Symposium

Executive Dialogue Sessions: INDUSTRY & UTILITIES 

Sessions are color coded to indicate their focus as follows:

  •  Policy Focus
  •  Finance Focus
  •  Market Transformation Focus
  •  Technology Focus
Tuesday, April 28
11:00 am -
12:30 pm 		1B Creative Financing for Industrial and Utility Energy Efficiency Major industry and utility companies are finding ways to improve the bottom line through investments in energy efficiency; yet identifying the financing mechanisms to allow for the investment is often difficult.  This session will showcase innovative and creative financial solutions practiced worldwide.
2:00 pm -
3:30 pm 		2B Driving Energy Efficiency Economy-Wide Through Public Policy High level public officials will detail comprehensive local, state and federal plans for advancing energy efficiency in every sector of the economy. Come to this session to learn more about how such strategies are improving everything from greenhouse gas emissions to climate change.
4:00 pm -
5:30 pm		 3B Making Energy Efficiency the First Fuel for Electric and Natural Gas Utility Companies: A Case Study on Business Models In this session, leading CEOs of electric and natural gas utility companies will present their business models for effectively using energy efficiency to meet growing demand.
Wednesday, April 29
9:00 am -
10:30 am		 4B Improving the Bottom Line: Innovative Technologies and Policies to Drive Efficiency From electricity generation to the transportation of goods, to the manufacturer of chemicals and paper, this session will focus on innovative strategies to further energy efficiency across the world’s economy.
10:45 am -
12:15 pm 		5B The Road Ahead: Emerging Efficiency Technology for Utility Application From technologies that enable the smart grid to those that revolutionize the data and computing industry, this session will look at trends in technology that will improve the world’s economies.
1:45 pm -
3:15 pm 		6B Wrap-up Session A unique feature to the Executive Dialogue program, designed for those not able to attend all of the sessions within the Industry & Utilities track, this final session is a wrap-up of all of the cross-cutting discussions held over the course of the two days. Presented by a panel of rappateurs, this session will provide attendees a second opportunity to hear the innovative and important conclusions drawn in the sessions they missed.

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