Save the Date - Energy and Climate Events this Fall

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Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:32:41 -0600 (MDT)
From: Administrative E-Memo <memofrom@Colorado.EDU>
Subject: Save the Date - Energy and Climate Events this Fall

TO: Boulder Campus Teaching & Research Faculty, Staff,
Deans, Directors, Dept Chairs, System Administration

FROM: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute (RASEI)

SENDER: Carl Koval, Co-Director

DATE: September 22, 2009

SUBJECT: Save the Date - Energy and Climate Events this Fall

Please mark your calendars for the following energy and climate-related
events this fall, primarily the week of October 19. Additional information
is available at rasei.colorado.edu

October 20, 7:30 am - 4:30 p.m.
Colorado's New Energy Economy: Powering the Future

Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel, 1550 Court Pl., Denver

Speakers include Kristina Johnson, Under Secretary for Energy at the U.S.
Department of Energy and former CU-Boulder faculty member, and Governor Bill
Ritter.

Registration fee
For more information: http://energyoutreach.org/conf/index2009.htm

October 21, 8:30 - 10:30 a.m.
Finding the Right Trousers: Radically Rethinking Climate Policy and the
Implications for Low Carbon Energy

University of Colorado Memorial Center (UMC), Room 235

Keynote address opening Third Annual Energy Research Symposium by Professor
Steve Rayner, University of Oxford, followed by panel discussion with Dr.
Douglas Arent, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL); Alice Madden,
State
of Colorado Climate Change Coordinator; and Dr. Melinda Marquis, National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin (NOAA)

Sponsored by the Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute

Free and open to the public
For more information: http://rasei.colorado.edu/2009Symposium/

October 22, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m.
The Role of Natural Gas in a Clean Energy Economy

University of Colorado Memorial Center (UMC), Room 235

Introductory remarks by Governor Bill Ritter

Panelists:

--Mike Ming, Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America

--Fred Julander, Julander Energy Co.

--Kurt Haeger, Xcel Energy

--Melanie Kenderdine, MIT Energy Initiative

--Patty Limerick, University of Colorado-Boulder

--Dag Nummedal, Colorado School of Mines

--Moderator: Kevin Doran, Center for Energy and Environmental Security

Co-sponsored by RASEI, CEES, and Colorado School of Mines (CSM)

Free and open to the public
For more information: http://rasei.colorado.edu

October 23 - 24, all day

World Energy Justice Conference 2009

Wolf Law Building, University of Colorado-Boulder Law School

Confirmed speakers include:

--Kandeh Yumkella, UN Energy; Director-General, UNIDO

--Kirk Smith, Professor of Global Environmental Health, UC Berkeley

--Michael Michener, US Department of Agriculture (USDA)

--Christopher Edley, Boalt Hall UC Berkeley; University of California

--Ashok Gadgil, Lawrence Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley