UNR Clean Energy Forum – Dec 6
University of Nevada Reno’s Sustainable Energy Forum is hosting an event Dec. 6 in 
collaboration with Focus the Nation, a Clean Energy Forum with a panel of nine experts including educators, business leaders and elected officials. The forum will cover renewable and sustainable energy options (biomass, wind, solar) and policy implementation of these technologies.
DATE: Sunday, December 6, 2009
LOCATION: Joe Crowley Student Union, Ballroom B & C
TIME: 11:00 a.m. -3:30 p.m.
Panelists
- Dr. Mano Misra, the Director of UNR’s Renewable Energy Center http://www.facebook.com/l/11b72;www.unr.edu/mse/misra/
- Dr. Ted Batchman: Founding Director of the Renewable Energy Center at the University of Nevada, Reno http://www.facebook.com/l/11b72;www.unr.edu/energy/curriculum/
- Dr. Christopher Simon, Professor of Political Science at University of Nevada, Reno http://www.facebook.com/l/11b72;www.unr.edu/cla/polisci/faculty/faSimon/default.asp
- Dr. Charles Coronella, Chemical Engineering professor expert in biomass conversion, http://www.facebook.com/l/11b72;wolfweb.unr.edu/homepage/coronell/
- Mr. Parker, the director of the geothermal project at the Peppermill http://www.facebook.com/l/11b72;www.environmentalleader.com/2009/10/05/renos-peppermill-resort-pumps-8-1m-into-geothermal/
- Shawn O’Meara, owner of Aspen electric (Solar electric company) http://www.facebook.com/l/11b72;www.nvrenosolar.com/default.html
-Dr. Daemen, Mining engineering professor, 20 years at Yucca Mountain
- Dr. Roger Jacobson , Co-Director of the Renewable Energy Center at the Desert Research Center
- Commissioner Rebecca Wagner, Commissioner, Public Utilities Commission of Nevada
- KC Mares, CEO & President at MegaWatt Consulting, Inc., Director of Data Center Strategy at Yahoo! Inc., Consultant on Energy Issues at Equinix, Senior Manager, Global Labs and Data Centers at BEA Systems, Inc. http://www.facebook.com/l/11b72;www.linkedin.com/in/kcmares
