Great Plains Energy Expo Agenda
All events held at the Bismarck Civic Center Exhibit Hall
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| Sunday, November 9, 2008 |
| Showcase Set-up - Exhibit Hall B |
| Monday, November 10, 2008 |
| 8:00 am - 8:45 am | Sponsorship/Exhibitors Breakfast - Senator Byron Dorgan
Paid Participants Only |
| 9:00 am - 9:30 am | MC Opens the Expo
Opening Remarks - Senator Byron L. Dorgan
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| 9:30 am - 10:30 am | Keynote presentation by National Lab Directors
Dr. Thom E. Mason - Oak Ridge National Lab (Keynote Address: 9:30 am)
Dr. Thomas O. Hunter - Sandia National Lab (Keynote Address: 10:00 am)
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| 10:30 am - 6:00 pm | Showcase - Exhibit Hall B |
| 11:00 am - 12:15 pm |
Three Concurrent Workshops
Energy in a Carbon Constrained World - Room 104
How Agriculture Can Help Meet Our Current Energy Needs - Room 102
Energy and Water - Room 103
Paid Participants Only |
| 12:15 am - 1:15 pm | Lunch
Paid Participants Only |
| 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Keynote Address - T. Boone Pickens, Founder and Chairman of BP Capital Management
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| 2:45 pm - 4:00 pm | Three Concurrent Workshops
Increasing Wind Production in North Dakota - Room 104
Carbon Capture and Sequestration - Rocks, Plants and Soils - Room 102
Alternative Transportation Fuels - Room 103
Paid Participants Only |
| 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Showcase - Exhibit Hall B |
| 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm | Networking Social - Radisson Ballroom
Paid Participants Only |
| Tuesday, November 11, 2008 |
| 8:00 am - 8:45 am | Breakfast
Paid Participants Only |
| 9:00 am - 10:00 am | Keynote Address - Dan Reicher, Director of Climate Change & Energy Initiatives
Jack Gerard, American Petroleum Institute
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| 10:00 am - 2:30 pm | Showcase - Exhibit Hall B |
| 10:30 am - 11:50 am | Three Concurrent Workshops
Energy Efficiency and You - Room 104
Domestic Oil and Gas Production (Bakken) - Room 102
Novel Electricity Markets and Technologies - Room 103
Paid Participants Only |
| 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm | Lunch
Paid Participants Only |
| 1:15 pm - 2:45 pm | Three Concurrent Workshops
National Energy Policy -What’s Happened in the
110th Congress? - Room 104
The Energy Infrastructure Dilemma - Room 102
Breakthrough Energy Technologies- Room 103
Paid Participants Only |
| 3:00 pm | Expo Closes |
