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Sustaining Organizations

Supporting Organizations

Alliance to Save Energy, American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy, American Planning Association, American Public Power Association, American Wind Energy Association, California Clean Energy Fund, Center for American Progress, Center for Resource Solutions, Clean Energy Group, Clean Fuels Development Coalition, Community Environmental Council, Electric Power Research Institute, Environmental and Energy Study Institute, Environmental Law & Policy Center, Global Energy Network Institute, Interfaith Environmental Council, Interstate Renewable Energy Council, National Association of State Energy Officials, National Corn Growers Association, National Hydrogen Association, National Hydropower Association, National Rural Electric Co-op Association, Natural Resources Defense Council, New Uses Council/Biomass Coordinating Council, REEEP, Solar Electric Power Association, Solar Electric Industries Association, Texas Renewable Energy Industries Association, The Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life of Southern California, U.S. Conference of Mayors, Union of Concerned Scientists, World Resources Institute, and Worldwatch Institute

Keynote speakers

The Honorable Jim Doyle, Governor of Wisconsin
The Honorable Mike Johanns, Secretary of Agriculture
The Honorable Gale Norton, Secretary of the Interior
The Honorable Marcus Peacock, Deputy Administrator, US EPA
John Anderson, Head of Power Industry Investing, John Hancock
John Geesman, Commissioner, California Energy Commission
Robert Gleitz, General Manager, GE Wind Energy
Vinod Khosla, Partner, Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers
Admiral Dennis V. McGinn, (USN ret.), Battelle Science & Technology International
R. James Woolsey, Former Director, Central Intelligence

The following Members of Congress spoke in the main forum and at receptions:
Senator Wayne Allard (CO; Co-chair Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Caucus)
Senator Byron Dorgan (ND)
Representative Roscoe Bartlett (MD)
Representative Earl Blumenauer (OR)
Representative Sam Graves (MO)
Representative John Holt (NJ)
Representative Mike Honda (CA)
Representative Jay Inslee (WA)
Representative Tim Murphy (PA)
Representative Jim Saxton (NJ)
Representative Lee Terry (NE)
Representative Mark Udall (CO; Co-chair Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Caucus)

Speakers came from over ten states in the East, Mid-America and the West:
Hans Detweiler, Deputy Director of Energy for the Illinois State Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
Jan Hamrin, President, Center for Resource Solutions
Howard Learner, Executive Director, Environmental Law & Policy Center
Lew Milford, President, Clean Energy Group
Daniel Desmond, Deputy Secretary, Office of Energy and Technology Development, PA DEP
Paul Orbuch, Western Governor's Association
Rob Pratt, Director, Massachusetts Renewable Energy Trust
Ernie Shea, Coordinator, Rural Energy (25 x 25), Energy Future Coalition
Dub Taylor, Director, Texas State Energy Office


Leaders in the environment, technology, national security, and utility community spoke, including:
Roger Ballentine, President, Green Strategies
Kateri Callahan, President, Alliance to Save Energy
Hank Courtright, VP Generation, Electric Power Research Institute
Peter Fox-Penner, Principal and Chairman, The Brattle Group
Chris Flavin, President, Worldwatch Institute
Nancy Floyd, Founder and Managing Director, Nth Power
Hank Habicht, CEO, Global Energy & Technology Foundation
Bill Holmberg, Chairman, Biomass Coordinating Council
Tammy Klein, Director, Global Biofuels and the Americas, International Biofuels Quality Center
Deron Lovaas, Vehicles Campaign Director, Natural Resources Defense Council
Gal Luft, President, Institute for Analysis of Global Security
Kevin Moran, Director Washington, DC Office, Western Governors' Association
Steve Nadel, Executive Director, ACEEE
Alan Nogee, Director, Clean Energy Program, Union of Concerned Scientists
Dan W. Reicher, Founder and President, New Energy Capital
Scott Sklar, President, The Stella Group
Carol Werner, Executive Director, Environmental & Energy Study Institute

Conference co-chairs are Hank Habicht, CEO, Global Energy & Technology Foundation; Dan W. Reicher, Founder and President, New Energy Capital; Roger Ballentine, President, Green Strategies, and Rob Pratt, Director, Massachusetts Renewable Energy Trust