Speakers at June 24th and 25th Virtual Energy Forum Tackle ARRA Disbursements in Energy Sector, Markey-Waxman Climate Bill and Smart Buildings

Public and Private Sector Leaders from the Rocky Mountain Institute, the Environmental Defense Fund, Clinton Climate Initiative, and US Department of Energy Available Live Via Video for Q & A. Register to Attend Online for Free at www.VirtualEnergyForum.com

Boston, MA (PRWEB) June 23, 2009 -- The Virtual Energy Forum (http://www.VirtualEnergyForum.com), the largest online-only gathering of energy leaders from around the world, today announced the final roster of speakers scheduled to appear live via video at the online event over the next two days, Wednesday June 24th and Thursday June 25th from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM EDT. The Virtual Energy Forum will connect more than 5,000 global business leaders in the areas of energy management, renewable energy, and sustainability -- in a way that is not possible with physical events or webinars. This edition of the twice annual online energy conference is expected to be 50% larger than the December event and boasts a prestigious slate of speakers ranging from Fortune 1000 energy executives to sustainability leaders at major universities and mayors from leading green cities.

Confirmed speakers (http://virtualenergyforum.com/speakers.php) for the upcoming event, which is completely free to attendees, now include Amory Lovins, Chairman and Chief Scientist of the Rocky Mountain Institute speaking on "Profitable Business Led Solutions to Climate and Oil", and Scott Williams, Target Property Development, Dru Crawley, Team Lead for Commercial Building Initiative, US Department of Energy, and Brian Weldy, VP of Engineering for Hospital Corporation of America, speaking together via moderated panel on "Public-Private Partnerships: Transforming the Energy Use of the Built Environment". On day two, Kathy Baczko, City Director of New York City for the Clinton Climate Initiative and Paul Rode, Executive Project Manager for Johnson Controls will team up to discuss "Building a New Empire State Building" and Kevin Kampschrorer, Director for the GSA will speak on "Federal High Performance Buildings", continuing the smart building theme.

Confirmed Speakers for the June 24th & 25th Virtual Energy Forum include

Amory Lovins, Founder, Chairman and Chief Scientist, Rocky Mountain Institute

Fred Krupp, President, Environmental Defense Fund

Paul Rode, Executive Project Manager for Johnson Controls

Kevin Kampschrorer, Director for the GSA

Scott Williams, Target Property Development

Brian Weldy, VP of Engineering for Hospital Corporation of America

Dru Crawley, Team Lead for Commercial Building Initiative, US Department of Energy

Matthew Appelbaum, Mayor, City of Boulder, Colorado ("America's First Smart Grid City")

Dr. Len Sauers, VP Global Sustainability for Procter & Gamble

Rich Wells, VP of Energy and Climate Change, Dow Chemicals

Allan Schurr, Vice President of Strategy and Development IBM Global Energy and Utilities

Bracken Darrell, Executive VP and President of Whirlpool Europe

David Chamberlain, Principal Energy Engineer, Raytheon

Rusty Hodapp, VP Energy Asset Management, Dallas Fort Worth International Airport

Mark Ginsberg, Senior Advisor to the Assistant Secretary of Energy, Senior Director, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Board of Directors

Christopher Powell, Director Sustainable Energy and Environmental Initiatives, Brown University

Heather Henriksen, Director of the Office for Sustainability, Harvard University

Kathy Baczko, NYC City Director, Clinton Climate Initiative

Steven W. Relyea, Vice Chancellor of Business Affairs, University of California San Diego

Tom Kimbis, Director, US Department of Energy, Solar Program

Michael Molnar, Technical Director, Energy Policy and Sustainable Development, Cummins

Brad Friesen, VP of Renewable Energy, Fluor Corporation

Wade Crowfoot, Director of Climate Protection Initiatives, Office of Gavin Newsom, Mayor of San Francisco

Larry Falkin, Director of Office of Environmental Quality, City of Cincinnati

Colin Imrie, Deputy Director of Energy Markets Division, Scotland

Stefan Muhle, General Manager, Orchard Garden Hotel (San Francisco)

Grant French, Corporate Sustainability Manager, Swinerton Builders

Bob Dixon, SVP Global Efficiency & Sustainability, Siemens Building Technologies

Philip V. Adams, President and Chief Operating Officer, World Energy

Dr. A.K. Tripathi, Director, Ministry of New & Renewable Energy, City of New Delhi, India

Tom Zaban, P.Eng., VP, Sales & Marketing, Reliable Controls Corporation

Kim MacLawhorn, CEO, Conergy

Phil Williams, VP of Technical Systems and Sustainability, Webcor, Former Chairman, San Francisco Mayor's Task Force on Green Building

Gene Kutcher, Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Energy Marketing, Hess Corporation

Elizabeth Heider, Senior Vice President, Skanska USA Building Inc.

Constant van Aerschot, Director, Lafarge

Ms. S. Aparna, Commissioner, Surat Municipal Corporation, City of Surat, India

Karl Rabago, VP of Distributed Energy Services, Austin Energy

Dan Juhl, CEO, Juhl Wind, Inc.

Jeff Shields, General Manager, South San Joaquin Irrigation District Project

Rod Ellsworth, Vice President, Global Asset Sustainability, Infor

The Virtual Energy Forum is a two-day online event that features more than forty live streaming video presentations from energy thought leaders, enabling attendees around the world to ask questions of these experts in real-time. In addition, a virtual exhibit hall features new products and solutions form energy innovators. Attendees can even text chat with company representatives to find out more about their products. The Virtual Energy Forum is also a sustainable event in and of itself, having saved more than 48 million pounds of CO2 in the form of saved emissions from airplane travel, hotel, and transportation. In an era of energy-awareness and economic difficulty, the event provides a low-cost, high value and environmentally-friendly way for energy executives to connect and share information. To register to attend for free, visit VirtualEnergyForum.com.

About Virtual Energy Forum

The Virtual Energy Forum, www.VirtualEnergyForum.com, is an online conference that brings public and private sector executives from around the world together to learn and discuss topics such as sustainable energy management, alternative energy, clean technologies, green buildings and operations. Virtual Energy Forum provides a greener way to gather™, all from the ease of a personal computer with no carbon footprint.

Virtual Energy Forum is produced by PlatformQ, whose mission is to connect people, companies, organizations and associations worldwide to meet, interact and learn from leading experts and thought leaders through proven interactive tools at online events.

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