E2Tech Expo 2016

NOVEMBER 17th

Thank you to everyone who attended, sponsored, exhibited, and presented! We had 32 speakers in 8 different panels and workshops, 44 sponsors and exhibitors, and over 300 attendees throughout the day.

You can read about our morning panel "State of the Energy Sector- Post-Election National Perspective" in this Portland Press Herald article. You can also read an overview in this article written by The Free Press.

If you were able to attend the Expo, please assist E2Tech in both developing a Maine Energy Roadmap and creating a bigger and better Expo for 2017 by taking our FOLLOW-UP SURVEY. Your participation in greatly appreciated!

Recordings from the Morning Session and Afternoon Session in Hannaford Hall are both available, as well as speaker presentations, which are in blue below.

The second annual E2TECH EXPO will be the premier energy event of the year! The U.S. Department of Energy, Governor's Energy Office, and Maine's business and energy community will be developing strategies for Maine's energy future. Don't miss out on valuable networking and the chance to learn more about the critical issues confronting the energy and environmental sectors. 

E2Tech Expo 2016 will engage attendees to help develop a Maine Energy Roadmap that advances energy, environmental and/or economic development goals.

AGENDA

Click here for the full agenda and panel descriptions

7:15 a.m. Registration, coffee, networking, exhibitions

8:00 a.m. Welcome & E2Tech Annual Meeting

• James Katsiaficas - Director, Perkins Thompson & Chair of E2Tech Board of Directors
• Glenn Cummings - President, University of Southern Maine
• Senator Susan Collins - U.S. Senate (joining us by video)

8:30 a.m. State of the Energy Sector- Post-Election National Perspective

• Todd Griset - Partner, Energy & Telecommunications Practice Group, Preti Flaherty (Moderator)
• Darrell Henry - Partner, Gavel Resources Washington, DC
• David Meyer - Senior Advisor, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, US Department of Energy
• Jason Smith - Manager, Environmental Policy and External Affairs, Edison Electric Institute
• Nathan Smith - Vice President, The Cadmus Group

10:00 a.m. State of the Energy Sector- State Perspective

• Representative Martin Grohman - Energy, Utilities & Technology Committee, Maine State Legislature
• James LaBrecque - Technical Advisor on Energy, Governor Paul LePage
• Sarah Tracy - Partner, Pierce Atwood (Moderator)
• Dr. Bruce Williamson - Commissioner, Maine Public Utilities Commission

11:15 a.m. Lunch with Dutch's, Networking, Explore the Expo

11:45 a.m. E2Tech Talks Focusing on Maine Innovation & Entrepreneurial Community

• Martha Bentley - Director of Innovation Infrastructure, Maine Technology Institute (Moderator)
  
• David Markley - Co-Founder, Surge Hydro
  
• John Rooks - Co-Founder, President/CEO, Rapport
• Tony Wood - Founder/CEO, F.E. Wood Natural Energy
• Nadir Yildirim - President, Revolution Research

12:45 p.m. Break to Explore Sponsor & Display Tables

WORKSHOPS
2 each from 1:00- 2:30 p.m. and 2:45- 4:00 p.m.

1:00- 2:30 p.m. Workshops Round 1

Room 1: Clean Energy Policy & Procurement- Regional v. Go-It-Alone Approach

• Dan Bosley - Government Relations Executive, Northeast Clean Energy Council
• John Carroll - Director of Corporate Communications, AVANGRID (Moderator)
• Brian Forshaw - Principal, Energy Market Advisors LLC & Vice Chair, NEPOOL

Room 2: Energy Assurance- The Role of Oil & Gas

• Tony Buxton - Partner, Preti Flaherty; Industrial Energy Consumers Group (presentation handout)
• Patrick Coughlin - Principal & Senior Scientist, St. Germain Collins (Moderator)
• Alan Dorr - Director of Procurement & Wholesale, Dead River Company
• David Daoust - Managing Director, Sprague Operating Resources

2:45- 4:00 p.m. Workshops Round 2

Room 1: Transportation Policy

• Vicki Chase - Principal Regulatory Specialist, Normandeau Associates, Inc. (Moderator)
• Judy Gates - Director, Environmental Office, Maine Department of Transportation
• Benjamin Lake - Coordinator, Maine Clean Communities, Greater Portland Council of Governments
• Jennifer Wallace-Brodeur- Director of Transportation, Vermont Energy Investment Corporation

Room 2: Competitive Market, Innovation, and Workforce Development

• Dr. Habib Dagher - Director, UMaine Advanced Structures and Composites Center
• Jeff Marks - Executive Director, E2Tech (Moderator)
• Raleigh Ormerod - Business and Market Development Leader, Market Affinity Group
• Dr. Richard Silkman - CEO, Competitive Energy Services

4:00 p.m. Happy Hour: USM Cash Bar

Thank You To Our Sponsors! 

COMMERCIALIZATION SPONSOR

DEPLOYMENT SPONSOR

Demonstration Sponsors

R&D Sponsors

"E2TECH TALKS' SPONSOR

MEDIA SPONSOR

EXHIBITOR TABLES

              

            

          

              

                       

      
            

        

                  

     

THE EXPO WILL USE 100% CLEAN ENERGY
THANKS TO MAINE GREEN POWER