Press Release: 2017 US-China Green Energy Summit

Chengdu, China

September 11-13, 2017

2017-03-28

The US-China Green Energy Council (UCGEC) is pleased to announce:

2017 US-China Green Energy Summit (2017UCGES) is
co-organized with 2017 Western China Overseas High Tech Conference (2017OHTC)
in Chengdu, China, on September 11-13, 2017

The worldwide Energy Transition will be the focus of hot topics at this premier conference, bringing together leaders from three major industries in the US and China, to promote green energy for meeting the global electricity demand while reducing pollution. These prominent and distinguished leaders will include government officials from China and US as well as industry leaders in Electric Power, Renewable Energy, Information Technology and Internet Infrastructure. This is a unique conference on global visions and solutions. The theme this year is on rebalancing global objectives and local interests to build a new consensus on green energy development and the holistic integration of the next-generation Internet with the Electric Power Grids, especially the soon-to-be realized Smart Grid and Energy Internet.

Founded in 1995, the Western China Overseas High Tech and High Talents Conference (OHTC, http://www.schkh.com) is co-hosted by the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council and Sichuan Provincial People’s Government and co-organized by Chengdu Municipal Government and related departments of provincial level. The OHTC is one of China’s most influential gatherings of high tech talents and is the most important platform for western China’s technical exchange and cooperation with foreign talents and high tech industries.

The 16th OHTC in 2017 will encompass China’s major development strategies, highlight international collaboration of leading-edge technologies, conduct a series of exchanges in technical talents and research programs, and international academic discussions including: introduction of venture capital, holding of OHTC global Chinese innovation and startup competition, encouragement of overseas talents for Sichuan’s innovation and startups; hold “Tian Fu (Sichuan) Forum”, inviting leaders of the Chinese government, ministries and commissions, key leaders of Sichuan province, Nobel prize winners, overseas academicians, and international technical talents for cooperation; hold the 4th Summit and Forum between Nobel prize winners and Chinese and American academicians, to promote interaction and practices of Sichuan and international medical industry; and hold the US-China Green Energy Summit to assist international exchanges with Sichuan in the energy industry.

About US-China Green Energy Council (UCGEC)

The US-China Green Energy Council (http://ucgec.org) is a leading 501(C) 3 non-profit and non-government organization, which was founded in Silicon Valley in 2008. The mission of UCGEC is to counter the degradation of the world’s environment by promoting cooperation among the people, businesses, governments, industrial and academic organizations in the US and China.

Conference and Sponsorship Opportunities

Contact: Xiaofeng Zhang, Executive Vice President, UCGEC at xiaofeng.zhang@ucgec.org

Conference Program

Day One
September 11, 2017 (Monday)

2017 US-China Green Energy Summit
(13 speakers)

8:00 - 8:30 am	Registration and Photograph
	Moderators: Xiaofeng Zhang, Executive Vice President, US-China Green Energy Council
8:30 - 9:40 am	Opening Remarks （8 speakers）: Foreign and Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council Sichuan Government Mingliang Xie, Vice President & Secretary-General, China Society for Electrical Engineering (CSEE) (confirmed) Professor Rong Zeng, President, EIRI, Tsinghua University (confirmed) A Speaker, UCGEC Video, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Founding Chair, R20 Regions of Climate Action Professor Ruijin Liao, Vice President, Chongqing University (confirmed) Chengdu Government
9:40 - 11:50 am	Keynote Speakers (6 speakers，120 min., 15 min each) Professor Xiaoxin Zhou, Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Honorary President of China Electric Power Research Institute (confirmed) Professor James Sweeney, Director of the Precourt Energy Efficiency Center, Professor of Management Science and Engineering at Stanford University; Senior follow of the U.S. Association for Energy Economics (confirmed) Dr. Yuan Tang, Director of Research Office, China State Council （invited）. Professor Dan Kammen, Director of Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory (RAEL), University of California, Berkeley (invited) Professor Jianguo Nie, Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Civil Engineering Department , Tsinghua University (confirmed) Professor Dinghuan Shi, Counselor of China State Council & Chairman, China Renewable Energy Society (confirmed)
11:50 am - 1:20 pm	Lunch Break

2017 US China Green Energy Roundtable Forum
(Four Roundtable Forums, 80 speakers, 8 moderators)
September 11, 2017 (Monday)

