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CUDC
STATEWIDE
SUMMIT
Friday,
May 29, 2009
Long
Beach Convention
Center
7:30
AM to 5:00
PM
PROGRAM
SUMMARY
CUDC
Summit Program -- Printer
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document(includes speaker photos and bios)
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| 7:30 – 8:30
AM |
Registration
and Networking
Continental
Breakfast
(GRAND BALLROOM
FOYER) |
| 8:30
AM |
Welcome
(GRAND BALLROOM)
Introductions: Nancy
Zarenda, CUDC Co-Vice
Chair CUDC Summit Chair
Frank J. Quevedo
CUDC Co-Vice Chair Vicki
L. Zeiger, Vice President
of Human Resources and
Labor Relations, San
Diego Gas & Electric
and Southern California
Gas Company |
| 8:45
– 9:15 AM |
Morning
Introductory
Remarks -
“Inclusion
and Opportunity
in the New
Green Economy”
(GRAND BALLROOM)
Video
Message from
U.S. Secretary
of Labor Hilda
L. Solis
CUDC Chair Jose L. Perez
CUDC Member Pat Fong
Kushida, President and
CEO, Sacramento Asian
Pacific Chamber
of Commerce
The
Honorable Tom Torlakson,
State Assemblymember
The Honorable V. Manuel
Perez, Assemblymember
and Chair of the Jobs,
Economic Development
and the Economy Committee |
| 9:15
– 10:30 AM |
Plenary
Session: “A
Roundtable
Conversation
on Sustainable
Technologies
for the Future
of California”
(GRAND BALLROOM).
Moderator: The Honorable
Gwen Moore, former Assemblymember
and CUDC Co-Vice Chair
Panelists:
Debra L. Reed, President
and CEO, San Diego Gas & Electric
and Southern California
Gas Company
Alan J. Fohrer, Chairman
and CEO, Southern California
Edison
Jack Keenan, Chief Operating
Officer, Pacific Gas & Electric
Company
Concluding Comments:
California Public Utilities
Commissioner Rachelle
Chong |
| 10:30
– 10:45 AM |
Break
|
| 10:45
– 12:15 PM |
Concurrent
Morning Panel
Sessions
Panel
I – Workforce:
“The Future
of the Green
Job Market”
(Room 201)
Moderator:
Eugene “Mitch”
Mitchell, Regional
Vice President
- External
Affairs, San
Diego Gas & Electric
and Southern
California
Gas Company.
Panelists:
The Honorable
V. Manuel Perez,
Assemblymember
and Chair of
the Jobs, Economic
Development
and the Economy
Committee
Panama Bartholomy, Advisor
to the Chair
of the California
Energy Commission
Cesar Diaz, Deputy
Legislative
Director, California
State Building
Trades
Kelly Cunningham,
Senior Fellow
and Economist
for National
University
System Institute
for Policy
Research (NUSIPR)
Panel
II – Business
Opportunities:
“Hear from
Businesses
Going Green”
(Room 202)
Moderator:
Tracy Stanhoff,
President,
American Indian
Chamber of
Commerce of
California
Panelists:
Sampson A.
Brown, President
and CEO, Knight & Carver
Wind Group
Ruben Guerra,
President,
RG Surface
Treatment Specialists,
Inc., and Chairman,
Latin Business
Association
Rebecca Aguilera-Gardiner,
Vice President,
Diego & Son
Printing, Inc.
Ronald J. Greenwood,
President,
Global Energy & Technology,
Inc.
Pete Varma,
President and
CEO, Intraline,
Inc.
Concurrent
Morning Panel
Sessions (continued)
Panel
III – Investments:
“Private Sector
Investments”
(Room 204)
Moderator: Syngon
L. Hare, S.L.
Hare Capital,
Inc.
