Brian Bauer is the Competition Director for Cornell’s Center for Regional Economic Advancement. Brian runs 76West, NYSERDA’s clean energy business competition, and the Grow-NY food and agriculture competition. He is also an Entrepreneur in Residence for the Southern Tier Startup Alliance, a member organization of incubators across the Southern Tier and a collaboration between Cornell University, Binghamton University, and Corning Enterprises. Brian has a BS in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University and an MBA in Operations and Finance from the University of Chicago.
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Clean Energy and COVID-19
Green Priorities for the Economic Recovery
Thursday, June 04, 2020, 11am
EDT
Event Overview
The COVID-19 global pandemic has caused sectors of manufacturing, travel, and other work to grind to a halt worldwide. This pause has resulted in significant changes to energy use and carbon emissions. With lockdowns now being lifted, more and more businesses will reopen and we’ll all try to return to our normal social and travel activities.
But the climate crisis will still be waiting for us when the pandemic ends, and it’s our responsibility to ensure that economic recovery is done with the health of the planet in mind. Can we balance clean energy goals with the need to rebuild our economies? Should we be focused on returning to “normal,” or can we instead see this as an opportunity to progress toward “better”?
This panel of clean energy planners, policy influencers, and leaders will detail some of the most important clean energy efforts and goals to focus on during the next year amid the ongoing pandemic and recovery.
But the climate crisis will still be waiting for us when the pandemic ends, and it’s our responsibility to ensure that economic recovery is done with the health of the planet in mind. Can we balance clean energy goals with the need to rebuild our economies? Should we be focused on returning to “normal,” or can we instead see this as an opportunity to progress toward “better”?
This panel of clean energy planners, policy influencers, and leaders will detail some of the most important clean energy efforts and goals to focus on during the next year amid the ongoing pandemic and recovery.
What You'll Learn
- How COVID-19 has impacted the energy industry on both local and global levels
- Which clean energy policy initiatives or practices should be kept in mind as we resume our work, social, and travel lives
- How business owners and leaders can prioritize the growth of clean energy as they reopen their businesses
- How national and regional leaders can balance their ambitious climate goals with the unprecedented economic crisis brought on by the pandemic
- How Cornell has adapted to COVID-19’s impacts on demand and how the pandemic has affected the university’s climate science efforts
Speakers
Brian Bauer
Entrepreneur in Residence
Cornell Center for Regional Economic Advancement
Entrepreneur in Residence, Cornell Center for Regional Economic Advancement
Chair, 38 North Solutions, LLC
Katherine Hamilton is Chair of 38 North Solutions. She has been listed on the #Solar100 board by kWh Analytics and received a Cleanie Award as Entrepreneur of the Year. Katherine has led several councils of the World Economic Forum as a global policy and technology thought leader. She previously served as President of the GridWise Alliance, advocating for nearly $5 billion in funding for smart grid projects in the Recovery Act. Katherine studied electrical engineering at Northern Virginia Community College and holds degrees from Cornell University and the Sorbonne.
Katherine MacDonald
Assistant Director, Technology to Market
NYSERDA
Assistant Director, Technology to Market, NYSERDA
Katie MacDonald is an entrepreneurship enthusiast and climate leader with experience in international development, business acceleration, and strategic partnerships within the climatetech sector. Katie has served as the Assistant Director of Technology to Market at NYSERDA since February 2020 and helps support and launch programs that can help the State of New York address its ambitious climate and energy goals through innovation and entrepreneurship. Katie came to NYSERDA from Greentown Labs, the largest cleantech incubator in the United States, where she was Senior Director of Strategic Partnerships, responsible for corporate partnerships and industry accelerator programs. At Greentown, Katie designed and scaled the “Greentown Launch” model for corporate/startup partnership development and ran unique programs in energy storage, hydrogen, solar materials, circular economy, and distributed energy resources. Before Greentown Labs, Katie served as Executive Director of Cleantech Open Northeast, the region’s premier cleantech business accelerator. Katie has also worked for organizations such as the World Bank, 350.org, and Amherst College to build innovation programs, organize communities, and drive climate impact. Katie sits on the Board of 501CTHREE, a nonprofit dedicated to catalyzing social and entrepreneurial action on climate
Lara Skinner
Executive Director
Cornell ILR School Climate Jobs Institute
Executive Director, Climate Jobs Institute at Cornell University’s ILR School
Lara Skinner is the Executive Director of The Climate Jobs Institute at Cornell and Chair of the institute’s Labor Leading on Climate Initiative. Her research, writing, and labor education work focuses on the engagement of workers and labor unions on issues of sustainability, climate protection, and economic alternatives. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Oregon in 2010 and began her career in labor working with Oregon’s Farmworkers Union (Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste), the University of Oregon Labor Education and Research Center, and as an active member of the Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation, Local 3544. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Oregon in 2010.
