NES 2008 Speakers

 
Keynote Speakers
   

Kevin Law
President and Chief Executive Officer
Long Island Power Authority

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Paul Maycock
President 
Photovoltaic Energy Systems

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Venture Capitalist Panel
   
 

John Cococcia
Partner
FA Technology Ventures

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Jay Levy
Principal
Zelkova Ventures

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J. Peter Lynch
President
Salem Financial

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Ramsay Ravenel
Director of Solar Research; Associate
MissionPoint Capital Partners

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Jeffrey Schwartz
Partner
Phillips Lytle

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Maria Gotsch
President & CEO
New York City Investment Fund

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Brian Johnston
Director, External Alliances
Eastman Kodak Company

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David Wells
Greentech Team
Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers

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Todd M. Tidgewell
Partner
Nixon Peabody

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James LoGerfo
General Partner
EarthRise Capital

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Felix K. Chang
Partner

CVP Ventures

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John McKenna
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Hamilton Clark & Co.

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Bela Musits
Managing Director
High Peaks Venture Partners

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Technology Panel
Jonathan Wong
Social Computing Advocate and Technology Evangelist
IBM

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Richard Perez
Research Professor
Atmospheric Science Research Center

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Scott R. Frazier
President & CEO
BrightPhase Energy

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Richard Lewandowski
President & CEO
Prism Solar

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Paul Maycock
President 
Photovoltaic Energy Systems

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State Solar Initiatives Panel
   

Jeff Peterson
Program Manager
New York State Energy Research Development Authority

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Benjamin Luce
Professor of Physics
Lyndon State College

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Christy Herig
Regional Director
Solar Electric Power Association

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David Cooper
Dean of Corporate and Continuing Education
Gateway Community College

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Blair G. Swezey
Senior Director, Solar Markets and Public Policy
Applied Materials

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Commercialization & Scale-Up Panel
   
 

Jeffery Wolfe
CEO
groSolar

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Jigar Shah
Chief Strategy Officer and Founder
SunEdison

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James F. Groelinger
President
Energy Photovoltaics, Inc.

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Daniel Zaweski 
Vice President of Energy Efficiency
Long Island Power Authority

 

Pradeep Haldar
Director, E2TAC; Head, Nanoengineering Constellation
College of Nanoscale Science & Engineering

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Investment & Equity Panel
   
 

J. Peter Lynch
President
Salem Financial

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Ramsay Ravenel
Director of Solar Research; Associate
MissionPoint Capital Partners

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Michael Fancher 
Assistant Vice President for Economic Outreach and Business Development
College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering

 


Keynote Policy Panel
   

Kevin Cahill
Assemblymember
101st District

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Echo Cartwright
Assistant Secretary of Energy
Office of the NYS Governor

Thomas Thompson 
Vice President / President
Atlantis Energy Systems Inc. / NYSEIA

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Energy Efficiency Panel
   

Robert Kennedy
Director, EYP/Energy
Einhorn Yaffee Prescott Architecture & Engineering

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Timothy Stout
Vice President, Energy Efficiency
National Grid

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Rana Mukerji
Vice President, Market Structures
New York Independent System Operator

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Michael Sahm
Manager of Integrated Green Building Design
United Technologies Coporation/Carrier

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Transportation Panel
   
 

Matthew Fronk
Director, Fuel Cell Laboratory
General Motors

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Seth Mandelbaum
Partner
McCullough, Goldberger & Staudt, LLP

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Joel Rinebold
Director of Energy Programs
Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology

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Gregory Moreland

Department of Energy | Sentech 

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Paul L. Lemar, Jr.
President
Resource Dynamics Corporation

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Global Climate Panel
   

David Flynn
Partner
Phillips Lytle, LLP

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Steven Leibo
Professor of International History & Politics
Russell Sage College

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Jared Snyder
Asst. Commissioner for Air Resources, Climate Change and Energy
Department of Environmental Conservation

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John Delano
Distinguished Teaching Professor
Atmospheric Sciences, University at Albany 

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