Energy Action Network is collaborating with Senator Sanders office and the Public Service Department to convene the second annual Energy Finance Summit. Join Senator Bernie Sanders, Governor Peter Shumlin, Commissioner Miller and other key Vermont stakeholder from the public and private sector for this exciting, all-day event.

WHEN: Monday, June 17, 2013 from 9am-4pm

WHERE: UVM’s Davis Center, Burlington, VT

The goal is to identify actionable steps related to financing that will help to move Vermont toward more a sustainable energy economy that includes more renewable energy installations and greater efficiency.

Keynote speaker: Dr. David Danielson

Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Dr. Danielson leads the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) within the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). As Assistant Secretary, Dr. Danielson oversees a broad energy portfolio that is intended to hasten the transition to a clean energy economy.

Previously, Dr. Danielson was the first Program Director hired by DOE’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). At ARPA-E, Dr. Danielson developed and led R&D programs with a budget of more than $100 million that focused on high-risk, high-reward, disruptive clean energy technologies.

Prior to joining ARPA-E, Dr. Danielson was a clean energy venture capitalist at General Catalyst Partners, a Boston-based venture capital fund. He co-founded the firm’s clean energy investment practice and helped build and grow startups in various clean energy technology areas including solar power, wind power, advanced biofuels, bio-gas, carbon capture and storage, and advanced lighting.

Dr. Danielson was a co-founder of the New England Clean Energy Council. He has authored more than 20 scientific articles in the field of advanced materials. While at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Dr. Danielson was the founder and President of the MIT Energy Club and a founding Director of the MIT Energy Conference. For his work in building a strong multidisciplinary energy community at MIT, he was awarded the Karl Taylor Compton Prize, MIT’s highest student award. Dr. Danielson holds a Bachelor of Science, summa cum laude, in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley and a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.