The Alumni of the University of St. Gallen/Switzerland (HSG) in Singapore would like to invite you for a Public Lecture by Professor Dr Rolf Wüstenhagen on the interesting topic of " New Energy: Opportunities and Challenges for Business.”
Date: Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Location: This event is kindly hosted by Vestas Asia Pacific “Wind. It means the World to us”.
20 Pasir Panjang Road,
#14-25,
Mapletree Business City,
Singapore 117439
Registration: 6:00 and start of Lecture: 6:30pm
Synopsis
Concerns about climate change, energy security and increasing prices of conventional fuels have led governments to adopt policies to promote energy efficiency and renewable energy. Economies of scale have moved wind and solar energy closer to grid parity, i.e. where they are cost-competitive with conventional energy. The International Energy Agency thus speaks of an “energy technology revolution”. What are the implications of this fundamental energy transition for business? Firms are facing new challenges in the form of policy risk related to climate policies. They are directly affected by their exposure to an increasingly volatile energy supply chain. The transition towards a cleaner energy future provides firms with new opportunities to diversify their energy supply and tap into the growing global markets for clean technology. This lecture will investigate some of the ongoing drivers of the energy transition, their implications for business, and discuss the strategies of international companies such as Google or IKEA to address the new energy opportunities.
About the Speaker
Prof. Rolf Wüstenhagen is the Good Energies Professor for Management or Renewable Energies and a Director of the Institute for Economy and the Environment at the University of St. Gallen (Switzerland). He has held visiting faculty positions at University of British Columbia (2005) and Copenhagen Business School (2008), and was a member of the Swiss Federal Energy Research Commission (2004-2010). He served as one of the lead authors for the special report on renewable energy sources and climate change mitigation, published by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 2011. His research focuses on decision-making under uncertainty by energy investors, consumers and entrepreneurs. He has published in leading academic journals. Before his academic career he was with one of the leading European energy venture capital funds. Rolf is a visiting scholar at National University of Singapore, jointly hosted by the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (supported by MacArthur Foundation) and the Energy Studies Institute (ESI).
The University of St. Gallen is the leading European business university in the German speaking world. The University is famous for its practice-orientation. The presence of both an academic and administrative representation here underlines the University’s strong ties with Singapore.
Please use the attached reply slip or email to ChrissieNg@melchers.com.sg / fax to 6259 9111 / call 63559 206 by Friday, September 2, 2011. This is a public lecture and you are invited to forward this invitation to any interested party, but entry is limited to pre-registered guests on a first-register basis (limited seats in the auditorium).
Yours very truly,
Alexander C. Melchers
St. Gallen Alumni Representative in Singapore
C/o C. Melchers GmbH & Co, 101 Thomson Road #24-01/05, United Square Singapore 307591 T: 63559 203 F:6259 9111
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