General Membership Meeting

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General Membership Meeting

• September 2, 2009
• 1230-200pm
• Booth Auditorium, Boalt Hall / School of Law

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Agenda

• Overview of BERC
• BERC Events
• UC Berkeley Energy Symposium
• BERC Programs
• SEED
• BIS
• BEC
• C2M
• Communications
• Competitions
• BERC Communities
• Close

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Agenda

• Overview of BERC
• BERC Events
• UC Berkeley Energy Symposium
• BERC Programs
• SEED
• BIS
• BEC
• C2M
• Communications
• Competitions
• BERC Communities
• Close

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BERC Mission Vision
The Berkeley Energy Resources Collaborative is
the multidisciplinary network that connects all
aspects of energy and resources at the University
of California, Berkeley.

• BERCs mission is to connect, educate, and engage
  students in order to foster innovation and
  action. To this end, BERC
• Connects nearly 2000 members as part of a
  multidisciplinary network of students, alumni,
  and professionals in the fields of energy and
  resources
• Educates students about the most cutting edge
  work in energy and resources through organizing
  events, brownbag lectures, and field trips
• Engages members by providing opportunities to
  address global energy and resource issues and to
  create applications for cutting-edge research and
  technology.

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BERC Membership
BERC is made up of nearly 2000 individuals
students from over fifteen departments at UC
Berkeley alumni and professionals in the
energy, resources, and cleantech sectors.
For membership questions, contact Audrey Barrett,
VP of Membership at bercmembership_at_gmail.com
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BERC Leadership Structure

• Co-President Elections Mid-November
• Leadership Team Selection in Late November
• BERC Associate Leaders
• Volunteer 10 hours per semester OR
• Co-plan one event

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Agenda

• Overview of BERC
• BERC Events
• UC Berkeley Energy Symposium
• BERC Programs
• SEED
• BIS
• BEC
• C2M
• Communications
• Competitions
• BERC Leadership
• Close

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BERC Events
Events are a critical way that BERC connects,
educates, and engages its members.

• BERC Calendar
• - Clearinghouse for all events on campus that
  are related to energy and resources

- Typically, there are 5-15 topical events per
week BERC-sponsored programming - BERC puts
on 30 events per year. - Events range from
intimate brownbag lunches to huge
conferences Contact VPs of Events Lala Wu
(lala.wu_at_berkeley.edu), Brianna Wolf
(brianna_wolf_at_mba.berkeley.edu)
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BERC-Sponsored Programming

• Flagship Events
• Energy Symposium
• Annual Lecture
• Regular Programming
• Membership mixers (semi-annual BBQs and happy
  hours)
• Topical programming (lectures, workshops,
  discussions, etc.)
• School-specific (career-related programming)
• BERC Program-specific (alumni events, SEED fair,
  etc.)
• Potpourri (tours, company visits, etc.)

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BERC 2009 Spring Events
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Upcoming BERC-Sponsored Programming

• Help add dates to the calendar
• Suggest topics and speakers of interest to the
  Event VPs
• Better, help plan a brownbag lunch, tour, or
  lecture event!

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Agenda

• Overview of BERC
• BERC Events
• UC Berkeley Energy Symposium
• BERC Programs
• SEED
• BIS
• BEC
• C2M
• Communications
• Competitions
• BERC Leadership
• Close

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UC Berkeley Energy Symposium
BERCs flagship annual event is the UC Berkeley
Energy Symposium, organized entirely by students
and attended by over 700 students, academics and
industry leaders.

• Unique audience among Energy Cleantech
  conferences
• More than 700 attendees
• 1/3 Students, 1/3 private sector, 1/3 public
  sector
• Full day event brings together science, policy,
  and business to feature the best that UC Berkeley
  has to offer
• Two keynote speakers
• 8 panels
• Poster Session featuring cutting edge UC Berkeley
  Research
• Next years Symposium Thursday, March 4th, 2010
• Continuing possibilities for future expansion

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2010 Symposium Planning Team Recruitment
Interdisciplinary student team comprised of 20-25
BERC members spanning several academic areas and
energy interests.

