GACCoM's Annual Renewables & Energy Efficiency Roadshow - Columbus, OHAs Part of the Transatlantic Climate Bridge
Columbus was the 1st 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.
Date: Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Time: 1:00 - 5:30 pm
Location: Columbus Airport Marriott, 1375 North Cassady Avenue, Columbus, OH
Click on the speakers name below to download the presentations as a PDF.
Agenda 1:00 | Welcome & Introduction | 1:10 | Keynote:
Dr. Klaus Scharioth, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United States | 1:35 | First Panel: Supply Chain in the Renewable Energy Industry
Michael Dergis, Principal, Roland Berger Strategy Consultants Gabriel Venzin, President, ABM Drives, Inc.
Matthew Garran, Director, Great Lakes Wind Network | 2:30 | Coffee Break and Networking | 3:00 | Keynote:
Mark Shanahan, Executive Director, Ohio Air Quality Development, Energy Advisor to Governor Ted Strickland | 3:30 | Second Panel: Energy Efficiency in Industry Lee Weingart, President, LNE Group, LLC Jon Williams, AEP Ohio's Energy Efficiency Program Manager | 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 conferenceSimone Pohl, President, German American Chamber of Commerce of the Midwest
Dr. Klaus Scharioth, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United States
Michael Dergis, Principal, Roland Berger Strategy Consultants
Gabriel Venzin, President, ABM Drives, Inc.
Matthew Garran, Director, Great Lakes Wind Network
Q&A session panel 1
Mark Shanahan, Executive Director, Ohio Air Quality Development, Energy Advisor to Governor Ted Strickland
Lee Weingart, President, LNE GROUP, LLC
Jon Williams, Energy Efficiency Program Manager, American Electric Power Ohio
Q&A session panel 2
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