Tuesday Afternoon Summit Program (2:30 – 5:00)
Future Grid: Beyond Smart Meters - examining technologies beyond smart meters that can support a transformation of the electric grid to minimize cost, maximize reliability, and enable new power generation technology.
Future Grid: Transforming Institutions - Modernizing and transforming our electric grid will require a significant change to current grid institutions. What novel business models and other institutional solutions exist to take advantage of new grid technology?
Barriers to Domestic Manufacturing - What are the key barriers for domestic manufacturing? What are the real-world factors that make domestic manufacturing a challenge?
Obstacles to a Manufacturing Workforce - What skill sets will be required for the future economy? How can the US fill the gap to meet those needs?
Thinking Globally about Transportation - Taking a systems view of transportation energy in a global context.
Thinking Globally about Access to Energy - What do we need to make affordable electricity accessible to everyone in the world?
Unleashing Biology for Energy - What has limited the use of biology in energy? Can those limitations be overcome to make biology transformational?
Financing the Future Electric System - New power generation technologies face high capital costs and other challenges on the road to market. What will it take to draw more capital investment to next-generation technologies? What is the role of government in financing deployment? How can we encourage capital markets to provide low-cost, large-scale financing?