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