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DRAFT - Program Agenda - DRAFT

7:30 – 8:30 a.m. Registration, Continental Breakfast & Distributed Energy Exhibits

8:30– 8:45 a.m. REV Welcoming

8:45 – 9:00 a.m. Opening Remarks - Vermont Lt. Governor Brain Dubie

9:00 – 10:00 a.m. Keynote Panel ­ Creating a Distributed Energy Future
Audrey Zibelman, Viridity; Eric Winkler, ISO New England; Paul Peterson, Synapse
Moderator: Sam Swanson, REV Board Chair
10:00– 10:30 a.m. Refreshment Break & Exhibits

10:30a.m. – 11:30p.m. Morning Concurrent Workshop Sessions
I) Combined Heat & Power Solutions
Speakers: Beka Kosanovic, Northeast CHP application Ctr; Bruce Bentley, Central Vermont Public Service, Chris Young, North East CHP Initiative;
Moderator: Lawrence Mott

II) Community Based Distributed Energy Projects
Speakers: Lisa Daniels, Windustry; Scudder Parker, New Generation Partners; Tim Maker, Biomass Energy Resource Center (Biomass District Heat)
Moderator: Christa Shute, Earth Turbines

11:30 – 12:15 p.m. Buffet Lunch & Exhibits

12:15 –1:00 p.m. Luncheon Presentation - John Robb Defending Our Energy Security -Building Resilient Communities

1:15 – 2:15 p.m. Afternoon Concurrent Workshop Sessions
I) Freeing the Grid
Speakers: James Rose, Network for New Energy Choices; Tom Bourgeois, Pace Law School Energy Project; Fran Cummings, Massachusetts Technology Collaborative
Moderator: David Hill, VEIC

II) Distributed Liquid Fuels – The promise of local biofuels
Speakers: David Lane, VT Agency of Agriculture; Netaka White, Sustainable Jobs Fund; John Williamson, State Line Farm
Moderator: Erin Russell-Story

2:30 – 3:30 Keynote Panel - Envisioning a Clean Distributed Energy System for Vermont
Speakers:David Blittersdorf, Earth Turbines; Blair Hamilton, Vermont Energy Investment Corporation; Jeffery Wolfe, groSolar;