Clean Energy: The New Public Policy Reality
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830-845: Welcome–Kirt Montague, CEO, Plum Energy and Chair of the Board, Washington Clean Technology Alliance
845-920: What are the New Politics in America? Featuring former U.S. Senator Slade Gorton (R-WA) (Confirmed) and former Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels (Confirmed)
935-1015: The Role of Clean Energy in the Global Economy: The Next Four Years | Ken Berlin, Director, Coalition for Green Capital, and former head of the environmental and climate change practices at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in Washington, DC (Confirmed)
1030-1115: The Role for the U.S. Military in Clean Energy | The Hon. Sharon E. Burke, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Operational Energy Plans and Programs (Confirmed)
1130-1245: Luncheon Keynote | The Hon. Robert M. Gates, Former Secretary of Defense (Confirmed)
100-200: Energy and National Security
- Chad T. Marriott, Stoel Rives, Moderator
- The Hon. Adam Smith, U.S. House of Representatives (D-WA-09), Ranking Member, U.S. House Armed Services Committee (Confirmed)
- Major General Jeff Buchanan, Deputy Commanding General, I Corps, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington (Confirmed)
- Brigadier General Stephen A. Cheney, USMC (Ret.), CEO, American Security Project (Confirmed)
- Andrew Holland, Senior Fellow for Energy and Climate, American Security Project (Confirmed)
215-315: Financing Cleantech
- Michael Butler, Chairman & CEO, Cascadia Capital (Confirmed)
- David Chen, Equilibrium Capital (Confirmed)
- Roger D. Woodworth, Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer, Avista (Confirmed)
- Susan L. Preston, General Partner, CalCEF Clean Energy Angel Fund I, LP (Confirmed)
- Bryan Garcia, President, Clean Energy Finance and Investment Authority (Confirmed)
330-400: The Hon. Jay Inslee, Governor of Washington (Confirmed)
Thanks to our organizing committee:
- Chair: Chris Ajemian, Chris Ajemian Consulting
- Maggie Brown, APCO Worldwide
- Daniel Malarkey, WA State Department of Commerce
- Tim Stearns, WA State Department of Commerce
- Andrew Crowder, WA State Department of Commerce
- Avi Jacobson, Washington State Housing & Finance
- Chris Bast, Climate Solutions
- Michael Butler, Cascadia Capital
- Steve Marshall, CATES
- Tom Young, Office of Representative Dave Reichert
- Megan Owen, McKinstry
- Christine Love, Washington State University Energy Program
- Bruce Folsom, Avista Corporation
- Jan Greylorn, Delta S
- Ian Burkheimer, Transenergy Solutions
