Welcome

Master of Ceremonies
Dr. Albert Teich
Senior Policy Advisor American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Opening Remarks
Strobe Talbott
President The Brookings Institution Takashi Hatchoji Group Chairman for the Americas Chairman of the Board of Hitachi America, Ltd.

Dr. Alan Leshner
Chief Executive Officer and Executive Publisher, Science American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Closing Remarks

Takashi Kawamura Chairman of the Board Hitachi, Ltd.

Keynote Presentation

The Honorable Stephen Chu U.S. Secretary of Energy

Panel Discussion Eco-Engineering: Building Sustainable Cities

Moderator
Dr. Vaughan Turekian Chief International Officer American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Panelists
Dr. Matthew Fraser Associate Professor School of Sustainability Arizona State University
James Hunt Chief of Environment and Energy City of Boston, MA
Michinaga Kohno Senior Chief Engineer Smart City Business Management Hitachi, Ltd.
Robert Puentes Senior Fellow Metropolitan Policy Program The Brookings Institution
Tom Shircliff Chairman Envision: Charlotte Steering Committee Intelligent Buildings, LLC

Conversation with Mayors: Sustainable Redevelopment

Moderator
Amy Liu Co-Director and Senior Fellow Metropolitan Policy Program The Brookings Institution

Mayors
Dwight C. Jones Mayor of Richmond, VA
Roy D. Buol Mayor of Dubuque, Iowa