Energy-Food-Water Nexus Dialogue: Competitiveness Challenges & Opportunities 2 Council on Competitiveness 3
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Energy-Food-Water Nexus Dialogue: Competitiveness Challenges & Opportunities 2 Council on Competitiveness 3 Contents Letter from the Co-hosts 4 Participants 5 Agenda 7 PART 1: ENERGY-FOOD-WATER NEXUS DIALOGUE PRE-REPORT Connecting the Dots 12 Changing Innovation Landscape: The Resource Revolution 13 Background: The Energy-Food-Water Nexus 14 Considerations for a National Strategy 17 Looking Forward 20 Key Questions for the Dialogue 21 PART 2: FINDINGS FROM THE ENERGY-FOOD-WATER NEXUS DIALOGUE Opening Remarks 23 Energy-Food-Water Nexus and the Competitiveness Landscape: 25 Transforming Scarcity into Abundance Innovating at the Nexus: Meeting Future Demand Through 30 Science & Technology Interactions Between Energy, Food and Water: A Perspective from California 34 Policy Implications: Supporting the Energy-Food-Water Nexus 36 Building Partnerships: A Vision for Effective Collaboration 40 Conclusion 45 Endnotes 46 Council on Competitiveness Membership 47 About the Council on Competitiveness 51 4 Council on Competitiveness Letter from the Co-hosts On behalf of University of California, Davis (UC Going forward, we would like to encourage you to Davis) and the Council on Competitiveness, we are join the Council on Competitiveness in critical dis- pleased to share with you the findings from a major cussions to lay the groundwork for a potential, new conversation held on October 28-30, 2012 at the initiative to position the United States to transform UC Davis campus in Davis, California—the “Energy- scarcity into abundance by adopting strategies that Food-Water Dialogue: Competitiveness Challenges consider how resources shape profitability, growth & Opportunities.” opportunities and technological discontinuities. Pressures from global population and economic Sincerely, growth are boosting demand for an increasingly Dr. Linda P.B. Katehi interdependent set of resources—energy, food and Chancellor water. And this is, at the same time, generating a University of California, Davis series of new global challenges, as well as potential opportunities—from new products and services, to The Honorable Deborah L. Wince-Smith expanded industrial capacity and job creation—for President & CEO regions and nations that respond in innovative ways. Council on Competitiveness We believe the United States is primed to address both the urgent challenges and opportunities sur- Dr. Harold H. Schmitz rounding this complex convergence of resource Chief Science Officer needs. With this report, we invite you to take a look Mars, Incorporated, and at the pre-report that created a baseline for our two- Executive Director for the Mars Center for Cocoa day conversation and the post-report that presents Health Science the results from this dialogue. More than 50 senior leaders from across industry, academia, labor and government participated in this dialogue via moder- ated talks and explorations, as well as: a keynote by the Secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture, Ms. Karen Ross; and, a special pre- sentation by Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak.1 Participants 5 ENERGY-FOOD-WATER NEXUS DIALOGUE Participants CO-HOSTS Dr. Paul Dodd Mr. Robert Hutchinson Dr. Linda P.B. Katehi Associate Vice Chancellor for Interdisciplinary Managing Director, Research & Collaboration Chancellor Research and Strategic Initiatives Rocky Mountain Institute University of California, Davis University of California, Davis Dr. Louise Jackson Dr. Harold H. Schmitz Dr. Georgia Drakakaki Professor, Department of Land, Air and Water Chief Science Officer Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Sciences Resources Mars, Incorporated and University of California, Davis University of California, Davis Executive Director of the Mars Center for Cocoa Mr. Anthony Eggert Dr. Lovell (Tu) Jarvis Health Science Executive Director, Policy Institute for Energy, Professor; Special Assistant to the Dean, College The Honorable Deborah L. Wince-Smith Environment and the Economy of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences President and CEO University of California, Davis University of California, Davis Council on Competitiveness Mr. Karl M. Engelbach Dr. Bryan Jenkins Associate Chancellor Director, Energy Institute PARTICIPANTS University of California, Davis University of California, Davis Dr. Barbara Allen-Diaz Mr. Chad Evans Dr. Thomas Johnson Vice President for Agriculture and Natural Senior Vice President Associate Vice President and Chief Resources Council on Competitiveness of Strategic Initiatives University of California, Davis Webster University Dr. John Evans Ms. Victoria Bradshaw Vice President, Technology Dr. Martha Krebs Principal Lockheed Martin Corporation Executive Director, Energy Institute California Strategies, LLC