The annual conference will feature a celebrated keynote, panels of business leaders and policy experts, and a networking luncheon. The conference will incorporate Tufts' unique international perspective as it examines the environmental, security, and economic facets of the global energy crisis.

ESI will have a number of events, including discussion fora and guest speakers, to recognize Massachusetts first annual Clean Energy week. ESI will also organize delegations to attend the Conference on Clean Energy in Boston and the UMass Cleantech Conference in Pittsfield.

Tufts Energy Security Initiative presents

"Who Killed the Electric Car?"

Film will be followed by a discussion. Snacks will be available.

Write up of “Who Killed the Electric Car” screening.

We are at a critical juncture in our energy future. Come hear
representatives of the presidential campaigns debate the energy policies and
plans of their candidates.

For Senator Barack Obama, Jason Grumet, Founder and President of the Bipartisan Policy Center and for Senator John McCain, R. James Woolsey, Venture Partner and Senior Advisor with VantagePoint Venture Partners

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SUMMARY

TiE Boston and the CleanTech SIG once again present the unusual but very popular SIG Field Trip event- A tour of the Hull Wind turbine, featuring catered lunch on a YACHT as we sail to Hull!

The town of Hull hosts one of the premier coastal Wind Power facilities in the United States, earning a recent Department of Energy Wind Power Pioneer award for the program that provides more than 10% of Hull's energy needs.

Sign up now for this exclusive (and fun!) tour of Hull Wind 1, a 660-kilowatt ind turbine that is part of this innovative clean energy program!

As a follow up to the conference, the UK trade consulate in Massachusetts brought three UK energy professionals to Tufts to discuss energy issues with members of the ESI. The consulate expressed interested in helping to facilitate collaboration between Tufts and the Imperial College of London.

Transforming the Energy Market: Our New Generation

The ESI sponsored the Tufts chapter of Initiating Mutual Understanding through Students Exchange (IMUSE). The program was formed by a group of students from Harvard, Peking and Tsinghua University as a way to encourage cultural understanding leading up to the 2008 Olympics. The students sat on a panel along with four Tufts students and discussed the role of energy issues in the future of US-China relations.

A group of eight students traveled to the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE). The conference was attended by thousands of corporate executives and energy ministers from around the world and featured speeches by energy experts and world famous figures such as Prince Charles (via hologram), The Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, former CEO of BP Lord Brown, architect Lord Foster, Steve Sawyer of the Global Wind Energy Council, the Presidents’ of Iceland and Djibouti, among others.

During the 2008 winter recess, two students traveled to Beijing to undertake research on China's rapidly expanding wind energy industry. Through meetings with various experts active within the field, the students sought to assess the current status and the future prospects for large-scale wind development and prescribe realistic policy solutions to foster such development.