• Symposium Recruitment Needs
• Co-Chairs - Separate Application Process
• Content Development
• Poster Session
• Logistics and Event Planning
• Sales and Promotion
• Fundraising
• Budgeting

• Participation Benefits
• Guide campus dialogue on energy
• Gain knowledge in key areas of interest
• Network with industry insiders
• Execute a first-class conference

If interested, sign up on sheet or email
Matt_Carrington_at_mba.berkeley.edu First meeting
for new volunteers will be scheduled for
mid-September. Be on the lookout!
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Agenda

• Overview of BERC
• BERC Events
• UC Berkeley Energy Symposium
• BERC Programs
• SEED
• BIS
• BEC
• C2M
• Communications
• Competitions
• BERC Communities
• Close

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SEED
K-12 Educational outreach program focused on
energy and resources
Goals
Programs

• Educate community about energy and resource
  issues
• Increase BERCs community involvement
• Give BERC members an opportunity to teach

• After School Program
• 1 afternoon per week
• 1 SEED teacher4-6 students, 4th-7th graders
• Activity-based curriculum culminating with
  projects and Water Fair
• CRS
• 1-time lessons based on your schedule
• Create and teach lesson with a group
• CONTACT Maria Schriver at seed.berc_at_gmail.com

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BIS Why wait? Start a cleantech career now!
This falls BIS program is off and strong start
with a variety of amazing opportunities.

• BERC Innovative Solutions (BIS)
• BIS exists to align interdisciplinary student
  consulting teams with clients from business,
  nonprofit and government sectors to address
  energy and resource related challenges and
  opportunities on a project-by-project basis. The
  dual goal of the program is to provide clients
  with meaningful solutions, and to offer student
  team members rich energy and resources
  experiences.

• Fall 2009 Projects Include
• Corporate Venture Capital  Cleantech Investment
  Analysis
• Energy Efficiency and Social Innovation
• Renewable Generation Coordination and
  Enablement  Market Expansion
• Strategic Biomass to Electricity Greenhouse Gas
  Policy Design

Get your application at berc.berkeley.edu/bis,
and submit by next Wednesday, September 9th.
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Berkeley Energy Connections (BEC)
BEC is an effort by BERC and the Environmental
Energy Technologies Division (EETD) of the
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. The
program facilitates new collaborations between
those at UC-Berkeley and the Lab, providing new
opportunities for growth.
BEC has three lead program components Graduate
Student Outreach September 18th 430 to 630
pm More info soon! EETD and BERC will operate
an event designed to introduce students to work
conducted at the Lab. EETD invites students to
apply with the department, in search of new
talent to add to LBL.
Students Opening Ideas with LBL (SOIL) With
countless ideas in the minds of researchers at
LBL, SOIL will distribute the their concepts and
projects out to the skills and eagerness of
Berkeley students. After the software is
developed, researchers input projects into a
website, which also collects participating
student information. Upon finding matched skills
and time, the site invites the parties to start
communicating. Projects can be as simple or
complicated as one desires. The LBL EETD
Co-Sponsorship of the Energy Efficiency and
Conservation Idea Lab EETD has teamed up with
BERC to help host for and speaker at EEC Idea
Labs. With this partnership, new volunteers will
aid in running the Idea Lab once every two weeks,
often at the Lab. Participating students will
enjoy free food with an LBL employee or other
efficiency expert, who presents their work in an
informal yet focused environment. Students will
come having read relevant publications and are
prepared to contribute to a lively and thoughtful
discussion. Contact Nick Bojda, BEC Chair at
nickbojda_at_gmail.com.
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Cleantech to Market (C2M)
BERC founded the Cleantech to Market (C2M)
program, which will operated jointly by Haas
School of Business and LBNL as a for-credit
course in the future.

