Progressive Dialogue III:
Deploy Sustainable Energy
Solutions—Suppliers

Meeting Materials

Dialogue III Participants (PDF)
Dialogue III Proceedings (coming soon)

Dialogue Presentations

Meeting the Energy Challenge: Innovation for Security, Competitiveness and Sustainability (PDF)
John P. Holdren, Theresa and John Heinz Professor of Environmental Policy and Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University; Director, the Woods Hole Research Center; Co-chair, National Commission on Energy Policy

Public Awareness and Education (PDF)
Thomas P. Lyon, Dow Chair of Sustainable Science, Technology & Commerce, University of Michigan

The Energy-Water Nexus (PDF)
James E. McMahon, Department Head, Energy Analysis, Environmental Energies Technology Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Selected Dialogue Reference Materials

The Council provided participants with the following reference materials to stimulate thinking on the role of energy suppliers in driving demand for sustainable energy solutions.

Highlights from ESIS Initiative Progressive Dialogue II (PDF)
Council on Competitiveness (May 2008)

Define. Executive Summary of Proceedings from Progressive Dialogue I (PDF)
Council on Competitiveness (2008)

“Science and Technology for Sustainable Well-Being”, Science Magazine (PDF)
John P. Holdren, American Association for the Advancement of Science (January 2008)

“Weighing U.S. Energy Options: The WRI Bubble Chart,” WRI Policy Note (PDF)
Jeffrey Logan and John Venezia, World Resources Institute (July 2007)

Additional Progressive Dialogues

Dialogue I: Define the Energy–Competitiveness Relationship (September 2007)
Dialogue II: Demand Drivers for Sustainable Energy Solutions—Users (March 2008)