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Program American Energy and Manufacturing Competitiveness Summit December 12, 2013 Ronald Reagan International Trade Center 1300 Pennsylvania Ave NW Washington, DC 20004 1 Council on Competitiveness AEMC Summit Program Media Partner Media support for this event is provided by Breaking Energy. Breaking Energy provides news, analysis, reference materials and discussions about the day’s energy market trends. 2 Contents Welcome Letter 4 Agenda 6 Exhibits 10 About the Council on Competitiveness 14 JOIN THE CONVERSATION Network: Ronald Reagan Building @CompeteNow Username: Council #2013AEMCSummit Password: 25150 3 Council on Competitiveness AEMC Summit Program Welcome This inaugural AEMC Summit convenes leaders from across The Council on America’s vibrant and diverse industrial, academic, national Competitiveness laboratory, labor and government communities to address the and the U.S. most critical challenges and promising opportunities to bolster U.S. competitiveness by strengthening the U.S. energy and Department of manufacturing ecosystems. Energy Office of And many of these key stakeholders—at all levels, from local Energy Efficiency to regional to national—have been engaged this year in a and Renewable robust conversation and dialogue series to distill the salient Energy (EERE) challenges and opportunities facing America’s manufacturing and energy sectors, and uncover concrete actions and policy welcome you solutions to: to the inaugural • Increase U.S. competitiveness in the production of American Energy next–generation, clean energy products by strategically and Manufacturing investing in technologies that leverage American competitive advantages and overcome competitive Competitiveness disadvantages. (AEMC) Summit. • Increase U.S. manufacturing competitiveness across the board by increasing energy productivity and strategically investing in technologies and practices that enable U.S. manufacturers to increase their competitiveness through energy efficiency, combined heat and power, and low-cost domestic energy sources. These goals are a reflection of a critical inflection point in America’s history. The natural gas revolution, as part of a broader, deeper, and more diverse energy portfolio, has created unprecedented energy strength, abundance, and independence—lowering energy costs, boosting the long- term prospects for economic competitiveness, reducing dependence on foreign sources of energy, and offering a bridge to a cleaner and distinctly American energy 4 Welcome future. Concurrently, the nation’s leadership in innovation and research is unparalleled, and America’s strong entrepreneurship and investment ecosystem turbocharges limitless opportunities. We find ourselves at a unique moment in our energy history with a wide array of clean energy technologies—solar modules, wind turbine blades, plug-in electric vehicle batteries and advanced biofuels, to name a few—now within five to ten years of being directly cost competitive without subsidies. But America will only capture the promise of this point in time, and the tools and resources available, if the country takes bold, decisive and collective action. Today’s opportunity is to optimize how all of America’s stakeholders in a more energy and manufacturing competitive economy can come Dr. David T. Danielson Assistant Secretary for Energy together to forge a new era of U.S. technology leadership, Efficiency & Renewable Energy create jobs and lead the way to a sustainable, secure and U.S. Department of Energy prosperous future. The inaugural AEMC Summit is the nation’s newest launch pad for common action toward these common goals. With our outstanding lineup of speakers, live demonstrations, and an action-oriented group of more than 600 participants, we are poised for a successful launch of a significant effort. We look forward to working with you in the years to come. Ms. Deborah L. Wince-Smith President & CEO Council on Competitiveness 5 Council on Competitiveness AEMC Summit Program Agenda Welcome to the AEMC Summit MORNING 7:00 Registration and Networking Breakfast at the Ronald Reagan International Location: Auditorium Lobby Trade Center. Sessions today 8:00 The American Advantage—Energy & will take place in the Auditorium Manufacturing Location: Auditorium Lobby, Auditorium and Atrium. This session will describe efforts underway to increase U.S. competitiveness in creating clean energy products and Department of Energy (DOE) increasing U.S. manufacturing competitiveness by increasing energy productivity. Side Sessions The Honorable Deborah L. Wince-Smith President & CEO As part of the overall Summit, Council on Competitiveness these Side Sessions will offer The Honorable Ernest J. Moniz Secretary of Energy participants a chance to interact