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The Conference of the Year in Renewable Energy, RETECH 2010, offered a thorough update and in-depth education in renewable energy technologies, markets, competition, policy and all of the major government programs. 

Special Plenary Session Friday, February 5th 
Featurind: 
alt Gary Locke
Secretary, US Department of Commerce 
alt Dan Arvizu
Director, NREL


Confirmed Speakers:

Dan Adler President, California Clean Energy Fund
Dan Alcombright VP, North America Solon
Jeff Anderson Executive Director, Clean Economy Network
Rainer Aringhoff President, Solar Millenium
Bruce Bailey President & CEO, AWS True Wind
Lois Barber Executive Director, Alliance for Renewable Energy
Jim Barry
 President, NTR/SES
Henry Bastian Fire Ecologist, DOI
Daniel Beard Chief Administrative Officer, U.S. House of Representatives
Jacques Beaudry-Losique Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of Energy
David Benson Partner, Stoel Rives LLP
Chris B. Berendt Vice President, Environmental Markets, Policy and Strategy Pace Global Energy Services LLC
Howard Berke Executive Chairman & Co-Founder, Konarka Technologies
Doug Berven Director of Corporate Affairs. POET
Douglas Bradley President, Canadian Bioenergy Association
Ray Brady Manager, Energy Policy Team, Bureau of Land Management
Ted Brandt CEO, Marathon Capital
Jeff Broin CEO, POET
Yoram Bronicki President, ORMAT Technologies
Michael Brower Senior Federal Policy Director, Mosiac Federal Affairs
Tom Buis CEO, Growth Energy
Stan Bull Associate Director Emeritus, NREL and Director of Energy Programs, MRI NREL
Chris Burnham Vice Chairman and Managing Director, Deutsche Bank
Bill Campbell
Supervisor, Third District, Orange County, CA
Michael Carr General Counsel, U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Tom Casten Chairman & CEO, Recycled Energy, Inc.
Jaime Chapman
Senior Research Faculty, Texas Tech
Aimee Christensen CEO, Christensen Global Strategies
Bob Cleaves President, US Biomas Power Association
Matt Clouse Director of Renewable Energy Policy and Projects, EPA Green Power Partnerhsip
Carlos Coe CEO, Xtreme Power
Ed Cohen Vice President for Government and Industry Relations, Honda
Chip Comins President, American Renewable Energy
Anthony Crooks Renewable Energy Policy Specialist, USDA Rural Development
Keith Curtis Senior Energy Advisor, United States Department of Commerce
David Danielson Program Director ARPA-E, Department of Energy
Raj Dasgupta Director of Research, Electrovaya
Michael Davis Director, PNL
Pascal de Souza Dromund Senior Adviser- North and South America CSIRO, Australia
Reid Detchon Executive Director, Energy Future Coalition
Paul Detering President & CEO, Tioga Energy
Robbie Diamond President and Chief Executive Officer, Securing America's Future Energy
Robert Do President & CEO, Solena Group
Stephan Dolezalek General Partner, VantagePoint Venture Partners
Raymond DuBose Director for Energy Services, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Joseph  Dukert Past President, USAEE
Peter Duprey CEO, Acciona
Jeff Eckel President & CEO, Hannon Armstrong Capital
Antone Edmunds Executive Director, Caribbean-Central American Action
Lee Edwards President, Virent
Roger Efird, Managing Director, Suntech America
Christiane Egger Deputy General Manager, OO Energiesparverband
Ira Ehrenpreis General Partner, Technology Partners
Pat Eilers  Managing Director, Madison Dearborn Partners
Doug  Faulkner President and Co-Founder, Chrysalis Energy Partners 
Roger Feldman Lawyer, Andrews Kurth
Ed Feo Partner, Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLP
