ACORE Higher Education Committee Meeting - Capitol Hill Club
(Open to ACORE HEC Members only)

ACORE Utility Committee Meeting
(Open to ACORE Utility Committee Members & Load Serving Entities only)

ACORE International Committee Meeting - Capitol Hill Club

ACORE Higher Education Committee Meeting - Capitol Hill Club

ACORE Biomass Coordinating Council Committee Meeting - Capitol Hill Club

ACORE Utility Committee Meeting - Capitol Hill Club
(Open to ACORE Utility Committee Members & Load Serving Entities only)

ACORE International Committee Meeting - Capitol Hill Club

Video clips of the 2007 Phase II speakers are now available on the Speakers page.

Opening Session

• Michael Eckhart, President, ACORE
• Jodie Roussell, Associate Director, ACORE
• John Geesman, Commissioner, California Energy Commission, and Co-Chairman, ACORE

Keynote Speeches

• The Honorable Alexander (Andy) Karsner, Assistant Secretary of Energy for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
• Vijay Vaitheeswaran, Environment and Energy Correspondent, The Economist
• David Sandalow, Senior Vice President, Brookings Institute
• The Honorable Mechtild Rothe, Vice President, Environment, for the European Parliament

Global Outlook on Renewable Energy
Session co-chaired by Roger Ballentine, President, Green Strategies, and Wolfgang Palz, Chairman, World Council for Renewable Energy. 
Speakers:

• Michael Liebreich, Chairman and CEO, New Energy Finance
• Janet Sawin, Senior Researcher and Director of the Energy and Climate Change Program, Worldwatch Institute
• Antonio Pflüger, Director, Energy Technology, International Energy Agency
• Oliver Schaefer, Policy Director, European Renewable Energy Council
• Giuliano Grassi, Secretary General, European Biomass Industry Association
• Junfeng Li, Secretary General, Chinese Renewable Energy Industries Association

Government, Business and Financial Outlook
Session co-chaired by Pat Wood, Principal, Wood Resources and Hank  Habicht, CEO, GETF and Managing Director, Sail Ventures. 
Speakers:

• Adm. Dennis McGinn (USN-Ret.),  Sr. Vice President, Battelle
• Thomas Vilsack, Former Governor, State of Iowa
• Katrina Landis, Group Vice President, BP Alternative Energy
• John Cavalier, Vice Chairman, Credit Suisse

Moderated Roundtable: Global Leadership
Session chair: Judy Siegel, President, Energy and Security Group, and Michael Eckhart, President, ACORE. 
Speakers:

• The Honorable Thomas Dorr, Under Secretary of Agriculture, USDA
• The Honorable Reno Harnish , Deputy Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of State

Summary and Adjournment

• Dan Reicher, Director, Energy and Environment, Google
• Mohammed El-Ashry, Senior Fellow, UN Foundation
• Michael Eckhart, President, ACORE