Mar 15th, 2010 ~ 4:30 to 7:00 ~ Aspen, CO  Doerr-Hosier Center at Aspen Meadows, Home of the Aspen Institute 

Agenda:

4:30-4:45:  Welcome with Mayor Ireland of Aspen

4:45-5:00:  Anita M. Burke, Catalyst Institute.  Expanding our her experience as a former Shell Executive, she will give us an update on our carbon emergency and explain the basics of Feed-In Tariffs and how they benefit our communities, economies and planet.

5:00-5:30:  Mayor Pegeen Hanrahan of Gainesville, FL.  Gainsville was the first city to adopt FITs in the United States.  Mayor Hanrahan will share her wisdom and valuable experience on how she secured FITs in her community.

5:30-6:00:  Craig Lewis, Founding Principal of RightCycle and the FIT Coalition.  Craig is currently leading the legislative effort in California to implement FITs but also is working tirelessly at the Federal level.  Craig will speak directly to the economic benefits of adopting FITs and give us an update on both the CA and national efforts.

6:00-6:30:  Randy Udall, Energy Analyst & Former Director of the Community Office of Renewable Energy (CORE).  Randy is one of the nation's leading activists when it comes to clean energy for our communities.  He will cap the evening with the reasons why renewable energy is so important and inspire us to take action NOW in our communities.