Conferences

2008 Fall Conference

Conference Agenda

A Clean Energy Conference:


CREATING NEW YORK'S GREEN ECONOMY

October 21-22, 2008
The Desmond Hotel & Conference Center
660 Albany Shaker Road
Albany, New York 12211


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

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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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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  • Paul Tyno, Executive VP for Program Development - Energy Curtailment Specialists, Inc.
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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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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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Conference Sponsors

Platinum

Bluewater Wind
Brookfield Renewable Power
Golder Associates
Horizon Wind Energy
Iberdrola Renewables
Young/Sommer LLC
Wendel

Gold

AWS Truepower
NYSERDA

Silver

Clough Harbour & Associates (CHA) LLP
EverPower
John Milner Associates, Inc.
Heslin, Rothenberg, Farley & Mesiti P.C.
Quýbec Government Office in New York
Zone 5