Sorry for the late invite to this….. Subject: [NCSE] Invitation to the 2013 Energy Innovation Conference | "Innovation Ecosystemsfor Energy Solutions" 2013 Energy Innovation Conference: “Innovation Ecosystems for Energy Solutions” November 4-6, 2013 Argonne National Laboratory Please join us at the 2013 Energy Innovation Conference: “Innovation Ecosystems for Energy Solutions” November 4-6th at Argonne National Laboratory, near Chicago. Kristina Johnson, former Undersecretary of Energy and CEO of Enduring Hydro, heads a lineup of top speakers from industry, government and academia. You can participate in tours of Argonne, Illinois agriculture by small plane and sustainable Chicago. The meeting is replete with opportunities for networking with other energy leaders. Argonne is the home of the Joint Center for Energy Storage Research (JCESR), a DOE Energy Frontier Research Center. In addition to learning about JCESR and other collaborative approaches, we will be discussing finance and tech transfer, energy education, policy and specific energy technologies including bioenergy, batteries for transportation and grid storage, clean coal, and solar energy. There will be a special opportunity to learn about the Midwest Aviation Sustainable Bioenergy Initiative. The current agenda can be found on our website: http://ncseonline.org/2013-cerel-annual-energy-innovation-conference. The meeting is organized by the Council of Energy Research and Education Leaders (CEREL) of the National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE). Our host universities are the University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Each member university of the Council of Energy Research and Education Leaders (CEREL) receives one complementary registration, and a 67% discount on additional registrations. Please register today at: http://www.cvent.com/d/x4q73s/4W. If you are not at a CEREL member institution, half of your $600 registration fee can be applied to a new CEREL membership before the end of this year. The CEREL conference is the largest gathering of the year. We are looking forward to having you with us. If you have any questions, please contact Steven Feldman, CEREL’s Program Coordinator, at sfeldman@ncseonline.org<mailto:sfeldman@ncseonline.org> or 202-530-5810 x215 or David Blockstein, Ph.D, CEREL’s Executive Secretary at david@ncseonline.org<mailto:david@ncseonline.org> or 202-207-0004. [cid:image002.jpg@01CED3F5.FCB3C090][cid:image004.jpg@01CED3F5.FCB3C090]Sincerely, Tim Carr, Ph.D., Susan Jenkins, Ph. D., President, CEREL Past President, CEREL Marshall Miller Energy Professor Managing Director, Energy Biosciences Institute West Virginia University University of California, Berkeley