Maine Global Climate Change LLC invites you to

May 10, 2006
Abromson Community Education Center
University of Southern Maine
7:45AM ~ 5:45 PM

Registration Opens March 7, 2006

 

Conference Agenda

Conference Registration Form

Exhibitor Information and Registration Form

List of Speakers and Breakout Leaders

Information on Speakers and Breakout leaders

Conference Sponsors

Conference Exhibitors

Directions to Conference

Information on Local Hotels

Background on Maine Global Climate Change, LLC

PLUS: Register for Combined Heat and Power Conference to be held May 11, 2006

 

Why Attend?

  • Hear the latest information regarding Climate Change science.
  • Learn about the current status of Federal and State responses to Climate Change.
  • Learn what Maine organizations are doing to Reduce Risk, Reduce Costs, and Plan for Climate Change both pre-2020 and post-2020 in transportation; the built environment; electrical generation, transmission, and distribution; carbon sequestration through forest management and agriculture; and industrial efficiency.
  • Participate in breakout sessions to share what you are doing and what's needed.
  • Join leaders in recognizing the more than 50 organizations that have enrolled in the Governor's Carbon Challenge Partners Program.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

BUSINESSES

  • Transportation - vehicles & infrastructure
  • Fuels - heating, lighting and transportation sector
  • Light and Heavy Industry
  • Commercial Businesses
  • Tourist industry
  • Insurance industry
  • Renewable Energy Producers & products
  • Fossil fuel electric energy producers & products
  • Energy Efficiency Technology Sector
  • Electrical energy transmission companies
  • Architects and engineers
  • Efficiency Maine suppliers
  • Forestry sector
  • Healthcare industry
  • Agricultural sector
  • Community Planning and Development

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

  • Federal and state legislators
  • National, state & local government
  • Community Action Programs

ACADEMIC

  • Green Campus Consortium members
  • 5th grade through college teachers

SCIENTISTS

  • Climate
  • Marine -including plankton & fisheries
  • Ecosystems - Forests, Soils, Water, Animals
  • Power Production/Energy Efficiency
  • Engineers

CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS

  • Public policy
  • Faith Community
  • Public Health Advocacy
  • Environmental/energy advocacy

 

Conference Goals

  1. Motivate more Maine businesses, industries, other organizations and individuals to take steps to address their direct and indirect contributions to climate change by sharing progress and commitments made by others to reach 2010, 2020 and post 2020 reductions.
  2. Engage key sectors (transportation, built environment, electric generation and transmission, forest and agricultural sequestration) to discuss needs and barriers to making progress toward reducing emissions that contribute to climate change.
  3. Initiate a dialogue among key stakeholders (fisheries, forestry, tourism, health, emergency management, transportation, infrastructure, local municipalities, insurance) on issues associated with adaptation to the potential impacts of climate change on Maine - both before and after 2020.

 

NOTE:
Conference will be climate neutral. A portion of registration fee will be used to purchase Tradable, Renewable, Energy Certificates sufficient to offset carbon emissions from the conference!

 

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    Maine Global Climate Change LLC
    c/o Independant Energy Producers of Maine
    P.O. Box 743 Augusta ME 04332
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