October 30

2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. ACE NY Board meeting (ACE NY Members only)

5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Networking Cocktail Reception

7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. 
Dinner and Keynote Address
Paul Tonko, President and CEO
New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)

October 31

8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Registration and Breakfast

900 a.m. - 9:10 a.m. Welcome - Bruce Bailey (AWS Truewind, President) ACE NY Board Member

9:10 a.m. -10:15 a.m. Delivering Green - Getting Green Power to the Markets

Moderator - Maureen Helmer, Green Seifter Attorneys, PLLC

• David J. Lawrence, Manager, Auxiliary Market Products, New York Independent System Operator
• Bill May, Project Manager, NY Regional Interconnect
• Tom Simpson, Eastern Region Account Manager, 3M's High Capacity Conductor Team

10:15 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Legislating Green - Views from State Legislators

Moderator - Carol E. Murphy, Executive Director, ACE NY

• Assemblywoman Sandy Galef, Chairman, Assembly Real Property Tax Committee
• Assemblyman Pete Lopez, Member, Assembly Agriculture Committee and Task Force on Food, Farm, and Nutrition

11:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. Coffee Break

11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Growing Green - Economic Development in New York State

Moderator - Tim Daniels Director, Energy Policy, Constellation Energy Resources

• Michael Tucker, President & CEO, Center for Economic Growth
• Jennifer McCormick, VP, Policy and Research, NYS Empire Development Corp.
• Alyson Potenza, Manager, A. T. Kearney

12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. Organizing Green- Expanding Grassroots Support

Moderator - Valerie Strauss, Deputy Director, ACE NY

• Jim Walter, Board Member, FREE Center and Director of Madison County Tourism
• Dereth Glance, Program Director, Citizens Campaign for the Environment
• Kay Sheldon Moyer, Chairperson, FORE

1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Luncheon and Keynote Address - 
Judith Enck, Deputy Secretary to Governor Spitzer, for the Environment

PLATINUM

Constellation Energy

Horizon Wind Energy

Iberdrola Renewable Energies USA

Nixon Peabody LLP Attorneys at Law

New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) 

GOLD

Albany Engineering

GE Energy

Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.C.

Norwin America, LLC

PPM Energy 

SILVER

Wendel Duchscherer 
Architects & Engineers