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UPDATED INTERNATIONAL SPEAKERS LIST: Get ready for the Community Power Conference 2010
UPDATED INTERNATIONAL SPEAKERS LIST:
Get ready for the Community Power Conference 2010
Join Ontario’s largest annual gathering of
Community Power producers, proponents and supporters
The Community Power Conference 2010 is hosted by
the Ontario Sustainable Energy Association
(OSEA). Together with the Power Networking
Centre trade show, the conference attracts
industry regulators, commercial and community
power generators, farmers and First Nation and Métis delegations.
The conference offers two full days of meeting
and learning from community power experts, while
the trade show displays the latest innovations in
power generation technologies and services.
WHEN AND WHAT:
- November 14, 2010 (6:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.)
The Green Connection opening reception
co-organized with Green Enterprise Ontario (GEO)
- November 15-16, 2010 (7:00 a.m. – 9:30 p.m.)
Second Annual Community Power Conference
- November 16 – 17, 2010 (9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.)
Power Networking Centre trade show
co-organized with the Association of Power Producers of Ontario (APPrO)
- November 15, 2010 (7:00 -9:30 pm)
Presentation of Community Power Awards.
WHERE:
Metro Toronto Convention Centre, South Building, 700 and 800 Level
222 Bremner Blvd., Toronto, ON Canada
This year, conference organizers have attracted
the following Ontario-wide and international
experts to speak at seminars and share their thoughts.
Speakers from Ontario include:
- Colin Anderson, Chief Executive Officer of the Ontario Power Authority
- The Honourable Brad Duguid, Ontario Minister of Energy
- Gord Miller, Environmental Commissioner of Ontario
- Tom Rand, Advisory and Practice Lead of Cleantech, MaRS
- Michael Lyle, Vice President, Legal,
Aboriginal and Regulatory Affairs, Ontario Power Authority
- Don McCabe, Vice President, Ontario Federation of Agriculture
- Jennifer Green, Executive Coordinator,
Agrienergy Producers’ Association of Ontario
- Donna Cansfield, MPP and Parliamentary
Assistant to the Ontario Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing
UPDATED: International speakers include:
- Shaun Chapman, Vote Solar, United States
- Mary Dougherty, Embark, Australia
- Paul Gipe, Author, Advocate and Renewable
Energy Industry Analyst, United States
- Stefan Gsaenger, WWEA, Germany
- Henning Holst, Ingenieurbüro Henning Holst, Germany
- Frede Hvelplund, Aalborg University, Denmark
- Tetsunari Iida, Institute for Sustainable Energy Policies, Japan
- Johan Lewin, Seeland Development Trust, South Africa
- Preben, Maegaard, Nordic Folkecenter for Renewable Energy, Denmark
- Miguel Mendoça, World Future Council, United Kingdom
- Fabio Rosa, IDEAAS, Brazil
The full list of speakers and their biographies can be found at:
cpconference.ca/Page.asp?PageID=924&SiteNodeID=385
For further details, please visit: www.cpconference.ca
The conference schedule can be found at:
www.cpconference.ca/Page.asp?PageID=861&SiteNodeID=384
To register for the conference, please visit:
registration.cpconference.ca
For more information or to schedule interviews
with any of the speakers above, please contact:
Maria Leung, Environmental Communication Options,
mleung@ecostrategy.ca OR 416-972-7401
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OSEA works to initiate, facilitate and support
the work of local sustainable energy organizations through
membership services, province wide capacity
building and non-partisan policy work. They work
to catalyze the efforts of community organizers
and raise awareness of the benefits of community
power and renewable energy through various
communication channels and by offering a variety
of workshops and guidebooks on topics.