8:30

Simone Pohl, President and CEO, German American Chamber of Commerce of the Midwest

8:50

Keynote – Scott Minos, US Dept of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

9:20

Energy Efficiency Policy in Germany - Jan Benjamin Spitzley

eclareon GmbH Management Consultants

9.40

Automation: The Cornerstone of Energy Efficient Processes -

Dr. Reinhard Hüppe, Managing Director Automation Division, German Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers‘ Association

10.00

Energy Efficiency in German Chemical Industry - Bastian Bohm

effizienzwerk, Berlin

10.20

Q&A

10.30

Break - Webcast Paused

10.45

Panel Two: Energy Efficiency in the US: programs, incentives and best practice.

10.45

Incentives for Efficiency Upgrades - William J. Clemens,

Manager, Energy Efficiency & Business Energy Services DTE Energy

11.05

DOE’s Industrial Technologies Program and the new Michigan Energy Center - Dr. Arvind Atreya, Director DOE Industrial Assessment Center, University of Michigan

11.25

Efficiency Initiatives at Ford Manufacturing Plants -

Bill Allemon, Manager, Energy Efficiency, Ford Land

11.45

Q & A

12.00

Lunch and Networking - Webcast Paused

13.30

Energy Efficiency made in Germany

13.30

Randy Pellett , Festo Corporation, Mt. Prospect, IL (subsidiary of Festo AG & Co. KG, Esslingen, Germany)

13.45

Scott Ames, PowerSol GmbH, Hanover, Germany

14.00

Roland Kretschmer, KEC - Kretschmer Energie Consulting GmbH, Peine, Germany

14.15

Tim Ruppert, WILO USA LLC, Melrose Park, IL (subsidiary of WILO SE, Dortmund, Germany)

14.30

Break and Networking - Webcast Paused

15.00

Gabriel Venzin, ABM Drives, Milford, OH (subsidiary of  ABM Greiffenberger Antriebstechnik GmbH, Marktredwitz, Germany)

15.15

Jan Hoetzel, Airleader, Ada, MI (subsidiary of WF Steuerungstechnik GmbH, Wiernsheim, Germany)

15.30

Scott Hibbard, Bosch Rexroth, Hoffmann Estates, IL (subsidiary of Bosch Rexroth AG, Lohr, Germany)

15.45

Larry Shanley, EDUR Pumps, Arlington Heights, IL (subsidiary of EDUR Pumpenfabrik Eduard Redlien GmbH & Co. KG, Kiel, Germany)

16.00

Conclusions by Mark Tomkins, Vice President, German American of Commerce of the Midwest