Speakers

Alexander Karsner is the U.S. Department of Energy’s assistant secretary for energy efficiency and renewable energy. He manages the nation's federal applied science, research, development, and deployment portfolio, promoting marketplace integration of renewable and environmentally sound energy technologies for transportation, generation, and efficiency. Previously, he served as an international developer and private sector energy entrepreneur on a wide range of technologies and fuel sources. He has managed large-scale power projects in North America, Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa, and was also based in Hong Kong and London, where he worked with multinational energy, engineering, development, and finance corporations before leading his own company to develop the world's largest private wind farm outside the United States.