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Financiers to Converge on Renewable Energy
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Linda DaCosta
American Council On Renewable Energy (ACORE)
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New York - June 4, 2008 âEUR" The American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) and Euromoney Energy Events (EEE) are proud to host this yearâEUR(TM)s 5th annual Renewable Energy Finance Forum on June 17-19th at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City. This anniversary marks the financial communityâEUR(TM)s recognition of the long-term growth potential of renewable energy.
REFF-Wall Street is the largest finance forum in the renewable energy sector. Attendance has grown significantly, and over 600 executives are expected to gather at this yearâEUR(TM)s event. Attendees include senior financial leaders in the US renewable energy industry, as well as key international players. Topics to be discussed at this yearâEUR(TM)s event include trends in venture capital investment, creating liquidity in a tight market, the biofuels and biodiesel markets, and how to evaluate risk exposure in the developing U.S. carbon finance markets.
âEURoeREFF-Wall Street is a rare opportunity where all the key players in the industry come together in the world capital of project finance, New York City,âEUR said event co-chair John Cavalier, Managing Partner of Hudson Clean Energy Partners, and formerly Vice Chairman of Investment Banking, Chairman of the Global Energy Group at Credit Suisse, and Head of Renewable Energy at Credit Suisse.
Speakers at this yearâEUR(TM)s event include:
| Name | Title | Company |
| Mike Ahearn | CEO and General Partner | First Solar, Inc. |
| Rome Arnold | Managing Director, Global Head of Energy | Banc of America Securities, LLC |
| Neil Auerbach | Managing Partner | Hudson Clean Energy Partners |
| Brian Bolster | Managing Director | Goldman Sachs |
| C. Baird Brown | Partner | Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP |
| John Cavalier | Managing Partner | Hudson Clean Energy Partners |
| Vivienne Cox | Executive Vice President & Chief Executive Officer | Alternative Energy, BP plc |
| Peter Duprey | Chief Executive Officer | Acciona North America |
| John M. Eber | Managing Director-Energy Investments | JPMorgan Capital Corporation |
| Michael Eckhart | President | American Council On Renewable Energy (ACORE) |
| Ira Ehrenpreis | General Partner | Technology Partners |
| Thomas K. Emmons | Senior Vice President; Head of Energy - Americas | HSH Nordbank Inc. |
| Paul Ezekiel | Managing Director | Energy Trading & Marketing |
| Ed Feo | Partner | Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLP |
| Nancy Floyd | Founder and Managing Director | Nth Power |
| John Geesman | Co-Chair of the ACORE Board of Directors; former California Energy Commissioner; originator of the blog and podcast | GreenEnergyWar.com |
| Kevin Genieser | Managing Director | Morgan Stanley |
| Bill Green | Managing Director | VantagePoint Venture Partners |
| Skip Grow | Managing Director | Lazard Freres & Co |
| Sven Hansen | Chief Investment Officer | Good Energies |
| Michael Liebreich | Chief Executive Officer | New Energy Finance |
| Kenneth R. Locklin | Director | Clean Energy Group |
| Eric Martinot | Senior Researcher | Institute for Sustainable Energy Policies (Tokyo) Visiting Professor, Tsinghua University (Beijing) |
| Katherine A. McAvoy | Partner | Winston & Strawn |
| Patrick McCloskey | Managing Director | Evolution Markets |
| Daniel More | Managing Director | Morgan Stanley |
| Xiaofeng Peng | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | LDK Solar Co., Ltd. |
| Dan Reicher | Director, Climate Change and Energy Initiatives | Google.org |
| Rhone Resch | President | Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) |
| Andrew Safran | Vice Chairman, Co-Head Global Energy Power and Chemical Group | Citigroup |
| David Sandalow | Energy & Environment Scholar and Senior Fellow | The Brookings Institution |
| Scott Scherer | Vice President / General Manager - Aircraft Financial Services | Boeing Capital Corporation |
| Michael Schwartz | Senior VP, Commerical Strategy | Duke Energy Generation Services |
| Santiago Seage | Chief Executive Officer | Abengoa Solar |
| Milo Sjardin | Head of North America Research | New Carbon Finance |
| Scott Sklar | President | The Stella Group, Ltd. |
| Michael R. Splinter | President and Chief Executive Officer | Applied Materials Inc. |
| David Sandalow | Energy & Environment Scholar and Senior Fellow | The Brookings Institution |
| Joseph Stanislaw | President | The JAStanislaw Group |
| Randall Swisher | Executive Director | American Wind Energy Association |
| Bruce Usher | Chief Executive Officer | EcoSecurities Group plc |
| Kevin Walsh | Managing Director, Renewable Energy | GE Energy Financial Services |
| Michael D. Ware | Managing Director | Good Energies Inc. |
| Thomas H. Werner | Chief Executive Officer | SunPower Corporation |
| John Woolard | Chief Executive Officer | BrightSource Energy, Inc. |
âEURoeAs the quest continues for finding better and more reliable sources and ways to deliver energy to US customers, many are coming to REFF-Wall Street to network and find answers,âEUR stated Michael Ware, forum Co-Chair and Managing Director, Good Energies Inc.
REFF-Wall Street 2008 is sponsored by Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, Credit Suisse, Evolution Markets, Winston & Strawn, GE Energy Financial Services, First Climate, Baker & McKenzie, Dexia, Milbank, Reznick Group, Santander, SunPower, Applied Materials, Leaf Clean Energy Company, Sutherland Asbill & Brennan, and UK Trade & Investment.
"REFF-Wall Street has clearly become the leading conference for the renewable energy community, both in the US and, increasingly, internationally. We view it as a must-attend event, both for ourselves and our clients, and we are pleased to return for the fifth year as conference sponsors,âEUR said Chris Groobey, Partner, Baker & McKenzie.
Conference co-chairs are Michael Eckhart, President, ACORE; Nancy Floyd, Founder and Managing Director, Nth Power; Ken Locklin, Director, Clean Energy Group; Michael D. Ware, Managing Director, Good Energies, Inc.; Michael Liebreich, Chief Executive Officer, New Energy Finance; and John Cavalier, Managing Partner of Hudson Clean Energy Partners, and formerly Vice Chairman of Investment Banking, Chairman of the Global Energy Group, and Head of Renewable Energy at Credit Suisse.
REFF-Wall Street is hosted by ACORE, a nonprofit organization headquartered in Washington, DC, dedicated to raising the profile of renewable energy, and Euromoney Energy Events, a London-based wholly owned subsidiary of Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC and organizer of conferences to address topical issues in the energy sector. For more information please visit www.reffwallstreet.com. Members of the press interested in attending, please contact Emily Gombar, 617 443-9933 x343 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
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