WEST Summit December 6, 2010
On December 6th, 2010, Sustainable Silicon Valley presented the Water, Energy and Smart Technology (WEST) Summit at Stanford University with a focus on long-term resiliency in Silicon Valley through the distributed management of our water and energy supply.
Keynote Speakers:
Buzz Thompson, Co-Director, Woods Institute for the Environment
Bonnie Nixon, SSV Board Chair
Drew Clark, Director of Strategy, Co-founder, IBM Venture Capital Group
Conference Agenda included:
- Agenda and Speakers
- Welcome and Introduction
- Integrated Water Systems - Wastewater as a Resource
- Measuring for Impact and Success: Case Studies
- EcoCloud: Network for Innovation
- It IS Rocket Science: Life Support Systems for Planet Earth
- Innovation in Technology to Manage Water and Energy
- Innovation in Business Structures and Models
- Plenary Panel and Call to Action: Catalyzing Transformative Change
- Catalyzing Change
- Call to Action
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WEST Summit (NASA Ames Water Summit) December 7, 2009
On December 7th, 2009, Sustainable Silicon Valley presented the Water, Energy and Smart Technology (WEST) Summit at Nasa Ames Research Center with a focus on resiliency in long-term water supply and management in Silicon Valley.
Keynote speakers:
Dr. Steve Zornetzer, Assoc. Director NASA Ames Research Center
Prof. Bob Wilkinson, University of California, Santa Barbara
Will Durst, Political Comedian
David Zetland, University of California, Berkeley
Conference Agenda Included:
- Agenda and Speakers
- Art Jensen Plenary Panel
- Solutions: Innovation and Smart Water Grid
- Climate Change and Water Policy
- Solutions: Water and the Built Environment
- Business Risks and Infrastructure Financing
- Solutions: Advanced Sensing and IT for Water Management
- How We View and Value Water
- Solutions: Landscaping and Agriculture, Outdoor Water Use
- Solutions: Water Recycling and New Business Models
- Lunch Talk Summary
- David Zetland Presentation “Sustainability and the End of Abundance”
- Robert Wilkinson_video
Conference summaries written and edited by: David Carini (General Editor), Laura Lilly, Adam Cole, David Jay, Marilyn Crenshaw and Susan Hopp.
Videos:
2009 Water Summit at NASA Ames (YouTube Video)
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