Conference Agenda

October 21, 2008

Registration begins at 1:30 pm.

2:00 pm - 5:00 pm    ACE NY Board Meeting (ACE NY Members only)

5:30 pm - 7:00 pm    Networking Cocktail Reception

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm    Dinner and Keynote Address - Facing the Energy Challenge: Moving Away from Carbon

Daniel Bienvenue, Associate Deputy Minister for Energy - Government of Quebec

An economist by trade, Mr. Bienvenue began his career in the academic world teaching at the University of Moncton. He then moved on to the government of Québec and has worked for the government for more than 20 years in different capacities. Most of his career has been spent in central agencies in policy making and strategic analysis. He was for many years at the Ministry of Finance in the fields of economic forecasting and analysis, economic policy and federal–provincial relations.

In 2001, he moved to the ministry of the Executive Council where he worked for four years with the Secretary General of the government as Associate General Secretary in charge of planning and priorities and strategic projects. After a short stay in the Secretariat of the Treasury Board as Associate Secretary in charge of state modernization in 2005, he moved to his present position as Associate Deputy Minister for Energy in the Department of Natural Resources and Wildlife.

October 22, 2008

Registration begins at 7:30 am.

8:00 am - 9:00 am    Registration and Breakfast 

9:00 am - 9:10 am    Welcome - Bruce Bailey,  Chairman - ACE NY Board of Directors and President/CEO - AWS Truewind

9:10 am - 9:30 am    New York's Energy Plan - Presented by Paul DeCotis, Deputy Secretary for Energy - Governor's Office

9:30 am - 10:45 am  Workforce Development: Green Jobs = Green Economy

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

• Tony Joseph, Director of Workforce Policy, Innovation & Improvement - NYS Department of Labor
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• Adele Ferranti, Program Manager for Market and Community Support - NYSERDA's Residential Efficiency and Affordability Program
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• Tria Case, Executive Director - Center for Sustainable Energy at Bronx Community College
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• Jeff Irish, President - Hudson Valley Clean Energy, Inc.
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• Dan Lance, Global Training Leader, Wind Field Operations - GE Energy Renewables
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10:45 am - 11:00 am    Networking Coffee Break   

11:00 am - 12:00 pm    Meeting Customer Needs Through Energy Management

Moderator - Chris Kallaher, Director of Government & Regulatory Affairs - Direct Energy   
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• Tim Daniels, Director of Energy Policy - Constellation Energy Group
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• Paul Tyno, Executive VP for Program Development - Energy Curtailment Specialists, Inc.
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• Mike Jackson, Senior Director of Strategic Development - EnerNOC
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12:00 pm - 1:00 pm   Climate Change Perspectives - Scientific, Policy, and Political Considerations

Moderator - Ashok Gupta, Program Director, Air & Energy - Natural Resources Defense Council

• John Rogers, Northeast Clean Energy Project Manager - Union of Concerned Scientists
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• Peter Iwanowicz, Director of the Office of Climate Change - NYS Department of Environmental Conservation
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• Denise Sheehan, Eastern Regional Director - The Climate Registry
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• Geri Edens, Partner - McKenna, Long & Aldridge
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1:00 pm - 1:30 pm   PlaNYC: A Green New York City - Presented by Jim Gallagher, Senior VP for Energy and Telecommunications - New York City Economic Development Corporation
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1:30 pm - 2:30 pm    Luncheon, Award Ceremony, and Keynote Address

ACE NY Public Policy Leadership Award - 2008 Honorees
Assemblyman Kevin Cahill - Chairman, Assembly Energy Committee
Senator George Maziarz - Chairman, Senate Energy Committee

Keynote Address - New York's Energy Future  
Steve Whitley, President & CEO - New York Independent System Operator
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Mr. Whitley is a 38-year veteran of the energy industry, with extensive experience in bulk power system planning and operations. In his seven-year tenure as senior vice president and chief operating officer of ISO New England (ISO-NE) Mr. Whitley was responsible for System Planning, System Operations, Market Operations, Settlements, Customer Service and North American Electric Reliability Corporation/Northeast Power Coordinating Council (NERC/NPCC) compliance.

Mr. Whitley previously served as ISO-NE Vice President, System Operations from 2000 to 2001. Prior to coming to ISO New England, he completed a 30-year career with the Tennessee Valley Authority where he last served as General Manager, Electric System Operations of the Transmission Power Supply Group and was responsible for control area operations, power supply, economic dispatch, system protection, transmission security, and services and dispatching.

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