Agenda

North Carolina's Energy Futures: Realizing a State of Opportunity
Monday, February 11 and Tuesday, February 12

MONDAY | FEBRUARY 11, 2008

8:00 - 8:20 am | Welcome

James B. Hunt, Jr., Former Governor, North Carolina; Chair, Institute for Emerging Issues

8:20 - 9:15 am | Energy Innovation as Economic Success

Amory Lovins, Cofounder, Chairman and Chief Scientist, Rocky Mountain Institute
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9:15 - 10:00 AM |New Policy, New Politics

Thomas L. Friedman, Foreign Affairs Columnist, The New York Times
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10:00 - 10:20 AM | BREAK

10:20 - 11:00 am | Turning Green into Green

Jeff Immelt, Chairman and CEO, General Electric Corporation
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11:00 - 11:40 am | Green in North Carolina

Chuck Swoboda, President and CEO, Cree, Inc.
Thomas Nagy, Executive Vice President, Stakeholder Relations, Novozymes, Inc.
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11:40 am - 12:20 pm | Change is Inevitable

Jim Rogers, Chairman, President and CEO, Duke Energy Corporation
Bill Johnson, Chairman, President and CEO, Progress Energy, Inc.
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12:20 - 1:45 pm | Luncheon Keynote - Leadership at the Federal Level?

Richard Burr, United States Senator from North Carolina
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1:45 - 2:25 pm | Driving in Circles

David Greene, Corporate Fellow, Oak Ridge National Laboratories, Center for Transportation Analysis
Therese Langer, Transportation Program Director, American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy
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2:25 - 2:40 pm | Break

2:40 - 3:50 pm | Breakout Sessions

Market Transformation | Room 6
Science and Education Solutions | Room 8
Financial Foundations | Area 1

3:50 - 4:20 pm | Petroleum: Yesterday's Fuel?

John Felmy , Chief Economist, American Petroleum Institute

4:20 - 5:05 pm | A Crisis of Global Proportions

Rajendra Pachauri, Nobel Prize Winner; Chairman, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
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TUESDAY | FEBRUARY 12, 2008

8:00 - 8:15 am | Welcome

James B. Hunt, Jr., Former Governor, North Carolina; Chair, Institute for Emerging Issues

8:15 - 9:00 am | Investing in Individuals and Communities

Majora Carter, Sustainable South Bronx
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9:00 - 9:20 am | Twenty Action Items: Breakout Session Results

Anita R. Brown-Graham , Director, Institute for Emerging Issues

9:20 - 10:20 am | The New Faces of North Carolina's Energy Economy

Victoria M. Holt, Senior Vice-President, Glass and Fiber Glass, PPG Industries
J. Christopher Clemens, Associate Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, UNC-Chapel Hill | Co-Founder, Megawatt Solar
Dennis Quaintance, Developer and President, Proximity Hotel
David Bennert, Co-founder, Innova Homes, LLC
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10:20 - 10:40 am | Break

10:40 - 11:40 am | North Carolina Responds

Robert K. McMahan, Senior Advisor to the State of North Carolina for Science and Technology
James Y. Kerr, II, Commissioner, North Carolina Utilities Commission
Scott Ralls, President-elect, North Carolina Community College System
Terry Bellamy, Mayor, City of Asheville
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11:40 - 12:20 pm | Addressing North Carolina's Future Energy Challenges Today

Governor Mike Easley , State of North Carolina
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12:20 - 1:50 pm | luncheon Keynote -- Investing in Our Future

Ken Lewis, Chairman, CEO and President, Bank of America Corporation
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1:50 - 2:15 pm | closing

James B. Hunt, Jr., Former Governor, North Carolina; Chair, Institute for Emerging Issues

**agenda subject to change**