Conferences

2011 Fall Conference

Conference Agenda

FROM INNOVATION TO IMPLEMENTATION
ACE NY's 5th Annual Fall Conference & Membership Meeting
October 25-26, 2011
Desmond Hotel & Conference Center
660 Albany Shaker Road
Albany, NY 12211

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Tuesday, October 25, 2011


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 Commissioner Garry A. Brown, Chairman, NYS Public Service Commission


Wednesday, October 26, 2011


8:00 AM
 9:00 AM
Registration and Breakfast

9:00 AM
 9:10 AM
Welcome - Tim Daniels, Chairman, ACE NY Board of Directors

9:10 AM
  9:45 AM
Presentation: Integrating Renewables Into the Grid

Emilie Nelson, Manager, Operations Performance & Analysis, New York Independent System Operator

9:45 AM
 11:00 AM
Panel Presentation: New York's Key Areas of Innovation

Moderator: Victor Cardona, Partner, Heslin, Rothenberg, Farley & Mesiti P.C.





Panelists

William Acker, Executive Director, New York Battery and Energy Storage Technology Consortium (NY-BEST)
Tria Case, University Director of Sustainability, City University of New York
Pradeep Haldar, Vice President, Clean Energy Programs, College of Nanoscale Science & Engineering, University at Albany
David Rooney, Senior Vice President of Business Development and Marketing, Center for Economic Growth

11:00 AM
 11:15 AM
Networking Coffee Break

11:15 AM
 12:30 PM
Panel Presentation: Article X Implementation

Moderator: William M. Flynn, Member, Harris Beach PLLC




Panelists

Richard M. Cogen, Partner, Nixon Peabody LLP

Elizabeth A. Grisaru, Of Counsel, Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP

Peter McGowan, General Counsel, NYS Department of Public Service
Steven C. Russo, Deputy Commissioner and General Counsel, NYS Department of Environmental Conservation
Douglas H. Ward, Partner, Young/Sommer LLC

12:30 PM
 1:30 PM
Presentation: ICE - I Care for the Environment Schools Program

Sharon Laudisi, ICE the Bear, and Jonathan Mozoon and Kabir Zafar, students at Walt Whitman High School

1:30 PM
 2:30 PM

Luncheon, Presentation of ACE NY's 2011 Sustainable Energy Leadership Awards, and Keynote Address by Jared Snyder, Assistant Commissioner for Air Resources, Climate Change, and Energy, NYS Department of Environmental Conservation
Sponsored by enXco


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