Date:                June 17, 2008
Location:         The National Museum of the American Indian
                        One Bowling Green
                        New York, NY 10004
                       
8:00-8:30        Registration is now closed

8:30-9:00
Welcome

Tria Case:                    Executive Director, Center for Sustainable Energy & CUNY Sustainability Project

John Haworth:            Director, George Gustav Heye Center National Museum of American Indian

Carolyn Williams:       President, Bronx Community College CUNY

Edward Skyler:           Deputy Mayor of Operations, New York City

9:00 -10:15
Thinking Outside the Barrel - Solar in NYC

Morning Keynote
Andrew Revkin
Author and NY Times Journalist

• Solar Power in NYC - Richard Perez
  Senior Research Associate Atmospheric Sciences Research Center University at Albany
• PlaNYC and Sustainable Energy - Ariella Rosenberg Maron
  Deputy Director NYC Mayor’s Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability

Implementing the Change- Ronald Spalter
Deputy Chief Operating Officer CUNY Co-Chair CUNY Sustainability Project

10:15-10:40 Break

10:40-12:40
Breakout Sessions
Sessions run for one hour each.

Breakout 1:  Solar and the NYS Clean Tech Industry

• NY Solar Industry Initiatives- Vincent Cozzolino
  moderator & presenter
  President & CEO, The Solar Energy Consortium (TSEC)
• Solar Research in New York- Dr. John Harrington
  Vice President Research & Development, TSEC
  Retired Dean of Science & Engineering SUNY New Paltz
• Solar Energy Parking Light Systems-James Gelose
  President, Fiberdyne Energy

Breakout 2:  Solar Economics, Incentives and Financial Models

• Moderator- Joyce Lee
  Chief Architect, New York City Office of Management and Budget
• Financing Models-Jason Coughlin
  Strategic Energy Analysis and Applications Center
  National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
• Power Purchase Agreements, PPA - Fred Zalcman
  Director of Regulatory Affairs Eastern States, SunEdison
• Incentives- Jeff Peterson
  Program Manager , NYSERDA       

Breakout 3:  International Successes, Policy and Case Studies

• International Success, Thinking Big- Wilson Rickerson
  moderator & presenter
  Rickerson Energy Strategies
• Solar City: An International Movement-Dr. Cecelia Martinez
  The Center for Energy and Environmental Policy (CEEP) the University of Delaware
• Thinking Big about Solar City: Lessons fomr Europe and China-Nathaniel Bullard
  Senior Analyst, New Energy Finance

Breakout 4:  New York City Solar Installation Case Studies

• Solar Commercial Installations-Anthony Pereira
  moderator & presenter
  Founder & President, AltPower
• Solar Co-op- Jim Dwyer
  NY Times Columnist & President of a Washington Heights co-op that pioneered
  the use of solar as a break-even proposition
• Solar & Not for Profits- Paul Parkhill
  Director of Planning and Development,
  Greenpoint Manufacturing and Design Center

Breakout 5: Working with NYC Codes - Installing PV in NYC

• Solar; Present codes & future plans- Sam Marcovici
  moderator & presenter
  Senior Engineer NYC Department of Buildings
• NYC Solar Installation case study-David Buckner
  President, Solar Energy Systems
• Interconnections- Damian Sciano
  DG Ombudsman, Con Edison

12:40-2:15     
LUNCH

Donald G. LaVada
Director, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority

Key Note Speaker
1:30
Congressman Maurice Hinchey
Representing New York’s 22nd District

2:15-3:00  
NYC Solar America City Workplan – The Future of Solar in New York City
Panel Discussion

• Tria Case -Moderator
  Executive Director, Center for Sustainable Energy & CUNY Sustainability Project
• Thomas P. Kimbis
  Acting Program Manager, Solar Program U.S. Department of Energy
• James T. Gallagher
  Senior Vice President for Energy and Telecommunications,
  NYC Economic Development Corporation
• John Mucci
  Vice President, Engineering and Planning Con Edison

3:00-5:00
Tour of Solar Installations in NYC

• Museum of Jewish Heritage
• Solaire