8:00 a.m.

Registration 

8:30 a.m.

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Congresswoman Kirsten Gillibrand

9:00 a.m.

Full Group Session

• Opportunities in the Capitol Region
  A look at what businesses are already in our area and the most promising areas for local investment.   On which sub-segments of the “green jobs” concept should we focus?  How can the federal government, state government, and other organizations help foster these investments?
  Moderator: Peter Wohl
                     Empire State Development Agency
  Panelists
  Eben Bayer, CEO, Ecovative Design LLC
  Warren Brower, Product Marketing Manager, Plug
      Power
  Jim Devine, President, Advanced Energy Panels
  Kelly Fletcher, Sustainable Energy Program Leader, GE
  Matthew Fronk, Fuel Cell Lab Director, GM
  Steve Groseclose, Director, Environmental Health
     and Safety, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
  David Torrey, Chief Technology Officer,
     Advanced Energy Conversion

  10:15 a.m.    

10:30 a.m. 

Breakout Session

In each of the following two sessions, workshop leaders will present a group of recommended action items and guide a discussion to identify priorities.

• Access to Capital                                           
  The moderator will lead a group discussion on how market incentives, government policies, and environmental consciousness can create new jobs and inspire new and innovative technologies. Access to capital and  the barriers to attaining it will be discussed.
  Moderator: Bob Callender
                     Vice President, NYSERDA
  Panelists
  Patrick MacKrell, President & CEO, New York Business
     Development Corporation
  Peter Pritchard, Program Director for Venture Programs,
     Center for Economic Growth
  Edward Reinfurt, Executive Director, New York State
     Foundation for Science, Technology, and Innovation
  Michael J. Tentnowski, Director, Incubator Programs,
     Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
   

OR

• Best Practices Across the Country                                                                     State and federal regulatory policy leaders will join the panel to discuss successes in implementing regulations and policies that ease the transition to innovative energy markets. Their input will help shape a model to strive for in New York.
  Moderator: Howard Marks
                    Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
                    U.S. Department of Energy
  Panelists
  Chet Lyons, Director, Marketing and Sales, Beacon Power
     Corporation
  Barry K. Worthington, Executive Director, United States
     Energy Association
   

11:45 a.m.

12:00 p.m.

12:30 p.m.

Workshop Reports and Next Steps

Joining the moderator on stage, workshop leaders will present a refined set of recommended action items, developed during the earlier sessions. Led by the moderator, participants will rate each of these recommendations using wireless keypads to identify areas of consensus and establish overall priorities.

• Access to Capital                          (15 minutes)

• Best Practices Across the Country  (15 minutes)

1:30 p.m. 

Adjournment