June 1, 2010

Bill Gates, Jeff Immelt and other leading American business innovators will hold a press conference June 10 in Washington, DC to highlight their detailed recommendations to Congress and the President to revolutionize U.S. energy innovation. The group, the American Energy Innovation Council (AEIC), will release a “business plan” that outlines fundamental changes in U.S. energy innovation to increase American economic competitiveness, diversify our energy sources, and produce more abundant, clean, low-cost energy.

The Council is chaired by former DuPont CEO Charles Holliday, and along with Gates and Immelt the group includes former Lockheed Martin Chairman Norm Augustine, Xerox CEO Ursula Burns, Kleiner Perkins Partner John Doerr and Cummins Chairman Tim Solso. The AEIC members will be available for Q&A at the conclusion of the press conference.

Who: Bill Gates, Chairman of Microsoft
Ursula Burns, chief executive of Xerox
John Doerr, partner at Kleiner Perkins
Charles Holliday, chairman of the board, Bank of America, former CEO, DuPont
Jeff Immelt, chief executive of GE
Tim Solso, chairman of Cummins

What: Release of Landmark Recommendations on American Energy Innovation

Where: The Newseum, 8th Floor, 555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC
(Press conference entrance is on 6th Street)

When: 10 a.m. EDT Thursday, June 10, 2010

Note to editors and correspondents - space will be limited. Please RSVP to Jim Luetkemeyer or Ben Finzel at (202) 667-0901.