2014 UC Solar Research Symposium
Friday, October 17th, 2014, 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
California Public Utilities Commission Auditorium
505 Van Ness Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94102
| 8:00 - 8:45 | Attendee Check In/Poster Session |
| 8:45 - 9:00 | Introductory Remarks Michael Peevey , President, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) |
| 9:00 - 9:30 | “ Gallium Nitride-Based Solar Cells to Augment Efficiency ” Umesh Mishra , UC Solar Co-Director and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, UC Santa Barbara |
| 9:30 - 10:00 | “ California’s Solar Energy Market: What Lies Ahead and How Can We Keep Growing ” Bernadette Del Chiaro , Executive Director, California Solar Energy Industries Association (CALSEIA) |
| 10:00 - 10:10 | " UC President Napolitano's Carbon Neutrality Initiative " Matthew St. Clair , Sustainability Manager, UC Office of the President |
| 10:10 - 10:30 | Morning Break and Poster Session |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | “ The Opto-Electronic Physics Which Broke the Efficiency Record in Solar Cells ” Eli Yablonovich , Director of the NSF Center for Energy Efficient Electronics Science and Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, UC Berkeley |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | “ Envisioning a Renewable Electricity Future for the United States ” Samuel Baldwin , Chief Science Officer, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, United States Department of Energy (DOE) |
| 11:30 - 12:00 | “ Non-Tracking Collector/Concentrators for Industrial Process Heat ” Roland Winston , UC Solar Director and Distinguished Professor of Engineering and Natural Sciences, UC Merced |
| 12:00 – 1:15 | Lunch and Poster Session |
| 1:15 – 1:45 | “ Enabling an Integrated Grid ” Robert Sherick , Manager, Advanced Technology, Southern California Edison |
| 1:45 – 2:15 |
“ The U.S.-Denmark Renewable Energy Program ” |
| 2:15 – 2:45 | Afternoon Break and Poster Session |
| 2:45 – 3:15 | “ Research & Development: Advancing Solar Energy in California ” Laurie ten Hope , Deputy Director, Energy Research and Development Division, California Energy Commission (CEC) |
| 3:15 - 3:45 | “ Photovoltaic and Solar Fuels Research in the UCI Center for Solar Energy ” Matthew Law , UC Solar Co-Director and Director of the Center for Solar Energy, UC Irvine |
| 3:45 - 4:00 | Closing Remarks – Roland Winston, UC Merced |
