GACCoM's Annual Renewables & Energy Efficiency Roadshow - Chicago, ILAs Part of the Transatlantic Climate Bridge
Chicago was the 3rd stop on the Annual Renewables & Energy Efficiency Roadshow organized by the German American Chamber of Commerce of the Midwest (GACCoM) together with the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany Chicago. The Roadshow was presented as part of the “Transatlantic Climate Bridge” Initiative.
Top speakers from both sides of the Atlantic discussed topics such as: Supply Chains in the Renewable Energy Industry and Energy Efficiency in Industry. Each stop along the Roadshow was featuring an afternoon conference, followed by a networking reception.
Date: Thursday, September 3, 2009
Time: 1:00 - 5:30 pm (CST)
Location: Renaissance Chicago, O’Hare Suites Hotel,
8500 W Bryn Mawr Ave, Chicago, IL
Cost: $65 members, $75 nonmembers
Click on the speakers name below to download the presentations as a PDF.
Agenda 1:00 | Welcome & Introduction | 1:10 | Keynote: Franzjosef Schafhausen, Deputy Director of the German Federal Ministry of the Environment, Nuclear Safety and Nature Conservation | 1:35 | First Panel: Supply Chain in the Renewable Energy Industry
Jürgen Reers, Managing Partner, Roland Berger Strategy Consultants
Britt Theismann, COO, American Wind Energy Association Dan McDevitt, Vice-President Supply Chain, Nordex USA, Inc. | |
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Scott Minos, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy | 3:30 | Second Panel: Energy Efficiency in Industry Scott Hibbard, Vice President Technology, Bosch Rexroth Corp.
Steve Thompson, Vice President of Technical & Training Services, WILO USA
Thomas Cushing, Senior Vice President, Chicago Climate Exchange | |
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Transatlantic Climate Bridge is an initiative launched by the German Foreign Office and the German Federal Ministry of the Environment, Nuclear Safety and Nature Conservation to foster transatlantic cooperation and partnerships between Germany and the US in the climate and energy arena- at the local, the state and the federal level.
Videoclips of the conferenceSimone Pohl, President, German American Chamber of Commerce of the Midwest
Franzjosef Schafhausen, Deputy Director of the German Federal Ministry of the Environment, Nuclear Safety and Nature Conservation
Q&A Session with Franzjosef Schafhausen, Deputy Director of the German Federal Ministry of the Environment, Nuclear Safety and Nature Conservation
Juergen Reers, Managing Partner, Roland Berger Strategy Consultants
Britt Theismann, COO, American Wind Energy Association
Dan McDevitt, Vice President Supply Chain, Nordex USA, Inc.
Q&A session panel 1
Scott Minos, U. S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy
Scott Hibbard, Vice President Technology, Bosch Rexroth Corp.
Steve Thompson, Vice President of Technical & Training Services, WILO USA
Thomas Cushing, Senior Vice President, Chicago Climate Exchange
Q&A session panel 2 
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