April 6-7, 2010 Keynote Speakers Dr. Steven Chu, Secretary of Energy
Dr. Lawrence H. Summers, Director of the National Economic Council Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center
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CONFERENCE AGENDA Tuesday, April 6, 9 - 10:30 a.m. - Plenary Session
Welcome: Dr. Richard Newell, Administrator, Energy Information Administration
Keynote Address: Dr. Steven Chu, Secretary of Energy
Dr. Philip Sharp, President, Resources for the Future
Tuesday, April 6, 11a.m. - 12:30 p.m. (Concurrent Sessions) - U.S. Climate Change Policy - What's Next After Copenhagen?
Moderator: Richard Newell (EIA Administrator)
Speakers: Joseph E. Aldy, National Economic Council/Office of Energy and Climate Change
Jason Grumet, Bipartisan Policy Center
Karen Harbert, U.S. Chamber of Congress
Gina McCarthy, Environmental Protection Agency - Biofuels: Continuing Shifts in the Industry and the Long-Term Outlook
Moderator: Michael Schaal (EIA)
Speakers: Peter Gross, EIA
Paul N. Argyropoulos, Environmental Protection Agency
Timothy D. Searchinger, Princeton University
Brooke Coleman, New Fuels Alliance
Tuesday, April 6, 12:30 - 1:45 p.m. - Lunch Plenary Session
Dr. Lawrence H. Summers, Director of the National Economic Council
Introduction by David Jhirad, SAIS
Tuesday, April 6, 1:45 - 3:15 p.m (Concurrent Sessions) - EIA's Annual Energy Outlook 2010 Highlights
Moderator: Paul Holtberg (EIA)
Speakers: John Conti, EIA
Mary Novak, IHS Global Insight
Tom R. Eizember, Exxon Mobil Corporation - Short-Term Energy Prices - What Drivers Matter Most?
Moderator: Howard Gruenspecht (EIA Deputy Administrator)
Speakers: Edward L. Morse, Credit Suisse Securities
Guy Caruso, Center for Strategic and International Studies
David M. Arseneau, Federal Reserve Board
Tuesday, April 6, 3:30 - 5 p.m. (Concurrent Sessions) - Energy and the Economy
Moderator: Adam Sieminski (Deutsche Bank)
Speakers: Matthew C. Rogers, U.S. Department of Energy
Stephen P. A. Brown, Resources for the Future - Regulating Energy Commodities
Moderator: Steve Harvey (EIA)
Speakers: Skip Horvath, Natural Gas Supply Association
Deanna L. Newcomb, McDermott Will & Emery LLP
Sean Cota, Cota & Cota
Daniel M. Berkovitz, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Tuesday Evening Reception - With thanks to  for their support. Wednesday, April 7, 9 - 10:30 a.m. (Concurrent Sessions) - Natural Gas: U.S. Markets in a Global Context
Moderator Glenn Sweetnam (EIA)
Speakers: Andrew Slaughter, Shell
Glen Sweetnam, EIA
Benjamin Schlesinger, Benjamin Schlesinger and Assoc., Inc.
Michelle Foss, University of Texas - Smart Grid: Impacts on Electric Power Supply and Demand
Moderator: Joseph Paladino (DOE, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability)
Speakers: Christian Grant, Booz & Company, Inc.
William M. Gausman, PEPCO
Michael Valocchi, IBM Global Business Services
Sharla Artz, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories
Wednesday, April 7, 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. (Concurrent Sessions) - Energy Efficiency: Measuring Gains and Quantifying Opportunities
Moderator: Deborah Lynn Bleviss (SAIS)
Speakers: Jeffrey Genzer, National Association of State Energy Officials
Steven Wade, EIA - Energy and Water: Implications for Energy Development
Moderator: Howard Gruenspecht
Speakers: Jeff C. Wright, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
M. Michael Hightower, Sandia National Laboratories
Thomas Beauduy, Susquehanna River Basin Commission
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