[Env seminars] Solar Energy Talks/Luncheon: Michael Graetzel/Howard Burke, Fri Dec 2 10:00AM-1:00PM, Swiss Consulate in Harvard Square

[David Thomas Danielson]

SHARE and the MIT Energy Club are pleased to invite you to a Solar Energy
Luncheon Event featuring presentations by the following leaders in the field:

(Note: An MIT group will be heading over to this event together. Please contact
Libby Wayman, libway at mit.edu, to join this group.)

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Prof. Michael Graetzel
EPFL, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Switzerland
"Light and Energy: Solar Generation of Electric Power by Nanocrystalline Solar
Cells"

&

Howard Berke,
Chairman and CEO, Konarka Technologies
"Trends and Opportunities in Solar Energy"


Friday December 2nd, 10AM
at SHARE, Consulate of Switzerland
420 Broadway
Cambridge, MA
(See below for directions)

10:00-11:30AM: Presentations
11:30-12:00PM: Q&A
12:00-1:00PM:  Informal Lunch

RSVP:  Libby Wayman, libway at mit.edu

Event Description:

This presentation and luncheon event offers the best of both innovation and
entrepreneurship of Solar Energy.  Professor Michael Graetzel, acclaimed
scientist and inventor of the Graetzel Solar Cell, will share the science &
technology behind the Graetzel Cell, while Howard Berke, accomplished
entrepreneur and business builder, will share experiences and future trends in
the Solar Energy sector.  This event also offers the chance to mingle over
lunch with these experts, representing both ends of the spectrum of
professionals responsible for bringing renewable energy to reality and to
practice.

Space for lunch will be limited to around 100.
Please RSVP to Libby Wayman:  libway at mit.edu

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Speaker Bio's:

Professor Graetzel
<http://isic.epfl.ch/graetzel_e.htm>http://isic.epfl.ch/graetzel_e.htm

Howard Berke
<http://www.konarka.com/about/leadership_team/>http://www.konarka.com/about/leadership_team/


Directions to SHARE:
SHARE, located on 420 Broadway, is at the corner of Broadway and Ellery Street
across
from the Cambridge Library and Latin School. It is about 10 minutes walking
distance from
both Harvard and Central Squares. The bus #68 leaves Kendall Square and Harvard
Square
(Holoyoke Gate) every 30 minutes and stops in front of SHARE.

Sponsoring Organizations:

SHARE:
The Consulate of Switzerland known as the Swiss House for Advanced Research and
Education is a novel and unique private/public partnership creating a hybrid
between an official representation and an entrepreneurial organization
comparable to a consulting company.
Supported by more than 25 private sponsors and the Swiss government, a team of
seven people aims to foster closer links between the Greater Boston Area and
Switzerland in the fields of research, education and high-tech. In addition to
hosting more than 60 events every year, SHARE triggers and facilitates
collaborative projects through workshops, videoconferences, delegation and
personal visits.

MIT Energy Club:
The MIT Energy Club is a student organization at MIT dedicated to the education
and understanding of contemporary energy technologies and issues.  The MIT
Energy Club holds bi-weekly discussions and presentations on energy topics,
brings together the energy community at MIT, unites the MIT and external energy
communities, and hosts and supports many other energy events.  For additional
information on the MIT Energy Club and its events please see:
http://web.mit.edu/mit_energy/