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7.00	DAY 1: Registration Begins
8.20	DAY 1: Conference Begins
8.20	Chairman's Opening Comments Patrick Fox, President The Saint Consulting Group
Section 1	Uncovering the opportunities blowing in the wind
8.30	Wind Development on Federal Public Lands Victor Lozano, Washington Office, Lands and Realty, Bureau of Land Management
9.00	Wind Development on Forest Service Managed Lands Paul Johnson, Washington Office, Minerals & Geology Management, USDA Forest Service
9.30	PANEL: The current state of play for wind energy project site selection Panel Chairman Patrick Fox, President The Saint Consulting Group Panelists David L. Morenoff, Special Counsel, Office of the General Counsel Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Victor Lozano, Washington Office, Lands and Realty, Bureau of Land Management Paul Johnson, Washington Office, Minerals & Geology Management USDA Forest Service Dave Stout, Chairman of the Wind Turbine Guidelines Advisory Committee U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
10.15	Coffee Break
10.45	Developments in Federal Transmission Policy David L. Morenoff, Special Counsel, Office of the General Counsel, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Section 2	Other considerations for the successful and on time delivery of a wind project
11.15	Expedite your project with new visualization tools Dan Stone, Executive Vice President - The Americas, Truescape Visual Reality
11.45	Using Wind Resource Maps And GIS Analysis For Efficient Site Selection And Acquisition Strategy Development Matthew Baker, Modeling Group Manager, AWS Truewind
12.15 pm	A Supply Chain Integrated Approach to Site Selection Troy west, Assistant Vice President, TranSystems
12.45 pm	Networking Lunch Break
Section 3	Breaking down the barriers: Exploring effective stakeholder engagement strategies
1.45 pm	Developing a RADAR mitigation toolkit for wind turbine systems Jose Zayas, Program Manager, Wind & Water Power Technologies, Sandia National Laboratories
2.15 pm	PANEL: Avoid development blocks: Discover strategies for wind energy and radar coexistence Panel Chairman Sheri Edgett Baron, Air Traffic, System Operations, Acting OES Manager, FAA Panelists Kenneth Kingsmore, DoD-DHS JPO Long Range Radar Prog Mgr, U.S. Air Force (USAF) Bryan Miller, Lt Col, North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) DeEllen M. Brasher, DoD REC Officer, Navy John Yarman, Long-Range Radar SME, Dept. of Homeland Security
3.00 pm	Coffee Break
3.30 pm	Fatal Flaw Analysis in Site Selection as a Best Practice & Managing NIMBY Opposition Ben Kelahan, Senior Vice President of Energy, The Saint Consulting Group
4.00	Working with your Community to Avoid the NIMBY Challenge Melissa Peterson, Landowner & Community Coordinator, Supervisor, enXco
4.30	PANEL DISCUSSION: Best Practice Strategies For Avoiding Community Pushback Panel Chairman Ben Kelahan, Senior Vice President of Energy, The Saint Consulting Group Panelists Frank Maisano, Energy & Environmental Specialist, Bracewell & Giuliani LLP Melissa Peterson, Landowner & Community Coordinator, Supervisor, enXco Charlie Daum, Director of Development, Geronimo Wind Energy Owen Grant, Project Manager, North Wind and Power
5.15	Networking Drinks Begins
6.00	Day 1 Ends

8.00	DAY 2: Registration Begins
9.00	DAY 2: Conference Begins
Session 4	Outlining Best Practice Siting Strategies For The Successful Development Of Your Next Wind Project
9.00	Minimizing the Impacts of Wind Farms on Wildlife and Habitats Dave Stout, Chairman of the Wind Turbine Guidelines Advisory Committee, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
9.30	Assessing impacts of wind energy development on bats: challenges and solutions Edward B. Arnett, Ph.D. Conservation Scientist and Director of Programs, Bat Conservation International
10.00	PANEL SESSION – Analyzing innovative environmental mitigation measures for a new wind project Panel Chairman Doug Colback, Vice President of Development, E.ON Panelists Edward B. Arnett, Ph.D. Conservation Scientist and Director of Programs, Bat Conservation International Anntonette Alberti, Vice President, Commercial Energy Program Development, Tetra Tech, Inc. Steve Rice, Regional Director, Senior Ecologist, JF New Ryan Duddleson, Principal Investigator, Cultural Resource Specialist, JF New
10.45	Coffee Break
11.15	Project Partnership And / Or Acquisition For Successful Wind Project Completion Angus King III, Vice President, Mergers & Acquisitions, First Wind
11.45	Analyzing Transmission Limits and Evaluating Solutions for Wind Developers Ralph Masiello, Senior Vice President, Energy Systems Consulting, KEMA
12.15	PANEL SESSION: Evaluate how integrate wind energy into the saturated U.S. transmission grid Panel Chairman Patrick Fox, President The Saint Consulting Group Panelists Eric Laverty, Director, Transmission Access Planning, Midwest ISO John Buechler, Executive Regulatory Policy Advisor, New York ISO David Whiteley, Executive Director, Eastern Interconnection Planning Collaborative (EIPC) Terron Hill, Director, Transmission Policy and RTO Coordination, National Grid
1.00 pm	Networking Lunch Break
2.30 pm	Strategic Siting Plan for a Wind Energy Power Plant Charlie Daum, Director of Development, Geronimo Wind Energy
Session 5	Analyzing Markets And Securing Finance For Your Next Wind Energy Project
3.00 pm	Wind Energy Project Financing: Securing a Profitable Future John Marciano, Attorney, Chadbourne & Parke LLP
3.30 pm	Market Assessment: Positioning for Success Amidst Intensifying Competition Dan Shreve, Director, MAKE Consulting
4.00 pm	Best Practice Market Assessment Strategies for Successful Wind Development Sean Finnerty, Sr. Vice President, Competitive Power Ventures
4.30 pm	Conference Ends

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