Dennis Arriola,
Senior Vice
President and
Chief Financial
Officer, SunPower
Corporation
Michael Schneider,
Treasurer, San
Diego Gas & Electric
and Southern
California Gas
Company
Robert C. Boada,
Vice President
and Treasurer,
Southern California
Edison
Nancy E. Pfund,
Managing Partner,
DBL Investors
Joseph C. Greco,
Senior Vice
President, Terra-Gen
Power LLC |
| 12:15
– 12:45 PM |
Luncheon
(GRAND BALLROOM) |
| 12:45
– 1:15 PM |
Afternoon
Keynote Speaker
– “Meeting
the Challenge
of Diversity
in the
New
Green Economy”
(GRAND BALLROOM)
Welcome and Introductions:
The Honorable Bob Foster,
Mayor of Long Beach,
Honorary Summit Chair
Michael R. Peevey, President
of California Public
Utilities Commission
The Honorable Alex Padilla,
State Senator and Chair
of Energy, Utilities & Communications
Committee |
| 1:15
– 1:30 PM |
Break |
| 1:30
– 3:00 PM |
Concurrent
Afternoon
Panel Sessions
Panel
I – Workforce:
“Developing,
Cultivating,
and Training
a Green Pipeline”
(Room 201)
Moderator:
Rob Howard, Chair
of the UWUA
National Human
Rights Committee
Panelists:
Marcy Drummond,
Vice President
of Workforce
and Economic
Development,
Los Angeles
Trade Technical
College, Member
of National
Commission
for Energy
Policy
Barbara Halsey,
Executive Director
of the State
Workforce Investment
Board
Kim Craft,
Assistant Business
Manager for
IBEW - Local
11
Panel
II – Business
Opportunities:
“The Value
of Branding
Your Business
Green”
(Room
202)
Moderator:
Betsy Berkhemer-Credaire,
NAWBO California
Panelists:
Gary W. Barsley,
Southern California
Edison, Solar/Wind
Technologies
Alex Kim, San
Diego Gas & Electric
and Southern
California
Gas Company,
Smart Home/Meter
Jerome Webber,
AT&T Services,
Inc., Greening
Your Fleet
Yonnie Leung,
Pacific Gas & Electric
Company, Greening
the Utility
Supply Chain
Bryan Gordon,
San Diego Gas & Electric
and Southern
California
Gas Company,
Green Certifications |
| 3:00
– 3:15 PM |
Break |
| 3:15
– 3:45 PM |
Concluding
Plenary Session
and Closing
Remarks (GRAND
BALLROOM)
CUDC
Chair Jose L. Perez
CUDC Co-Vice Chair Nancy
Zarenda
CUDC Summit Coordinator
Fernando de Necochea |
| 3:45
– 5:00 PM |
Networking
Reception (GRAND
BALLROOM) |
| 5:00
PM |
End
of Summit
|
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ATTEND:
A
One-day Summit,
“Advancing Diversity
in the New Green
Energy Economy”
LEARN:
How
the new clean energy
economy and federal
stimulus will bring
investment, business,
and job
opportunities to
California’s diverse
marketplace.
JOIN:
More
than 800 attendees
from corporations,
business associations,
environmental
groups, educational
institutions,
labor groups,
government, and
diverse community-based
organizations.
EVENT
DETAILS:
When: June 29, 2010
Where: Sacramento Convention
Center
Directions:
Google
Maps - MapQuest - SCCC
CUDC
* MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS:
American
Indian Chamber
of Commerce of California Asian
Business Association
AT&T
Inc.
California
Black Chamber of
Commerce
California
Hispanic Chambers
of Commerce
California
Service Disabled
Veteran Owned Businesses,
Inc.
California
Small Business
Association
California
Water Association
Comcast
Communications
Workers of America
GeM
Communications
Latin
Business Association
Latino
Institute for
Corporate Inclusion
Latino
Journal
National
Association of
Women Business
Owners
Pacific
Gas & Electric
Company
Sacramento
Asian Pacific Chamber
of Commerce
San
Jose Water Company
Sempra
Energy utilities,
San Diego Gas & Electric,
Southern California
Gas Company
Southern
California Edison
Spanish
Language Academy
Utility
Workers Union
of America
Verizon
*A
collaboration
between the CPUC,
business, labor
and California
utility companies. |