Why Public Science & Private Enterprise Go Hand In Glove
CEO Joshua Putterman represented the voice of private industry in this well-received panel discussion on public-private partnerships sponsored by the Colorado Renewable Energy Society.
About the Panel:
Public research institutions are today's drivers - and risk takers! - of technological innovation on which our advanced industries depend – our nation’s future is tied to retaining the lead at the forefront of new technology. Our panel highlights the importance of these public-private partnerships at the core of institutions like the National Renewable Energy Laboratory or ARPA-e. To quote Denis Hayes, SERI’s 2nd director: "Defunding science is the intellectual equivalent of eating our seed corn.”
Panel: Bob Noun, NREL (ret.) Sturm College of Law, Assistant Prof.; Jill Cox-Engel, PhD, Joint Inst. f. Strategic Energy Analysis, NREL; Kathryn Johnson, PhD, Associate Prof., Colorado School of Mines; Joshua Putterman, CEO/Co-founder, Extreme Event Risk. Moderator: David Ellenberger, National Wildlife Federation. Co-sponsored by the Colorado Renewable Energy Society, the National Wildlife Federation, and the JUC Green Task Force.
Organized by the Jefferson County chapter of the Colorado Renewable Energy Society. Contact: jcres@cres-energy.org. cres-energy.org. CRES features several local monthly speaker series throughout the state, provides speakers, experts, workshops and weighs in on state energy policy.
