Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid Unifies Nation's Leaders In Las Vegas To Chart America's Clean Energy Future, August 19 at UNLV
** New Events ** - Fri, Aug 15, 9:30 a.m. PT: News teleconference with Senator Reid; T. Boone Pickens; Daniel J. Weiss, Center for American Progress Action Fund
- Mon, Aug 18, 5 p.m. PT: Opening Session with Former President Bill Clinton
LAS VEGAS, Aug. 13 /PRNewswire/ --
WHAT: The National Clean Energy Summit, hosted Tuesday, August 19 by
the Center for American Progress Action Fund, Nevada Senator
Harry Reid and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) will
join industry leaders, scientists and policy experts to define an
agenda that accelerates the development of renewable energy,
energy-efficiency technologies and robust clean energy markets
throughout the nation and world.
The Summit's objective is to define consensus ideas and
principles that participants can carry to the parties' political
conventions and into the next Administration. To conclude the
event, Reid, Bloomberg, Podesta and Ashley will host a news
conference at 6:30 p.m. to lay out deliverables from the Summit
including key policy priorities that emerge from the day's
discussions.
The National Clean Energy Summit will feature the following panel
discussions:
-- Earning More by Using Less: Businesses, Efficiency and
Renewable Energy
-- The Clean Energy Economy
-- Restoring American Leadership: Jobs, Growth, Communities and
Trade
-- The Visible Hand: Government's Role in the Clean Energy
Transformation Opportunities to Accelerate Deployment of
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
- For detailed agenda, including panel moderators and
participants, visit http://cleanenergysummit.org/agenda.html
WHO: Speakers and Panel Participants:
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid; John Podesta, Pres./CEO Center
for American Progress Action Fund; David B. Ashley, UNLV
President; Former Pres. Bill Clinton, Founder, William J. Clinton
Foundation; NY Mayor Michael Bloomberg; AZ Gov. Janet Napolitano;
CO Gov. Bill Ritter; Robert E. Rubin, former Treasury Secretary
and Pres. Citigroup; T. Boone Pickens; UT Gov. Jon Huntsman; NV
Sen. Randolph Townsend; Dan Reicher, Director for Climate Change
and Energy Initiatives, Google, Inc.; Jim Murren, Pres./COO MGM
MIRAGE; Michael Yackira, CEO/Pres. Sierra Pacific Resources; Jon
Creyts, Principal McKinsey & Company; Congresswoman Hilda Solis,
32nd Dist. Calif.; NV Sen. Dina Titus; Somer Hollingsworth,
Pres./CEO Nevada Development Authority; Rhone Resch, Executive
Dir. Solar Energy Assoc.; Ian Rogoff, Chairman/Trustee Nevada
Institute for Renewable Energy Commercialization; Van Jones,
Green for All; Fred Redmond, Int'l. VP Human Affairs United
Steelworkers; Edward Mazria, Founder Architecture 2030; Jon
Wellinghoff, Commissioner Federal Energy Regulatory Commission;
Dr. Steven Chu, Dir. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Dr.
David Overskei, Pres. Decision Factors; James Thoma, SVP Manager
Energy Services Bank of America Public Capital Corp.
WHEN/
WHERE NEWS TELECONFERENCE: T. BOONE PICKENS, SENATOR HARRY REID, DANIEL
J. WEISS, CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS ACTION FUND
-- Fri., August 15, 2008 at 9:30 a.m. PT
-- Contact nmounier@kirvindoak.com to request teleconference
information
SUMMIT OPENING REMARKS WITH FORMER PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON
-- Mon., August 18, 2008 at 5 p.m. PT
-- Media check-in at 3:00 p.m.
-- All TV and print photographers must have equipment in place by
3:30 p.m.
-- All media must be in place by 4:30 p.m.
-- Cox Pavilion, UNLV: 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, 89119
NATIONAL CLEAN ENERGY SUMMIT
-- Tues., Aug. 19, 2008 at 9 a.m. PT
-- Media check-in begins at 7:30 a.m.
-- All media must be in place by 8:30 a.m.
-- Closing news conference begins at approximately 6:30 p.m.
-- Cox Pavilion, UNLV: 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, 89119
MORE: General public welcome; cost is $150 for general admission, $25
for students with ID. Registration for general attendees and
exhibitors is online at http://www.cleanenergysummit.org. There
is no charge for working media to attend the Summit.
SOURCE The National Clean Energy Summit
For further information: Natalie Mounier, +1-702-737-3100, nmounier@kirvindoak.com, for The National Clean Energy Summit
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