Agenda/Presentations
2016 UC Solar Research Symposium
Friday, October 7th, 2015, 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
The University of California, Davis
530 Alumni Lane
Davis, CA 95616
| 8:00 – 8:45 | Attendee Check In/Poster Session |
| 8:45 – 9:00 | Opening Remarks |
| 9:00 – 9:30 | “The Development of GaN-based Power Electronics for PV Inverters—the Important BoS Cost Driver” Umesh Mishra, UC Solar Co-Director and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, UC Santa Barbara |
| 9:30 – 10:00 | “Combating Climate Change and Creating a Greener and More Sustainable Economy” Alex Padilla, California Secretary of State |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Morning Break and Poster Session |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | “Facing the Renewable Energy Storage Crisis: Hybrids of Concentrating PV with High-Temperature Thermal Collection” Howard Branz, Founder and Principal, Branz Technology Partners LLC |
| 11:00 – 11:45 | “Using Nonimaging Optics to Maximize Exergy for a Hybrid Solar System” Roland Winston, UC Solar Director and Distinguished Professor of Engineering and Natural Sciences, UC Merced – and – Hamid Abbasi, Senior Technical Staff, Gas Technology Institute (GTI) |
| 11:45 – 12:15 | “Sunrise from the West: California Moves Toward a 100% Clean Energy Future” David Hochschild, Commissioner, California Energy Commission (CEC) |
| 12:15 – 1:30 | Lunch and Poster Session |
| 1:30 – 2:00 | “Developing Quantum Dot Solids for Next-Generation Photovoltaics” Matthew Law, UC Solar Co-Director and Director of the Center for Solar Energy, UC Irvine |
| 2:00 – 2:30 | “For Big Box Retailers, Skylights Outperform PV” David Gelbaum, CEO, Entech Solar |
| 2:30 – 3:00 | Afternoon Break and Poster Session |
| 3:00 – 3:30 | “Beyond UCR's Sustainable Integrated Grid Initiative: Energy Management Projects in Southern California” Alfredo Martinez-Morales, UC Solar Co-Director and Managing Director of the Southern California-Research Initiative for Solar Energy (SC-RISE), UC Riverside |
| 3:30 – 4:00 | “UC President Napolitano's Carbon Neutrality Initiative” David Phillips, Associate Vice President for Energy and Sustainability, UC Office of the President (UCOP) |
