Council of Energy Research and Education Leaders (CEREL)

Upcoming Event:

We invite you to join us at the first meeting of The Council of Energy Research and Education Leaders (CEREL) June 11-13, 2008 at UCLA.  The meeting will launch an organization of leaders of university-based energy centers and programs, as well as national laboratories and related research and education units to:

• Network with peers.
• Identify common issues and challenges.
• Share solutions.
• Set the stage for future collaborations.

The meeting will feature guest speaker Pat Dehmer, Deputy Director for Science Programs from the Department of Energy.

Draft Agenda

Response Form to NCSE

Meeting Venue
UCLA Faculty Center
480 Charles Young Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Ph: 310-825-0877
http://facultycenter.ucla.edu/

Conference Hotel
Hotel Palomar Los Angeles – Westwood (a Kimpton Hotel)
10740 Wilshire Blvd (at Selby Ave)
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Ph: 310-475-8711 / 800-472-8556
www.hotelpalomar-lawestwood.com

The Hotel Palomar is ~ 1 mile from the UCLA Faculty Center, and is only a 15 minute walk or 5 minute drive from the meeting site (UCLA Faculty Center). A block of rooms has been reserved at the hotel at a special UCLA-CEREL rate of $239.00 per night, plus 14% tax. In order to receive the special rate, you must make your reservation by May 12th. To make your room reservation, please call our office at 310-206-1228 and ask for Karl. For more information on the meeting venue and conference hotel, click here.

Mission:
To advance university energy research and education.

Composition:
Membership on the Council is open to directors of university-based energy research and education centers. Universities may have multiple representation, based on the number and structure of energy research and education institutions.

The Council's goals are to:

• Increase the contributions of academia to the energy challenges facing society
• Increase communication and collaboration among leaders of the academic energy community
• Increase support for energy research and education
• More effectively communicate with government, industry, non-governmental organizations, other fields of academic science, engineering and the social sciences, and the concerned public.

Benefits, Services and Activities:

• Opportunities for networking with, learning from, and collaborating with your colleagues
• Energy Center web site – information on programs, opportunities, educational resources, etc.
• List serve – jobs, funding opportunities, conferences, professional exchanges
• A annual meeting to discuss common challenges and opportunities
• Federal – reporting on budget issues, communications with federal leaders, including University Federal Dialogue on Energy and Environmental Research and Education

NCSE Role:
NCSE would serve as the Secretariat for the Council.  The group will select its own leadership and determine its own policies and activities.  NCSE’s role will be facilitator and service provider but not a decisionmaker for the group. NCSE plays a similar role with the Council of Environmental Deans and Directors (CEDD), which NCSE helped form in 2001.  

Please view our preliminary directory of Academic Energy Centers.

If you would like your Center to join our listing, please fill out this  form.


Join the Energy Center Directors listserv.

Please let us know of your interest in becoming an inaugural member.  Contact Dr. David Blockstein of NCSE ( David@NCSEonline.org; 202-207-0004) to let us know of your intentions.

Feel free to contact any of us at the NCSE with any questions or for additional information.
NCSE main line: 202-530-5810