Monday Morning Full Plenary Session
Kellogg Center Big Ten Room

10:00 a.m.-10:15 a.m. Chairperson Welcome and Conference Perspective
Michael Klepinger, MSU Land Policy Institute

10:15 a.m.-10:30 a.m. Welcome to Michigan State University
Dr. Soji Adelaja, MSU Land Policy Institute Director
Dr. Lou Anna K. Simon, Michigan State University President

10:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m. Larry Flowers, USDOE-NREL (National Renewable Energy Lab)
The $$ and sense of wind energy for Michigan

11:00 a.m.-11:45 a.m. Soren Krohn, Danish Wind Industry Association
World wind manufacturing history

11:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Break for lunch set-up

12:15 p.m.-1:15 p.m. Luncheon Speakers
James Epolito, Chief Executive Officer, MEDC
The Michigan Advantage
Mayor George Heartwell, Grand Rapids
Michigan’s West Side wind potential

1:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m. OEM Panel Moderated by Dan Radomski
Wind energy OEMs reveal supply chain challenges and opportunities
• Lawrence Willey, Manager, Wind Conceptual Design, GE Energy
• Dan McDevitt, Director, Supply Chain Management, Acciona Energy
• Dave Smith, Siemens Power Procurement Strategy

3:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m. Networking break w/ Displays

3:30 p.m.-3:45 p.m. Fred Keller, Cascade Engineering
Manufacturing Renewable Energy – Strategic Value Creation

3:45 p.m.-5:15 p.m. Michigan Supplier Panel
Moderated by John Patten, Western Michigan University
Success stories from Michigan-based wind energy component manufacturers and service sources
• Bernie Lieberg, VP of Manufacturing, K&M
• Dan Gizaw, President and CEO, Danotek, Motion Tech
• John Van Alstyne, Ricardo Engineering
• Jeff Metts, Dowding Industries
• Ray Mackowsky, Great Lakes Gear Tech

1:30 p.m.-2:00 p.m. Jeremy Wittrock, GLREA
Local zoning and planning: Manistee County wind energy planning project

2:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m. Benjamin Hoen, Lawrence Berkeley Lab
Do wind facilities affect local property values?: Preliminary results from a multi-site analysis

2:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m. Lundberg and Hagen - Point and Counterpoint
The Huron County 2006 permitting experience viewed from either side of the county zoning counter

3:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m. Networking break w/ Displays

3:30 p.m.-4:00p.m. Charles McKeown, Land Policy Institute, MSU
Michigan’s new GIS wind prospecting tool

4:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m. George Scott, NREL, AWS Truewind
Great Lakes wind resources mapping project:
Progress and plans for Great Lakes wind energy mapping

4:30 p.m.-5:15 p.m. Jim Lanard, Bluewater Wind
Bluewater Wind’s offshore wind park for Delaware

5:15 p.m.-6:30 p.m. Monday Evening Reception - Big Ten Room
Hors D’oeuvres and Cocktails (Cash bar)

6:30 p.m.-8:00 p.m. Monday Evening Dinner Speaker - Big Ten Room
Margie Harris, Director, Energy Trust of Oregon
Genesis, structure and success of the Energy Trust: Considerations for Michigan

Prior to joining Energy Trust in 2001, Margie Harris was a management consultant with Arthur Young & Company, finance and administration director for Portland Parks and Recreation and executive director of marketing and customer service at TriMet, Portland's regional transportation district. She helped craft the State's first energy conservation legislation and programs while working at the Oregon Department of Energy early in her career. Her insights will be particularly useful in light of Michigan’s changing energy policy environment.

Tuesday Morning Full Plenary Session
Kellogg Center Big Ten Room

7:30 a.m.-8:45 a.m. Tuesday Morning Breakfast Speakers - Big Ten Room
Introduction by Dr. Soji Adelaja, Director, Land Policy Institute, MSU
James Walker, VP Assett Management enXco, President Elect, AWEA
Achieving 20% energy supply from wind

9:00 a.m.-9:30 a.m. Steve Smiley, Heron Wind Manufacturing
New Wind Manufacturing in Michigan: The Political Economics of Wind Power

9:30 a.m.-9:45 a.m. Kate Gordon , Apollo Project
The Apollo project: Renewable energy creates good jobs!

9:45 a.m.-10:15 a.m. Lauren Bigelow, Cleantech Network
North American patterns of Cleantech investment: Renewable energy & wind

10:15 a.m.-10:45 a.m. Stoel Rives, LLP - Holmes, Quinby, and Roek
Opportunities for offshore wind development in the Great Lakes

10:45 a.m.-11:15 a.m. Steve Harsh and Lynn Hamilton, MSU
The economic potential of community wind

11:15 a.m.- 11:30 a.m. Lawrence Willey, GE Energy
State of the wind business

9:00 a.m.-9:25 a.m. Charles Kubert, Environmental Law Center
Options for financing community wind projects

9:25 a.m.-9:50 a.m. Melanie McCoy, City Manager
The Wyandotte brownfield to windfield story

9:50 a.m.-10:15 a.m. Mark Willers, MinWind, LLC
Community wind experiences in Minnesota

10:15 a.m.-10:40 a.m. Kenneth Lesher and Jack McCloughan
South Haven public-private community wind partnership

10:40 a.m.-11:05 a.m. Lisa Daniels, Windustry
Midwest community wind projects

11:05 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Lynn Sharp, Tetra Tech Enviornmental Consulting, Inc.
Windpower and wildlife issues in Michigan and the Great Lakes Region