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Date(s) - 04/30/2021
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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GWC Webinar Series The Climate Justice Lens Is Here to Stay
Farther & Faster: The Integral Role of Technology in an Equitable Clean-Energy Economy
Friday, April 30, 2021
Noon-1:00 (MDT)
Zoom Webinar Link: https://cu.law/FartherandFaster
The Climate Justice Lens Is Here to Stay Webinar Series is free and open to the public. Please register to receive the Zoom Webinar Link. 1 Colorado CLE available.
Join us for a conversation among two strong voices for creative entrepreneurship who will discuss what it will take to scale up the varied technologies needed to advance an equitable clean-energy economy. Newly appointed Executive Director of the Department of Energy’s Loan Program, Jigar Shah, is a seasoned clean energy entrepreneur, author, and acclaimed podcast host known for his work to create and advocate for market-driven solutions to climate change. Among his many accomplishments, Attorney General Weiser founded the Silicon Flatirons Center for Law, Technology, and Entrepreneurship at Colorado Law, where he catalyzed critical conversations among diverse stakeholders to propel the future of law, policy and entrepreneurship. From strategic investments and the free market, to related law and policy, Shah and Weiser will discuss transforming existing energy infrastructure, accelerating growth of utility-scale solar and wind, expanding domestic manufacturing of electric vehicles, analyzing nuclear potential, and how all of these efforts will advance technology breakthroughs and create jobs.
Jigar Shah, Executive Director, U.S. Department of Energy Loan Program
Jigar Shah was most recently co-founder and President at Generate Capital, where he focused on helping entrepreneurs accelerate decarbonization solutions through the use of low-cost infrastructure-as-a service financing. Prior to Generate Capital, Shah founded SunEdison, a company that pioneered “pay as you save” solar financing. After SunEdison, Shah served as the founding CEO of the Carbon War Room, a global non-profit founded by Sir Richard Branson and Virgin Unite to help entrepreneurs address climate change. Originally, from Illinois, Shah holds a B.S. from the University of Illinois-UC and an MBA from the University of Maryland College Park.
Phil Weiser, Colorado Attorney General
Phil Weiser, Colorado Attorney General, is committed to protecting the people of Colorado, and building an innovative and collaborative organization that will address a range of statewide challenges, from addressing the opioid epidemic, reforming our criminal justice system, to protecting our land, air, and water. Before running for office, Weiser served as the Hatfield Professor of Law and Dean of the University of Colorado Law School, where he founded the Silicon Flatirons Center for Law, Technology, and Entrepreneurship. Weiser served as a Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the U.S. Department of Justice and as Senior Advisor for Technology and Innovation in the Obama Administration’s National Economic Council. He previously served in President Bill Clinton’s Department of Justice as senior counsel to the Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Antitrust Division. Weiser served as a law clerk to Justices Byron R. White and Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the United States Supreme Court and to Judge David Ebel at the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver, Colorado.
Friday, April 30, 2021
Noon-1:00 (MDT)
Registration
Zoom Webinar Link: https://cu.law/FartherandFaster
The Climate Justice Lens Is Here to Stay Webinar Series is free and open to the public. Please register to receive the Zoom Webinar Link. 1 Colorado CLE available.