Seats Still Available for the UC Solar Symposium

Everyone is invited to attend the 2016 UC Solar Research Symposium, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 7, at the Buehler Alumni and Visitors Center, 530 Alumni Lane, Davis, at the University of California, Davis.

The symposium is free and open to the public, but seats are limited, so register online. Breakfast and lunch are provided.

This year's symposium features a stellar lineup of speakers, including:

• California Secretary of State Alex Padilla
• Commissioner David Hochschild, California Energy Commission
• Howard Branz, founder and principal, Branz Technology Partners LLC
• David Gelbaum, CEO, Entech Solar
• Hamid Abbasi, senior technical staff, Gas Technology Institute (GTI)
• David Phillips, associate vice president for Energy and Sustainability,
• UC Office of the President
• UC Solar Director and Distinguished Professor Roland Winston, UC Merced
• Professor Umesh Mishra, UC Solar co-director, UC Santa Barbara
• Matthew Law, UC Solar co-director and director of the Center for Solar
• Energy, UC Irvine
• Alfredo Martinez-Morales, UC Solar co-director and managing director of the Southern California-Research Initiative for Solar Energy, UC Riverside