E3 Conference

Agenda

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Day 1 - Nov. 30, 2010, St. Paul RiverCentre

 

Bioenergy

Conservation & Efficiency

Policy, Economics & Environment

Solar

Special Topics

8:00 AM

CHECK-IN & CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
View Exhibitor Display Booths & Research Posters

9:00 AM

UNIVERSITY WELCOME & SPONSOR RECOGNITION
Richard "Dick" Hemmingsen; Director IREE
Faegre & Benson; Piper Jaffray

9:30 AM

KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Daniel Kammen
University of California, Berkley / World Bank

10:15 AM

BREAK
View Exhibitor Display Booths & Research Posters

10:45 AM

Next Generation Biofuels & Products

Frontiers in Building & Efficiency Research

Renewable Energy Policies Around the World

Local Solar Communities

Waste-to-Energy Systems

11:45 AM

LUNCH

12:00 PM

SAINT PAUL WELCOME
Jim Ibister; Minnesota Wild and Saint Paul RiverCentre
Mayor Chris Coleman; City of Saint Paul

12:30 PM

KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Nicole Y. Lamb-Hale
US Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration

1:15 PM

Biomass Conversion Strategies

Corporate & Industrial Energy Efficiency Success Stories

Legal Challenges to Developing Renewable Energy

World Class Solar Research at the University of Minnesota

Economic Impacts of Renewable Energy Jobs in the Upper Midwest & US

2:30 PM

BREAK
View Exhibitor Display Booths and Research Posters

3:00 PM

Next Generation Bioenergy & Biofuels Feedstocks

Energy Efficiency and Transportation

Toward U.S. Energy Independence

Industry Leaders in the Development of Solar Energy

U of M Renewable Energy Success Stories

4:00 PM

RENEWABLE ENERGY HAPPY HOUR
View Exhibitor Display Booths and Research Posters

 

Day 2 - Dec. 1, 2010, St. Paul RiverCentre

 

Wind Energy Workshop

8:30 AM

CHECK-IN & CONTINTENTAL BREAKFAST

9:00 AM

UNIVERSITY WELCOME
Fotis Sotiropoulos
Saint Anthony Falls Laboratory, University of Minnesota

9:15 AM

KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Megan McCluer
U.S. Department of Energy

10:00 AM

BREAK

10:15 AM

FEDERAL & STATE GOVERNMENT PERSPECTIVE
View Speakers

11:15 AM

INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVES
View Speakers

12:15 PM

LUNCH

1:15 PM

UNIVERSITY / INDUSTRY CONSORTIA RESEARCH
View Speakers

2:00 PM

BREAK

2:15 PM

EDUCATION & TRAINING
View Speakers

3:15 PM

WIND ENERGY STORAGE
View Speakers

4:15 PM

CLOSING REMARKS