Agenda – Track 1: Renewable Energy/Alternative Fuels
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Wednesday, March 23, 2016
9:00 AM – Welcome, Acknowledgements & Introductory Remarks - Marcia Elder, Conference Chair & Moderator, Future Is Now Foundation
9:10 AM -- Rural Communities: Opportunities & Resources for Renewable Energy - Jefferson County Small Business Development Program
9:20 AM – KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Karl R. Rábago, Executive Director, Pace Energy & Climate Center (NY); former roles as Deputy Assistant Secretary, US Department of Energy; Commissioner, Texas Public Utility Commission; Vice President of Distributed Energy Services, Austin Energy; & other key roles
Topic: “Utilities of the Future: Opportunities for a Cleaner, Greener & Empowered Electric Grid”
Brief Stretch Break
►Utilities & Renewables … Job Creation … Community-Based Renewables
10:00 AM – Jennifer Szaro - Senior Director of Programs, Solar Electric Power Association/Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA) Topic: “Utility Solar: the Expanding Nexus Between Electric Utilities & Solar Energy”
10:30 AM -- Andrea Luecke - President & Executive Director, The Solar Foundation Topic: “Solar Energy & the Economy: Job Creation, Business Growth & Economic Development for Communities”
11:00 AM – Emily Stiever – Chief of Staff, Community Power Network
Topic: “Community EmPowerment: Helping Communities Go Solar with Solar Co-ops”
►Utility Models of Success
11:30 AM -- Josh Halley - Renewable Power Program Manager, Portland General Electric
Topic: Innovative Utility-Scale Renewable Energy Services, Approaches & Results
Noon – Lunch Break
1:00 PM – Bonus Resources & Acknowledgements
►Community Planning, Community Innovations
1:15 PM -- Community Planning for Renewables - Lindy Wordlaw, AICP -- Chair, Environment, Natural Resources & Energy Division, American Planning Association
1:45 PM -- Alternatives for Community-Based Initiatives - Chris Castro, LEED GA, CPB,
Senior Energy Advisor, Program Manager, City Energy Project, Office of Sustainability & Energy,
City of Orlando
►Green Power Markets & Opportunities
2:15 PM – Panel Presentation on Green Power Markets, Trends & Opportunities
Christopher Kent – Program Manager, Green Power Partnerships Program, US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Eric O’Shaughnessy - Market & Policy Impact Group, Strategic Energy Analysis Center, National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL)
Jennifer Martin – Executive Director , national Center for Resource Solutions
3:50 PM -- Resources for Renewables - Future Is Now Foundation
Thursday, March 24
9:00 AM – Acknowledgements & Announcements - Marcia Elder, Conference Chair & Moderator, Future Is Now Foundation
►Bioenergy: National Outlook on Achievements & Potential
9:10 AM -- Jonathan Male, Director, Office of Bioenergy Technologies, US Department of Energy (USDOE)
9:40 AM -- Bob Cleaves - President, Biomass Power Association
►Models of Success/Solutions for the Future/New Data Releases & Impacts
10:10 AM - Mini Showcase – Renewable energy success stories
10:15 AM - Steve Clemmer - Director of Energy Research & Analysis, Union of Concerned Scientists
Topic: The Clean Power Plan Opportunity: Accelerating the Transition to Renewables
10:45 AM -- Ruth McCormick - Director of Federal & State Affairs, Business Council for Sustainable Energy
Topic: Clean Energy Solutions: Providing Sustainable Energy in America ... technology markets, impacts of industry sectors, other findings of the Sustainable Energy in America Fact Book
11:15 AM – Dr. James Fenton - Director, Florida Solar Energy Center
Topic: PV, EV & Your Home: How Transportation and Grid Integration Work Together
11:45 AM - Lunch
►Renewable Energy Markets & Outlook
1:00 PM -- Philipp Beiter - Energy Markets & Policy Analyst, Strategic Energy Analysis Center, Strategic Energy Analysis Center, National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) Topic: “Renewable Energy Data Book – Trends & Key Statistics in Renewable Energy”
►Clean Cities & Alternative Fuel Vehicles
1:30 – 4:00 PM
Colleen Kettles - Clean Cities Coordinator, FL & Florida Solar Energy Center Program Director
Trevelyn Hall - Clean Cities Southeast Region Manager, US DOE/National Energy Technology Lab - Office of Energy Project Management
Cornelius Willingham - Electric Vehicle Strategy & Business Development Manager, Nissan USA
Britta Gross - Director, Advanced Vehicle Commercialization Policy, General Motors
Kenneth Hernandez - Program Manager, Alternative Fuel Vehicles, TECO Energy – Tampa Electric and Peoples Gas
Anne-Louise Seabury - Electric Vehicle Program Manager, Florida Power & Light
Closing Remarks – Marcia Elder, Chair, Future Is Now Foundation
Agenda Track 2: Efficiency, Commercial Applications & Green Buildings
Just some of the top notch speakers for this 3-part Track of the Conference appear below.
► Energy Efficiency: Opportunities & Achievements
• Invited Keynote -- Dr. David Danielson -- Assistant Secretary, US Department of Energy
• Kateri Callahan - President, Alliance to Save Energy
• Steve Nadel, Executive Director, American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy
• Thomas Walther - President, national Energy Services Coalition
• Michelle Thatcher - CEO, US Green Chamber of Commerce
• Abby Fox - Policy Manager, Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance
• Larry Leetzow - President, Magnaray International/ World Institute of Lighting
►Green Hotels & Restaurants: Leadership in the Commercial Sector
Learn about achievements in this sector, potential for the future, models of success, best practices & more
• Patricia Griffin - President, national Green Hotels Association
• Michael Oshman - Executive Director, US Green Restaurants Association
• Sheena Chin-Greene - State Green Lodging Program Coordinator, FL Department of Environmental Protection
• Stefan Muhle – General Manager, Kinzie Hotel (Chicago)
• Bo Schmitz - General Manager, Four Points by Sheraton
• Additional spokespersons for green hotels/green restaurants
• Hotels of the Future: Ways to Turn Online Events & Other Internet Technologies to the Advantage of Hoteliers, Not the Loss
►Green Buildings: Design, Construction, Codes & Strategies
• Jeremy Sigmon - LEED® AP BD+C, Director, Technical Policy, US Green Building Council (USGBC)
• Jennifer Languell, Immediate Past President, Green Building Coalition & President, Trifecta Construction Solutions
• Senior official, national Building Code Assistance Project (Invited)
• Business & public sector leaders on models of success in green building and design implementation