First Energizing Kentucky Conference

Date: June 3-4, 2008

Location: Henry Clay Building
604 South Third Street
Louisville, Kentucky
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Schedule with Speakers

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

Sandra P. Meyer, president of the Kentucky and Ohio units of Duke Power, one of the nation's largest and most innovative energy companies will be the keynote speaker. This conference's focus will be on the role of Kentucky's business community in advancing sound policies governing the production, use, and conservation of energy and on finding ways to have economic and educational interests help form effective public policy.

Any questions concerning registration, please contact:
Lisa Nesmith
Email (preferred): lisa.nesmith@centre.edu
Phone: (859) 238-5287

Second Energizing Kentucky Conference

Date: September 18-19, 2008

Location: Henry Clay Building
604 South Third Street
Louisville, Kentucky
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KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

This conference will provide a forum for energy experts to engage with state and local government policymakers to lay the groundwork for a sustainable energy policy for the 21st century. This conference's keynote will be delivered by Thomas L. Friedman, author of "The World is Flat" and a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and columnist for The New York Times. Friedman's next book, which tackles the subject of energy, Green is the New Red, White, and Blue, will be published in August with an initial printing of 1 million hardback copies.

Third Conference

Date: TBD

Location: TBD

The final conference will focus on Kentucky's K-12 and postsecondary education in establishing a framework for a curriculum to build a knowledge base revolving around sustainability and the development of alternative energy sources. This conference, in part, will emphasize developing the next generation of science, technology, engineering and math professionals essential to pursuing new knowledge and technologies.