Matt Ferguson Pricipal, Renewable Energy Practice Leader, Reznick Group, P.C. 
Roy  Ferguson
 Ambassador, New Zealand
George Fitch Mayor, Warrenton, VA
Kevin Fitzgerald Partner, Troutman Sanders LLP
Chris Flavin President, World Watch Institute
Harry Fleming CEO, Acro Energy Technologies Corp
Nancy Floyd Founder & Managing Director, Nth Power
Gil Forer, Global Cleantech Director, Ernst & Young
Lisa Frantzis Managing Director, Energy Navigant Consulting, Inc.
John  Galiotos Professor, Science & Engineering Technology Division Chair, and Energy Institute Director at Houston Community College-NE Energy Institute 
John Ganzi President, Environment and Finance Enterprise
Karl Gawell  Executive Director, Geothermal Energy Association
Paul Gaynor President & CEO, First Wind
Ed  Gee Deputy Forest Supervisor, USDA Forest Service
John Geesman President, Green Energy War
Katherine Genseler Manager, Regulatory & Legislative Affairs, Solar Energy Industry Association
Paul Gilman
Senior Vice President & Chief Sustainability Officer, Covanta
William Goldner National Program Leader, AG and Food Research Initiative(AFRI) National Institute of Food & Agriculture, USDA
Giuliano Grassi
Secretary General, European Union Biomass Industries Association
C. Boyden Gray
 President,  Boyden Gray & Associates
Chris Groobey Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Tom Grumbly Vice President for Civil & Homeland Security, Lockheed Martin
Jason Grumet Founder & President, Bipartisan Policy Center
Claus Habermeier Director, Germany Trade and Invest
William Hagy Director of Alternative Energy Policy, USDA Rural Development
David Hales President, College of the Atlantic
Nancy Hamilton Senior Policy Advisor, Oregon Economic Development & Workforce, Office of the Governor
Burt Hamner Co-Founder & President, Grays Harbor Ocean Energy
Ervan Hancock Manager, Renewable & Green Strategies Southern Company Generation
Bryan Hannegan Vice President, Environment and Generation Electric Power Research Institute
Arno Harris CEO, Recurrent Energy
Kevin Harris Director of Business Development, Hydrogenics
Dan Henry VP Advanced Technology, Hearth & Home Technologies
Jeff Holzschuh Vice Chairman, Morgan Stanley
Mark Hopkins Director of International Energy Efficiency, UN Foundation
Didier Houssin Director of the Directorate of Energy Markets and Security, International Energy Agency
Reed Hundt
Co-Chairman, Coalition for the Green Bank
Fumiaki Ishida Director General, New Energy & Industrial Technology Development Organization
Bruce Jamerson Chairman, Mascoma Corporation
Tom Jensen Head, Energy & Enviornment Practice, Sonnenschein
Hunter Jiang President, GCL Solar
Gudni A Johannesson Director, General National Energy Authority, Iceland
Mel  Jones President and CEO, Sterling Planet
Li Junfeng Chairman, Chinese Renewable Energy Industry Association
Dan  Kammen Director, RE Laboratory, UC Berkeley
Andreas  Karelas Green-e Energy Program Analyst Center for Resource Solutions
Greg Kats Principal, GoodEnergies
Larry Kazmerski Director, National Center for PV, NREL/NCPV
Brett KenCairn CEO, Veterans Green Jobs
Islam Khursheed Senior Adviser, German Technical Cooperation (GTZ)
Richard Kidd Program Manager, Federal Energy Management Program, DOE
Sydney Kitson Chairman & CEO, Kitson & Partners
Arnold Klann CEO, BlueFire Ethanol
Alex Klein Research Director, Emerging Energy
Marty Klepper Partner, Skadden Arps Meagher & Flom LLP
Jim Kohlhaas Vice President, Corporate Engineering & Technology, Lockheed Martin
David Kolsrud President & CEO, DAK Renewable Energy

