Events on Thursday Sep 24
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Financial Times Energy Business Conference
8:30am - 5:15pm | Hilton New York -1335 Avenue of the AmericasNew York, NY, 10019Registration Fee |
Financial Times is pleased to present the inaugural FT U.S. Energy Business Conference this September 24th, at the Hilton New York. This one-day event will bring together energy company executives, investors, academics and policy-makers, for a high-level discussion on the challenges to energy growth. Topics of discussion include:
- Setting realistic goals as a nation for energy growth
- Achieving momentum in clean energy investment
- Smart Grids: The potential and reality
- Exchange-based and over the counter trading of renewable products and emissions
- Business arrangements between traditional and alternative energy corporations
- Aligning America’s renewable energy initiatives with corporate balance sheets
- Carbon risk management
Before Aug 21, $595 ($195 for Foundations, Pensions, and Endowments)
$695 ($295 for Foundations, Pensions, and Endowments)For more information, visit http://www.ftconferences.com/energyny
Green Brooklyn…Green City Fair & Symposium
12pm-6pm | Brooklyn Borough Hall -209 Joralemon StreetBrooklyn, NY, 11201Open to the Public |
Green Brooklyn...Green City is a citywide event attracting residents from all five boroughs to a full day fair and symposium at Brooklyn Borough Hall. Attendees will learn first-hand from local experts about the many ways New York City is creating a more sustainable future. Alongside Borough Hall’s Greenmarket, attendees can visit booths, make art from recycled products, catch a film, and more! School field trips encouraged. The event, hosted by the Council on the Environment for New York City, will run from 12-6pm on September 24th, 2009 and is FREE and open to the public.
For press inquires and credentials contact: Amanda Gentile: 212.341.3717 agentile@cenyc.org
For more information, visit http://cenyc.org/greenbrooklyngreencity
Panel Discussion on “Solar In the Developing World”
6:00pm, light refreshments followed by the panel discussion from 6:30-7:30pm | Steelcase Showroom -4 Columbus Circle Entrance on 8th AvenueNew York, NY, 10019Open to the Public, Seating is limited |
This moderated 60 minute discussion would focus on the emerging significance of solar photovoltaics as a distributed power source in the context of the developing world. In particular, the panel would explore PV’s potential role within the broader project of local and global poverty eradication. Subjects explored in the course of the conversation would include the technology’s current and future cost and performance trajectories; a survey of existing and potential applications within rural and urban contexts of the developing world; the market potential of the developing world as a proportion of the entire global market; the critical importance of micro-finance; the prospects for indigenous technology development in the industrializing context, etc.
For more information, visit http://solar1.org
Economics and Climate Adaptation: Index Insurance and Climate Risk Management Example in Ethiopia
6:30pm-9pm | Columbia University, Morningside Campus -420 W 118th St 301 Philosophy HallNew York, NYOpen to the Public |
The Master of Arts program in Climate and Society, the International Research Institute for Climate and Society and the New York Committee for Oxfam America invite you to a panel discussion on climate change adaptation and index insurance featuring David Bresch of SwissRe, author of the Economics of Climate Adaptation, Marjorie Victor from Oxfam America, and Daniel Osgood and Tufa Dinku from the International Research Institute on Climate and Society.
For more information on this event, please contact Arezou Paksima at arezou@ei.columbia.edu
For more information, visit http://www.columbia.edu/cu/climatesociety/
NY Green Tech Meetup
6:30pm | NYC ACRE -160 Varick Street 12th FloorNew York, NYOpen to the Public, RSVP in advance |
Micah Kotch of NYC ACRE is presenting on what NYC ACRE offers GreenTech startups in New York. Micah's presentation is followed by presentations by four NYC ACRE in residence companies: EcoLogic Solutions, ecological, M.J. Beck Consulting, and Rentricity. These companies will talk about what they do and how they have benefited from being NYC ACRE companies. There will be time for networking at the start and end of the meetup.
Attendance is free, please RSVP here.
Information on NYC ACRE and on the four companies presenting at: www.nycacre.com and www.nycacre.com/portfolio/
