Aug 13 Event On Energy Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Join MIT Enterprise Forum of DFW and UT Arlington for an evening discussion with energy innovators and entrepreneurs about the future of the energy industry. Key research and market challenges will be explored that are central to the search for efficient and cost-effective renewable energy generation. Program includes a panel discussion and a video of the global broadcast on energy entrepreneurship and innovation by MIT.
RSVP: online by Saturday, August 9th. After that please contact us.
Cost: $20 includes sit-down dinner
Online registration is closed now – please contact organizers directly for registration.
Schedule:
Thursday August 13, 2009
6:00-6:30pm: Dinner & Networking
6:30-8:00pm: Program & discussion
Where:
The Carlisle Suite – University of Texas at Arlington
300 W 1st St., Arlington, TX 76010
Map: http://bit.ly/K3o69
Parking information is available here (lot 11 or lot 12). Please make sure that you don’t park in a reserved spot.
Contact:
Babar Bhatti
babar at alum.mit.edu
Karl Fultz
kfultz at uta.edu
Panelists:
Paul Dickerson, Partner, Haynes and Boone, LLP
Formally a senior official with DOE and a clean tech expert. Paul is a recognized leader and sought-after speaker on issues of clean tech and energy efficiency, launched Haynes and Boone’s Clean Tech practice group in 2008. Paul, a partner who offices in the firm’s Houston and D.C. offices, returned to the firm to launch the group, a new concentration for the firm that builds upon the firm’s broad experience in intellectual property, litigation, technology, financing and many other legal issues that companies in the nascent industry must face.
Paul served as Chief Operating Officer of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) from 2006 until his return to Haynes and Boone (where he worked as an associate from 2000 to 2005). He oversaw the EERE’s $1.8 billion budget and helped move alternative and renewable energy technologies from the “vision” stage to real-world development.
Ed Ireland, Executive Director, Barnett Shale Energy Education Council
Ed brings a combination of academics, industry and business experience. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Texas Tech University and was formerly a professor and head of the Department of Economics at Clemson University. His career includes 20 years in the oil and gas industry in Houston, Texas. Ed spends a majority of his time working with the community, from community leaders to neighborhood associations and schools.
Victor Liu, Vice President, Hunt Energy Enterprises, LLC
Prior to joining Hunt Power in 2006, Liu was active in high tech venture capital as a general partner with Vortex Partners and at Sevin Rosen Funds. He was active in internet infrastructure and wireless investment decisions that included Cyneta Networks, Navarro Networks, ipMobile, RealManage and GlobeRanger. Liu earned an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA from Southern Methodist University.
Moderator:
Dr. Richard E. Billo, UT Arlington, Professor-College of Engineering, Associate Dean of Engineering for Research-College of Engineering.
Dr. Billo is a known innovator in engineering education, receiving a commendation from the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology for his leadership in curriculum development. At Oregon State, he developed a new bachelor’s degree program in manufacturing engineering, created undergraduate options in information systems and business engineering, and modernized the graduate curriculum to include information systems, nanotechnology, management systems and manufacturing systems.
Also at Oregon State, Dr. Billo directed a $20 million fund raising campaign for nanoscience and microtechnology programs and secured more than $16 million in new research grants and gifts. Research expenditures tripled during his four years of leadership of the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering.
