| Preliminary
Schedule |
| |
 07:30
to 9:00am Continental
Breakfast/Registration |
| |
| 09:00
to 10:15am Opening Session |
|
Moderator: Miles
Tolbert, Secretary, Okla. Office
of the Secretary of Environment |
| -
Welcome and Conference Focus: Susan Savage,
Oklahoma Secretary of State |
| -
Private Industry Insight: Craig
Christenson, GE Wind Energy (invited) |
| - Federal:
Steve Palomo,US Dept. of Energy
(invited) |
| |
| 10:15
to 10:30am Break |
| |
| 10:30
to 12:00pm General Session |
|
Moderator: Kathy Taylor,
Secretary, OK Dept. of Commerce and Tourism |
|
- Regional Policies: Representative of Western
governors' Association |
| - Initiates in Other States:
|
|
-- New Mexico: Ned Farquhar, Senior
Advisor, Energy/Environmental, |
|
Office of Governor, New
Mexico (invited) |
|
-- Texas: Dub Taylor, State Energy
Conservation Office |
|
- Regional Electric Transmission/Grid Issues:
Les Dillahunty,
Southwest
|
|
Power Pool |
| |
| 12:00
to 1:30pm Lunch and Exhibits Tour
|
| |
| 01:30
to 3:00pm Emerging
Technologies Breakout Sessions |
| Wind Energy/Power Distribution
Session |
|
Moderator:
Rep. James Covey, Oklahoma House
of Representatives |
|
Panel:
a. State:
Denise Bode, Oklahoma Corporation
Commission |
|
b. Utility: Roger
Walkingstick, OG&E
|
|
c. Developer: Wayne
Walker, Horizon Wind Energy (formerly |
|
Zilkha Renewable Energy) |
|
d.
Local: Bill Shonley,
City of Weatherford |
| |
|
Fossil Fuel Advances/CO2 Sequestration Session |
|
Moderator: Mark Meo,
Professor of Civil Engineering and Environmental |
|
Science, University of Oklahoma |
|
Panel: a. CO2
Sequestration: Richard
Hughes,
LSU
|
|
b. Fossil Fuel:
Jim
Seaba, Conoco -
Phillips, Inc.
(invited) |
|
c. CO2 Sequestration:
Tom Lucas, High Plains RC&D |
|
d. Ag role in Carbon
Sequestration:
Clay Pope,
Oklahoma |
|
Association
of Conservation districts
|
|
|
|
Biomass Energy
Session |
|
Moderator: Terry Peach,
Secretary, Oklahoma Department of Agriculture |
|
Panel: a. Biomass/Switch grass:
Ray Huhnke, Okla. State University |
|
b. Ethanol: Terry Detrick,
Oklahoma Farmers Union
|
|
c. Polyresources and Earth
Biofuels:
Tommy Johnson |
|
d. Forestry/Biomass: Tom
Hennessey, Professor of Forest |
|
Biology, Oklahoma
State University |
| |
| Education
Program Session |
|
Moderator: Vaughn Clark,
Oklahoma Department of Commerce |
|
Panel: a. Univ. of
Oklahoma: Ted Jacobs, Director of Energy |
|
Management |
|
b. Oklahoma State University:
Stephen McKeever |
|
c. Tribe:
Carol Wyatt,
Cherokee Nation |
|
d. Career Technology: Justin Smedley,
Oklahoma |
|
Department of Career &
Technology Education |
| |
| 03:00
to 3:15pm Break
|
| |
| 03:15
to 4:00pm Closing
Session |
|
Moderator: Denise Bode,
Oklahoma Corporation Commission |
|
- Public Sector Insight:
Stanley Bull, National Renewable Energy Lab |
|
- Utility:
Bill McKamey,
VP of External Affairs, AEP/PSO |
|
- Private Sector/State:
Bob Sullivan, Sullivan and Company |
