylighting. He holds a Master and peaking gas turbine, microturbine, and
a Doctorate in Atmospheric Sciences engine cogeneration plants in California.
(University of Paris and SUNY-Albany) and Mr. Powers organized the first U.S. conference
an Undergraduate Degree in Electrotechnics (University of Nice, focused exclusively on dry cooling systems for power plants in
France). Noted contributions to the field of solar energy include; 2002. He is the author of the October 2007 strategic energy plan,
identifying the potential of photovoltaic power generation to “San Diego Smart Energy 2020,” for the San Diego region. The plan
meet the electrical power demand of large cities in nontraditional uses California’s Energy Action Plan as the template for accelerated
solar regions such as the northeastern United States; and, the introduction of local distributed renewable and combined heat and
development solar radiation models which have been incorporated power resources to reduce GHG emissions from power generation
in standard solar energy and daylighting calculation practice in the San Diego region by 50 percent by 2020. Mr. Powers served
around the world. as an expert witness in a landmark California Energy Commission
proceeding where the Commission determined urban PV could
Perez has produced over 200 journal articles, conference papers
potentially serve as a cost-effective alternative to conventional
and technical reports and holds two US patents on methods of
gas turbine peaking power. He has written articles on the strategic
load management using photovoltaics. He has received several
cost and reliability advantages of local PV over large-scale, remote,
international awards including a Certificate for Outstanding
transmission-dependent renewable resources. Mr. Powers has a
Research from the USDOE, Best Published Article from the
B.S. in mechanical engineering from Duke University and an M.P.H.
International Solar Energy Society, and the American Solar Energy
in environmental sciences from the UNC–Chapel Hill.
Society’s highest award, the Charles Greeley Abbot Award. He
recently received the 2008 Solar Industry Professional of the Year
Award from the New York Solar Energy Industries Association.
15. Elizabeth Singleton James Sites
Elizabeth Singleton is the Global Business Dr. Sites studies the device physics of
Development Leader for Energy & Climate CdTe and CIGS thin-film solar cells. His
Change at The Dow Chemical Company. photovoltaics lab makes precision electrical
In this role, Elizabeth is responsible for and optical measurements on solar cells
identifying innovative business opportunities fabricated by several partners in the U.S.
that help Dow minimize its own energy and abroad. The goals are to separate the
footprint as well as developing new solutions various solar-cell losses, to explain the losses
for the energy marketplace through Dow’s on a fundamental basis, and to suggest
current product portfolio and expertise. strategies for improved solar–cell performance.
Elizabeth joined Dow in 2008 as a Sustainability Leader to work on Professor Sites has an increasing leadership role in the thin–film
Dow’s 2015 Sustainability Goal: Breakthroughs to World Challenges, solar–cell community. He has published 150 papers, including
where she was responsible for designing a new strategy for goal being co-author of the chapter on CdTe in the Handbook of
implementation. Prior to her current position, she helped establish Photovoltaic Science and Engineering. 26 of his students have
Dow’s Government Markets Group, building relationships with key completed the Ph.D., and many are active in the U.S. PV community.
government agencies, seeking support for Dow initiatives, and
developing new channels to government purchasing programs.
Her early career was spent working in international development
in East Africa where she was the inaugural Coordinator for the
Tanzania Natural Resource Forum, a civil society network focused
on sustainable natural resource management.
16. Scott Sklar Simon Watson
Scott Sklar is President of The Stella Group, Simon Watson is the Director of Utility
a strategic marketing and policy firm for clean Market Strategy at SunEdison, based in their
distributed energy users and companies. Maryland headquarters. He is responsible for
The firm specializes in blending technologies product development and market strategy for
and financing for projects, assisting companies the North American utility business segment.
to scale-up market penetration, and facilitating Prior to joining SunEdison he was General
federal and state polices to expand markets. Manager of Tetronics Ventures LLC, a thermal
He joined the company full-time as its plasma technology and investment company
President in 2000. and has held senior positions in management consulting firms,
including Accenture and Navigant Consulting, advising a wide
For fifteen years, he was simultaneously the Executive Director of
range of US and international utility businesses on strategy and
the Solar Energy Industries Association and the National BioEnergy
regulatory matters. He began his career as an economist at British
Industries Association. Sklar also served as Political Director of the
Aerospace plc and then at British Energy plc, the nuclear generator,
Solar Lobby, formed by several national environmental groups, and
where he also served as the company’s representative to the
co-founded the Congressional Solar Coalition, which helped drive
European Union in Brussels.
legislation for renewables in the 1970s. His coauthored book,
A Consumer Guide to Solar Energy, was re-released for its third Simon is a graduate of the University of Liverpool and the London
printing, and his co-authored book, The Forbidden Fuel: Power School of Economics.
Alcohol in the Twentieth Century, was updated and re-released
in early 2010 by University of Nebraska Press.
Sklar serves on and chairs numerous industry and non-profit
boards. Sklar will join GW in September 2010 to teach a course
on sustainable energy within the Columbian College of Arts
and Sciences.
17. Kathy Weiss Ken Zweibel
Kathy is a Vice President of Federal Ken Zweibel has almost 30 years experience
Government Affairs and is responsible for in solar photovoltaics. During his 26 years at
managing the company’s interests before the National renewable Energy Lab (NREL),
Congress and within the Administration. Zweibel led their development of thin film
She also serves on various trade and business PV, serving as program leader for the Thin
associations, including the Solar Energy Film PV Partnership Program until 2006. The
Industry Association’s Board of Directors. Thin Film Partnership worked with most
First Solar manufactures solar modules U.S. stakeholders in thin film PV (companies,
with an advanced thin film semiconductor process and provides universities, scientists) and is often credited with being important
comprehensive system solutions that significantly reduce solar to the success of thin film PV in the U.S. Zweibel subsequently
electricity costs. cofounded and became Chairman and President of a thin film CdTe
PV start-up, PrimeStar Solar, a majority of which has been purchased
Prior to joining First Solar, Kathy worked for Centex Corporation,
by General Electric. Zweibel authored the “Solar Grand Plan,”
a leading national homebuilder. As Vice President, Government
an article appearing in Scientific American (January 2008).
& Public Affairs, Kathy managed federal, state and local legislative
and regulatory issues affecting the company. Kathy was also Since July 2008, Zweibel has been Director of the Solar Institute at
responsible for managing the Centex Political Action Committee The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. The Institute
as well as representing Centex within various trade and business conducts research into the economic, technical, and public policy
associations. issues associated with the development and deployment of solar
energy to meet global energy and environmental challenges.
Prior to joining Centex, Kathy worked for MeadWestvaco, a global
Zweibel has been on the Steering Committee of the “DOE Solar
paper and packaging company, holding management positions
Vision” since June 2009, when it began an effort to develop
in Government Relations and Investor Relations during her tenure.
a deployment plan for solar through 2030. Zweibel also keeps
Kathy has an undergraduate degree in economics from UCLA and an active blog on solar energy, thesolarreview.org.
a master’s degree in political management from the Graduate
School of Political Management at the George Washington University.
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