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Policy, Economics and the Environment
Session I: Renewable Energy Policies Around the World
International CleanTech Investment
Rex O'Neal, Faegre & Benson
Sustainable Biofuels: A Global Conversation
John Sheehan, Institute on the Environment, University of Minnesota
China's Challenges: Energy, Environment, and Development
Elizabeth Wilson, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota
Tim Welle, BioBusiness Alliance of Minnesota (Moderator)
Session II: Legal Challenges to Developing Renewable Energy
While We Wait for Good U.S. Policy
Jon Dettman, Faegre & Benson
Property Rights on the New Frontier: Climate Change, Natural Resource Development and Renewable Energy
Alexandra Klass, University of Minnesota Law School
Financing a Clean Technology Business the Old Fashioned Way
Todd Taylor, Fredrikson & Byron
IP Issues in Renewable Project Development
Edna Vassilovski, Stoel Rives
Alexandra Klass, University of Minnesota Law School (Moderator)
Session III: Toward U.S. Energy Independence
Five Key Trends That Will Define Clean-Energy Markets Through 2011 and Beyond
Peter J. Ekberg, Faegre & Benson
The EISA, RES and Carbon Policy: Three Potential Policy Contributors to Increasing Net Farm Income and Jobs in the United States
Burton C. English, Professor, Agriculture Economics, University of Tennessee
Lag in US Energy Policy Risks Lag in Innovations by US Companies
William Weimer, Faegre & Benson
Gregg Mast, BioBusiness Alliance of Minnesota (Moderator)
This track sponsored by the BioBusiness Alliance of Minnesota