ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT CONFERENCE

(www.emeconference.com)
The Mirage Hotel, Las Vegas-Nevada
October 27-29, 2008

The headlines are dominated by the high energy prices and the environment. This conference allows you to learn about the drivers behind the high fuel prices and when you can expect these prices to ease up and the conditions that will allow the price decline to occur. Interact with a group of senior executives and other decision makers discussing (a) how firms are coping with the high prices and what your firm needs to do to curtail costs while remaining friendly to the environment, (b) where the future supply for energy will come from, (c) reducing energy use in commercial, industrial and residential buildings, (d) the green initiatives being undertaken by the Federal government, (e) offshore drilling and freeing up Federal land for exploration and how such access will impact the oil prices and the environment, (f) energy efficiency, the technologies for renewable resources and implications for fossil fuel dependency, (g) reducing energy consumption by the national transportation system in the United States and be reduced, and the technologies that need to be deployed to support a healthy environment, (h) alternative energy sources, and (i) how logistics companies are reducing their carbon footprint.
TARGET AUDIENCE

Legislators, Researchers, Academia and Senior Executives in:
Energy/Mineral/Environmental industries including Equipment Manufacturers.
Transportation
Logistics

Supply Chain
Ports
Mortgage Companies
Managers of Buildings
Real estate Property Managers and Developers
Energy efficiency measuring companies
Energy equipment suppliers/buyers
Waste disposal companies

SPEAKERS

CONFERENCE CHAIRMAN
Don McClure, Vice President Finance/Business Services at EnCana
Key Note Speaker
Dr. Purnomo Yusgiantoro, former President of OPEC (Vienna-based Organization of Oil Exporting Countries) and current Minister of Energy in Indonesia
Speakers
Frank Busalacchi, Wisconsin Secretary of Transportation

Tom Skancke, President & CEO of The Skancke Company

John Wright, President, Norwest-Questa Engineering

Bruce Marsh, Manager-Environmental Impact Study-Resolution Copper – Rio Tinto Mines

Tim Feemster, Senior Vice President, Grubb and Ellis

Patrick E. Quinn, Co-Chairman of U.S. Xpress Enterprise, Inc. (one of the largest trucking companies in the U.S.)

Jim Cooke, National Facilities and Operations Manager, Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc.

Allison Buttel, Chief Operating Officer, Think Energy Inc

Doug Sampson, Senior Vice President, Acme Distribution Inc

Mark Crowdis, CEO, Think Energy Inc.

Leslie Plomondon, Regional Administrator for General Services Administration (GSA), Rocky Mountain Region

Dr. Carol Dahl, Energy Economist/Consultant and professor-Division of Business, Colorado School of Mines

Rebecca Eaton, Executive Director, North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners.

Dr. Carol Barbeito, President and Managing Director, Earth Protect Inc,

Dr. Oliver A. Hemmers, Director, Office of Strategic Energy Programs, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Dr. Kristina E. Lipinska-Kalita
Assistant Research Professor, University of Nevada Las Vegas

Dr. Arun Jhaveri, Former Mayor- Burien City and Certified Sustainable Development Professional (CSDP)

Tim Radbourne, Principal, Radbourne Consulting
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE

Don McClure, Vice President Finance/Business Services at EnCana

Tim Feemster, Senior Vice President, Grub and Ellis,
Doug Sampson, Senior Vice President, ACME Distributors
Duncan Tungande, Chief Financial Officer, Tshumisano Trust, RSA
Dr. Luka Powanga, Professor, School of Management, Regis University
HOST TEAM

Linda Doyle,
LindaKDoyle@emeconference.com
Phone: 702-236-2461

Atupele Powanga,

atupele@gmail.com
Dr. Yohan Sumaiku
ysumaiku@regis.edu

Dr. Luka Powanga
lpowanga@regis.edu
303 458 4023 Office
303 888 4731 Cell

TENTATIVE AGENDA

The Mirage Hotel Las Vegas Nevada

October 27-29, 2008
PROGRAM
Monday, October 27
6.00 PM -7.30 PM Registration
6.00 PM -7.30 PM Welcome Reception The Mirage Hotel

Tuesday, October 28
7.30 AM-5.00PM Registration
8.30 -8.45AM Welcoming Remarks
8.45-9.30 AM Keynote address: Oil prices: short and long term forecast

9.30 – 10.30 AM Keynote Address Where will the Supply of Energy come from?

