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Agenda


Monday March 18, 2013

7:00 AM
Registration & Breakfast


8:00 AM
Welcome
Peter Fusaro, Conference Founder & Chairman, Global Change Associates and Eban Goodstein, Bard College's MBA in Sustainability

8:05 AM
Setting the Green Agenda
Moderator: Barry Worthington, Executive Director, United States Energy Association

Green Finance & Sustainability Today
Peter C. Fusaro, Chairman, Global Change Associates Inc.

8:30 AM The Green Political Landscape for 2013
Michael Zimmer, Senior Counsel, Thompson Hine

9:00 AM The Development of Green Markets
Matt Arnold, Head of Office of Environmental Affairs, JP Morgan Chase

9:30 AM The Latest in Cleantech Investing
Tucker Twitmeyer, Managing Director, Enertech Capital


10:00 AM
Sponsor Break

10:30 AM
Renewable Energy Finance & Trading Today
Moderator: Les Neumann, Managing Director & CEO of ICAN NY

State of Renewable Energy Markets
Joseph Salvatore, Lead Analyst, Clean Energy Economics & Capital Markets, Bloomberg New Energy Finance

Energy Efficiency Contracts
John Marciano, Partner, Chadbourne & Parke LLP

Using the Internet to Source Capital
Wayne Van Dyck, Founder & CEO, Repower Capital LLC

Financing Solar Energy Today
Michael Hidary, Co-Founder, Samba Energy

The Evolution of Third Party Financing Arrangements for Distributed Power
John Marciano, Partner, Chadbourne & Parke LLP

The Role of the Military in Renewable Energy
Howard Snow, Federal Business Strategies and Solutions & Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy(Installations/Facilities/Energy)

Financing Renewables from a Utility Perspective
Chris Fry, New York Power Authority


Distributed Generation: The Miocrogrid Arrives
Frank Dinucci, Principal,Meridian Partners


12:30 PM
Lunch

1:30 PM
Carbon, Buildings, The Smart Grid, & Sustainability
Moderator: Hank Boerner, Chairman, Governance & Accountability Institute, Inc.

Overview of the All Emissions Trading Scheme
Justin Felt, Thomson Reuters Point Carbon

Getting Energy Efficiency Out of Buildings
Charlotte Kim, Partner, Wilson Sonsini

Energy Efficiency Retrofits Adding Value to Buildings
Dana Schneider, SVP, Energy & Sustainability Services, Eastern Region, Jones Lang LaSalle

Smart Grid & Energy Efficiency Outcomes
Phil Davis, Senior Manager, Demand Response Resource Center, Schneider Electric

Using On-Bill Repayment to Enhance Credit Quality
Brad Copithorne, Director, Clean Energy Financing Solutions, EDF

Rethinking the Relationship Between the Grid and Distributed Energy
Travis Bradford, President, Promethesus Institute and Faculty, Columbia University


3:30 PM
Sponsor Break

3:45 PM
Cutting Edge Environmental Finance Strategies
Moderator: Nick Davis, General Manager, Managing Director, Agrion

Impact Investing 101
Arrun Kapoor, Managing Director, SJF Ventures

Sustainability as an Investment Theme: Energy, Water and Food
Anric Blatt, Earth, Wind & Fire Fund

A Cleantech Country Specific Fund: BVP in Ireland
Elliot Griffin, Director, Business Venture Partners (BVP)

Climate Bond Initiative
Sean Kidney, Co-founder and CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative

Accelerating Cleantech Web 2.0
Ned Horneffer, Pure Energy Partners

Sustainability Indexes for Utilities
Kyle Rudden,Co-Founder and Partner, Target Rock Advisors LLC

REDD+: Beyond Carbon, Monetizing Tropical Forest Assets on a Long Term Strategy
Antonio ValleNeto, Regional Manager Bunge Environmental Markets: US, Canada & Brazil

6:00 PM
Cocktail Reception Sponsored by Bard College's MBA in Sustainability

7:30 PM
Reception & Conference Ends

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