2009 Event Speakers

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  Dr. Dan E. Arvizu

  Director, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

  Dr. Dan Arvizu has been the Director and Chief Executive of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) since January 15, 2005. NREL, in Golden, Colorado, began operations in 1977 and is the DOE's primary laboratory for energy efficiency and renewable energy research and development. NREL is operated for DOE by the Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Alliance). Dr. Arvizu is President of the Alliance and also is an Executive Vice President with the Midwest Research Institute, headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri.

  After more than three decades of professional engagement in the clean energy field, Dr. Arvizu has become one of the world's leading experts on renewable energy and sustainable energy. In the past three years, he has testified before Congress four times, given state-of-technology presentations at three Congressional caucus briefings, and keynoted 12 major national and international conferences. As NREL's Director, he has established and implemented a new institutional strategy to position the lab for higher impact and contributions to national energy challenges. In the past three years, he has overseen an increase of more than 50% in the lab's operating budget and has helped attract over $400M for new infrastructure.

  Videos from the summit: Technology Coordination and Deployment for Energy Security & Sustainability, The Race for Clean Energy

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