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Zaterdag 4 juli
 Vlucht Amsterdam – Washington, D.C.
 Ontvangst door Henriëtte Bersee van de Nederlandse Ambassade
 Diner en aansluitend vuurwerk op de Mall in het kader van de Fourth of July viering
Zondag 5 juli
 In de ochtend een groepswandeling over de Mall langs de monumenten, de middag was naar
eigen besteding
 Aan het einde van de middag voegden de laatste twee leden van de delegatie zich bij de groep
 Avondprogramma: informele bijeenkomst met een aantal ambassademedewerkers en overige
uitgenodigde Nederlanders
o Ruben Koops, Volkskrantjournalist
o Gerard van der Wulp en echtgenote, ambassade
o Frits Thissen en echtgenote, ambassade
o Suzanne de Groot, ambassade
o Paul op den Brouw en echtgenote, ambassade
o Jocelyne Croese, ambassade
o Wijnand Marchall, ambassade
o Jeannettine Veldhuijzen, ambassade
o Naboth van den Broek, Wilmerhale Advocatenbureau
o Paul Vosbeek en echtgenote, Kusters Engineering America Inc.
o Aansluitend eerste delegatievergadering
Maandag 6 juli
 US Department of Energy.
o Rebecca Garland
o Frank Wilkins
o Darian Ghorbi
o Robert Wright
o Dan Birns
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Lunch en discussie op ambassade met NGO’s
o Michael Greger, Humane Society
o Keya Chatterjee, World Woldlife Fund
o Jake Schmidt, Natural Resources Defense Council
o Angela Anderson, US Climate Action Network
o Lisa Handy, Conservation International
o Manuel Olivia, Conservation International
o Eric Haxthausen, The Nature Conservancye
o Kelly Keenan Aylward, Wildlife Conservation Society
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Brookings Institution
o Bryan Mignone
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Cato Institute
o Jerry Taylor
o Pat Michaels
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Diner bij Ambassadeur Renée Jones-Bos
o Renée Jones-Bos
o Jonathan Lash, World Resources Institute
o Frank Loy, voormalig international klimaatonderhandelaar onder Clinton, adviseur
Obama-campagne
o Stacey Davis, Center for Clean Air Policy
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Dinsdag 7 juli
 Stafleden van Senators John F. Kerry (D) en Richard Lugar (R)
o Mark Helmke (medewerker Lugar)
o Melanie Nakagawa (staff member Senate Committee on Foreign Relations)
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US Environmental Protection Agency
o Anna Philips
o Scot Fulton, acting deputy administrator
o Michael Shapiro, acting assistant administrator
o Jim Hanlon, director office of wastewater management
o Anhar Jarimjee, office of air and pollution
o Kathleen Vokes, office of air and pollution
o Rachel Schmeltz, office of air and pollution
o Chuck Kent, office of policy, economics and innovation
o John Frece, office of policy, economics and innovation
o Jim Hanlon, office of water
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Philips Electronics
o Michelle DeMoor, international policy
o Randy Moorhead (vice-president of Government Affairs)
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Gesprek met Congressman Chris Van Hollen inclusief rondleiding door Capitool en bezichtiging
Senaatszaal
o Chris Van Hollen
o Renée Jones Bos, Ambassadeur
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Receptie op residentie van Senator Mary Landrieu
o Mary Landrieu, senior senator voor Louisiana
o Jane Campbell, Chief of Staff, Office of Senator Landrieu
o T. Bradley Keith, State Director, Office of Senator Landrieu
o Tom Michels, Legislative Director, Office of Senator Landrieu
o Tanner Johnson, Projects Director, Office of Senator Landrieu
o Ben Billings, Staff Director, Homeland Security Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery
o Bettina Poirier, Staff Director for the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
o Jason Albritton, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
o Pex Langenberg, Ambassaderaad voor V&W, Ambassade
o Dale Morris, Senior Advisor, Economische Afdeling, Ambassade
Woensdag 8 juli
 US Department of State
o Drew S. Nelson, office of global change
o Wendy Moore
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US Chamber of Commerce; Energy Institute
o Stephen Eule
o Fred Smith
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Binnenlandse vlucht Washington, D.C. – San Francisco, vervolgens transfer per bus naar
Sacramento
Donderdag 9 juli
 Ontvangst op de vloer van de California Senate
o Edzilda Samoville, Director of the Office of International Relations
o Paul Sommerhaus, program consultant
o Allan Lowenthal, Chair Senate Committee on Transportation and Housing
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Gesprek met twee beleidsmedewerkers van de Senaat op het gebied van klimaat en energie
o Randy Chinn, chief consultant Senate Committee on Energy, Utilities and
Communications
o Randy Pestor, chief consultant Senate Environmental Quality Committee
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California Environmental Protecion Agency
o Linda Adams, environmental secretary EPA
o Cindy Tuck, undersecretary
o Mary Nichols, chair California Air Recources Board
o Margret Kim, senior international climate policy advisor to the chair
o Eileen Tutt, deputy secretary for climate change and environmental justice
o Patty Zwarts, deputy secretary for policy and legislative affairs
o Andrew Altevogt, climate change program manager
o Carolyn Baker, assistant secretary for legislation
o Jessica Kelly, executive fellow
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Delta Tour van Sacramento naar Stockton
o Michael Miller, California Department of Water Resources
o Peter Wijsman, Project Manager, Arcadis en Netherlands Water Platform
o Marc Nellen, Technisch Wetenschappelijke Afdeling (MinEZ) in Silicon Valley
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Gesprek en rondleiding Community Fuel Plant - Biodiesel
o Michael Redemer, president
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University of the Pacific in Stockton
o Ravi Jain, Dean of School of Engineering and Computer Science
o Henry Sun, professor and Director
o William Stringfellow van het Ecological Engineering Research Program
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Vertrek van Stockton naar San Francisco
Vrijdag 10 juli
 Pacific Gas and Electric Company
o William Miller, Manager Customer Energy Efficiency Strategic REgulatory Issues
o Hal La Flash, Director Emerging Clean Technology Policy
o Soumya Sastry, Sneior Analist Environmental Policy
o Nick Rajkovich, Senior Program Engineer, Customer Energy Efficiency Strategic Planning
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City of San Francisco
o Jack Sylvan, director joint development, Office of economic and workforce development
o PM
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Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (Venture Capitalist)
o Eric Keller, partner
o Amol Deshpande, partner
o Michael Linse, partner
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Ausra Solar Panels
o John Huffaker, vice president commercial developments
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Better Place (electrische auto)
o Jason Wolf, manager California
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Informele borrel in aanwezigheid van de Nederlandse honorair consul in San Francisco
o Doug Engman, honorair consul
o Steve Osborn, Fugro
o Cees Jan Koomen, investeerder in NL en Sillicon Valley
o Maaike Kroon, visiting assistant professor, geological & environmental sciences,
Stanford University
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Geert van der Zalm, Bosch, elektrisch transport
Peter Wijsman, Arcadis, Netherlands Water Partnership
Ralph Pais, Fenwich and West, voormalig Honorair Consul in San Francisco
Anne Donkers, directeur Hubtech21
Zaterdag 11 juli
 Terugvlucht San Francisco – Amsterdam (aankomst zondag 12 juli)
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