Speaking
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CORPORATE AND PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS
Keynotes
How can the insurance sector be part of the solution to climate change?, Cartagena, Colombia, September 16, 2022 [PDF]
Energy Efficiency, Victoria Managed Insurance Authority Risk Conference, Melbourne, Australia, August 17, 2011 [PDF]
Natural Disasters: More Extreme, More Destructive, and More Often ... And Perhaps Not "Natural" at All, Victoria Managed Insurance Authority Risk Conference, Melbourne, Australia, August 17, 2011
Keeping Cool in the Greenhouse, American-Hungarian Educators Banquet, Berkeley California, May 16, 2009 [PDF]
From Risk to Opportunity: Insurer Responses to Climate Change, Presented to the Society of Actuaries, Valuation Actuary Symposium, Washington, DC, September 25, 2008 [PDF]
From Risk to Opportunity: Insurer Responses to Climate Change, Presented to the Casualty Actuarial Society Annual meeting, Quebec City, June 16, 2008 [PDF]
From Risk to Opportunity: Insurer Responses to Climate Change, Presented to the Financial Services Authority, Annual Insurance Sector Conference, London, United Kingdom, April 8, 2008 [PDF]
Energy Efficiency: A Key to Getting Out of the Greenhouse, Presented to the League of Women Voters, Albany, California, December 4, 2007 [PDF]
Climate Change & Insurance: What Regulators Need to Know, Presented at the 2007 meeting of the International Association of Insurance Supervisors, Fort Lauderdale, FL, October 18, 2007 [PDF]
Risk Assessment: Climate Change, Utilities, and Insurance, Presented at the 2007 Utility Executive Leadership Institute (UELI), Pinehurst, NC, August 10, 2007 [PDF]
The Science of Behind Global Warming Liabilities, Presented at Mealy's Global Warming Insurance Litigation Conference, San Francisco, CA, June 6, 2007 [PDF]
From Risk to Opportunity: How Insurers Can Proactively Manage Climate Change, Munich Re Headquarters, May 15, 2007 [PDF]
Implications of Climate Change for the Insurance Industry: Risk or Opportunity?, Presented at the Roundtable on Facing the Consequences of Climate Change in Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR, May 8, 2007 [PDF]
Climate Change is Here: Tipping Points & Rays of Hope, Presentation at the Idyllwild Community Earth Day Celebration, May 19, 2006 [PDF]
The Science of Climate Change: Risks and Impacts, Presented at the Connecticut Global Climate Change Summit: Business Risks and Opportunities for Connecticut's Insurance Industry, Hartford, CT, October 27, 2005 [PDF]
Other Presentations
Insurers as Partners in Inclusive Green Growth, World Bank / International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC, November 5, 2013 [PDF]
An Introduction to Three Upcoming UNEP en.lighten Research Projects, ECOWAS Workshop on Appliance Standards and Regulations, Institutional Capacity and Efficient Lighting Policies, Cotonou, Benin, Africa
Carbon Finance for Off-Grid Lighting: Two Ripe Market Segments, Third Lighting Africa Conference, Dakar, Senegal, November 12, 2012 [PDF]
Health and Safety Benefits of Modern Off-grid Lighting, Third Lighting Africa Conference, Dakar, Senegal, November 12, 2012 [PDF]
Electric Grid Disruptions and Extreme Weather, U.S. Disaster Reanalysis Workshop, National Climatic Data Center, NOAA, Asheville, NC, May 4, 2012 [PDF]
Next-Generation Multifamily National Energy Audit Tools, 2011 National Weatherization Training Conference, New Orleans, LA, December 15, 2011 [PDF]
Sustainability As An Art .... At Idyllwild Arts, Idyllwild, CA, November 1, 2011 [PDF]
Energy Efficiency: Getting Rich while Getting out of the Greenhouse, Mendocino Rotary Club, Mendocino, CA, February 24, 2011
Keeping Cool in the Greenhouse, Mendocino Rotary Club, Mendocino, CA, January 6, 2011
From Carbon to Light: Methodologies for Carbon Finance Monitoring and Evaluation, Lighting Africa 2010 Business Conference, Nairobi, Kenya, May 18-20, 2010 [PDF]
Action-Oriented Energy Benchmarking, ACG 6th Annual Conference on Total Building Commissioning, Las Vegas, April 16, 2010 [PDF]
Illuminating the Developing World, Rosenfeld Symposium: The Next Generation of Energy Efficiency, UC Davis Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing, March 9, 2010 [PDF]
