FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 23, 2012
Media Contact: Paul Bledsoe
***MEDIA ADVISORY***
BPC to Host Expert Discussion of Energy
Innovation at Department of Defense
Event to Coincide with Release of New Report on Opportunities and Limits for DoD Energy Innovation Role
Current and Former Pentagon Experts to Examine Implications for DoD and U.S. Policy
Washington,
D.C. – The Bipartisan Policy Center will hold a policy discussion with
leading experts Wednesday, March 28 on the opportunities and challenges
at the Department of Defense (DoD) for accelerating advanced energy
technologies.
In
recent years, driven by the demands of combat as well as budgetary
stress, the U.S. Department of Defense has increasingly focused on the
ways in which energy affects its operations and the opportunities to
improve its performance through the development and adoption of advanced
energy technologies. Although DoD has been
one of the most potent innovators in history, its security mission will
always take priority. Therefore, a key challenge for policymakers is
maximizing DoD's capacity to contribute to progress on energy-related
technologies in ways that also advance its security mission.
The event March 28th
will focus on the opportunities and challenges at DoD for accelerating
advanced energy technologies, feature leading defense and innovation
experts, and highlight findings from a new BPC-commissioned report, Energy Innovation at the Department of Defense: Assessing the Opportunities, by the Consortium for Science, Policy, and Outcomes at Arizona State University and the Clean Air Task Force. Reports will be available at the event.
WHO:
Norm
Augustine, Member of BPC’s American Energy Innovation Council, Former
Chairman and CEO of Lockheed Martin, and Former Undersecretary of the
Army
Dorothy Robyn, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Installations and Environment, U.S. Department of Defense
Sharon Burke, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Operational Energy Plans and Programs, U.S. Department of Defense
Gen. Ronald Keys, Senior Advisor to the BPC and Former Commander, Air Combat Command, U.S. Air Force
John Alic, Report Author and Project Consultant to the Consortium for Science, Policy, and Outcomes, Arizona State University
Moderated by David Garman, Principal, Decker Garman Sullivan, and Former Under Secretary of Energy, U.S. Department of Energy
WHAT: Energy Innovation at the Department of Defense: Assessing the Opportunities
WHEN: Wednesday, March 28, 2012
2:00PM-3:30PM
WHERE: Bipartisan Policy Center
1225 Eye St. NW
Suite 1000
Washington, DC
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