The Conference on Michigan's Future: Energy, Economy & Environment
Friday, November 1 - Sunday November 3, 2013 @ Crystal Mountain Resort
A conference inviting leaders from business, industry, government and non-profit organizations to explore the future of energy, the economy and the environment of Michigan.
The program includes:
- Renewable Energy - esp. wind & solar - inc. transmission & storage
- Energy Efficiency & Conservation - inc. Passive House Standard, Plug In Electric Vehicles
- Hydrocarbon Deposits - inc. Extraction, Transportation, Fracking, Peaking & Supply
- Climate Change - Global Warming, Carbon Dioxide
- Food Growth & Distribution
- Land Use & Urban Planning
- Economics Update - inc. breakthroughs and findings in economic research
- Big Picture / Systems Thinking - Energy, Economy, Environment, Civilization
Speakers Include:- David Hughes - The Future of Hydrocarbon Energy
- William R. Catton Jr. - Overshoot - The Ecological Basis of Revolutionary Change
- Marija Ilic - Smart Grid to Sustainability: Two Low Cost Green Azores Islands
- Charles A.S. Hall - Energy Return on Energy Investment (EROI)
- Bill Schoenlein - Pumped Storage in Michigan, CMS
- Chuck Conlen - Utility Wind Projects, DTE
- Bill White - "America's Power Plan"
- Dennis McKee - Smart Electric Metering, CMS
- Jim MacInnes - Biophysical Economics
- Jan Mueller - Innovation, Investment & Adapting to a New Energy Reality
- Jim Olson - Protecting Michigan's Water
- Paul Isley - Michigan's Economy: Past, Present, Future
- Arnold Boezaart - Off Shore Wind in the Great Lakes
- Skip Pruss - High Penetration Scenarios
- Barry Johnson - Leveraging Economic Interests & Environmental Interests
- Peter Sinclair - Climate Change
- Nicole Foss - Global View: Energy, Environment, Finance
- Laurence Boomert - Community Solutions & Revitalization
- Aaron Wissner - Designing for a Local Future
- Brian Keeley - Ordinances on Industrial Activity and Hydrocarbon Extraction
- Laura Raush - MISO
- Dennis Marvin - Advanced Generation\
- Gail Philbin - CAFO
For selected biographies, visit the Speakers page.
Registration:
Registration is open. Early bird rates are available. Visit the Registration page for details.
Sponsors: - Consumers Energy, Gold Sponsor
- ITC Holdings, Silver Sponsor
- Local Future
- Crystal Mountain Resort
- Association for the Study of Peak Oil & Gas - ASPO-USA
- Great Lakes Renewable Energy Association
- 5 Lakes Energy
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