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Monday September 28, 2015 at 6:00 PM EDT
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Tuesday September 29, 2015 at 12:00 PM EDT

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Amway Grand Plaza Hotel 
187 Monroe Avenue, NW
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
 

 
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Mike Thompson 
Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy 
703-440-9447 
info@thomasjeffersoninst.org 
 

2015 State Energy/Environment Leadership Summit 

Sponsored by

The Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy

The Consumer Energy Alliance and

The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation

Attend the next in our series of "Energy/Environmental Stewardship Roundtable Discussions" addressing key issues affecting America's energy independence and environmental stewardship!

Working Agenda

Monday night, September 28 

                                    6:00 p.m. -- Reception

                                    6:30 p.m. -- Buffet Dinner 

                                    7:00 p.m.  --  Panel 1:  Energy Exports -- oil and natural gas

                                                            -- Casey O'Shea, FTI (confirmed)

                                                            -- Dan Eberhard, Canary USA (confirmed)

                                                            -- Kirk Kinnear, Continental Resources (invited)

                                                            -- Helen Currie, ConocoPhillips (confirmed)

                                     8:00 pm -- Keynote:  How Energy/Environment will Impact the 2016 Elections

                                                             -- State Senator Jim Merrit, Indiana  (invited)

Tuesday morning, September 29th

                                    7:15 a.m.  Breakfast Buffet

                                    7:45 a.m.  Panel 2:  The War on Pipelines and Infrastructure

                                                                -- Jim Prescott, TransCanada (invited)

                                                                -- Bruce McKay, Dominion (confirmed)

                                                               -- Ron Kaminski, LiUna Chapter 1140 (invited)

                                    9:00 a.m. Panel 3: Issues Update

                                                                 -- Ross Eisenberg, National Association of Manufacturers (invited):

                                                                      EPA's Ozone Rule

                                                                 -- Michael Whatley, VP, Consumer Energy Alliance (confirmed)

                                  10:15 a.m. Panel 4: EPA's 111d Regs:  State Obligations & Next Steps

                                                                   -- Greg Sopkins, Wilkinson Barker Knauer (confirmed)

                                                                   -- Jennifer Diggins, Nucor (confirmed)

                                                                   -- Doug Domenech, Former Virginia Secretary of Natural Resources   

                                  11:30 p.m.  Transferring Public Lands from Federal Control

                                                                    -- Fred Birnbaum, Idaho Freedom Foundation (confirmed)

                                                                     -- Jonathon Haines, Federalism In Action, State Budget Solutions

                                                                         (confirmed)

                                                                    -- Greg Walcher, Former Colorado Secretary of Natural Resources

                                                                         (confirmed)

                                                                   -- Charles Curley, Wyoming Liberty (confirmed)

                                                                   -- Shawn Regan, PERC (confirmed)

                                  12:15 Noon Adjourn

            This is a full agenda and, if you attend the entire conference, we will reimburse you for your hotel room for Monday night, September 28 as we have in the past.