Conference Agenda

OPEN FOR BUSINESS: Putting Clean Energy to Work in the Empire State
Alliance for Clean Energy New York's Sixth Annual Fall Conference & Membership Meeting
October 16-17, 2012 | Desmond Hotel & Conference Center | Albany, NY

Tuesday, October 16, 2012
12:00pm
Registration Opens

12:30-3:30pm
ACE NY Board of Directors Meeting (ACE NY Members Only)

5:00-6:30pm
Networking Cocktail Reception and Clean Energy Exhibits
Sponsored by EverPower

6:30-8:00pm
Dinner with Keynote Address by Stephen G. Whitley, President & CEO, New York Independent System Operator (Download presentation)
Sponsored by Transmission Developers Inc. (TDI)

Wednesday, October 17, 2012
8:00-9:00am
Registration and Breakfast

9:00-9:10am
Welcome - Tim Daniels, Chairman, ACE NY Board of Directors

9:10-10:45am
Panel Presentation - Article 10 Implementation: The Path to Siting New Generation

Moderator - William M. Flynn, Partner, Harris Beach
Panelists
Terresa M. Bakner, Partner, Whiteman Osterman & Hanna
Anthony Belsito, Counsel, NYS Department of Public Service
Ruth E. Leistensnider, Partner, Nixon Peabody
Steven C. Russo, Deputy Commissioner and General Counsel, NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (Download presentation)
Douglas H. Ward, Partner, Young/Sommer

10:45-11:45am
Presentation - Making The Case for Clean Energy
Peter Rothstein, President, New England Clean Energy Council (Download presentation)

11:15-11:45am
Networking Coffee Break

11:45am-12:45pm
Panel Presentation - New York's Regional Economic Development Councils: Regional Vehicles for New Investment and Sustainability

Moderator - Jen McCormick, Deputy Commissioner of Business Advocacy & Research, Empire State Development
Panelists
Capital Region - Dennis A. Brobston,
President, Saratoga Economic Development Corporation
North Country Region - Sue Montgomery Corey,
President, Community Power Network of New York State and Supervisor, Town of Minerva (Download presentation)
Mid-Hudson Region - Vincent Cozzolino,
CEO, FALA Technologies and Founder, The Solar Energy Consortium (Download presentation)

12:45-1:30pm
Presentation - New York's State Energy Plan
John Williams, Director of Energy Analysis, NYSERDA (Download presentation)

1:30 - 2:30pm
Luncheon, Presentation of ACE NY's 2012 Sustainable Energy Leadership Awards, and Keynote Address by Frank Murray, President & CEO, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority

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