ONLINE: Weston Roundtable

media release: H.J.S. Fernando (Depts. of Civil & Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences   and Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Notre Dame)

Title: The Deployment of New Energy Technologies and the Need for Local Learning

Abstract: The transition towards a low carbon society will require a good understanding of the nature of technological change and the potential of designing policy measures for effecting and accelerating processes of technical change. In my lecture I will focus on the process of deployment of new energy technology, what the literature can tell us about the need for local learning when adopting new technologies, the potential of cost reduction in relation to local learning, and how to design policy instruments to support local learning.

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This fall's Weston Roundtable lectures will be delivered virtually. An RSVP is required. The full list of fall speakers can be found here.

The series is made possible by a generous donation from Mr. Roy F. Weston, a highly accomplished UW-Madison alumnus. Designed to promote a robust understanding of sustainability science, engineering, and policy, these interactive lectures are co-sponsored by the Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment (SAGE), and the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and the Office of Sustainability. These lectures build on the tremendous success in past years of the Weston Distinguished Lecture Series and the SAGE Seminar Series. The lectures are recorded and archived.