U.S. Department of Energy The Honorable Norman R. Augustine directly with DOE program Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer directors. These special sessions Lockheed Martin Corporation 8:45 Clean Energy Manufacturing Initiative will give participants opportunities Location: Auditorium to learn about manufacturing The Honorable David T. Danielson Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency activities in technology programs, and Renewable Energy upcoming R&D areas, the latest U.S. Department of Energy 9:00 How to Compete in the Global Economy director understandings of Location: Auditorium manufacturing competitiveness, This session will explore how companies remain competitive in an economy characterized by transition, turbulence and and information on recently transformation. Panel leaders will reflect on the strategic investments, partnerships, and vision needed to compete in the awarded grants. global economy. This session will provide perspective on the leadership of individual organizations, and elucidate strengths Please note that space for the and weaknesses in America’s ability to support and cultivate DOE Side Sessions is limited and world-class innovators. Framing Questions seating will be based on a first- How do U.S. companies stay ahead of their domestic and come, first-serve basis. foreign competitors? How well equipped is the Unites States to attract investments from companies that can locate business units across the globe? 6 Agenda Moderator 11:00 Carpe Manufacturing! Leveraging America’s The Honorable Patrick D. Gallagher Advantages for U.S. Energy and Manufacturing Acting Deputy Secretary of Commerce; and Competitiveness Director Location: Auditorium National Institute of Standards and Technology With low energy prices, rising foreign labor costs, strong Speakers intellectual property protection, and a favorable exchange rate, the United States is, by many accounts, poised for a Mr. Ramanath Ramakrishnan resurgence in manufacturing. This session brings together the Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer actors in the innovation ecosystem—private industry, academia, Eaton Corporation the national laboratories, and the government—to explore the Mr. Tom Werner following key questions. Chief Executive Officer Framing Questions SunPower Corporation How can the United States leverage its world-class research 9:45 A View from the Hill and development institutions, skilled labor-force, the shale gas Location: Auditorium boom, and robust entrepreneurial and investment ethos to unleash the intrinsic potential of this distinctive time? In this panel, the group will hear congressional leadership reflecting on the changing energy landscape, the recent What government policies, programs, and initiatives are central rebound in the U.S. manufacturing sector, and what this to unlocking this resurgence? means for their home states. Moderator Keynote Speakers Dr. James H. Stock The Honorable Marcia C. Kaptur Member U.S. House of Representatives Council of Economic Advisers The Honorable Randall M. Hultgren (invited) Speakers U.S. House of Representatives Ms. Amy Ericson U.S. Country President 10:05 Coffee and Networking Break Alstom Corporation Location: Auditorium Lobby Dr. Lloyd Jacobs 10:30 A View from the White House President The Honorable Deborah L Wince-Smith University of Toledo President & CEO Mr. Jeff Wilcox Council on Competitiveness Vice President, Engineering The Honorable Gene B. Sperling Lockheed Martin Corporation Director of the National Economic Council and Ms. Carol Williams Assistant to the President for Economic Policy Executive Vice President The White House Manufacturing & Engineering, Supply Chain and Environmental, Health & Safety Operations The Dow Chemical Company Mr. Roger Wood President and Chief Executive Officer Dana Holding Corporation 7 Council on Competitiveness AEMC Summit Program AFTERNOON Speakers 12: 00 Lunch Dr. Sujeet Chand Location: Main Atrium Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer Rockwell Automation 12:45 Lunch Keynote Mr. Peter Davidson Location: Main Atrium Executive Director Introduction Loan Program Office U.S. Department of Energy The Honorable Barton J. Gordon Partner Dr. Robert Easter K&L Gates President University of Illinois Keynote Speaker Dr. Eric Isaacs The Honorable Steny H. Hoyer Director U.S. House of Representatives Argonne National Laboratory 1:15 Coffee and Exhibits Showcase Mr. Michael Mansuetti Location: Auditorium Lobby President Robert Bosch LLC 1:30 Technologies Driving the United States to Our Energy Future 2:15 Platforms for Innovation and Manufacturing Location: Auditorium Competitiveness—the Roles of the National During the last several years, global investment in the Laboratories clean energy sector has risen nearly fivefold,