The Speed of Solar @ groSolar '08

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SAVE THE DATE: OCTOBER 1-2
The Speed of Solar @ groSolar '08
Funding & Policy Pathways to Accelerate the Solar Marketplace
The Lenox Hotel, Boston, MA
Registration Fee: $195

  Register Here!
(Limited Availability)

Join this exciting conference to chart the pathway of solar energy. Attendees will:

• Attend provocative panel discussions detailing industry trends
• Network with investors, policy-makers and other leaders in the solar energy industry
• Chart the future of the solar energy movement

Speakers include Massachusetts Environmental Affairs Secretary Ian Bowles; U.S. Senator Bernard Sanders; David Foster, Executive Director of the Blue-Green Alliance (Sierra Club and Steelworkers); as well as leaders in the solar industry.

We are pleased to honor our sponsors:

The conference will be held at the Lenox Hotel, 61 Exeter Street, Boston, MA.  Reservations can be made at the preferred rate of $289 per room, per night, plus tax.  To make reservations, call (617) 536-5300 or 800-225-7676 by Tuesday, September 16th to guarantee this rate.  Be sure to ask for the groSolar rate when making reservations. 

AGENDA:

Day One:
2:30p -4p	Registration
4:30p	Welcome to the Speed of Solar Speakers: Jeff Wolfe, CEO, groSolar; Ted Saunders, CEO of Ecological Solutions and co-owner of the eco-friendly Lenox Hotel; David Foster, executive director, Blue-Green Alliance
6p	Networking get-together, Lenox Lobby
6:30p	"The Boycott" performance - Kathryn Blume
Day Two:
7:30a-9a	Registration/Continental Breakfast
9a-9:45a	Welcome Speaker - US Senator Bernard Sanders (Invited)
9:45a-11:30a	Panel 1 - "Where the Action Is - State Incentive Models that Work.'' Moderator: Jane Weissman, IREC; Rhone Resch, President, SEIA; Jeff Peterson, NYSERDA. Panel 2 - "Where the Action Is - The Path to Grid Parity" Carrie Cullen Hitt, President, Solar Alliance; Rich Chlebloski, Evergreen Solar; Mark Farber, Photon Consulting; Claire B. Johnson, Private Consultant; Andrew Kinross, Navigant Consulting.
Noon	Lunch and Speaker - Ian Bowles, Massachusetts Secretary of Environmental Affairs
1:30p-3p	Afternoon Roundtable - "Winners and Losers in PV Technology and the Future of Downstream Solar" Speakers: Jeff Wolfe, groSolar; David Kirkpatrick, SJF Ventures; Chris Sorrells, NPG Energy Technology Partners; Rhone Resch, SEIA; Claire B. Johnson, Private Consultant.
3:15p	Final Speaker (To Be Announced)