Building a Renewable Energy Economy May 31, 2007

Thursday May 31, 2007
4:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs
Glickman-Miller Hall, Atrium

Building a Renewable Energy Economy will continue to explore the advanced energy industry in Northeast Ohio. Keynote speaker, Jerome Ringo, President of the Apollo Alliance, will speak to the potential of the green economy to generate quality jobs and healthier communities while simultaneously curbing global warming and oil dependence. Mr. Ringo will be joined by Paul Oyaski and Joyce Burke-Jones who will talk about advanced energy as an economic development strategy for Cuyahoga County and the Cuyahoga Regional Energy Development Task Force.

The Apollo Alliance is a national organization that “provides a message of optimism and hope, framed around rejuvenating our nation’s economy by creating the next generation of American industrial jobs and treating clean energy as an economic and security mandate to rebuild America.” For more information about Apollo: http://www.apolloalliance.org/about_the_alliance/jeromeringo.cfm

Agenda
4:00-4:15 p.m. Registration
4:15 p.m. Welcome and Introduction,
Kathryn Hexter, Director, Center for Civic Education
4:30 p.m. Keynote Address "Building a Renewable Energy Economy"
Jerome Ringo, President, Apollo Alliance 5:15-5:45 p.m. Local response panel
Paul Oyaski, Director, Cuyahoga County Department of Development
Joyce Burke-Jones, Sustainability Director, Cuyahoga County
Moderated by Amy Hanauer, Executive Director, Policy Matters Ohio
5:30-6:00 p.m. Audience Q & A

Official Website: http://urban.csuohio.edu/forum/events/05_31_07_renewable_energy.shtml