SUSTAINABLE ENERGY COALITION
6930 Carroll Avenue, #340; Takoma Park, MD 20912
301-270-6477 x.11; kbossong614@yahoo.com
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
AND PLAN TO ATTEND!
13th Annual Congressional Renewable Energy
& Energy Efficiency EXPO + Forum
Efficiency + Renewables = Green Jobs!
Thursday - May 27, 2010; 9:30 am - 4:30 pm
Cannon House Office Building - Caucus Room
WHAT
On May 27, the Sustainable Energy Coalition - in cooperation with Members of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate Renewable Energy
& Energy Efficiency Caucuses - will host the day-long 13th annual Congressional Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency EXPO + Forum.
This year’s EXPO will bring together 50 businesses, sustainable energy industry trade associations, government agencies, and energy policy research organizations (see list-to-date below) to showcase the status and near-term potential of the cross-section of renewable energy (biofuels/biomass, geothermal, solar, water, wind)
and energy efficiency technologies.
A late-morning news conference will feature Members of the U.S. Congress and Executive Branch spokespersons while morning and afternoon speakers will discuss the role sustainable energy technologies can play in meeting
America’s energy needs (see preliminary schedule below).
As Congress, the Administration, the business community, environmental advocates, and American voters search for options to stimulate the economic growth and “green jobs,” as well as address the challenges of higher energy costs, increased reliance on energy imports, and the potential threat posed by rising levels of greenhouse gas emissions, the EXPO will help address the role that sustainable energy technologies might play. This will include not only the technical aspects of renewable energy and energy-efficient
technologies but also related issues such as economics,
jobs potential, environmental benefits, current and
near-term market potential, model programs in the public
and private sectors, and institutional, financial and legal barriers.
The EXPO is free, open to the public, and no RSVPs are required.
WHEN
Thursday, May 27, 2010
9:30 am - 4:30 pm (exhibits open for viewing)
9:40 am - 10:55 am (morning speakers)
11:00 am – 12:30 pm (News Conference w. Members of Congress)
12:30 pm - 4:30 pm (panel discussions)
WHERE
Cannon House Office Building - Caucus Room (3rd floor)
U.S. House of Representatives
Independence Avenue and New Jersey Avenue SE
Washington, DC
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Contact Ken Bossong, Sustainable Energy Coalition*
301-270-6477 x.11; kbossong614@yahoo.com
*Founded in 1992, the Sustainable Energy Coalition is a coalition of more than two dozen national business, environmental and energy policy organizations supporting aggressive development of renewable energy and energy efficient technologies.
CONGRESSIONAL & EXECUTIVE BRANCH SPEAKERS:
Names To Be Announced
(11:00 am – 12:30 pm; Cannon Caucus Room)
MORNING SPEAKERS:
(9:40 am – 10:55 am; House Veterans Affairs Committee Room)
1.) Gia Schneider, CEO - Natel Energy
2.) Richard Canny, CEO - THINK
3.) Garrett Screws, Sr. Mgr., US Governmental Relations - Novozymes
4.) Melissa VanOrnum, Marketing Manager - GHD, Inc.
5.) Debbie Montagna - Ocean Power Technologies, Inc.
6.) Dan Delurey - Demand Response and Smart Grid Coalition
7.) John Cooper - Skyline Solar
AFTERNOON PANEL DISCUSSIONS:
(12:30 pm – 4:30 pm; House Veterans Affairs Committee Room)
Panel on Solar Technologies
1.) Rhone Resch, Ex. Dir. - Solar Energy Industries Association
2.) Tony Clifford, CEO - Standard Solar
3.) Jeff Wolfe, CEO - GroSolar
4.) Eric Huffman, Business Development Mgr. - Eastern Region, SunOptics
Panel on Green Jobs + Sustainable Energy
1.) Karl Gawell, Ex. Dir. - Geothermal Energy Association
2.) Linda Church Ciocci, Ex. Dir. - National Hydropower Association
3.) Lisa Jacobson, Ex. Dir. - Business Council for Sustainable Energy
4.) Karen Florini, Environmental Defense Fund
Panel on New Storage, Transmission & Electric Technologies
1.) Ruth Cox, Ex. Dir. - US Fuel Cell Council
2.) Robert P. Thornton, Ex. Dir. - International District Energy Association
3.) Justin Rathke, Dir. - Policy & Dis. Develop., Capstone Turbine Corp.
4.) Katherine Hamilton, President - GridWise Alliance
Panel on "Getting Stuff Done"
1.) Ryan Colker, Dir.- Consultative Council, National Inst. of Bldg Sciences
2.) Chris Voell, Program Mgr-AgSTAR, Climate Change Division, USEPA
3.) Chelsea Jenkins, Ex. Dir. - Virginia Clean Cities
4.) Don Moore, CEO - Harmonics Limited, Inc.
CONFIRMED EXHIBITORS:
3M - Renewable Energy Division
Abengoa Solar
American Council on Renewable Energy
AFC First
American Biogas Council
Beacon Power
Biomass Coordinating Council
Business Council for Sustainable Energy
California Fuel Cell Partnership
Capstone Turbine Corporation
Clean Fuels Foundation
Demand Response & Smart Grid Coalition
Dow Kokam
Dow Solar Solutions
Ecobuild America
Enervation Lighting
Environmental & Energy Study Institute
Environmental Defense Fund
Fuel Cells 2000
Geothermal Energy Association
GHD, Inc.
GridWise Alliance
Growth Energy
Harmonics Limited
Ice Energy
International District Energy Association
Natel Energy
National Hydrogen Association
National Hydropower Association
National Institute of Building Sciences
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
NewTek Energy Solutions
Novozymes North America, Inc.
Ocean Power Technologies, Inc.
Renewable Fuels Association
SAGE Electrochromics, Inc.
Skyline Solar
Solar Energy Industries Association
Standard Solar
SunOptics Prismatic Skylights
Sunpeak USA Inc.
The Stella Group, Ltd.
THINK North America
U.S. Clean Heat & Power Association
U.S. Department of Energy-Efficiency & Renewables
U.S. Department of Energy-Clean Cities
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency-AGSTAR
U.S. EPA-Center for Program Analysis
U.S. Fuel Cell Council
U.S. Green Energy Corporation
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