GACCoM's Annual Renewables & Energy Efficiency Roadshow - Ann Arbor, MIAs Part of the Transatlantic Climate Bridge
Ann Arbor was the 2nd 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 in cooperation with GACCoM's Michigan Chapter. 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. The primary objective of the Roadshow was to open a dialog for partnership between two of the world’s leading countries in developing and implementing new renewables and energy efficiency technologies.
Date: Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Time: 1:00 - 5:30 pm
Location: Chrysler Center (North Campus), University of Michigan,
2121 Bonisteel Blvd, Ann Arbor, MI
Cost: $65 member, $75 nonmembers
Click on the speakers name below to download the presentations as a PDF.
Agenda 1:00 | Welcome & Introduction | 1:10 | Keynote: Britt Theismann, COO, American Wind Energy Association | 1:35 | First Panel: Supply Chain in the Renewable Energy Industry
Michael Dergis, Principal, Roland Berger Strategy Consultants Amy Butler, Director, Bureau Energy Systems, Department of Energy, Labor and Economic Growth Markus Schyboll, CEO, Schunk of North America, Inc. | 2:30 | Coffee Break and Networking | 3:00 | Keynote: Friedo Sielemann, Counselor on Environment and Energy, Deputy Head of Section Economic Department, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany | 3:30 | Second Panel: Energy Efficiency in Industry
William Clemens, Manager Energy Efficiency, DTE Energy
John Wu, Facility & Environmental Manager, Detroit Diesel Corporation (DDC)
Norbert Hennrich, General Manager, Weishaupt Corporation | 4:30 | Networking and Reception |
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 conferenceMark Tomkins, Vice President, German American Chamber of Commerce of the Midwest
Britt Theismann, COO, American Wind Energy Association
Michael Dergis, Principal, Roland Berger Strategy Consultants
Amy Butler, Director, Bureau Energy Systems, Department of Energy, Labor and Economic Growth
Markus Schyboll, CEO, Schunk of North America, Inc.
Q&A session panel 1
Friedo Sielemann, Counselor on Environment and Energy, Deputy Head of Section Economic Department, Economic Department, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany
William Clemens, Manager Energy Efficiency, DTE Energy
John Wu, Facility & Environmental Manager, Detroit Diesel Corporation (DDC)
Norbert Hennrich, General Manager, Weishaupt Corporation Q&A session panel 2
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