University of California, Davis Dr. Graham Fogg Dr. Jeffrey Collmann Professor, Department of Land, Air Dr. Enrique Lavernia Professor of Microbiology & Immunology and Water Resources Dean, College of Engineering Georgetown University University of California, Davis University of California, Davis Ms. Dona Crawford Mr. Mark Friedman Ms. Karen Law Associate Director for Computation President Senior Manager, Transportation & Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Fulcrum Property Energy Systems TIAX LLC Dr. Steven C. Currall Dr. Robin Graham Dean, Graduate School of Management Deputy Associate Laboratory Director, Dr. Harris Lewin University of California, Davis Computing, Environment, and Life Sciences Vice Chancellor for Research Dr. Jeannie Darby Argonne National Laboratory University of California, Davis Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Dr. Ronnie Green Dr. Frank Loge Engineering Vice President and Vice Chancellor Associate Director, Energy Efficiency Center; University of California, Davis of Agriculture and Natural Resources Director, Center for Water-Energy Efficiency Dr. Mary Delany University of Nebraska (CWEE); and Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering Interim Dean, College of Agriculture and Dr. Andrew Hargadon University of California, Davis Environmental Sciences Charles J. Soderquist Chair in Entrepreneurship University of California, Davis and Professor of Technology Management Dr. Subhash Mahajan Dr. Tomás Díaz de la Rubia University of California, Davis Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science; and Special Advisor to the President Dr. Ralph J. Hexter Chancellor YDS International Consulting Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor University of California, Davis Dr. Gary Dirks University of California, Davis Dr. Michael McCarthy Director, LightWorks Dr. Jan W. Hopmans Professor and Chair, Food Science and Technology Arizona State University Associate Dean, College of Agricultural University of California, Davis and Environmental Sciences University of California, Davis 6 Council on Competitiveness Dr. Debbie Niemeier Dr. Tom Tomich Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering WK Kellogg Endowed Chair in Sustainable Food University of California, Davis Systems; Professor, Environmental Science & Policy; and Dr. Anita Oberbauer Director, Agricultural Sustainability Institute Professor and Chair, Department of University of California, Davis Animal Science University of California, Davis Dr. Spyros Tseregounis Faculty Coordinator in the Office of Corporate Dr. Dushyant Pathak Relations, Office of Research Associate Vice Chancellor for Technology University of California, Davis Management and Corporate Relations University of California, Davis Dr. Raul Piedrahita Professor and Chair, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering University of California, Davis Dr. Brad W. Pietras Director, Advanced Research and Development Lockheed Martin Corporation Ms. Karen Ross Secretary California Department of Food and Agriculture Dr. Douglas Rotman Program Director for Energy and Environmental Security Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Dr. Kate M. Scow Professor, Department of Land, Air & Water Resources University of California, Davis Dr. Ken Shackel Professor and Pomologist, Department of Plant Sciences University of California, Davis Dr. Cindy Stewart Senior Director of Advanced Research Corporate R&D PepsiCo Inc. Dr. Scott Tinker Director, Bureau of Economic Geology The University of Texas at Austin Agenda 7 ENERGY-FOOD-WATER NEXUS DIALOGUE Agenda Sunday, October 28 Dr. Harold H. Schmitz Chief Science Officer EVENING Mars, Incorporated and Executive Director of the Mars Center for Cocoa 6:00 Reception Health Science Vanderhoef Studio Theatre Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center 9:30 The Energy-Food-Water Nexus and for the Performing Arts the Competitiveness Landscape: Welcoming Remarks Transforming Scarcity into Abundance Dr. Ralph J. Hexter Moderator Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Dr. Frank Loge University of California, Davis Associate Director, Energy Efficiency Center, Dr. Subhash Mahajan Director, Center for Water-Energy Efficiency (CWEE) Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering and Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering and Materials Science and Special Advisor to the University of California, Davis Chancellor Kick-Off Discussants University of California, Davis Dr. Tomás Díaz de la Rubia President 7:00 Dinner YDS International Consulting 8:30 Conclude Dr. Martha Krebs Executive Director, Energy Institute Monday, October 29 University of California, Davis Key Questions MORNING 1. What are the implications of the energy-food- water nexus on U.S. competitiveness? 8:30 Registration and Continental Breakfast UC Davis Conference Center 2. What are the challenges involved