WHAT:	ACORE’s Phase II Renewable Energy In America – A Global Outlook
WHEN & WHERE:	Reception: Wednesday, Nov. 28 at Union Station’s Columbus Club, Washington, DC 5:30 pm – 8 pm Conference: Thursday, Nov. 29 Cannon Caucus Room, Cannon House Office Building, Washington, DC, 8:30 am – 5 pm
SIGN UP:	Send an email to Tom Weirich at weirichacore.org (credentialed journalists and established freelancers only please)

The American Council On Renewable Energy welcomes your coverage of a unique slate of U.S. and national renewable energy leaders at this year’s “Phase II” policy conference addressing the global outlook in the context of U.S. policy. Note how this year’s conference will help set the stage for the first-ever, ministerial-level, international renewable energy conference in the U.S.: the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference, WIREC 2008, March 4-6.

Among those confirming their participation as speakers include:

• Guiliano Grassi, Secretary General, European Biomass Industry Association;
• Junfeng Li, Secretary General, Chinese Renewable Energy Industries Association;
• Antonio Pfluger, Director, Energy Technology, International Energy Agency;
• The Honorable Mechtild Rothe, Vice President, Environment, for the European Parliament;
• Oliver Schaefer, Policy Director, European Renewable Energy Council.

They will be joined by, among others:

• John Cavalier, Vice Chairman, Credit Suisse
• The Honorable Charlie Crist, Governor, State of Florida; *
• The Honorable Thomas Dorr, Under Secretary of Agriculture;
• Mohammed El-Ashry, Senior Fellow, UN Foundation;
• John Geesman, Commissioner, California Energy Commission and ACORE Co-Chairman;
• Michael Eckhart, President, ACORE:
• The Honorable Alexander (Andy) Karsner, Assistant Secretary of Energy for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy;
• Katrina Landis, Group Vice President, BP Alternative Energy;
• Michael Liebreich, President, New Energy Finance;
• Adm. Dennis McGinn, retired Navy Vice Admiral and national security consultant;
• The Honorable Claudia McMurray, Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans, Environment and Science;
• Dan Reicher, Director, Energy and Environment, Google;
• Janet Sawin, Senior Researcher and Director of the Energy and Climate Change Program, Worldwatch Institute;
• Vijay Vaitheeswaran, energy & environmental correspondent, The Economist;
• Thomas Vilsack, former Governor, State of Iowa.                    

  *invited