Brian Bauer
Entrepreneur in Residence
Cornell Center for Regional Economic Advancement
Entrepreneur in Residence, Cornell Center for Regional Economic Advancement
Brian Bauer is the Competition Director for Cornell’s Center for Regional Economic Advancement. Brian runs 76West, NYSERDA’s clean energy business competition, and the Grow-NY food and agriculture competition. He is also an Entrepreneur in Residence for the Southern Tier Startup Alliance, a member organization of incubators across the Southern Tier and a collaboration between Cornell University, Binghamton University, and Corning Enterprises. Brian has a BS in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University and an MBA in Operations and Finance from the University of Chicago.
Chair, 38 North Solutions, LLC
Katherine Hamilton is Chair of 38 North Solutions. She has been listed on the #Solar100 board by kWh Analytics and received a Cleanie Award as Entrepreneur of the Year. Katherine has led several councils of the World Economic Forum as a global policy and technology thought leader. She previously served as President of the GridWise Alliance, advocating for nearly $5 billion in funding for smart grid projects in the Recovery Act. Katherine studied electrical engineering at Northern Virginia Community College and holds degrees from Cornell University and the Sorbonne.
Katherine MacDonald
Assistant Director, Technology to Market
NYSERDA
Assistant Director, Technology to Market, NYSERDA
Katie MacDonald is an entrepreneurship enthusiast and climate leader with experience in international development, business acceleration, and strategic partnerships within the climatetech sector. Katie has served as the Assistant Director of Technology to Market at NYSERDA since February 2020 and helps support and launch programs that can help the State of New York address its ambitious climate and energy goals through innovation and entrepreneurship. Katie came to NYSERDA from Greentown Labs, the largest cleantech incubator in the United States, where she was Senior Director of Strategic Partnerships, responsible for corporate partnerships and industry accelerator programs. At Greentown, Katie designed and scaled the “Greentown Launch” model for corporate/startup partnership development and ran unique programs in energy storage, hydrogen, solar materials, circular economy, and distributed energy resources. Before Greentown Labs, Katie served as Executive Director of Cleantech Open Northeast, the region’s premier cleantech business accelerator. Katie has also worked for organizations such as the World Bank, 350.org, and Amherst College to build innovation programs, organize communities, and drive climate impact. Katie sits on the Board of 501CTHREE, a nonprofit dedicated to catalyzing social and entrepreneurial action on climate
Lara Skinner
Executive Director
Cornell ILR School Climate Jobs Institute
Executive Director, Climate Jobs Institute at Cornell University’s ILR School
Lara Skinner is the Executive Director of The Climate Jobs Institute at Cornell and Chair of the institute’s Labor Leading on Climate Initiative. Her research, writing, and labor education work focuses on the engagement of workers and labor unions on issues of sustainability, climate protection, and economic alternatives. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Oregon in 2010 and began her career in labor working with Oregon’s Farmworkers Union (Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste), the University of Oregon Labor Education and Research Center, and as an active member of the Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation, Local 3544. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Oregon in 2010.
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