Conferences

2010 Fall Conference

Conference Agenda

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Wednesday, October 27, 2010


12:00 PM

Registration Opens

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

5:00 PM
 6:30 PM
Networking Cocktail Reception
Sponsored by EverPower

6:30 PM
 8:30 PM
Dinner with Keynote Address by Matt Guyette, Global Strategy Leader, GE Renewable Energy

Thursday, October 28, 2010


8:00 AM
 9:00 AM
Registration and Breakfast

9:00 AM
 9:10 AM
Welcome - Carol E. Murphy, Executive Director, ACE NY


9:10 AM
 10:15 AM
Panel Presentation: Bringing Solar to New York

Moderator: Fred Zalcman, Managing Director of Regulatory Affairs, SunEdison






Panelists

 Carrie Cullen Hitt, President, The Solar Alliance

Tim Daniels, Vice President, Energy Policy, Constellation Energy Group

Ron Kamen, Senior VP, EarthKind Solar and President, New York Solar Energy Industries Association (NYSEIA)

Carl Meyer, Chair & President/CEO, The Solar Energy Consortium

10:15 AM
 11:10 AM
Panel Presentation: New York's Offshore Wind Energy Initiatives

Moderator: Valerie Strauss, Deputy Director, ACE NY





Panelists

Sharon Laudisi, Business Development Manager, New York Power Authority
Michael Snyder, Ocean and Lakes Policy Analyst, NYS Department of State
Todd Stebbins, Director of Environmental Affairs, Long Island Power Authority

11:10 AM
 11:30 AM
Networking Coffee Break Sponsored by Young, Sommer, LLC

11:30 AM
 12:30 PM
Panel Presentation: Sustainable Communities - Why Green is Still Growing

Moderator: Marcia Bystryn, President, New York League of Conservation Voters




Panelists

Adrienne Esposito, Executive Director, Citizens Campaign for the Environment

Amanda LaValle, Coordinator, Department of the Environment, Ulster County
Larry Simpson, President, Blue Springs Energy

12:30 PM
 1:30 PM
Panel Presentation: Project Finance Update

Moderator: Elizabeth A. Grisaru, Of Counsel, Whiteman Osterman & Hanna




Panelists:

Richard M. Cogen, Partner, Nixon Peabody

Eli M. Katz, Partner, Chadbourne & Parke

Kellie Metcalf, Director - Power Marketing, Pattern Energy Group


1:30 PM
 2:30 PM

Luncheon, Presentation of ACE NY's 2010 Sustainable Energy Leadership Awards, and Keynote Address by Frank Murray, President and CEO, New York State Energy Research & Development Authority
Sponsored by enXco

Conference Sponsors

Platinum

EverPower
GE Energy
Iberdrola Renewables
NYSERDA

Gold

American Wind Energy Association
AWS Truepower
Blue Springs Energy
Chadbourne & Parke LLP
The Delaney Group, A Tetra Tech Company
Enel Green Power
enXco
Horizon Wind Energy
JPW Companies
The Solar Alliance
Young/Sommer LLC