DRI Energy Forum

2. Is Energy
a Problem or an Opportunity
for Nevada?
Former Senator Randolph Townsend
Director, NorthStar Investors

3. A Discussion of Nevada’s Energy
Challenges and Opportunities
Moderator: Jason Geddes
Environmental Services Administrator, City of Reno; Chairman, Board of Regents, NSHE
Panelists:
Terry Page, Director of Regulatory Affairs and Innovation, Enel Green Power North America, Inc.
Paul Thomsen, Director of Policy and Business Development, Ormat Technologies, Inc.
Joe Rowley, Vice President-Project Development, Sempra U.S. Gas & Power
Mary Simmons, Vice President, External Affairs, NV Energy
Keely Wachs, Senior Director of Corporate Communications, BrightSource Energy

4. Join us for lunch!
Please exit through the double
doors behind the panelist platform
to select your lunch.
Return to this room by 12:30 pm
for lunch speaker

5. Clean Energy Investments:
Where are the
Smart Companies Investing?
Ian Rogoff
Co-founder and General Partner, Sierra Nevada Partners
Executive Chairman, HelioPower
Chairman, NIREC

6. Energy Initiatives, Economic
Development & Key Players
Moderator
Don Soderberg, Vice President/Pricing, Southwest Gas Corp
Panelists:
Walt Borland, President and CEO, NIREC
Tom Clark, Director of Legislative & Regulatory Affairs, Holland & Hart LLC
Dr. Alan Gertler, Interim Executive Vice President for Research, Desert Research Institute
Bonnie Lind, Renewable Energy Specialist, Governor’s Office of Economic Development
Michael Yackira, CEO, NV Energy

7. Desert Research Institute’s
Energy-Related Projects
Dr. Alan Gertler,
Interim Executive Vice President for Research
Desert Research Institute

8. Q& A with Afternoon Panelists:
Energy Initiative
Economic Development
DRI’s Energy-Related Projects
Dr. Alan Gertler,
Interim Executive Vice President for Research
Desert Research Institute

9. Closing Notes:
Where Do We Go From Here?
Dr. Stephen Wells
President
Desert Research Institute