Event Agenda

Wednesday, March 16

(1:00 Event Registration)

*  1:30 - 1:45 Opening Remarks: Mr. Dave Robau, Gulf Coast Energy Network

*  1:45 - 2:45 Ms. Joann Cox and Ms. Karen Ziemba, Senior Contracting Officers, Assisted Acquisition Services Division, General Services Administration

*  2:45 - 3:45  Ms. Cherri Duval, Small Business Program Director, Contracting Office at Eglin Air Force Base

*  3:45 - 4:30 Community Partnership Opportunities in Government Contracting, Mr.Sid Saunders, Pendulum Services

*  4:30 - 4:45 Closing Remarks: Mr. Dave Robau, Gulf Coast Energy Network 

*  5:00 - 7:30 Social Network Event Sponsored by National Energy

Thursday, March 17 

(8:30 Event Registration)

*  9:00 - 9:15 Opening Remarks: Mr. Dave Robau, Gulf Coast Energy Network 

*  9:15 - 9:45 Civil Engineering Outlook for Eglin Air Force Base, Mr. Dan Robeen, Engineering Division Chief, 96th Civil Engineering Group, Eglin Air Force Base

*  9:45 - 10:30 Installation Energy Outlook for Eglin Air Force Base and Hurlburt Field

Mr. Bryan Scism, Base Energy Manager, Eglin Air Force Base

Ms. Christa Gunn, Chief, Portfolio Optimization, U.S. Air Force Hurlburt Field

*  10:30 - 11:00 Area Wide Contract Tools and the Use of Utility Energy Services Contracting, Ms. Alice Oberhausen, US Department of Energy, Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) Training Team

*  11:00 - 11:45 Industry Panel - Case Studies on Energy Savings Performance Contracting & Utility Energy Services Contracting

Mr. Jason Cartozian, Siemens

Mr. Michael Reed and Mr. Dean Yobs, Schneider Electric

*  12:00 - 1:15 Lunch/Vendor Networking 

Mr. Leslie "Les" Martin, US Air Force Civil Engineering Center (AFCEC)

*  1:15 - 2:00 Utility Panel - Energy Contracting from the Local Utilities' Perspective, Mr. Chris Hood, Gulf Power Representative, Mr. Mark Clark, Okaloosa Gas District, and Mr. Bryan Gilbert, CHELCO

*  2:00 - 2:20 Understanding Partnership Intermediary Agreements, Dr. Steve Butler, Director, Doolittle Institute

*  2:20 - 2:45 Strategic Sustainability Plan Case Study, Mr. Andrew Nelson, Chief Energy Branch, US Army Corp of Engineers, Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL)

*  2:45 - 3:15 Creative Agreement Tools/Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP), Mr. Andrew Nelson, Chief Energy Branch, US Army Corp of Engineers, Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL)

*  3:15 - 3:45 University Partnerships for Energy Research, Ms. Canan "Janan" Balaban, Associate Director, Florida Energy Systems Consortium

*  3:45 - 4:15 Value-Based Real Property Transaction, Mr. Van Fuller, Director, Mid-Bay Bridge Authority

*  4:15 - 4:30 Closing Remarks: Mr. Dave Robau, Gulf Coast Energy Network