GACCoM’s Renewables & Energy Efficiency Roadshow 2008

The final stop in the Renewables & Energy Efficiency Roadshow, organized by the German American Chamber of Commerce of the Midwest (GACCoM) and its Minnesota chapter, focused on Wind Energy and BioEnergy.

The primary objective of the conference was to open a dialog for partnership between two of the world’s leading countries in developing and implementing new Renewable and Energy Efficient technologies. As with all three locations along the Roadshow, Minneapolis featured an afternoon conference, followed by a networking reception.

Time: 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm

Location: University of St. Thomas, Opus College of Business, 1000 LaSalle Ave., Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Agenda:

1:00 Welcome & Introduction

1:10 Keynote: Gene Hugoson, Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Agriculture

1:35 First Panel: Wind Energy

Leon Steinberg, CEO, National Wind LLC

Friederich Neuhoff, Director Operations, Bosch Rexroth Wind Energy Business

Dan Yarano, Chair, Renewable Energy Group, Fredrikson & Byron PA

2:30 Coffee Break and Networking

3:00 Keynote: Dr. Konrad Bauer, Project Director Renewable Energies, dena