2009
Conference Sponsors
Beau Rivage Resort and Casino
June 8-9, 2009
Biloxi, Mississippi
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8:00
a.m. - 8:30
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Continental Breakfast |
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8:30
a.m. - 9:00 a.m. |
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Southern Growth Policies
Board Executive Director, Ted Abernathy |
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Governor Haley
Barbour's Welcome |
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9:00
a.m. - 9 :45
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A
Southern Energy Overview
- The South's Unique Resources: David
Ratcliffe, CEO, Southern Company
- The Price of Energy & Economic Growth: Margo
Thorning, Senior
Vice President & Chief
Economist, Americans for Capital Formation
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9:45
a.m. - 10 :15 a.m. |
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Break |
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10:15
a.m. - 11:30 a.m. |
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Panel:
The Major Energy Producers of Today
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Moderator: Governor
Sonny Perdue, GA
- New Generation Nuclear: William Tucker, Author,
Terrestrial Energy
- The Economics of Coal Power: Dr.
Frank Clemente, Professor
of Social Science & Energy Policy, Penn State University
- Advancements in Oil and Gas Production: Dr.
John Felmy, Chief
Economist, API
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11:30
a.m. - 1:00 p.m. |
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Luncheon
Keynote: Governor Joe Manchin, III, WV |
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1:00
p.m. - 2:15 p.m. |
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Panel:
Energy Efficiency – The Original Alternative
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Moderator:
Diane Duff, Executive Director,
Southern Governors’ Association
- Demand Response and Smart Grid: Dan
C. Delurey, Executive
Director, Demand Response and Smart Grid Coalition (DRSG)
- New Transmission Infrastructure: John J. Flynn, American
Electric Power, Transmission Strategy & Business
Services
- Buildings and Homes: Joe
Robson, Chairman,
National Association of Home Builders
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2:15
p.m. - 2:45 p.m. |
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Break |
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2:45
p.m. - 4:15 p.m. |
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Panel:
New Technology Opportunities
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Moderator: Dr. Jerry
Draayer, President & CEO, Southeastern Universities
Research Association
- Cellulosic Fuels: Dr. Gary Jacobs, Interim
Associate Lab Director, Biological and Environmental
Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Energy Outlook for Transport Sector: Nazeer
Bhore, Senior Technology
Advisor, Corporate Strategic Planning, Exxon Mobil Corporation
- Wind/Solar: Neil
Placer, Program Manager,
Tennessee Valley Authority
- Carbon Capture and Sequestration: Tracy
Evans, Senior
Vice President – Reservoir Engineering, Denbury Resources and Richard Esposito, Principal Research Geologist, Southern
Company
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4:30
p.m. - 5:30 p.m. |
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Governor's
Panel
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Moderator: Governor
Haley Barbour, MS
Speakers invited
include:
Governor Mike
Beebe, AR |
Governor Sonny Perdue, GA
Governor
Phil Bredesen, TN |
Governor
Joe Manchin, III, WV |
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6:30
p.m. - 9:00 p.m. |
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Governors’ Reception & Innovators'
Award Ceremony
Opening night
includes recognition of the 2009 Innovator
Award winners.
These awards honor Southern initiatives that are improving
economic opportunities and quality of life in the 13 Southern
Growth member states. The 2009 awardees were chosen from
creative initiatives that encouraged economic opportunities
relating to bio-products, alternative energy, and/or energy
efficiency. Join us to meet the awardees and find out about
their winning enterprises over heavy hors d’oeuvres
and cocktails. |
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8:00
a.m. - 8:45 a.m. |
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Continental Breakfast and State Discussion Tables
Join others from your state to talk about concerns and priorities raised in your state's community forums, ideas at the conference that have sparked your interest, and potential strategies for taking action in your states.
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8:45
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Panel:
Energy Development
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Moderator: Kenneth
Nemeth, Executive Director, Southern States Energy
Board
- Energy Development in a Free
Market: Dan Kish, Senior
Vice President for Policy, Institute for Energy Research
- The Components of a Viable Business Environment:
Roland Kell, Pascagoula Refinery General Manager, Chevron
- The Limitations of the Green Economy: Max Schultz,
Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute
- Manufacturing: Dr. John Anderson, President, Electricity
Consumers Resource Council
- Strides in Pollution Control: Stephen Hayward, F. K.
Weyerhaeuser Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
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10:45
a.m. - 11:00 a.m. |
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Break |
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11:00
a.m. - 12:00 p.m. |
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Executive Roundtable:
New Technologies in Old Industries |
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Moderator:
Governor Haley Barbour, MS |
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- Dan DiMicco, CEO Nucor Steel
- Warren Erdman, Kansas City Southern
- Jim Turner, Duke Energy
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12:00
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Luncheon
Keynote: T. Boone Pickens
Oil Tycoon, entrepreneur, philanthropist, American business advocate-Pickens' impact on American culture reflects his many interests and passions, including his unyielding belief in the entrepreneurial spirit, his leadership in corporate fitness, the need for alternative fuel development, and his prudent stewardship of American lands. A number of his initiatives reflect a long-standing vision about America's reliance on fossil fuels and his love for both the land and individual rights. Perhaps Pickens' most dramatic move occurred in July 2008, when he launched a $58 million national advertising campaign to promote the Pickens Plan, an energy policy aimed at reducing the American dependence on foreign oil. |
For more information, contact
Scott Doron, director of the Southern Technology Council, at
sdoron@southern.org.
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