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December 6-7, 2004
Renewable
Energy in America: Phase II
A Policy Conference and Summit Meeting
Caucus Room, Cannon Office Building, U.S. House of Representative
Washington, DC
Organized by:
American Council On Renewable Energy (ACORE)
And
The Environment and Energy Study Institute (EESI)
In conjunction with
Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Caucus
of the U.S. Congress
And other leading trade
associations, research institutes, and nonprofit organizations
America responded to the 1973 oil embargo
and energy crisis with a bold plan, forming the U.S. Department of
Energy and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory to lead the
research, development, and demonstration of technology options that
would give our country a more secure, economic, and environmentally
beneficial energy supply. Today, some 30 years later, we have
the initial crop of technology options in renewable energy from
wind, solar, geothermal, hydro, and biomass energy sources.
The time has come to take inventory,
declare Phase I complete, and define a new 30-year goal for the
successful deployment of these technologies into the American economy.
Incremental change will Phase II is all about generating a return on
investment for the American taxpayer.
Conference Agenda:
US and Global Energy Challenges
Renewable Energy Technology Options
Vision of Deployment
Policy Framework for Phase II
Call for Action
The forum, designed to maximize time for
discussion among participants, includes five interactive events and
one day of conference-style speakers. The events include a
pre-conference reception on December 6, a networking breakfast, the
main forum (speakers) a post-forum Q&A with the press and
audience, and a post-conference reception. Confirmed speakers
for the forum include:
Roger Ballentine, President, Green
Strategies, Inc.
Robert Dineen, President, Renewable Fuels Association
Ed Feo, Partner, Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCoy
Chris Flavin President, Worldwatch Institute
Frank Gaffney, President, Center for Security Policy
John Geesman, Commissioner, California Energy Commission
Hank Habicht, President, Global Energy & Technology
Foundation and Principal, Capital E
Bill Holmberg, Chairman, New Uses Council and the Biomass
Coordinating Council
Jonathan Lash, President, World Resources Institute
Amory Lovins, CEO Research, Rocky Mountain Institute
Robert (Bud) McFarlane, President, Energy and
Communications Solutions
Lew Milford, Executive Director, Clean Energy States
Alliance
Dan Reicher, Managing Director, New Energy Capital
Rob Pratt, Director, Massachusetts Renewable Energy Trust
Hermann Scheer, MP, Germany
Phil Sharp, former Congressman and presently at Harvard
University
Steve Zwolinski President GE Wind Energy
R. James Woolsey, former Director, Central Intelligence.
In addition, there will be several headline
keynote speakers and the co-chairs of the Senate and House Renewable
Energy and Energy Efficiency Caucuses Senator Wayne Allard (R-CO),
Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND), Representative Mark Udall (D-CO), and
Representative Zach Wamp (R-TN) have been invited to speak.
Conference registration is
limited to 400 people, and can be accomplished online at www.acore.org.
Conference sponsorships also are encouraged for those seeking to voice
support for Phase II.
Anticipating attendees from among:
U.S. Congress members
Congressional staff
Administration officials
State and Local Government
RE Technology Industries
Electric power industry
Fuel and Transportation Industries
Education community
Professionals in law, engineering and consulting
Financial community
Trade Associations
Labor Unions and Consumer Groups
ACORE, a Washington, DC-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit
organization, is dedicated to advancing the state of renewable energy
development, and bringing renewable energy into the mainstream.
ACORE, with over 175 organizational members from among industry,
utilities, transportation, finance, professional services, trade
associations, nonprofit groups, government agencies, universities, and
associations, also is the sponsor of the Power-Gen Renewable Energy
trade show in Las Vegas (March 1-3, 2005), and the Renewable Energy
Finance ForumWall Street in New York City (June 22-24, 2005). For
additional information, please see www.acore.org.
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