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2008 DE Conference Presentations and Agenda

9:00 – 10:00 a.m. Keynote Panel ­ Creating a Distributed Energy Future
Audrey Zibelman, Viridity;
[Zibelman Powerpoint]

Eric Winkler, ISO New England
[Winkler Powerpoint]

Paul Peterson, Synapse
[Peterson Powerpoint]

Moderator: Sam Swanson, REV Board Chair


10:00– 10:30 a.m. Refreshment Break & Exhibits

10:30a.m. – 11:30p.m. Morning Concurrent Workshop Sessions
I) Combined Heat & Power Solutions
Becca Kosanovic, Northeast CHP Application Center
[Kosanovic Powerpoint]

Bruce Bently, Central Vermont Public Service
[Bently Powerpoint]

Chris Young, North East CHP Initiative
[Young Powerpoint]

Moderator: Lawrence Mott, First Wind

II) Community Based Distributed Energy Projects
Speakers: Lisa Daniels, Windustry (Community Wind);
[Daniels Powerpoint]

Scudder Parker, New Generation Partners;
[Parker Powerpoint]

Tim Maker, Biomass Energy Resource Center
(Biomass District Heat)
[Maker Powerpoint]

Moderator: Christa Shute, Earth Turbines

11:30 – 12:15 p.m. Buffet Lunch & Exhibits

12:15 –1:00 p.m. Luncheon Presentation - John Robb Defending Our Energy Security -Building Resilient Communities

1:15 – 2:15 p.m. Afternoon Concurrent Workshop Sessions
I) Freeing the Grid
Speakers: James Rose, Network for New Energy Choices; Tom Bourgeois, Pace Law School Energy Project

Fran Cummings, Massachusetts Technology Collaborative
[Cummmings Powerpoint]

Moderator: David Hill, VEIC

II) Distributed Liquid Fuels – The promise of local biofuels
Speakers: David Lane, VT Agency of Agriculture; Netaka White, Sustainable Jobs Fund; John Williamson, State Line Farm
Moderator: Erin Russell-Story

2:30 – 3:30 Keynote Panel - Envisioning a Clean Distributed Energy System for Vermont
David Blittersdorf, Earth Turbines
[Blittersdorf Powerpoint]

Blair Hamilton, Vermont Energy Investment Corporation
[Hamilton Powerpoint]

Jeffery Wolfe, groSolar
[Wolfe Powerpoint]

Moderator: Andrew Perchlik, Renewable Energy Vermont