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Tuesday, April 6 |
7:30 AM |
Registration and Badging |
7:30 AM – 9:00 AM |
Continental Breakfast |
9:00 AM |
Plenary Session
Welcome: Dr. Richard G. Newell,
Administrator, U.S. Energy Information Administration
Keynote Addresses: Dr. Steven Chu, Secretary of Energy
Dr. Philip Sharp, President, Resources for the Future
Steve Bolze, President & CEO, GE Power & Water |
10:45 AM |
Break |
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Concurrent Sessions |
11:00 AM |
1. U.S. Climate Change Policy: What's Next After Copenhagen?
Location: Amphitheater |
2. Biofuels: Continuing Shifts in the Industry and Long-Term Outlook
Location: Ballroom B |
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Moderator: |
Richard G. Newell, EIA |
Moderator: |
A. Michael Schaal, EIA |
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Speakers: |
Joseph E. Aldy, National Economic Council/Office of Energy and Climate Change
Jason S. Grumet, Bipartisan Policy Center
Karen Harbert, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Gina McCarthy, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Speakers: |
Paul Argyropoulos, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
R. Brooke Coleman, New Fuels Alliance Peter Gross, EIA
Steven Hamburg, Environmental Defense Fund
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12:30 PM |
Luncheon Speaker: Dr. Lawrence H. Summers, Director of the National Economic Council
Introduction by Dr. David Jhirad, SAIS |
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1:45 PM |
3. EIA's 2010 Annual Energy Outlook Highlights
Location: Amphitheater |
4. Short-Term Energy Prices — What Drivers Matter Most?
Location: Ballroom B |
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Moderator: |
Paul D. Holtberg, EIA |
Moderator: |
Howard K. Gruenspecht, EIA |
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Speakers: |
John J. Conti, EIA
Tom Eizember, Exxon Mobil Corporation Mary H. Novak, IHS Global Insight |
Speakers: |
David M. Arseneau, Federal Reserve Board
Guy F. Caruso, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Christopher Ellsworth, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Edward L. Morse, Credit Suisse Securities |
3:15 PM |
Break |
3:30 PM |
5. Energy and the Economy
Location: Amphitheater |
6. Regulating Energy Commodities
Location: Ballroom B |
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Moderator: |
Adam Sieminski, Deutsche Bank |
Moderator: |
Stephen Harvey, EIA |
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Speakers:
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Stephen P. A. Brown, Resources for the Future
Donald L. Paul, University of Southern California Energy Institute
David Sandalow, DOE Christof Rühl, Group Chief Economist, BP |
Speakers: |
Dan M. Berkovitz, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Sean Cota, Cota & Cota R. Skip Horvath, Natural Gas Supply Association
Deanna L. Newcomb, McDermott Will & Emery LLP
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5:00 PM |
Adjourn for Reception, Atrium Hall |
Wednesday, April 7 — Concurrent Sessions |
7:30 AM |
Registration and Badging |
7:30 AM – 9:00 AM |
Breakfast |
9:00 AM |
7. Natural Gas: U.S. Markets in a Global Context
Location: Amphitheater |
8. Smart Grid: Impacts on Electric Power Supply and Demand
Location: Atrium Hall |
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Moderator: |
Glen Sweetnam, EIA
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Moderator: |
Eric M. Lightner, U.S. Department of Energy |
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Speakers: |
Michelle Michot Foss, Chief Energy Economist and Head, Center for Energy Economics, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas
Benjamin Schlesinger, Benjamin Schlesinger and Associates, Inc.
Andrew Slaughter, Shell
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Speakers: |
William M. Gausman, Pepco Holdings, Inc.
Christian Grant, Booz & Company, Inc.
F. Michael Valocchi, IBM Global Business Services |
10:30 AM |
Break |
11:00 AM |
9. Energy Efficiency: Measuring Gains and Quantifying Opportunities
Location: Amphitheater |
10. The Energy-Water Nexus: Availability and Impacts
Location: Atrium Hall |
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Moderator: |
Deborah L. Bleviss, Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies |
Moderator: |
Howard K. Gruenspecht, EIA |
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Speakers: |
Jeffrey Genzer, National Association of State Energy Officials
Hannah Granade, McKinsey & Company
Steven Nadel, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy
Steven Wade, EIA |
Speakers: |
Shahid Chaudhry, California Energy Commission
M. Michael Hightower, Sandia National Laboratories
James Richenderfer, Susquehanna River Basin Commission
Jeff C. Wright, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission |
12:30 PM |
Adjourn |