Kansas City Energy Efficiency Forum

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Name: Kansas City Energy Efficiency Forum
Date: September 14, 2007
Time: 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM CDT
Event Description:

Get plugged into Energy Efficiency

Energy efficiency is transforming the world around us by changing the way energy is used and how we improve our environment.

Join us at the Kansas City Energy Efficiency Forum
Friday, September 14, 2007 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Collaboration on energy efficiency is everybody’s job.Please join us at the Kansas City Energy Efficiency Forum on Friday, September 14, 2007, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Bartle Hall Convention Center, Room 2103. To R.S.V.P, please call (816) 556-2906 or e-mail eesummit@kcpl.comCome and discuss national and local energy efficiency issues with our distinguished panel of experts. Help us create programs and policies that support energy efficiency and a healthier environment.Together we can develop informed public policy to energize our region.

SCHEDULE

7 a.m.
Registration/Continental Breakfast Available

8 a.m.
Welcome & Opening Remarks
David Warm, Executive Director, Mid-America Regional Council (MARC)

8:10
Keynote Address
Claire McCaskill, U.S. Senator

8:30
National Panel: Landscape of Energy Efficiency in the United States
Facilitator:Joel Swisher, Leader of the Energy & Resources Team for Rocky Mountain Institute
Panelists:

  • Joe Wharton, Ph.D., Principal, The Brattle Group
  • General Electric
  • Robert Cox, President, Sierra Club
  • Ken Baker, Senior Manager of Sustainable Regulation, Wal-Mart
  • John Coffman, Energy Consultant, AARP
  • Ashok Gupta, Program Director for Air & Energy, National Resource Defense Council (NRDC)

10:15
Local Panel: Issues, Obstacles & Opportunities for Energy Efficiency
Facilitator: Joel Swisher
Panelists:

  • Bill Downey, President and Chief Executive Officer, Kansas City Power & Light
  • Lewis Mills, Missouri Office of Public Counsel
  • David Warm, Executive Director, MARC Commissioner
  • Robert Clayton, Missouri Public Service Commission
  • Steve McDowell, BNIM Architects
  • Mark Fogal, Executive Director, Missouri Votes Conservation

Closing remarks
Mike Chesser, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Great Plains Energy Inc.

Noon
Lunch Available
Meet Stakeholder Work Groups

Location:
Bartle Hall Convention Center
301 W. 13 St. Room 2103
Kansas City, MO 64113
Date/Time Information:
Starts: 8 00AM
Ends: 2 00pm
Contact Information:

phone:8165562906
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