Solving the Climate Change Problem:
Technology, California, and the Emerging Markets
The October 10, 2009 conference reflected a renewed effort at UC San Diego to understand how technology can help fix problems such as global warming and insecure energy supplies. Featuring speakers from academic, public, and nonprofit sectors, it took a fresh look at the question of how leading centers of innovation can engage with the rest of the world.
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Conference Recap:
Keynote SpeakerAristides A. N. Patrinos, Ph.D.
President of Synthetic Genomics, Inc.
“State of Low Carbon Technology Policy”
Morning Session: Some Promising Frontiers in Green Technology
Stephen Mayfield, The Scripps Research Institute“Microalgae as a Platform for the Production of Biofuels and Bioproducts”
Panel Discussion
Chair: Peter F. Cowhey; Senior Counselor, United States Trade Representative; Dean, School of International Relations & Pacific Studies (on leave)- Dan Bilello, U.S. National Renewable Energy Lab
“Deployment of Very Large Scale Renewables in the United States”
- David Zilberman, UC Berkeley
“New Agricultural Biofuels”
- Alan Heyduk, UC Irvine
“The Opportunities for Solar”
- Varun Rai, Stanford University
“Inventing and Deploying Carbon Capture and Storage”
Afternoon Session: Engaging Developing Countries
David Victor, UC San Diego“Scale of the Challenge: How Can So Many Countries with Such Different Interests Be Convinced to Help Slow Global Warming?”
Gary Dirks, BP China
“How to Make a Deal with China that Works”
Panel Discussion
Chair: Josh Graff Zivin, Associate Professor of Economics, School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, UC San Diego- David Lake, UC San Diego
“Lessons from Other Areas of International Economic Cooperation”
- Carl Pray, Rutgers University
“Lessons from the Green Revolution and Gene Revolution”
- Susan Shirk, UC San Diego; Director of the Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC)
“The Politics of Making a Deal with China”
- Junjie Zhang, UC San Diego
“Opportunities in China”
