Silicon Valley Study Tour 2012

Provisional Tour Program

Date Activity Topic Status
Monday, 10. September 2012 - 9:00 - 10:00

Guided tour

Stanford University, Hoover Tower, Stanford.
We meet Linda Bernard.

Hoover Tower houses a public policy research center.

To be finalized
Monday, 10. September 2012 - 10:30 - 12:00

Visit

Center for Foresight and Innovation, Center for Foresight and Innovation, Stanford.
We meet William Cockayne.

Practical methods to see the opportunities that are coming.

Establish contact
Monday, 10. September 2012 - 12:00 - 13:30

Lunch

Stanford Faculty Club, Stanford Faculty Club, Stanford.

We will have an invited speaker.

Scheduled
Monday, 10. September 2012 - 14:00 - 16:00

Visit

Center on Nanostructuring for Efficient Energy Conversion, Center on Nanostructuring for Efficient Energy Conversion, Stanford.
We meet Friedrich Prinz.

Increase the efficiency of energy conversion devices.

Establish contact
Monday, 10. September 2012 - 16:30 - 17:30

Visit

People Power, People Power, Palo Alto.
We meet Gene Wang.

Gene Wang, CEO of People Power will show us his house.

In progress (contact established)
Monday, 10. September 2012 - 19:00 - 22:00

Welcome to Silicon Valley party

Dinah's Garden Hotel, Dinah's Garden Hotel, Palo Alto.

The tour participants meet invited guests from Silicon Valley.

Scheduled
Tuesday, 11. September 2012 - 10:00 - 13:00

Visit

City of Sacramento Department of Utilities, City of Sacramento Department of Utilities, Sacramento.
We meet Ursula Oesterle.

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In progress (contact established)
Tuesday, 11. September 2012 - 15:00 - 17:00

Visit

Zome Energy Networks, Zome Sales & Business Development, Berkeley.
We meet Ursula Oesterle.

Zome Products

Establish contact
Tuesday, 11. September 2012 - 19:00 - 22:00

Dinner in Berkeley

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Dinner in a local restaurant

Scheduled
Wednesday, 12. September 2012 - 9:00 - 12:00

Visit

Echelon Corporation, Echelon Corporation, San Jose.
We meet Ursula Oesterle.

open standard, multi-application control networking

In progress (contact established)
Wednesday, 12. September 2012 - 12:30 - 13:00

Visit

Tesla Motors, Tesla Store, Menlo Park.
We meet Troj Jones.

See the new cars

Establish contact
Wednesday, 12. September 2012 - 14:00 - 16:00

Visit

Silver Spring Networks, Silver Spring Networks, Redwood City.
We meet Ursula Oesterle.

Advanced Metering, Demand Response, Electric Vehicles

In progress (contact established)
Wednesday, 12. September 2012 - 18:00 - 19:00

Drinks

San Francisco Marriott Marquis (The View).

Bar on 39th floor with a spectacular view of downtown San Francisco.

Scheduled
Wednesday, 12. September 2012 - 20:00 - 22:00

Dinner in San Francisco

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Dinner in a local restaurant

Scheduled
Thursday, 13. September 2012 - 9:00 - 12:00

Visit

Cisco, Cisco Headquarters, San Jose.
We meet Ursula Oesterle.

Smart Grid & Smart Cities, Korea Case Study

In progress (contact established)
Thursday, 13. September 2012 - 14:00 - 16:00

Visit

NASA Ames Research Center, NASA, Moffet Airfield, Mountain View.
We meet Terence Pagaduan.

NASA's current activities in the clean-tech field

In progress (contact established)
Friday, 14. September 2012 - 9:00 - 13:00

Visit

SAP Research, SAP Research, Palo Alto.
We meet Geoff Ryder.

Green Tech research and products

In progress (contact established)
Friday, 14. September 2012 - 14:00 - 16:00

Wrap-up

Dinah's Garden Hotel, Palo Alto.

We collaborate on the "Smart Book" - our vision of a smart city.

Scheduled
Friday, 14. September 2012 - 19:00 - 22:00

Farewell party

Shoreline Lakeside Café, Shoreline Lakeside Café, Mountain View.

Keynote speaker to be announced.

Scheduled