Arjun Makhijani

Dr. Arjun Makhijani is president of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research in Takoma Park, MD. He holds a Ph.D. in engineering, specializing in nuclear fusion, from the University of California at Berkeley and has produced numerous studies and on nuclear and energy issues. He is the principal author of the first study (in 1971) on energy conservation potential in the U.S. economy.
Rhys Roth is Director of Strategic Innovation for Climate Solutions and works in the Olympia office. Rhys co-founded Climate Solutions in 1998 and organizes the annual Harvesting Clean Energy conferences in the Pacific Northwest. He has also led Climate Solutions’ program to engage the Northwest high-tech community in building a world-class clean energy industry.