Overview of Climate Science and Insurer Initiatives on Climate Change, National Association of Insurance Commissioners 2009 Winter National Meeting, Climate Change Summit, San Francisco, California, December 9, 2009 [PDF]
Climate Change and Insurance, Presented at the Haas School of Business, Executive Education Program, April 23, 2009 [PDF]
Staying out of Hot Water: Strategic Planning in a Warming World, Presented at the Loudoun Water Strategic Planning workshop, Ashburn, VA, February 27, 2009 [PDF]
Managing Climate Change Liability Risk: Examples from the Insurance Sector, Presented at the Munich Re Climate Change Liability Workshop, Princeton, NJ, October 14, 2008 [PDF]
Varying Perspectives and Approaches in Developing Quality Assurance for Off-Grid Lighting, Presented at the World Bank Group's Lighting Africa - Product Quality Assurance Workshop, Airlie Center, Warrenton Virginia, October 14-16, 2007 [PDF]
Bringing it All Back Home: What Individuals Can Do to Affect Climate Change, A Town Hall Meeting on Solutions to the Global Warming Crisis, Berkeley City College Auditorium, April 14, 2007 [PDF]
From Risk to Opportunity: Climate Change and the Insurance Industry, Presented at the UCLA School of Law: Coping with Global Warming, Los Angeles, CA, March 2, 2007 [PDF]
Review of Liability Insurance Considerations in the Context of Global Climate Change, Presented at the Stanford Law School: Spring 2007 Symposium: Climate Change Liability and the Allocation of Risk, Stanford University, CA, February 24, 2007 [PDF]
From Risk to Opportunity: Insurer Exposures and Responses to Climate Change, Presentation to Governor Corzine's Summit Confronting Climate Change in New Jersey, Trenton, NJ, September 25, 2006 [PDF]
Alternatives to Fuel-Based Lighting in Rural Areas of Developing Countries, Presentation at the Global Roundtable on Cimate Change, Reykjavik, Iceland, June 13, 2006 [PDF]
The Home Energy Saver Do-it-Yourself Survey, Presented at the Touchstone Energy Cooperatives / National Rural Energy Cooperative Association meeting, San Antonio, TX, May 16, 2006 [PDF]
Availability and Affordability of Insurance Under Climate Change, Presented at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners Winter Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, December 3, 2005 [PDF]
Alternatives to Fuel-based Lighting in Rural China, Presented at the 6th International Conference on Energy-Efficient Lighting, Shanghai, May 2005 [PDF]
Costs and Benefits of Commissioning New and Existing Commercial Buildings, Presented at the National Conference on Buildings Commissioning, New York, May 2005 [PDF]
Benchmarking: What's Your Building's Energy IQ?, Presented at California Energy Commission Benchmarking Workshop, Sacramento, April 2005 [PDF]
Climate Change: Observed and Projected Impacts, Presented at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners Spring Meeting, Salt Lake City, March 2005 [PDF]
Insurance Sector Vulnerabilities to Climate Change, Presented at the American Association for the Advancement of Science Meeting, Washington, D.C., February 2005 [PDF]
Amplifying Real Estate Value through Energy & Water Management: From ESCO to "Energy Savings Partner", Presented at the ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, Asilomar, August 2004 [PDF]
The $230-billion Global Lighting Energy Bill, Presented at the 5th International Conference on Energy-Efficient Lighting, Nice, 2003 [PDF]
Linking Energy Management and Risk Management: Tapping Win-Win Synergisms, Presented at the Hawaii Electric Annual Conference, Maui, September 2003 [PDF]
ACADEMIC LECTURING
Haas School of Business Executive Education, USA, 2009
University of California Berkeley [various lectures: Business, Law, Public Policy, Energy & Resources], USA, 2000-2009
Stanford University: Business & Product Design, USA, 2003
Central European University, Environmental Sciences & Policy, Hungary, 1999
University of Bordeaux, Physics, France, 1990-1991
University of Oslo, Summer Institute, Norway, 1991
University of Lund, Environmental and Energy Systems Studies, Sweden, 1988-1991
Chulalongkorn University, School of Business, Thailand, 1990
University of California at Berkeley, Department of Architecture, USA, 1985