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Over the last several years, China has established itself as an emerging leader in clean technology, under the strong leadership of the Chinese government. In 2009, China’s Premier Wen Jiabao announced that China would reduce its emission intensity 40-45% by 2020. In addition, the government also wants by 2020 to scale wind, solar, and biomass, up from roughly 4% to 8% of its electricity generation capacity. However, China already surpassed the US in 2007 to become the biggest emitter of CO2, and is expected to increase in CO2 emission per capita in the foreseeable future. How will China manage these seemingly conflicting expectations while still maintaining its global competitiveness? Where do attractive investment opportunities exist in China’s clean technology industry? What are the barriers to faster adoption and how can developed nations collaborate with China to catalyze this process? The panelists will be discussing some of the new initiatives in China that aim to bring profound changes in the source and use of energy, as well as some of the current constraints faced by the different sectors.
Speakers
Kaimeng LiDirector of Investment Project Feasibility Study Center, China International Engineering Consulting Corp.Mr. Kaimeng Li is a visiting scholar at Stanford university/CRGP department. He is the Director-General of the Center for Investment Project Feasibility Studies and Evaluation within China International Engineering Consulting Corporation (CIECC), which is the largest engineering project consulting firm owned by the central government of China. Kaimeng Li is a senior research fellow in CIECC, where he has worked for 14 years in project appraisal focusing on financial, economic, social and environmental impact analysis. He has also worked in the Macro-economic Research Academy of the National Development and Reform Commission of China (NDRC) for 4 years before he entered CIECC. As an on-job doctorate majoring in Natural Resources and Environmental Economics at China Renmin University, he concentrates his research on sustainable goals of investment in the whole project cycle.
Peggy LiuChairperson, JUCCCE (Joint US-China Collaboration on Clean Energy)Peggy Liu is Chairperson of JUCCCE, a non-profit accelerating the greening of China through international collaboration on impactful programs (www.juccce.com). She is an internationally recognized expert on China's energy landscape and has been a Time Magazine Hero of the Environment, a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, and an energy adviser to the Clinton Global Initiative. Prior to JUCCCE she has been a venture capitalist, an Internet entrepreneur, a management consultant, and organic gardener. She is a graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
Courtney McColganAnalyst, Draper Fisher JurvetsonCourtney McColgan is an Analyst at Draper Fisher Jurvetson where she focuses on clean technology and China-related investments. Courtney is active with DFJ investments Deeya Energy and Oasys Water Technologies. Connected with her work at DFJ, Courtney serves on the leadership committee of Young Professionals in Energy (YPE). Prior to joining DFJ, Courtney worked as an investment banking analyst in the Financial Sponsors Group at Morgan Stanley. Previously, Courtney founded Wokai, a person-to-person giving platform for China. The organization was an extension of a post-graduate research project Courtney completed during a Fulbright grant as well as work she was involved in during her undergraduate studies. Courtney is a graduate of University of California, Berkeley with an BA in Chinese and Economics. She is fluent in Mandarin.
Yimei WongStrategic Advisor, JUCCCE (Joint US-China Collaboration on Clean Energy)Yimei Wong is the strategic advisor of JUCCCE (Joint US-China Collaboration on Clean Energy). Her experience in the renewable energy industry includes Nanosolar, Trinasolar, and energy companies such as Chevron. Her expertise includes Strategic Business Development focusing on long-term China-U.S. bi-lateral partnerships, global branding, and value creation. Under the leadership of Martin Roscheisen, CEO of Nanosolar, a silicon-valley based CIGS thin film solar start-up, she shifted from traditional energy to clean energy and drove the company's initial international supply chain and business development efforts. In addition to renewable energy, Yimei started her career at Fortune 50 companies including Chevron and Safeway, at which she was responsible for consolidating global procurement and establishing local sourcing centers in Asia. She is multilingual in Mandarin, English, French, and Spanish. She obtained an MBA from Mills College in partnership with UC Haas Berkeley.
Edward CunninghamAsh Center Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School and an affiliate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) Industrial Performance CenterEdward Cunningham is an Ash Center Postdoctoral Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School and an affiliate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) Industrial Performance Center. Dr. Cunningham graduated from Georgetown University, Harvard’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and recently received his Ph.D. from the Department of Political Science at M.I.T. He was selected as a Fulbright Fellow to the PRC, during which time he conducted his doctoral fieldwork as a visiting fellow at Tsinghua University. Dr. Cunningham previously worked at the Harvard Kennedy School’s China Public Policy Program, and speaks and writes regularly on issues relating to energy governance, industrial policy, competitiveness, and technology. He has also co-taught a comparative business-government course on Asia at the Kennedy School for the past five years.
John Macomber (Moderator)Lecturer in Real Estate, Harvard Business SchoolJohn Macomber is a Lecturer in Real Estate at Harvard Business School. His professional background includes leadership of real estate, construction, services, and technology businesses. He is the former Chairman and CEO of the George B H Macomber Company, a large regional general contractor whose clients included Harvard, MIT, EMC, Fidelity, CISCO, Childrens Hospital, Wyeth, and the WGBH Foundation. He is a principal in several real estate partnerships in Massachusetts. At HBS, his courses include “Real Property Asset Management”, “Real Estate Development, Design, and Construction”, “Building Green Business”, and “Sustainable Cities.” John has been a lecturer at MIT in Civil Engineering and Real Estate for almost 20 years, and still teaches a course there in Real Estate Sustainability. Past courses taught have included both Strategy and E-Business in Real Estate and Construction. He is an adviser to and frequent instructor in Executive Education for both HBS and the Harvard Design School. He is chair or co-chair of Executive Education programs including "Real Estate Management," "Real Estate Executive Seminar," and "South Asia Real Estate."
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