Cleantech companies will have a chance to recruit employees and interns in a specially designated “Energy” section of the BASES Entrepreneurship Expo, BASES’ largest career fair of the year for startups. Register to participate as a recruiting company here. Add your resume to the student resume book here.

Various companies and labs will display cleantech technology to the conference attendees and the Stanford campus.

Opening address by R. James Woolsey, former head of the CIA, with remarks by:

• Ralph Cavanagh, Senior Attorney and Co-Director of the Energy Program at the Natural Resources Defense Council
• John Denniston, Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
• Dr. Steven Chu, Director of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory & Nobel Laureate

As we find ourselves at the energy crossroads, there is much debate about which technologies will comprise our future energy mix and where research and subsidy dollars should go. This panel compares three main electricity options for reducing carbon emissions: nuclear, clean coal, and renewables, alongside improvements in transportation, including electric vehicles, bio-fuels, and public transit.

Moderator & Panelists:

• Moderator: Erik Straser, Partner, Mohr Davidow Ventures
• Mark Delucchi, Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Davis
• Chris Flavin, President, The Worldwatch Institute
• Jeff Goodell, Author, Big Coal, contributing editor, Rolling Stone
• Burton Richter, Nobel Laureate and Professor Emeritus, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center

Private-sector investment by large energy corporations, cleantech entrepreneurs, and venture capitalists has played a crucial role in advancing clean energy technologies. Public policies and regulations, in turn, have largely shaped the cleantech business environment. This panel will feature the perspectives of corporate strategists, venture capitalists, and policymakers in an attempt to reconcile private sector and regulatory efforts to drive cleantech to the forefront.

Moderator & Panelists:

• Moderator: John Weyant, Director, Stanford Energy Modeling Forum
• Jeff Byron, Commissioner, California Energy Commission
• Ira Ehrenpreis, General Partner, Technology Partners
• David Gottfried, Founder, U.S. Green Buildings Council
• Jonathan Livingston, Pacific Gas & Electric Company Emerging Technologies

Thomas L. Friedman, New York Time Columnist, three-time Pulitzer Prize winning journalist

With an introduction by President John L. Hennessy

Changing the global energy landscape will require profitable business models that span political boundaries, ensuring a consistently competitive marketplace. In this session, panelists will discuss the challenges and opportunities of the international energy industry, including:

• Taking a clean energy company global
• International technology transfer, especially intellectual property issues
• Future geopolitical impacts on the international energy landscape

Moderator & Panelists:

• Moderator: David Victor, Professor, Stanford Law School; Director, Stanford Program on Energy and Sustainable Development
• Eric Heitz, President, The Energy Foundation
• Ellen Pao, Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
     (note: Wen Hsieh, Partner at KPCB, filled in for Ellen at the event)

• Vijay Vaitheeswaran, Global Correspondent, The Economist
• Steve Westwell, Group VP, BP Alternative Energy

Energy Policy Competition put on by Roosevelt Institution's Stanford Chapter. For more information about the competition, see the challenge overview here.

For more information about the Roosevelt Institution, visit their website here.