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This year's Summit was a great success! Thank you to our sponsors and supporters who helped make this event possible. State Alliance Pre-Summit Workshop Welcome and Purpose Richard Hahn, 25x'25 Steering Committee
Agriculture and Forestry's Role in a Reduced Carbon Economy
Carbon - A State Alliance Leadership Opportunity
Developing State 25x'25 Action Plans
2009 Summit Plenary Session Presentations
Summit Day 1 - April 1, 2009
Welcome, Goals and Objectives
Setting the Stage Solutions from the Land Cropland: Richard Hamilton, President, Ceres Forests: Neil Sampson, President, The Sampson Group Livestock: Garth Boyd, Senior Vice President, Camco Policy Options for Addressing Climate Change Reid Detchon, Executive Director, Energy Future Coalition Market Imperatives for Environmental Services Bob Young, Chief Economist, American Farm Bureau Federation Ann Bartuska, Acting Undersecretary of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment
Chris Tuite, Director of Forest Carbon Markets, Conservation International California's Leadership in Addressing Climate Change A.G. Kawamura, Secretary California Department of Food and Agriculture (video)
25x'25 Vision and Recommendations Producer and Partner Reactor Panel Cropland: Tom Buis, CEO, Growth Energy Forests: Brian Kernohan, Manager, Wildlife & Forest Stewardship, Forest Capital Partners, LLC Dairy: Connie Patterson, Patterson Farms, Cayuga County, NY Livestock: Burton Eller, Sr. VP, Government Affairs, National Cattlemen's Beef Association Conservation: Larry Schweiger, President National Wildlife Federation Rural Electric Coops: Glenn English, CEO, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association Outlook for Congressional Action Chris Adamo, Legislative Counsel, Senator Debbie Stabenow Shelly Fidler, Principal, VanNess Feldman Megan Ceronsky, VanNess Feldman Path Forward for Addressing Climate Change and Renewable Energy Hon. Timothy E. Wirth, President United Nations Foundation (video) Dr. Kandeh Yumkella, Chairman UN-Energy; Director-General, UN Industrial Development Organization (video)
Summit Day 2 - April 2, 2009
Session 1 - Ensuring Sustainability Sustainable Production Michael Doane, Director, Ag Economics & Sustainability, Monsanto Jane Early, Managing Partner, Early & White Consulting Group
Jon Scholl, President, American Farmland Trust Brian Turner, Asst. Executive Officer, Fed. Climate Policy, California Air Resources Board
John Sheehan, Scientific Prog. Coordinator, Institute on the Environment, University of Minnesota Jay Debertin, Exec. Vice President, CHS, Inc. Defining marketplace expansion opportunities for renewable ethanol & advanced biofuels Fredrick L. Potter, Exec. Director, Hart Downstream Energy Services Session 2 - Community Scale Wind Industry Status and Policy Discussion Susan Sloan, American Wind Energy Association The Opportunity of Community Wind Lisa Daniels, Executive Director, Windustry Making Community Wind Happen Kevin Schulte, Co-Founder/VP Business Development, Sustainable Energy Developments Community Wind Development Project Panel James Carkulis, President Exergy Development Group Jim Tirevold, Facility Director, Spirit Lake Schools Mark Willers, CEO, MinWind Energy Distributed Generation - Transmission Challenges Michael Milligan, Principal Analyst, National Renewable Energy Laboratory Landowner Wind Energy Associations
Grant Stumbough, Coordinator, Southeastern Wyoming RC&D Session 3 - Woody Biomass in America's Energy Future Panel Session: The Future Role of Wood for Energy Moderator: Michael Goergen, Exec. Director, Society of American Foresters Federal Forest Land Management Perspective Rob Doudrick, Director Resource Use Sciences, USDA Forest Service Industrial Landowner Perspective David Tenny, Exec. Director, National Alliance of Forest Owners Traditional Wood Industry Perspective Bob Emory, Environmental Affairs Manager, Weyerhaeuser Company Biofuels Wood Industry Perspective Bill Schafer, Sr. Vice President, Range Fuels, Inc. Biopower Wood Industry Perspective Mike Whiting, President, Decker Energy Private Non-Industrial Forest Onwer Perspective John W. Burke, III, Esq., Virginia Tree Farmer Conservation NGO Perspective Jimmie Powell, Sr. Policy Adviser, The Nature Conservancy Luncheon Hon. Ken Salazar, Secretary of the Interior - Video of Remarks, Podcast of Remarks Hon. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (SD) U.S. House of Representatives Video of Remarks - Part 1 , Part 2 , Part 3 , Part 4, Part 5.
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