Agenda

The National Energy Summit

Wednesday 23 September

• 8:15 am
  Registration and Networking Breakfast
• 8:45 am
  Welcoming Remarks
  • Hon. Deborah L. Wince-Smith — President, Council on Competitiveness
• 8:50 am
  Introductory Remarks
  • Charles O. Holliday, Jr. — Chairman, DuPont; Chairman, Council on Competitiveness
• 9:00 am
  ESIS Initiative Co-Chairs Roundtable: Drive. Private Sector Demand for Sustainable Energy Solutions: A Comprehensive Roadmap to Achieve Energy Security, Sustainability and Competitiveness
  • Eleanor Clift — Contributing Editor, Newsweek
  • Charles O. Holliday, Jr. — Chairman, DuPont; Chairman, Council on Competitiveness
  • Hon. Shirley Ann Jackson, PhD — University Vice Chair and Co-Chair, Energy Security, Innovation & Sustainability Initiative, Council on Competitiveness; President, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • James W. Owens — Co-Chair, Energy Security, Innovation & Sustainability Initiative, Council on Competitiveness; Chairman and CEO, Caterpillar Inc.
  • Hon. Deborah L. Wince-Smith — President, Council on Competitiveness
• 9:25 am
  Leadership Dialogue I: Setting the Global Bar for Energy Efficiency
  • Richard M. Smith — Chairman, Newsweek
  • George A. David — Chairman, United Technologies Corporation
  • John Krenicki, Jr. — Vice Chairman , General Electric Company; President and CEO, GE Energy Infrastructure
  • Jonathan Lash — President, World Resources Institute
  • Frederick W. Smith — Chairman and CEO, FedEx Corporation
• 10:20 am
  Leadership Dialogue II: Assuring Access to Clean and Competitive Energy
  • Nisid Hajari — Director of Editorial Development, Newsweek
  • Steven F. Leer — Chairman and CEO, Arch Coal, Inc.
  • Kevin Parker — Global Head of Deutsche Asset Management, Deutsche Bank
  • Mayo Shattuck, III — Chairman, President and CEO, Constellation Energy
• 11:15 am
  Leadership Dialogue III: Jumpstarting Energy Infrastructure and Manufacturing
  • Becky Quick — Co-anchor, Squawk Box, CNBC
  • Neil Z. Auerbach — Founder and Managing Partner, Hudson Clean Energy
  • Dr. Mary Sue Coleman — President, The University of Michigan
  • Hon. Alexander “Andy” Karsner — Member, Board of Directors, Applied Materials, Inc.
  • Edward J. McElroy — CEO, ULLICO Inc.
• 12:15 pm
  Leadership Dialogue IV: Mobilizing a World-Class Energy Workforce
  • Daniel McGinn — Senior Articles Editor, Newsweek
  • Dr. Michael M. Crow — President, Arizona State University
  • Kevin Surace — CEO, Serious Materials
  • Randi Weingarten — President, American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO
  • Dr. Robert J. Zimmer — President, The University of Chicago
• 1:15 pm
  Luncheon
• 1:25 pm
  Luncheon Remarks
  • Sen. Lisa Murkowski — United States Senator
  • Sen. Mark R. Warner — United States Senator
• 2:00 pm
  Luncheon Keynote
  • Sec. Raymond H. “Ray“ LaHood — U.S. Secretary of Transportation
• 2:30 pm
  Leadership Dialogue V: Spawning Technological Breakthroughs and Entrepreneurship
  • Daniel Lyons — Technology Editor, Newsweek
  • Thomas R. Baruch — Founder and Managing Director, CMEA Capital
  • Dr. Ralph J. Cicerone — President, National Academy of Sciences
  • Hon. John P. Holdren — Assistant to the President for Science and Technology; Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President of the United States
  • Dr. George H. Miller — Director, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
• 3:30 pm
  Presentation by the U.S. Secretary of Energy
  • Sec. Steven Chu — U. S. Secretary of Energy
• 4:30 pm
  Break
• 5:00 pm
  Leadership Dialogue VI: Clearing Obstacles to a National Transmission Superhighway and Smart Grid
  • Daniel Gross — Economics Editor, Newsweek
  • Russell M. Artzt — Vice Chairman and Founder, CA Inc.
  • Dr. Richard H. Herman — Chancellor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Dr. Ralph Izzo — Chairman, President and CEO, Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated
  • Andrew C. Taylor — Chairman and CEO, Enterprise Holdings, Inc.
  • Joseph L. Welch — Chairman, President and CEO, ITC Holdings Corp.
• 6:00 pm
  Closing Comments
• 6:05 pm
  Adjourn

