Wednesday December 7th, 2011
8:30 – 9:00 AM: Summit Opening Remarks
- Barbara Finamore
President, China-US Energy Efficiency Alliance - Binbin Zhu
Chairman and CEO, BGI Energy Saving Co., Ltd - Shaomu Du
Executive Director, the Low Carbon Research Center of the Macroeconomics Association of the National Development and Reform Commission of China (NDRC); Director General, the China Economic Yearbook of the Development and Research Center of the State Council of China - Changdong Xu
Chairman, the Entrepreneur Alliance of the Western Returned Scholars Association (WRSA)
9:00 – 9:20 AM: The Energy Efficiency Market in China: Overview and Growth Outlook
- Jianwei Li
Deputy Director, the Department of Social Development of the Development and Research Center of the State Council of China
9:25 – 10:20 AM: Opportunities for US ESCOs to do Business in China
- David Jiang
Chief Advisor, BGI Energy Saving Co., Ltd; Researcher of the Low Carbon Research Center of the Macroeconomics Association of the National Development and Reform Commission of China (NDRC) - Clay Nesler
Vice President, Global Energy & Sustainability, Johnson Controls, Inc.
- Michael Taylor
Vice President of Sales, Honeywell
- Hua Yu
Deputy Director General, Investment Promotion Agency of the Ministry of Commerce of China
Moderator:
Terry Fry
Senior Vice President, Nexant
10:45 – 11:55 AM: Role of Government
- California’s Efficiency Model: Policy, Utilities and ESCOs
- Role of China’s Central Government in Promoting Energy Efficiency
- Robert Weisenmiller
Chair, California Energy Commission
- Dian Grueneich
Partner, Morrison Foerster; Former Commissioner, California Public Utilities Commission
- Junling Lu
Deputy Director General, Bureau of Economic Operations Adjustment of the National Development and Reform Commission of China (NDRC) - Haiying Wu
Vice Mayor, Tangshan City, China - Haifeng Huang
Co-Chairman, The Ecological Development Union International; Principal Advisor, BGI Energy Saving Co., Ltd
Moderator:
Ralph Cavanagh
Co-Director, Energy Program, Natural Resources Defense Council
12:00 – 12:45 AM: Understanding Commonalities and Differences between the Chinese and US ESCO Industries
- Don Gilligan
President, National Association of Energy Service Companies (NAESCO)
- Longhai Shen
Senior Advisor, Energy Research Institute of the National Development and Reform Commission of China (NDRC); Former Head of the Energy Conservation Service Industry Committee of China Energy Conservation Association (EMCA)
Moderator
Thomas Dreessen
Chairman and CEO, Energy Efficiency Project Investment Company, Ltd.
12:50 – 2:20 PM: Summit Luncheon
- Introduction
Peter Liu
Co-founder and Managing Director of Clean Energy Advantage Partners; Founder and Vice Chairman of New Resource Bank
- Keynote
Robert Taylor
President, Energy Pathways, LLC; Former East Asia Energy Sector Leader, World Bank
2:25 – 3:25 PM: What Makes a Successful Venture Investment in Energy Efficiency?
- Manhong Mannie Liu
Co-Chair, the Ecological Development Union International; Professor, School of Finance, Renmin University of China - John Rockwell
Managing Director, Element Partners - Andrew Tang
Managing Director, ABB Technology Ventures
Moderator
Bryant Tong
Managing Director, Nth Power
3:30 – 4:40 PM: Low Carbon Industrial Parks: Policy and Case Study
- Jianwei Li
Deputy Director, the Department of Social Development of the Development and Research Center of the State Council of China
- Benjamin Fisher
Associate, Senior Environmental Planner, AECOM
- David Jiang
Chief Advisor, BGI Energy Saving Co., Ltd; Researcher of the Low Carbon Research Center of the Macroeconomics Association of the National Development and Reform Commission of China (NDRC)
- Wanjin Pan
Deputy Director, Management Committee of Southern Yangtze River (Jiang Nan) Industrial Centralization Area of Anhui Province
- Seiki Maenosono
Managing Director, Hitachi Consulting Co., Ltd
Moderator
Stephane Asselin
Senior Vice President, Managing Director, Environment, Asia, Global Director, Environmental & Ecological Planning, Design + Planning, AECOM
5:00 – 6:00 PM: Energy Efficiency Solutions for the Healthcare Industry
- Donald King
Vice President of Facilities Operations, Kaiser Permanente
- John Pappas
Principal, Mechanical, Mazzetti Nash Lipsey Burch
- Steven Steinberg
Principal-Healthcare Practice, Ratcliff Architecture
Moderator
Alisdair McGregor
ARUP
Thursday December 8, 2011
8:30 – 8:35 AM: Welcome
- Barbara Finamore
President, China-US Energy Efficiency Alliance
8:35 – 9:40 AM: Energy Efficiency Solutions for Buildings
- Stewart Ballard
Chief Executive Officer, WorldEx Hong Kong Group Ltd
- Sandy Goldberg
Senior Counsel, California Governor’s Office of Planning & Research
- Andrew Tang
Executive Vice President – Strategy, Business Development and Utility Channel, SCIenergy
- Nolan Zail
Senior Vice President of Development, Carmel Partners
Moderator
David Goldstein
Co-Director, Energy Program, Natural Resources Defense Council
9:45 – 10:50 AM: Energy Efficiency Solutions for Heavy Industry
- Alan Deng
Engineering Director – Demand Management, Nexant
- Donald Hladun
Senior Manager, Commercial and Industrial Programs, Lockheed Martin
- Hongquan Lin
President, CASIC Beijing Sciample Technology Co. Ltd
Moderator
Lynn Price
Scientist and Deputy Leader of the China Energy Group, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
11:25 – 11:45 AM: Energy Performance Contracts Financing Mechanisms and Incentives Programs in China
- Thomas Dreessen
Chairman and CEO, Energy Efficiency Project Investment Company, Ltd
11:50 – 1:00 PM: How to Do Business in China
- Challenges and How to Overcome Them
- Collaboration between US and Chinese ESCOs
- Joint Ventures vs. Wholly Foreign Owned Enterprises
- Clare Duan
Chief Capital Markets Officer, BGI Energy Saving Co., Ltd - Matthew Lecar
Principal, Smart Grid Center of Excellence, General Electric
- Liping Yan
Partner, Dacheng Law Office
- Benjamin Fisher
Associate, Senior Environmental Planner, AECOM
Moderator
Bing Wei
Director of Global Initiatives, Bay Area Council
