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Subcommittee on
Electric Drive Battery Research and Development Activities
Mary L. Good (NAE), Chair Ralph Brodd
Dean Emeritus, Donaghey College President
of Engineering and Information Broddarp of Nevada
Technology
Special Advisor to the Chancellor Robert Kruse
for Economic Development Principal
University of Arkansas EV Consulting
at Little Rock
W. Clark McFadden II
Raymond G. Boeman Senior Counsel
Director, Energy Partnerships Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Daniel Sperling
Michael G. Borrus Director, Institute
Founding General Partner of Transportation Studies
X/Seed Capital Management University of California, Davis
Committee on Competing in the 21st Century:
Best Practice in State and Regional Innovation Initiatives
Mary L. Good (NAE), Chair W. Clark McFadden II
Dean Emeritus, Donaghey College Senior Counsel
of Engineering and Information Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Technology
Special Advisor to the Chancellor David T. Morgenthaler
for Economic Development Founding Partner
University of Arkansas Morgenthaler Ventures
at Little Rock
Edward E. Penhoet (IOM)
Michael G. Borrus Director
Founding General Partner Alta Partners
X/Seed Capital Management
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William C. Harris President
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Science Foundation Arizona on Technology, LLC
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PROJECT STAFF
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Study Director Senior Program Officer
McAlister T. Clabaugh David E. Dierksheide
Program Officer Program Officer
David S. Dawson Peter Engardio
Senior Program Assistant Consultant
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President Dean Emeritus, Donaghey College
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation of Engineering and Information
Technology
Ernst R. Berndt Special Advisor to the Chancellor
Louis E. Seley Professor for Economic Development
in Applied Economics University of Arkansas
Massachusetts Institute at Little Rock
of Technology
William H. Janeway
John Donovan Partner
Chief Technology Officer Warburg Pincus, LLC
AT&T Inc.
Richard K. Lester
Alan M. Garber (IOM) Japan Steel Industry Professor
Provost Head, Nuclear Science
Harvard University and Engineering
Founding Director, Industrial
Ralph E. Gomory (NAS/NAE) Performance Center
Research Professor Massachusetts Institute
Stern School of Business of Technology
New York University
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William F. Meehan III Kathryn L. Shaw
Lecturer in Strategic Management Ernest C. Arbuckle Professor
Raccoon Partners Lecturer of Economics
in Management Graduate School of Business
Graduate School of Business Stanford University
Stanford University
and Laura D’Andrea Tyson
Director Emeritus S.K. and Angela Chan Professor
McKinsey and Co., Inc. of Global Management
Haas School of Business
David T. Morgenthaler University of California, Berkeley
Founding Partner
Morgenthaler Ventures Harold R. Varian
Chief Economist
Luis M. Proenza Google, Inc.
President
The University of Akron Alan Wm. Wolff
Senior Counsel
William J. Raduchel McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP
Chairman
Opera Software ASA
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Executive Director Program Director
Paul T. Beaton David S. Dawson
Program Officer Senior Program Assistant
McAlister T. Clabaugh David E. Dierksheide
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Contents
PREFACE xiii
I. OVERVIEW 1
II. PROCEEDINGS 45
DAY ONE
Welcome 47
Greg Main, Michigan Economic Development Corporation
Opening Remarks I 48
Carl Levin, United States Senate
Opening Remarks II
Introduction by Charles W. Wessner, The National Academies 51
Sridhar Kota, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy 52
Opening Remarks III 56
Jennifer Granholm, State of Michigan
Overview of NAS Study: Building the Battery Industry
for Electric Vehicles 59
Mary Good, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Keynote Address
Introduction by John R. Chalifoux, Original Equipment Suppliers 62
Association
Debbie Stabenow, United States Senate 63
Panel I: The Federal Outlook for the U.S. Battery Industry 70
Moderator: Charles W. Wessner, The National Academies
The Department of Energy Perspective 70
Patrick B. Davis, U.S. Department of Energy
Vehicle Technologies Program
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