Energy Innovation and the Economy: New England Speaks Out on Video

During the networking-and-refreshments portion of Xconomy’s forum on Energy Innovation at the British Consulate General in Cambridge, MA, last week, we pulled aside a few volunteers to share their personal thoughts about energy innovation on camera. We’ve rolled the most interesting responses together into the 10-minute video at the end of this post.

Xconomy’s business manager Richard Freierman—our interviewer, cameraman, editor, and producer for this project—asked each interviewee to comment on energy innovation and how it can be a driver for the local economy in New England.

Thank you to all of the forum participants who contributed their thoughts for the video, including:

Ken Zolot, Senior Lecturer, MIT School of Engineering and MIT Entrepreneurship Center

Bob Metcalfe, General Partner, Polaris Venture Partners

Bill Wiberg, General Partner, Advanced Technology Ventures

Andy Bochman, Author, The DOD Energy Blog

Christina Lampe-Onnerud, Founder and CEO, Boston-Power

Donald Lessard, Epoch Foundation Professor of International Management, MIT Sloan School

Marcio von Muhlen, PhD Candidate, MIT Department of Biological Engineering

Paul Meyer, Principal, ROI Event Management

Pete Yorgey, Director, Microbia Precision Engineering

Stella Karavas, CEO, Voltree Power

Craig Driscoll, Recruiting Partner, Highland Capital Partners

Roger Freeman, Managing Director, Energy Ventures, Citizens Energy

Author: Wade Roush

Between 2007 and 2014, I was a staff editor for Xconomy in Boston and San Francisco. Since 2008 I've been writing a weekly opinion/review column called VOX: The Voice of Xperience. (From 2008 to 2013 the column was known as World Wide Wade.) I've been writing about science and technology professionally since 1994. Before joining Xconomy in 2007, I was a staff member at MIT’s Technology Review from 2001 to 2006, serving as senior editor, San Francisco bureau chief, and executive editor of TechnologyReview.com. Before that, I was the Boston bureau reporter for Science, managing editor of supercomputing publications at NASA Ames Research Center, and Web editor at e-book pioneer NuvoMedia. I have a B.A. in the history of science from Harvard College and a PhD in the history and social study of science and technology from MIT. I've published articles in Science, Technology Review, IEEE Spectrum, Encyclopaedia Brittanica, Technology and Culture, Alaska Airlines Magazine, and World Business, and I've been a guest of NPR, CNN, CNBC, NECN, WGBH and the PBS NewsHour. I'm a frequent conference participant and enjoy opportunities to moderate panel discussions and on-stage chats. My personal site: waderoush.com My social media coordinates: Twitter: @wroush Facebook: facebook.com/wade.roush LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/waderoush Google+ : google.com/+WadeRoush YouTube: youtube.com/wroush1967 Flickr: flickr.com/photos/wroush/ Pinterest: pinterest.com/waderoush/