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Kentucky Forum - Carbon Sequestration Through Agriculture and Forestry Management

Date: September 10, 2009

Location:   Frazier International History Museum in Louisville, Kentucky
Registration: 8:30am
Forum: 9:00am to 4:30pm EDT

The Kentucky Renewable Energy Consortium (KREC) and Energizing Kentucky are jointly sponsoring a forum that will focus on the opportunities and challenges that Kentucky is likely to face in a reduced carbon economy.

The forum will bring together Kentucky leaders from agriculture, forestry, energy, research, government, business and advocacy sectors to hear from both national and local experts on carbon policy, climate change, the economics of carbon emission reductions, and on agriculture and forestry-based technologies to capture, convert and sequester carbon. The forum will also include speakers who will address forest management, algae research, energy crops and methane gas capture, as well as a Kentucky Stakeholder Response Panel. Kentucky Energy & Environment Cabinet Secretary Len Peters and Tom FitzGerald, Director of the Kentucky Resources Council are among the guest speakers.

Pre-registration is required and the forum is open to the public. For more details visit KREC's web site.

 

Third Conference

Date: April 15-16, 2009

Location:   Hyatt Regency Lexington Hotel
401 West High Street
Lexington, Kentucky 40507
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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.

The event is fully sponsored by these four institutions: Berea College, Centre College, University of Kentucky, University of Louisville.

Any questions regarding these conferences should be directed to:
Lisa Nesmith
Email (preferred): lisa.nesmith@centre.edu
Phone: (859) 238-5285

 

Second Energizing Kentucky Conference

Date: September 18-19, 2008

Conference Wrap-up Remarks

Location:   Henry Clay Building
604 South Third Street
Louisville, Kentucky
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This conference will provide a forum for state, national, and international energy experts to share best practices with Kentuckians as we move toward a clear, visionary, comprehensive, and widely understood energy policy for the Commonwealth. The keynote speaker will be Thomas L. Friedman, author of "The World is Flat" and a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for "The New York Times." Friedman's long-awaited book, "The Earth is Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution and How It Can Renew America," is now available in bookstores.

First Energizing Kentucky Conference

Date: June 3-4, 2008

Conference Wrap-up Remarks

Location:   Henry Clay Building
604 South Third Street
Louisville, Kentucky
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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 was the keynote speaker. This conference's focus was 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.