2008 Event Overview
Generating renewable energy. Enabling clean transportation. Delivering pure water. The biggest challenges of the 21st century create the greatest opportunities for profit . and they're all enabled by emerging technologies in advanced materials, synthetic biology, and nanotechnology. The Lux Executive Summit is the must-attend event to get smart and get connected on the new frontiers of science-driven innovation.
Now in its fourth year, the Lux Executive Summit brings together corporate executives, start-up CEOs, financial leaders, and academic luminaries that power science-driven innovation. Speaker, sponsors, and attendees learn from the wealth of data and ideas presented at the conference, and make personal connections with other senior executives that lead to collaboration, investment, and other opportunities.
The Lux Executive Summit stands out among emerging technology conferences because it:
- Caters exclusively to senior executives, fund managers, and high-ranking public sector officials.
- Attracts C-level speakers from large corporations leading their industries in emerging technologies.
- Focuses on business and finance issues - commercialization, not laboratory science.
- Presents proprietary frameworks and data from Lux Research's world-renowned analyst team.
About Lux Research
Lux Research provides strategic advice and on-going intelligence for emerging technologies. Leaders in business, finance, and government rely on us to help them make informed strategic decisions. Through our unique research approach focused on primary research and extensive global network, we deliver insight, connections, and competitive advantage to our clients.
Featured 2008 Speaker
Roger Duncan
General Manager
Austin Energy
Roger Duncan is the General Manager of Austin Energy, the Municipal Utility for Austin, Texas. Austin Energy is the 9th largest public power utility in the country with 388,000 customers and serving a population of 880,000. The utility provides low-cost, reliable power and is nationally recognized for some of the most advanced and comprehensive energy efficiency and Green Building programs in the nation.
Roger Duncan has more than two decades of experience in City government including two terms as an Austin City Council Member from 1981 to 1985. He joined the utility in 1998 as Vice President for conservation, renewable and environmental policy. He was appointed Deputy General Manager in 2004. As Deputy General Manager, he managed Strategic Planning, Government Relations, On-site Generation, residential and commercial energy efficiency and Green Building. Prior to joining Austin Energy, Mr. Duncan was the Director of the Environmental Department for the City of Austin.
Roger serves on the Board of Directors of the Environmental and Energy Study Institute, the Electric Drive Transportation Association, and the Public Sustainability Partnership. Business Week magazine recognized Mr. Duncan as one of the "Top 20 Individual Carbon Reducers" in the world.
Roger holds a B.A. degree with a major in Philosophy, University of Texas at Austin.