An International Dialogue

Thursday 24 September

• 8:15 am
  Registration and Networking
• 8:45 am
  Global Leadership Breakfast
• 9:00 am
  Welcoming and Introductory Remarks
  • Charles O. Holliday, Jr. — Chairman, DuPont; Chairman, Council on Competitiveness
  • Hon. Shirley Ann Jackson, PhD — University Vice Chair and Co-Chair, Energy Security, Innovation & Sustainability Initiative, Council on Competitiveness; President, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • Hon. Deborah L. Wince-Smith — President, Council on Competitiveness
• 9:15 am
  A Call to Action for Prosperity and Competitiveness in a Low-Carbon World
  • Dr. David M. Abshire — President, Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress
  • Raphael Diamond — President and CEO, Securing America’s Future Energy
  • Charles O. Holliday, Jr. — Chairman, DuPont; Chairman, Council on Competitiveness
  • Hon. Shirley Ann Jackson, PhD — University Vice Chair and Co-Chair, Energy Security, Innovation & Sustainability Initiative, Council on Competitiveness; President, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • Hon. Alexander “Andy” Karsner — Member, Board of Directors, Applied Materials, Inc.
  • Jonathan Lash — President, World Resources Institute
  • James H. Quigley — CEO, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
  • Björn Stigson — President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development
  • Strobe Talbott — President, The Brookings Institution
  • Hon. Deborah L. Wince-Smith — President, Council on Competitiveness
  • Hon. Timothy E. Wirth — President, United Nations Foundation
• 9:35 am
  Ministers Roundtable: Energy and Competitiveness Outlook
  • Robert J. Samuelson — Contributing Editor, Newsweek
  • Ola Alterå — State Secretary for Energy, Ministry of Energy, Enterprise and Communications of Sweden
  • H. E. Maria van der Hoeven — Minister of Economic Affairs of the Netherlands
  • His Excellency Jean-Daniel Tordjman — Ambassador for the Competitive Clusters of France
• 10:30 am
  Leadership Roundtable I: The Global Economic Development Opportunity
  • Michael Hirsh — National Economics Correspondent, Newsweek
  • Cynthia Carroll — CEO, Anglo American PLC
  • Dr. John J. “Jack” DeGioia — President, Georgetown University
  • Jamshyd N. Godrej — Chairman and Managing Director, Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Company Limited
  • Hélène Pelosse — Director-General, International Renewable Energy Agency
• 11:30 am
  Break
• 12:00 pm
  Leadership Roundtable II: The Business Case for Pursuing Sustainability Strategies
  • Björn Stigson — President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development
  • Ahmet Dördüncü — CEO, Hacý Ömer Sabancý Holding A.S.
  • Pierre L. Gauthier — President and CEO, ALSTOM U.S. Inc.
  • S. Gopalakrishnan — Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Infosys Technologies Limited
  • James H. Quigley — CEO, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
• 1:00 pm
  Question & Answer with the Council President: Analysis of Newsweek's Inaugural Green Rankings of the 500 Largest U.S. Companies
  • Kathleen Deveny — Deputy Editor and Global Business Editor, Newsweek
  • Hon. Deborah L. Wince-Smith — President, Council on Competitiveness
• 1:30 pm
  Luncheon
• 2:05 pm
  Luncheon Keynote
  • Sec. Gary Locke — U.S. Secretary of Commerce
• 2:40 pm
  Presentation
  • James Clifton — CEO, Gallup Inc.
• 3:00 pm
  Break
• 3:15 pm
  Leadership Roundtable III: Strategies to Drive Investment in Sustainable Energy Solutions
  • Rana Foroohar — Senior Editor, Business, Newsweek International
  • Helmy Abouleish — Chairman, Board of Directors, Egyptian National Competitiveness Council; Managing Director, Sekem Group
  • Meyer S. “Sandy” Frucher — Vice Chairman, The NASDAQ OMX Group
  • Dr. Susan Hockfield — President, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Dir. Kandeh Yumkella — Director-General, United Nations Industrial Development Organization
• 4:15 pm
  Break
• 4:45 pm
  Leadership Roundtable IV: Enabling Technology Cooperation and Deployment to Achieve Energy Security, Sustainability and Competitiveness
  • Hon. Timothy E. Wirth — President, United Nations Foundation
  • Dr. Dan E. Arvizu — Director, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
  • His Excellency Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson — President of Iceland
  • Robert Edward “Ted” Turner, III — Chairman, Turner Enterprises, Inc.
• 5:45 pm
  Forging Global Cooperation and Partnership
  • Walter P. Havenstein — CEO, Science Applications International Corp.
  • Charles O. Holliday, Jr. — Chairman, DuPont; Chairman, Council on Competitiveness
  • Hon. Shirley Ann Jackson, PhD — University Vice Chair and Co-Chair, Energy Security, Innovation & Sustainability Initiative, Council on Competitiveness; President, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • Lee A. McIntire — President and CEO, CH2M HILL
  • Dr. Luis M. Proenza — President, The University of Akron
  • Hon. Deborah L. Wince-Smith — President, Council on Competitiveness
• 6:15 pm
  Closing Remarks
  • Charles O. Holliday, Jr. — Chairman, DuPont; Chairman, Council on Competitiveness
• 6:30 pm
  Adjourn