Environmental Innovation Practicum Schedule

Tuesdays from 4-5:50 PM (All lectures are open to the public at 4:30 PM.)
Mary Gates Hall, 389
*Sessions on 10/11, 10/25 and 11/1 are in BAEEC, Douglas Forum
Instructor: Deb Hagen-Lukens, dlhagen@uw.edu

Required Electronic Text: Reinventing Fire: Bold Business Solutions for the New Energy Era ©2011
Amory Lovins, Rocky Mountain Institute,
rmi.org

The goal of this practicum is to discover the universe of cleantech solutions to our most pressing environmental challenges and to raise your awareness of how you might be part of that solution.  You’ll form teams around problems you identify, and present your solutions to the class. Although not required, teams are invited to go on to compete in the fourth UW Environmental Innovation Challenge event to be held in Seattle March 29, 2012.

 

Date Topic Speaker
October 4 The Public Policy: Innovation Equation Kirt Montague, formerly with Prometheus Energy Group
Watch Presentation
*October 11 Reinventing Fire: Bold Business Solutions for the New Energy Era
6-7:00 Reception Following
Michael Potts, President
Rocky Mountain Institute
Watch Presentation
October 18 Life Cycle Analyses: Understanding True Impact Melissa Winters, Environmental Protection Specialist, U.S. EPA Region 10
Watch Presentation
*October 25 Transportation:
Fueling Fitter Vehicles
Dale Gluck, BioAlgene
Hoby Douglass,
Sustainable Business Development, General BioDiesel
6-7:00 Info Session for Environmental Innovation Challenge & Business Competition
Food/Beverages
Connie Bourassa-Shaw, Director
Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
*November 1 Buildings:
Design for Better Living
6-7:00 Reception Following
David AllenMcKinstry
Watch Presentation | View Slideshow
November 15 Industry:
Remaking How We Make Things
James Billmaier, Author
Jolt! The Impending Dominance of the Electric Car
Watch Presentation
November 22 Electricity:
Re-powering Prosperity
Peter Christensen,
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Watch Presentation
November 29 Funding Cleantech Innovation Kirk Van Alstyne,
Evolution Capital Advisors
Lars Johansson, President
Energethic