Monday, November 9, 2010

Agriculture & Energy in North Dakota

• Energy and Climate Policy and the Economics of U.S. Agriculture, Brian C. Murray, Director for Economic Analysis, Nicholas
  Institute, Duke University

• Bio-Energy from a Sugar Beet Refinery Jeff Sobolik, PhD, Operations Development Manager, Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative

• Ethanol's Role in Ag, Robert White, Director of Market Development, Renewable Fuels Association

Energy Storage Today and into the Future

• Delivering Grid Stability, Chris Shelton, President, AES Energy Storage

• Compressed Air Energy Storage and Western Energy, Dave Marchese, Senior Vice President, Haddington Ventures, LLC

Oil and Gas Development in North Dakota

• Bakken Formation, Lynn Helms, Director, North Dakota Industrial Commission, Department of Mineral Resources

• Thermal Maturity of the Bakken North Dakota Geothermal Power, William D. Gosnold, PhD., Professor of Geophysics, UND
  Geology Department

Energy - The Challenge of Project Finance and Development

• Investing in Renewable Energy, David F. Lincoln, Managing Partner, Element Partners

• Energy Project Finance & Development, Jeremy Dockter, Managing Director, The Kinetic Group LLCNew

• Energy - The Challenge of Project Finance and Development, Julia Donnelly, Vice President, George K. Baum & Company

Infrastructure from the Point of Production to End User

• North Dakota Pipeline Authority, Justin J. Kringstad, Director, ND Pipeline Authority

• ND Transmission Overview, Sandi Tabor, Director, ND Transmission Authority

Water and Energy

• Water and Energy Nexus: Strategic Thinking, Carey King, Ph.D., Center for International Energy and Environmental Policy,
  University of Texas-Austin

• Challenges at the Energy-Water Nexus, John Gasper, Manager, Environmental Policy Act and Planning, Argonne National Laboratory

Tuesday, November 10, 2010

Coal and Fossil Fuels

• Recycling Carbon Dioxide to Make Liquid Fuels, Margie Tatro, Director, Energy Systems, Sandia National Laboratories

Cost Effective Energy Efficiency

• North Dakota Energy Efficiency Update, Carl Pedersen, Energy Educator, NDSU Extension Service

• Energy Efficiency & Federal Policy, Rodney Sobin, Sr. Policy Manager, Alliance to Save Energy

Wind Energy Development in North Dakota

• The PTC and RES: Critical Policy Drivers for Wind Energy Development, Aaron Severn, Director of Federal Legislative Affairs,
  American Wind Energy Association

• Grasslands - Renewable Energy, Matthew Jennings, Director of Government Relations, Grasslands Renewable Energy, LLC.

• Wind Energy and its Deployment: A North Dakota Perspective, Robert A. Hawsey, Associate Lab Director, National Renewable
  Energy Lab

Efficiency from the Energy Industry Perspective

• Spiritwood Industrial Park, Dennis P. Pozarnsky, PE, Spiritwood Construction Site Manager, Great River Energy

• Combined Heat and Power (CHP)An Opportunity To Be Explored & Exploited In North Dakota, John Cuttica, Director, Energy
  Resources Center, University of Illinois at Chicago

• Improving Efficiency of Coal-Fired Power Plants for Near Term CO2 Reductions, Phil DiPietro, Director, Situational Analysis and
  Benefits (S&B) Division, National Energy Technology Laboratory

Energy Jobs-Green Jobs

• Creating and Retaining Midwestern Jobs in the New Energy Economy, Kari Knutson, Vice President for Energy Programs, Bismarck
  State College

• National Energy Policy and the Midwest, Michael Noble, Executive Director, Fresh Energy

• Energy Workforce Training & Education, Zachery Allen, Project Manager, National Energy Center of Excellence, Bismarck State
  College

Status of Federal Energy and Climate Change Legislation

• Climate Change Legislation to Reduce Emissions—System Design and Considerations, Brent Yacobucci, Specialist in Energy and
  Environmental Policy, Congressional Research Service

• Status of Federal Energy and Climate Change Legislation, Franz Wuerfmannsdobler Professional Staff, U.S. Senate Appropriations
  Committee

• Status of Federal Energy & Climate Legislation, Tobyn Anderson, Senior Vice President, Lighthouse Consulting Group