• C2M matches cross-disciplinary teams of graduate
  students with scientists from the Lawrence
  Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) and the UC
  Berkeley Office of Technology Licensing to
  analyze and develop strategies to bridge the gap
  between lab and market
• 2008-2009 BERC partnered with the Technology
  Transfer Department at LBNL to pilot the program
• 2009-2010 Two co-directors will lead C2M as an
  interdisciplinary graduate course

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Cleantech to Market Spring 2010

• Haas, Management of Technology Program
• Co-Directors, Beverly Alexander and Cyrus Wadia
• Preliminary technologies include
• Solar
• Smart Grid Energy Management
• Electric Car Batteries
• Biofuels
• Focus on technology and market segments
• Early science through more mature technology
• Applications available on-line mid-September
• Applications due October 12
• Final class list - November 6
• Final technology list - December
• More information on BERC C2M website
  berc.berkeley.edu/cleantech-to-market !

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Agenda

• Overview of BERC
• BERC Events
• UC Berkeley Energy Symposium
• BERC Programs
• SEED
• BIS
• BEC
• C2M
• Communications
• Competitions
• BERC Communities
• Close

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BERC Communities

• BERC Undergrad, Taj Walton
• Energy Resources Group, Zoe Chafe
• Engineering, Eli Leland
• Hard Sciences, Jerome Fox
• Goldman School of Public Policy, Dipti Desai
• Social Sciences, Bobak Tamaddon
• BERC _at_ Haas (Business School), Leo Carrillo
• BERC _at_ Boalt (Law School), Jared Fish
• College of Environmental Design, Lindsay Baker
• College of Natural Resources, Avery Cohn
• Alumni, Greg Ruth
• More information at berc.berkeley.edu/members
• Contact information at berc.berkeley.edu/leadershi
  p-team

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BERC Undergrad
With more than 150 members and growing, BERC
Undergrad seeks to connect all undergrad students
interested in energy with the multitude of
opportunities available to them at Berkeley.

• Upcoming meetings on Thursday 9/10 at 500 pm and
  Wednesday 9/16 at 1230pm (locations to be
  announced)
• Grad/Undergrad mentorship program to begin
  accepting applications 9/3.
• Tea Chats to feature several interesting members
  of the energy and resources sphere.
• Contact taj.walton_at_gmail.com to join email list
  and find out more.

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BERC_at_Haas
BERC_at_Haas is an initiative of BERC that fosters
networking and career opportunities for its
membership at the Haas School of Business

• Founded in 2009
• Hosted first-ever Firm Night in March 2009,
  attended by 16 cleantech and energy companies
• First-ever Company Trek to Adura Technologies
  in April 2009
• Additional company treks and plant visits planned
  for fall 2009

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BERC_at_Boalt
BERC _at_ Boalt is the law schools arm of BERC. Our
goal is to make UC Berkeley the premier school at
which to study energy and resources law in the
nation through continued curriculum development,
an expanding alumni and professional network, and
the promotion of energy and resources-related
events and discussions.

• Career Guide for Energy, Climate Cleantech Law
• Fall Student-Professional Mixer date TBD
• Student-Professional Mentorship Program
• There are only a few slots left! If you are
  interested in participating, please email
  berc.boalt_at_gmail.com with your NAME, EMAIL, LAW
  SCHOOL GRAD YEAR, PREF. for PUBLIC or PVT. SECTOR
  (if any)

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BERC Communications Our Newsletter
The weekly BERC Review summarizes upcoming and
recent events, program updates job opportunities,
competitions and conferences, recommended reading
and more.

• New to Energy Resources? Join the MarCom
  Team!
• Learn more about the field, make connections, and
  help the effort.
• Many ways to add your voice and develop your
  knowledge
• Events summaries
• News tracking
• Member interviews
• Bring your new ideas!
• Time Commitment 1 hour/week
• Next step talk to Christopher
• Williams.christopher.j_at_gmail.com

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Competitions
BERC is partnering with 2 organizations to bring
energy and resources innovation competitions to
UC Berkeley.

• International Renewable Energy Case Challenge
  renewable technology for the developing world
• Regional Finals hosted at UC Berkeley
• 1-2 new Leadership Team members to organize
  Regional Finals
• If interested, talk to Kate Toews at
  kate_toews_at_mba.berkeley.edu

• Water Efficiency Business Plan Competition

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