Climate Change and Clean Technology Incentivization

In this panel, we hope to address the intersection of patent law, technology incentivization, and environmental law. Using the both government involvement and private sphere involvement in clean technology incentivization, we hope to explore whether such measures and further measures can achieve the goal of bringing green and clean technologies to market and whether as a society we should be using patent law and other government incentives to encourage bringing such products to market. PANELISTS: Patrick Von Bargen is a public affairs consultant at Quinn Gillespie & Associates in Washington, D.C., focusing on the clean technology space. Prior to working at Quinn Gillespie & Associates, Mr. Von Bargen worked as chief of Staff to Sen. Jeff Bingaman, Managing Executive Policy & Staff at the SEC, and Vice President of the Council on Competitiveness. He also headed the National Commission on Entreprenuership and has a J.D. from Stanford Law and a M.B.A. from the Yale School of Management. Brad Klein is a Senior Attorney at the Environmental Law & Policy Center (ELPC) in Chicago, IL. Prior to working at the ELPC, Mr. Klein worked at the Environmental Law Institute and worked as an environmental consultant. At the ELPC, his work specializes in clean energy policy. Patrick G. Gattari is a Partner at McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP, specializing in patent procurement, technology transactions, and patent enforcement. He has a J.D. from Southern Methodist University and a B.S. in Cellular and Molecular Biology from the University of Michigan. Stephan Lake is the Manager of Business Development and Marketing at Argonne National Laboratory