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U.S. C3E Ambassadors Meet for 3rd Annual Retreat

Ambassadors reviewed nominations for this year’s C3E Awards, an annual awards program supported by the MIT Energy Initiative.

Caroline McGregor, Policy Analyst, DOE Office of International Affairs via Energy.gov

A group current C3E Ambassadors and C3E staff assembled at MIT’s Endicott House in July 2014 for the third annual summer retreat.

The U.S.-based Ambassadors for the Clean Energy Education & Empowerment (C3E) initiative met for their annual retreat on 23­–24 July at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT’s) historic Endicott House outside of Boston, MA. The group of Ambassadors has grown to include 37 diverse executive-level leaders in clean energy (full list below), all of whom work to advance women’s participation and leadership in the sector.

In addition to welcoming new members to the group and considering strategic priorities, the Ambassadors reviewed nominations for this year’s C3E Awards, an annual awards program that recognizes women’s mid-career leadership and achievement in clean energy. Winners in eight categories will be announced at the third C3E Women in Clean Energy Symposium, to be held 16–17 September in Cambridge, MA. Each winner will receive a cash prize of $8,000 supported by MIT’s Energy Initiative. A lifetime achievement award winner will also be named.

The 2014 C3E Symposium will provide women in clean energy with a range of perspectives and expertise on clean energy challenges and opportunities. Hosted by MIT, this year’s event has the theme “Urban Strategies for a New Energy Future.” Symposium sessions will focus on four topics: Making Wise Energy Investments in an Era of Constraints; The Future Grid: Increased Clean Energy Integration and Reliability; Energy, Mobility, and the Shape of Future Cities; and The Future Talent Pipeline.

Members of the new international C3E Ambassadors Corps, launched at the fifth Clean Energy Ministerial in May, will be invited to attend the Symposium. To date, China, Finland, Japan, Mexico, and the United Kingdom have named C3E Ambassadors for their countries, in addition to those from the United States. C3E encourages other Clean Energy Ministerial partner governments to name C3E Ambassadors as well. The international C3E Ambassador cohort plans to convene in Abu Dhabi in January 2015, hosted by the UAE alongside the World Future Energy Summit.

For more information about the C3E awards, visit www.C3Eawards.org. For more information about the C3E Symposium, visit http://c3eawards.org/symposium/and www.C3Enet.org

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The Clean Energy Education & Empowerment (C3E) initiative of the Clean Energy Ministerial was launched at the first Clean Energy Ministerial in 2010 to advance women’s participation in the clean energy revolution. C3E participating governments have a shared commitment to advancing women in the energy field in their home-country contexts.

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