| GROWING GREEN COMMUNITIES CONFERENCE, ODESSA | ||
| Wednesday, December 1, 2010 | ||
| Time | Topic/Activity | Speaker |
| 7:30 – 8:30 | Conference check-in & Networking Breakfast | |
| 8:30 – 8:45 | Welcome & Opening Remarks | Rick Sebenoler, Program Officer, USDC - Economic Development Administration |
| 8:45 – 9:30 | Morning Keynote -
Embracing a New Future |
Steve Hewitt, City Administrator, Greensburg, KS |
| 9:30 – 10:45 | Green Power Panel – Sustainable Energy Endeavors | Arleene Loyd (Moderator) Business Retention & Expansion Coordinator, Odessa Chamber of Commerce
Terry Wegman (Solar), Executive Director, Economic Development Corporation, Big Spring Dr. Andy Swift (Wind), Director of the Texas Wind Energy Institute, Texas Tech University Brenda Brooks (Nuclear), National Enrichment Facility, Eunice, NM Bob Trentham (Geothermal), Director of the Center for Energy & Economic Diversification |
| 10:45-11:00 | Break, Exhibit Area Open
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| 11:00 -11:45 | Texas Clean Energy Project
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Laura Miller, Director of Projects, Texas, Summit |
| 11:45 – 1:00 | Exhibit Hall Open and Networking Lunch | |
| 1:00 – 1:45 | Sustainable Practices in Agriculture | Michael DeGiglio, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of Village Farms International
Mark Bennett, Co-Owner, Happy Feet Farms |
| 1:45 – 3:00 | Panel, Pathways Out of Poverty – A Training Grant for Green Jobs | Virginia Belew (Moderator), Director of Regional Services, Economic Development District
Michelle Voll, Deputy Project Director, Consulting Services for Community Solutions Abby Graves, Pathways Grant Coordinator, Odessa College Jan Crumpton, Midland College Kinsey Hansen, Dean of Workforce, Howard College Michael Marrero, Asst. City Manager, City of Odessa |
| 3:00 – 3:15 | Cookie & Brownie Break | |
| 3:15 – 4:00 | Gathering Traction for the Unconventional – New Options for Energy | Soll Sussman, Renewable Energy Program Specialist, Texas General Land Office
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| 4:00 – 5:00 | Exhibit Hall Open | |
| 5:00 – 6:30 | Hors d’oeuvres and Cash Bar in
Exhibit Area
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| GROWING GREEN COMMUNITIES CONFERENCE, ODESSA | ||
| Thursday, December 2, 2010 | ||
| Time | Topic/Activity | Speaker |
| 7:30 – 8:30 | Networking Breakfast | |
| 8:30 – 9:00 | Oncor Energy Efficiency Programs/Incentives for Renewable Measures
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Carl Brown, Sr. Program Manager Energy Efficiency, Oncor Electric Delivery
Jeff Reed, Program Manager, Oncor Electric Delivery |
| 9:00 – 10:00 | From John Deere to Rural Wind – A Green Entrepreneurship Success Story and New Applications for Rural Wind | Randy Rawls, Owner & President, West Wind, Inc.
Jim Brannen, VP Southwest Wind |
| 10:00 – 11:00 | Getting Started with Renewable Energy
Projects |
Pam Groce, State Energy Conservation Office
Travis Brown, Renewal Energy Program Manager, Texas Department of Rural Affairs |
| 11:00 – 11:15
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Break
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| 11:15 – 12:15 | Accessing Business & Lending Resources | Judy Loden, Vice President & Portfolio Manager, Greater Texas Capital Corporation
John Perkins, Area Director, USDA Enrique Romero, Director SBDC at UTPB |
| 12:15 – 12:30 | Closing Remarks | Lesa Hill, Vice-Chair GGC Advisory Council
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