1:20 - 1:30 pm	Registration
1:30 - 3:30 pm	Roundtable Forum 1 [Conference room 1, Two Hours] Renewable Energy and Energy Internet Moderators: Professor Junyong Liu, Dean, School of Electrical Engineering and Information, Sichuan University Dr. Jeffrey Chapman, President and Co-founder, EnDimensions LLC;
1:30 - 3:30 pm	Roundtable Forum 2 [Conference room 2, Two Hours] Energy Efficiency and Demand Side Management. Moderators: Yi Liu, EIRI Sichuan, Tsinghua University Dr. Calvin Zhang , VP, UCGEC
3:30 - 4:00 pm	Tea Break
4:00 - 6:00 pm	Roundtable Forum 3 [Conference room 1, Two Hours] New Energy Vehicles and Electricity Markets Moderators: Dr. Zhiqian Bo, Chief Expert of Xuji Group, State Grid Corporation of China Dr. Shanshan Liu, VP, UCGEC
4:00 - 6:00 pm	Roundtable Forum 4 [Conference room 2, Two Hours] Innovation and Future City: Mayors, Venture Investments and Entrepreneurs Moderators: Chuck Ng, PreAngel Fund; Member of the BOD, UCGEC Yunhu Wang, VP, UCGEC
6:00 - 8:00 pm	Dinner [Main Dining Hall]

Day Two
September 12, 2017 (Tuesday)

2017 OHTC Open Remarks
Mrs. Qiu, Director, the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council
Mr. Li Yin, Governor of Sichuan Province

Keynote Speech:
Professor Steven Chu, Nobel Prize Laureate, Former US Secretary of Energy (invited)

2017 US-China Green Energy Summit
(Keynote Session and Four Panels, 26 speakers, 10 moderators)

	Conference Panel Sessions
1:30 - 2:30 pm	Keynote Session: (60 min.) Moderators: Jeffrey Ball, Stanford University’s Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance; Xiaofeng Zhang, Executive Vice President, US-China Green Energy Council Panelists (6) Steven Chu, Nobel Prize Laureate, Former US Secretary of Energy State Grid James Sweeney, Director of the Precourt Energy Efficiency Center, Professor of Management Science and Engineering, Stanford University Dan Kammen, Director of Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory (RAEL), University of California, Berkeley Rong Zeng, President, EIRI, Tsinghua University Dinghuan Shi, Counselor of China State Council & Chairman, China Renewable Energy Society
2:40 - 4:10 pm	Panel Session 1 (90 min.) Solution and Mitigation to Renewable Energy highly Impacted Grids Moderators: Professor Dinghuan Shi, Counselor of China State Council & Chairman, China Renewable Energy Society Jeffrey Ball, Stanford University’s Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance; Panelists: Hongguang Jin, Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences. Dr. Jeffrey Chapman, President and Co-founder, EnDimensions LLC Xu Cai, Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University GCL New Energy
2:40 - 4:10 pm	Panel Session 2 (90 min.) Energy Transition in Transmission and Distribution- Energy Internet and Energy Markets Moderators: Professor Ruijin Liao, Vice President, Chongqing University; Dean, School of Electrical Engineering Associate Professor Qixin Chen, Vice Dean, EIRI Sichuan, Tsinghua University Panelists: Dr. Xuzhu Dong, Vice President, China Southern Electric Power Research Institute, China Southern Grid (CSG) Dr. Jianzhong Tong, Senior Strategist, PJM Interconnection Mr. Yunhui Chen, Vice President, Sichuan Electric Power Company, State Grid Dr. Edward Cazalet, CEO and Founder, TeMix Inc.
4:10 - 4:30 pm	Break time: 20 min
4:30 - 6:00 pm	Panel Session 3 (90 min.) Energy Transition in Consumption- New Energy Vehicles, and Demand Side Management Moderators: Professor Yonghua Song, Executive Vice President, Zhejiang University; Professor Qi Huang, Dean, School of Energy Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China. Panelists: Dan Bowermaster, Program Manager Electric Vehicle, Electric Power Research Institute Inc., USA Dr. Junli Gu, Tech Lead, Machine Learning, Autopilot, Tesla Motors Professor Junyong Liu, Dean, School of Electrical Engineering and Information, Sichuan University Dr. Lin Jin, CEO, Onetech Electric
4:30 - 6:00 pm	Panel Session 4 (90 min.) Energy Transition via Information Technologies- Internet of Things (IoT), Technology Innovation, Future City，etc. Moderators: Dr. Mike Zhang, Member of the BOD, US-China Green Energy Council Panelists: Patrick Burt, Mayor, Palo Alto, CA Dr. James Caldwell, Member of the BOD, UCGEC
6:00 - 8:30 pm	Dinner

Day Three
September 13, 2017 (Wednesday)

Tour “Tian Fu New development Zone”
Visit and meeting at campus of Sichuan Energy Internet Research Institute, Tsinghua University
Visit Sichuan local new development zones

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