Washington GLTE: 9-11 November 2009
11/11/2009
A key pillar of the GLTE model is the need for strong engagement between regulators and business leaders, in order to produce intelligent policy frameworks to accelerate low-carbon growth. We therefore devoted much of the Washington DC exchange to the interplay between business and government – focusing on what comes naturally from staging an event in this world capital.
A highlight of the DC exchange was the announcement of Peter Darbee's co-chairmanship of the Xyntéo-GLTE Low-Carbon Leadership Board. Peter Darbee is Chairman, CEO and President of PG&E Corporation, one of the US's largest utilities. Click here to read the press release.
Please find below an interactive programme with links to the presentations. Click here for the full agenda and short bios for all the speakers. Click here for a series of briefings which tackle three key challenges to building a low-carbon world.
Day 1
- Opening dinner, with speech “The Politics of Washington Politics” by Ambassador James R. Jones, CEO of ManattJones Global Strategies, former Chairman and CEO of the American Stock Exchange, former US Ambassador to Mexico and former US Congressman
Day 2
Introduction to the Washington GLTE
- Opening remarks by Dr Osvald Bjelland, Xyntéo Chairman, and introduction to the facilitators:
- Todd Benjamin, Senior Advisor, Xyntéo and former Financial Editor, CNN
- Johan Nic. Vold, Vice Chairman, Xyntéo
Working session 1: Towards a Sustainable Energy Mix: the Interplay between Business and Government
- David Rodgers, Director, Strategic Planning & Analysis, Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy, US Department of Energy [slides]
- Helen Burt, Senior Vice President and Chief Customer Officer, Pacific Gas & Electric Company [slides]
- Dr Bryan Hannegan, Vice President, Environment & Renewables, Electric Power Research Institute [slides]
Working session 2: The Road to Sustainable Consumption and Production – Time to Re-think?
- Dr Robert Traer, lecturer at Dominican University and author of “Doing Environmental Ethics” [remarks]
- David Pumphrey, Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, Energy & National Security Program, Center for Strategic & International Studies
- Dr Gabrielle Walker, BBC presenter and co-author of “The Hot Topic” [slides]
Showcase of GLTE Projects: Case Studies of Low-Carbon Collaboration
- Introduction: "Leveraging Projects to Create Growth Solutions for the Low-Carbon Economy"
Dr Osvald Bjelland, Chairman, Xyntéo - Leadership through Rough Seas: Piloting Shipping to Low-Carbon Growth
Thor Jørgen Guttormsen, Vice President, Norwegian Shipowners’ Association - Minimising Emissions through Supply Chain Optimisation
Stephen Cadden, Group Vice President, Logistics, Wilh. Wilhelmsen - IT for Greening
N. Chandrasekaran, CEO and Managing Director, Tata Consultancy Services - The Carbon Footprint of a North Sea Development
Bjørn Myklatun, Chairman of the Board, Acergy Norway - Siemens North Sea Energy Study
Dr Georg Fronja, Head of Strategy, Energy Sector, Siemens - "Natural Gas as a Bridging Fuel to a Low-Carbon World"
Dr Alexander Medvedev, Deputy Chairman, Gazprom and Director General, Gazprom Export
Day 3
Learning Cafe: Presentations and Q&A with low-carbon innovators
- Geir Nårstad, Product Manager, Logit Systems
- Michael Parrella, CEO, Gtherm
- Kjell Olav Kristiansen, Director of Advisory Services, Point Carbon North America
- Samir Menon, CEO, NatureFirst, TCS Ecological Sustainability Unit
GLTE Keynote Address: "Visions for a Low-Carbon US Economy"
- Peter Darbee, Chairman, CEO and President, PG&E Corporation
Working Session 3: The Role of the Multilateral Institutions in Building a Low-Carbon World
- Vikram Widge, Global Head, Carbon Finance, International Finance Corporation (World Bank Group) [slides]
- Suman Bery, Director General, National Council of Applied Economic Research
- Professor Robert Socolow, Co-Director, Carbon Mitigation Initiative, Princeton University [slides]
Concluding Remarks
- Dr Osvald Bjelland, Chairman, Xyntéo
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