Fast Tracking Energy & Climate Change Technology Companies: US Senate Field Hearing August 7, 2007

Fast Tracking Energy & Climate Change Technology Companies

Presented by the City of Albuquerque in conjunction with the United States Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Field Hearing

Mayor Martin Chávez and the City of Albuquerque Economic Development Department are proud to host presentations by national leaders before and after the Field Hearing of the United States Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, led by Senator Jeff Bingaman, Committee Chairman.

Important Details if you plan to attend:
There are two parts to this event, one is free and the other requires registration and payment of an attendance fee. More information is provided in the Agenda below, but in brief:

Free part of activities:

The Senate Field Hearing will be held from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. in the Galisteo Room at the Convention Center. The Senate Field Hearing is free to the public.

Paid part of activities:

The City of Albuquerque is hosting the Breakfast and Lunch Speakers programs before and after the Field Hearing presentations. Comments by national speakers will augment the excellent regional economic and business development opportunities covered in the Field Hearing.

These two sessions, preceding and following the Senate Hearing, require registration and a $60 meal fee to attend and includes Breakfast and Lunch. Please follow the signs in the East Wing to the right rooms.

Registration Details for Paid Sessions:

Space is limited so register early for the Breakfast and Lunch sessions. Deadline: August 5, 2007

To Register:
Within Albuquerque call: 311
Outside of Albuquerque call: 505-768-2000

Please let the operator know you are attending the paid event:

Fast Tracking Energy & Climate Change Technology Companies

Questions:

For Field Hearing information or questions, please contact:

Senator Bingaman's Albuquerque office:
505-346-6601

For information or questions about the City of Albuquerque part of the event, please contact:

Karen Cook
Sustainable Policy Advisor, Mayor's Office, City of Albuquerque
karen (at) eecominc (dot) com


Agenda: August 7, 2007

Directions: Meeting Room locator map for the Albuquerque Convention Center.
Please print the ACC facilities map to help you navigate
to the different meetings rooms for the event.

7:30 a.m.
Breakfast (Paid Session)
Follow signs to the Breakfast room at the Convention Center

Welcome: Mayor Martin J. Chávez

Mayor Chávez and the City of Albuquerque were recognized with the Climate Protection Award for outstanding and innovative practices increasing energy efficiency and championing the fight on global warming, by the United States Conference of Mayors.

Breakfast Speaker:
Kurt Yeager
Executive Director
Galvin Electricity Initiative

The Galvin Electricity Initiative was officially launched in 2005, but its genesis dates back to the massive East Coast blackout of August 2003, which left nearly 50 million people without power and inspired former Motorola chief Robert W. Galvin to take action. The Galvin Electricity Initiative is leading a campaign to create a perfect power system. A perfect power system cannot fail the consumer. It is environmentally sound and fuel-efficient. It is robust and resilient; able to withstand natural and weather-related disasters and mitigate the potential damage caused by terrorist attack. The perfect power system provides affordable electricity to all consumers and allows consumers to control their own energy use to the extent they choose.

Yeager is the former president and CEO of the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)

9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee Field Hearing (Free Event)
Galisteo Room

Senator Jeff Bingaman, Chairman

United States Senate Energy and Natural Resources Oversight Hearing: To Receive Testimony on Reducing Barriers to Growth of Emerging Energy Technologies

The purpose of this hearing is to receive testimony on Reducing Barriers to growth of Emerging Energy Technologies – Relationships between Federal, State and Local Governments.

Witnesses

Panel 1

The Honorable Martin Chávez , Mayor, City of Albuquerque

Panel 2

Dr. Doug Smith , President, Nanopore

NanoPore produces nanotech-based insulation, thin films, and cooling systems that greatly reduce the energy consumption in buildings.

Russell Schmit , Founder/President/ Chief Executive Officer, Advent Solar, Inc.

Advent Solar, Inc. is a manufacturer of advanced technology solar cells and modules. Founded in 2002, Advent Solar began operations in 2003, and is poised to become an industry leader with our innovative back-contact cell technology. Advent's state-of-the-art facility is in Albuquerque, where the next generation of technology meets lean manufacturing, and insures Advent can respond quickly to the needs of the rapidly growing photovoltaic market.

Jerry Simmons , Program Manager, Solid-State Lighting Program, Sandia National Laboratories

Dramatic changes are unfolding in lighting technology. Semiconductor light-emitting diodes (LEDs), until recently used mainly as simple indicator lamps in electronics and toys, have become as bright and efficient as incandescent bulbs. They have already begun to replace incandescent bulbs in many applications, particularly those requiring durability, compactness, cool operation and/or directionality (e.g., traffic, automotive, display, and architectural directed-area lighting).

Dr. Hong Hou , President and Chief Operating Officer, EMCORE Corporation

EMCORE has long been a leading supplier of solar power solutions for space applications; developing and delivering ultra-high efficiency compound semiconductor Multi-Junction photovoltaic (PV) solar cells and panels. The EMCORE Solar Power Division was formed to bring this advanced technology affordably and reliably into terrestrial solar power markets, one of the highest growth opportunities, worldwide.

11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Luncheon (Paid Session)
Follow signs to the luncheon room at the Convention Center

Luncheon Speakers:

Michelle Moore, VP, Community & Communications
U.S. Green Building Council

The U.S. Green Building Council's core purpose is to transform the way buildings and communities are designed, built and operated, enabling an environmentally and socially responsible, healthy, and prosperous environment that improves the quality of life.

Paul Allen, Sr. VP Corporate Affairs
Chief Environmental Officer
Constellation Energy Group

Constellation Energy is a first-choice provider for customers seeking energy solutions in the complex and changing energy marketplace. Constellation is a Fortune 200 competitive energy company based in Baltimore and the nation’s leading supplier of competitive electricity to large commercial and industrial customers.

Michelle Wyman, Executive Director
ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability USA

ICLEI—Local Governments for Sustainability is an international association of local governments and national and regional local government organizations that have made a commitment to sustainable development. More than 550 cities, towns, counties, and their associations worldwide comprise ICLEI's growing membership. ICLEI works with these and hundreds of other local governments through international performance-based, results-oriented campaigns and programs.

Event Concludes

Senator Bingaman and Mayor Chávez thank you for participating.

Directions:
Meeting Room locator map for the Albuquerque Convention Center.
Please print the ACC facilities map to help you navigate
to the different meetings rooms for the event.

Official Website: http://energy.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?Fuseaction=Hearings.Hearing&Hearing_ID=1646