Anne Korin Co-Director, Institute for the Analysis of Global Security (IAGS)
Felix Kramer Founder, California Cars Initiative
Daniel Kreeger Executive Director, Association of Climate Change Officers
Greg Krissek Director, Government Affairs, ICM
Wayne Krouse Chairman & CEO, Hydro Green Energy
Mike Ladish CTO, Mascoma Corporation
Mark Lambrides Chief, Energy and Climate Change Mitigation, Department of Sustainable Development, Organization of American States
Andrew Lang Board Member, World Bioenergy Association
John Langdon
CEO, Viryd Technologies
Lene Lange Dean of Research, Aalborg University, Denmark
Dan Lashof Deputy Director, Climate Center, NRDC
Mike Layton Principal, Environmental Defense (Canada)
Bill Leahy Director of Operations, Eastern Connecticut State University
Howard Learner Executive Director, Environmental Law & Policy Center
Marc LePage Minister, Energy and Climate Change  Government of Canada/Embassy of Canada
Craig Lewis Principal, Government Relations RightCycle
Chuck Linderman Principal, ICG Aeolian Energy, LLC
Christine Lins Secretary General, European Renewable Energy Council
Mike Linsenbigler Programs, Farm Service Agency, USDA
Bruce Lisle Founder & CEO, Pellet Fuels Institute
Kenneth Locklin Director Finance & Investment, Clean Energy Group
Jim Long Partner, Gabriel Venture Partners
Laura Lovelace President, Wellford Energy Advisors
Phil Madson President, Katzen International
Taylor Marshall  Operations Director, LAC-CORE
Keith Martin Partner, Chadbourne & Park
Martin McAdam CEO, Aquamarine Power
Michael McAdams President, Advanced Biofuels Association
John McCarthy CEO, Qteros
Dennis McGinn Chairman & CEO, Remote Reality Corporation
Katie McGinty Partner, Element Capital Partners
Matt McManus Division Chief, Energy Producer County Affairs, U.S. Department of State
Bernard McNelis Managing Director, IT Power
Sonia Medina US Country Director, EcoSecurities
Bruno Mejean Sr. Vice President Nord/LB
Gueta Mezzetti Lead Council on Energy, U.S. Air Force
Ernie Moniz Distinguished Professor MIT
Geoffrey Morgan Attorney at Law, Michael Best
Fred Morse Senior Advisor, Abengoa Solar
John Mullen President US-New Zealand Council
Roger Natsuhara Assistant Secretary, U.S. Navy
Charlie Niebling General Manager, Procurement & Sales, New England Wood Pellet
Alan Nogee Clean Energy Program Director, Union of Concerned Scientists
Jonathan Norling General Counsel, Columbia Energy Partners
Kent Nystrom President, World Bioenergy Association
Christopher O'Brien Market Development & Gov't Relations, Oerlikon Solar
Eddie O'Connor Founder & CEO, Mainstream Renewable Power
Craig O'Connor Director, Office of Renewable Energy & Environmental Exports, Export-Import Bank of the United States
Arthur O'Donnell Executive Director, Center for Resource Solutions
Oliver Pairault
Deputy Counselor on Climate Change and Ecology, Embassy of France
Wolfgang Palz
 Chairman, World Council for Renewable Energy
Bruce A. Pasternack Executive In Residence, CMEA Ventures
Marcia Patton-Mallory Bioenergy and Climate Change Specialist, USDA
Federico Pena Co-Chair, Compete Coalition
Jeff Plowman Executive Director, Sustainable Biodiesel Alliance
Larry Plumb Executive Director, Emerging Issues & Tech. Policy, Verizon Communications
Michael Polsky Chairman & CEO, Invenergy
Susan Preston General Partner, Cal CEF
Andrea Putman Director of Corporate Partnerships, Second Nature
Jeevanandham Rajagopal, Partner, Fox Mandal Little Solicitors and Advocates
Vankat Ramana Senior Energy Specialist, World Bank
Lowell Rasmussen Associate Vice Chancellor, U of Minnesota
Dan Reicher Director, Energy & Climate Initiatives, Google
Tina Reine Carbon Markets Manager, NextEra Energy Resources
Pablo Reyes Director, Centro de Estudios Estrategicos Latinamericos
Katherine Richardson Chairman, Danish Commission on Climate Change Policy
Charlie Ricker Senior VP, BrightSource Energy
Douglas Ridge Director, Economic Initiation, Texas Workforce Commission
Mark Riedy Partner, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, PC Jackson Robinson President, Winslow Management
Rob Rogan Senior VP, eSolar
Michael Schewel Partner, McGuire Woods
Doug Schultz Program Officer, Loan Guarantee Program, US Department of Energy
Louis Schwartz
 President, China Strategies LLC
Gary Seifert Program Manager, INL Wind Program, Idaho National Laboratory
Truman Semans Principal, Green Order
Jeff Serfass Executive Director, Biomass Thermal Energy Council
Alan Shaffer Principal Deputy Director, Defense Research and Engineering, Department of Defense
Ernie Shea Executive Director, 25x25
Judy Siegel President, E&SG
Ralph Sims Senior Analyst, RE & Climate, International Energy Agency
Scott  Sklar President, The Stella Group
Dennis Slagle President and CEO, North American Trucks ( Mack and Volvo Trucks N.A.)
Russel Smith Executive Director, TREIA
Virginia Sonntag-O'Brien Executive Secretary, REN 21
Henry Steingass Reigional Director, South & Southeast Asia, United States Trade & Development Agency
John Strimling President & CEO, WoodPellets.com/American Biomass
Eddie Sturman Co-Founder, Sturman Industries
Chen Sui Chairman, China Guangdong Nuclear Wind Power
Jan-Eric Sundgren
 SVP, Public and Envir. Affairs, Volvo
Lynn Tabernacki Senior Manager, Renewable Energy & Sustainability Development Finance, OPIC
Marjorie Tatro Director of Fuel and Water System, Sandia National Laboratory
Trey Taylor Co-Founder & President, Verdant Power
Jeff Tester Associate Director, Cornell Center for a Sustainable Future, Cornell
William Thomas, Counsel, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Griff Thompson Program Manager, U.S. State Department
Paul Thomsen Director of Policy and Business Development, ORMAT
Chris Tindal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Energy, U.S. Navy
Melissa Van Ornum Marketing Manager, GHD, Inc.
David Van’t Hof Shareholder, Lane Powell PC
Joel Velasco Chief Representative, UNICA
Juan Verde Deputy Assistant Secretary for Europe, U.S. Department of Commerce
Toni Volpe President & CEO ENEL North America Inc
Sanjay Wagle Renerable Energy Advisor to Office of the Secretary, DOE
Kevin Walsh Managing Director, GE Financial Services
Michael Ware Managing Director, Good Energies
Craig Webster Head of Cleantech, Cambridge Consultants LTD
Ralf Weigel Co-Founder & CEO, Demetrion Deutschland AG
Julian Wong Senior Policy Analyst, Center for American Progress
Kassia Yanosek Entrepreneur In Residence, Hudson Clean Energy Partners
Dana Younger Senior Adviser Renewable Energy & Sustainability Infrastructure Department, International Finance Corporation
Audrey Zibelman Founder, President & CEO, Viridity


 
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