Symposium

Executive Dialogue Sessions: consumers & end-use

Sessions are color coded to indicate their focus as follows:

Policy Focus
Finance Focus
Market Transformation Focus
Technology Focus

Tuesday, April 28
11:00 am - 12:30 pm	1D	Pushing the Envelope – Emerging Trends in Residential Technology	This session will explore the wide range of technologies on the horizon for advancing energy efficiency in the residential sector. From plug-in hybrid electric vehicles to smart appliances and meters, presenters will guide participants on a tour of the smart home of tomorrow.
		Moderator	Gerald Strickland, Managing Director, ENERGS
		Rapporteur	Dr. Peter du Pont, Chief of Party, USAID ECO-Asia Clean Development and Climate Program
		Speakers	José Lainor Driessen, Chief Operating Officer, Embraco Jens Redmer, Head of European New Business Development, Google Inc. Gary Shapiro, President & CEO, Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) John Suzukida, Executive Management Adviser, Daikin Industries David Szczupak, Executive Vice President, Global Product Organization, Whirlpool Corporation
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm	2D	Best Practices in Public Education and Outreach	Come to this session to learn about the most effective and innovative education and outreach programs underway throughout the world.
		Moderator	Peter Bach, President, European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy / Senior Advisor, Danish Energy Authority
		Rapporteur	Marie-Vincente Pasdelou, International Communications Consulting
		Speakers	Këri Bolding, Senior Communications Adviser, California Public Utilities Commission Mariangiola Fabbri, Senior Energy Policy Officer, World Wildlife Fund, Europe Jean Lupinacci, Director, ENERGY STAR Commercial and Industrial Branch, Climate Protection Partnerships Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency David Taylor, Consultant, Energy Security and Climate Change
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm	3D	Harmonization of Energy-Efficiency Standards: The Pathway to Global Market Transformation	This session will focus on efforts to harmonize the efficiency standards that are necessary to ensure that the best applications, technologies, and products are available to consumers in the global market.
		Moderator	Tomas Dahlman, Director, Global Energy Policy Affairs, Electrolux Major Appliances
		Rapporteur	Roland Risser, Director of Customer Energy Efficiency, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E)
		Speakers	Conrad Brunner, Director, A+B International Tom Catania, Vice President Government Relations, Whirlpool Corporation Yungrae Kim, Manager, Energy Efficiency Management Department, Korea Energy Management Corporation (KEMCO) Hans-Paul Siderius, Chairman, 4E Lorie Wigle, President, Climate Savers Computing Initiative
Wednesday, April 29
9:00 am - 10:30 am	4D	Driving Consumers to Action Through Creative Financing	This session will explore countries’ and companies’ approaches to delivering financial products that enable consumers to purchase and invest in energy-efficient products.
		Moderator	Bernard Jamet, Head Technology Transfer, United Nations Environment Programme - UNEP/DTIE
		Rapporteur	Mark Hopkins, Director of International Energy Efficiency, UN Foundation
		Speakers	Nic Frances, Chairman & CEO, Cool nrg International Pierre Langlois, President, Econoler International Philippine de T'Serclaes, Policy Analyst, Energy Efficiency and Environment Division, International Energy Agency Dr. Ashok Sarkar, Senior Energy Specialist, Energy, Transport and Water Department, World Bank
10:45 am - 12:15 pm	5D	CROSS-SECTOR POLICY Energy Efficiency: Intersecting Energy, Environment and Security Imperatives	This session will feature policy leaders who have been instrumental in the enactment of energy-efficiency policies as a mechanism for meeting not only climate and environmental imperatives, but also national security and economic goals.
		Moderator	Hon. Dian Grueneich, Commissioner, California Public Utilities Commission
		Rapporteur	Rod Janssen, Member of the Board, European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (eceee)
		Speakers	Mustafa Kemal Buyukmihci, General Director, Electrical Power Resources Survey and Development Administration Erdal Calikoglu, Deputy General Director, Electrical Power Resources Survey and Development Administration Oliver Griffith, Managing Director, American Chamber of Commerce in France Gene McGlynn, Senior Expert, Energy Efficiency, Energy Charter Secretariat Hon. Philip D. Moeller, Commissioner, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
1:45 pm - 3:15 pm	6D	Wrap-up Session	A unique feature to the Executive Dialogue program, designed for those not able to attend all of the sessions within the Consumers & End-Use track, this final session is a wrap-up of all of the cross-cutting discussions held over the course of the two days. Presented by a panel of rappateurs, this session will provide attendees a second opportunity to hear the innovative and important conclusions drawn in the sessions they missed.
		Moderator	Hans Nilsson, Chairman of the IEA DSM-Programme, Fourfact AB
		Rapporteurs	1D: Technology Dr. Peter du Pont, Chief of Party, ECO-Asia Clean Development and Climate Program 2D: Market Transformation Marie-Vincente Pasdelou, International Communications Consulting 3D: Policy Roland Risser, Director of Customer Energy Efficiency, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) 4D: Finance Mark Hopkins, Director of International Energy Efficiency, UN Foundation 5D: Cross-Sector Policy Rod Janssen, Member of the Board, European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (eceee)

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