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Curriculum Vitae:
Russell Conklin is a policy analyst with the Office of Climate Change Policy and Technology at the U.S. Department of Energy
(DOE). He coordinates U.S. government participation in the International Smart Grid Action Network (ISGAN), a Clean Energy
Ministerial (CEM) initiative and IEA Implementing Agreement to accelerate the development and deployment of smarter electricity
grids globally. On ISGAN, Mr. Conklin works closely with the DOE’s Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability as well
as a variety of interagency and international partners. In addition, he supports the CEM Secretariat, several other CEM clean
energy initiatives and the U.S. Climate Change Technology Program. In 2009, Mr. Conklin helped coordinate the development and
integration of ten action plans for the deployment of clean energy technologies, which were released at the UN Climate Change
Conference in Copenhagen under the auspices of the Major Economies Forum Global Partnership.
Prior to coming to DOE, Mr. Conklin spent ten years in the motion picture industry working in portable power applications. He
received his Master of Public Policy degree from the University of Maryland, College Park and a Bachelor of Arts degree with
highest distinction and with honors from the Pennsylvania State University.
Smart Grids Week | Linz 2011
Russell Conklin
Policy Analyst, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S.A.
The Clean Energy Ministerial and ISGAN
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