There has been a lot of debate surrounding the high oil prices and how these prices could be reduced by offshore drilling, freeing up more federal land for exploration and harnessing oil sands etc. The panel will discuss the costs involved in this endeavor, and the expected increase in oil supply and ultimately the price of oil. What impact will such efforts have on the environment?

10.30-11.00AM Morning Networking Coffee
11.00-12.00 PM
Logistics and high oil prices Roundtable discussion:
The trucking industry has been adversely affected by the high oil prices. What are the techniques and methodologies that firms in this industry are using to mitigate these costs?

12.00-1.15 PM Luncheon
1.15-2.00PM Environmental initiatives at the GSA to green the Federal government:

The Federal government owns a variety of buildings and is one of the biggest consumers of goods and services. The presentation discusses the initiatives that the Federal government has undertaken to support a health environment.

2.00 -3.00PM Energy efficiency in Commercial and residential buildings
This panel explores how commercial and residential buildings can be more energy efficient. The discussion includes energy measurement and verification and the financial incentives accruing to energy efficiency such as reduced interest rates on mortgage loans.

3.00-3.30PM Networking Coffee Break
3.30-4.50PM Transportation and the Environment Round Table

The focus is on the “Transportation for Tomorrow” report, a report that unveiled a comprehensive plan for sweeping changes across national transportation programs, including recommendations to accelerate the development of clean fuels.. The discussion will be led by some of the commissioners who were part of the AASHTO-led coalition of commissioners who endorsed the report.

4.50-5.00 PM Closing Remarks
5.30-7.00 PM Networking Reception

Wednesday, October 29
7.30 AM-5.00PM Registration

8.30 -8.45AM Welcoming Remarks by the Conference Chairman
8.45-9.30 AM Will the 20th Century Energy Sources Satisfy 21st Century Needs?
9.30 – 10.30 AM Being Green and Making Money:

Discusses how firms are going green while simultaneously increasing their company values to the stockholders and other stakeholders.

10.30-11.00AM Morning Networking Coffee
11.00-12.00 PM Reducing the Global Supply Chain Carbon Footprint

Come hear how companies are driving sustainability into the global supply chain. The panel will discuss sustainability from the point of view of transportation, industrial facilities & LEED certification, architecture, and material handling systems. Learn what you can do today, even in an existing operation to reduce your carbon footprint.

12.00-1.15 PM Lunch break

1.15-2.00PM Integrating Green technologies into operations
Learn how firms are integrating green technologies into their operations.

2.00 -3.30 Renewable Energy Technologies and gaps

Strides have been in developing and deploying renewable resources such as solar, biomass, geothermal, and wind energy. However renewable energy faces a variety of obstacles to widespread deployment. This panel discusses some of the technologies that available and the barriers hindering commercial implementations and how you can get around these barriers.

3.30-3.45 PM Closing remarks

WHERE
The Mirage Hotel (http://www.mirage.com/hotel)
Las Vegas, Nevada

WHEN
October 27-29, 2008.
October 27-6.00PM-7.30PM
October 28: 8.15AM-5.00PM
October 29: 8.15 AM-4.00PM
LODGING
A special conference rate of $109 per night has been reserved. You need to mention the “The Energy and the Environment Conference” to get this rate.
ATTENDING THE CONFERENCE
Attendee

Speaker
Panelist
Moderator
Sponsor
Exhibitor
Paper presenter
FEE
The registration fee is $699.00 per person.
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