8:30: Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00: Welcome - Phil Dougherty - US Dep’t of Energy, Wind Powering America
Elizabeth Robertson, Georgia Environmental Facilities Authority

9:15: Overview of Wind Energy Development
Larry Flowers, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) View Presentation
Bruce Bailey, AWS Truewind (SE Wind Energy Resources, highlight Georgia map) View Presentation

10:15: Break

10:30: Wind Technology Development Issues

Offshore Wind Technology Overview - Walt Musial, NREL View Presentation
Community-scale Wind Overview – Larry Flowers, NREL View Presentation

12:00: Lunch Keynote Speaker Randy Udall- Community Office for Resource Efficiency View Presentation

1:00: Building the Case for Wind Energy

Public Utility Approach - Mark Dougherty, Long Island Power Authority View Presentation
Potential Impacts: Human, Biological, and Physical -Dennis Scanlin, App. State Univ. View Presentation
Permitting Challenges – Bonnie Ram View Presentation
On-Shore Zoning (GA Wind Guidebook)- Teresa Eldredge View Presentation
Policy Opportunities – Ryan Wiser, Lawrence Berkeley Lab ViewPresentation

3:15: Break

3:30: Regional Perspectives on Wind Power

State Energy and Environmental Agency and Local, Municipal Panel
Cyrus Bhedwar, Georgia Environmental Facilities Authority
Bob Leker, North Carolina State Energy Office View Presentation
Rex Lynch, Mayor Anderson County, TN (Video)

SE Interest Groups & Business Panel:
Gil Milear Hough, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (TN) View Presentation

4:30: Table Topics with the Experts

Wind Resources – Bruce Bailey
Policy – Ryan Wiser
Off-shore Wind – Walt Musial
Permitting – Bonnie Ram
Potential Impacts- Dennis Scanlin
Utility – Mark Dougherty
Community & Small Wind – Larry Flowers

5:30: Wrap-up

5:45: Adjourn

6:00: Reception