2002 Earth Technologies Forum Attracts International Audience

The 2002 Earth Technologies Forum will be held in Washington, DC next week. There are over 900 registered to attend from over 30 countries around the world. Many reporters and those with an interest in climate change issues will be interested in this conference. Christine Todd Whitman, head of EPA is featured speaker.

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2002 Earth Technologies Forum

Monday, March 25 - Wednesday, March 27
Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill; 400 New Jersey Ave. NW, Washington, DC

"The preeminent conference on global climate change and stratospheric ozone
protection policies and technologies"

GENERAL SESSION: Monday, March 25, 8:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.            Ticonderoga

o Hironori Hamanaka    Vice Minister of Environment, Tokyo, Japan
o David Sandalow   Executive Vice President; World Wildlife Fund, Washington
o Peter Horrocks    Directorate Generale Environment, European Commission,
                            Brussels
o Byron McCormick-Director, General Motors Fuel Cell Technology, Warren, MI   

KEYNOTE - LUNCHEON: Monday, March 25, 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.           Ticonderoga

o Gov. Christine Todd Whitman Administrator,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Washington   

PRESS BRIEFING: Monday, March 25, 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.                      Exhibition Hall

o Trane and SKF Announce Major Breakthroughs in Sustaining Optimal System
Efficiency
Speakers: Jerry Arndt, Vice President and General Manager, Centrifugal and
Absorption Chillers, Trane; William Bernick, Vice President, Service, Trane;
and Christer Gyberg, SKF Industrial Division President, SKF

o U.S. EPA Climate Leaders Announces Three Newest Partners, and
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Goals for Miller Brewing and
General Motors
Speaker: Kathleen Hogan, Director, Climate Protection Partnership Division,
EPA

o Alliance for Responsible Atmospheric Policy, U.S. EPA, and United Nations
Environment Programme Announce Responsible Use Partnership for HFCs
Speakers: Dave Stirpe, Executive Director, Alliance; and Sally Rand,
Director of Voluntary High GWP Industry Partnerships , U.S. EPA

o AD Little, Inc. Releases Global Comparative Analysis of Hydrofluorocarbons
(HFCs) and Alternative Technologies
Speaker: Dave Lewis, Vice President of Government Affairs,
Lennox International; and Chair, Alliance for Responsible Atmospheric Policy

o Fire Protection Industry Announces Voluntary Code of Practice to Reduce HFC
Emissions
Speakers: Stephen Summerill, Vice President Business Development,
North American Fire Protection Division, Kidde plc; Jeff Cohen, Chief,
Alternatives and Emissions Reduction Branch, U.S. EPA

PRESS BRIEFING: Monday, March 25, 3:45 p.m.                    Columbia C
o Carrier Announces a Major Commercial HVAC Technology Advancement
Speakers: Leslie Carothers, Vice President, Environmental, Health & Safety,
United Technologies; John Mandyck, Vice President, Government and
International Relations, Carrier; Doug Bishop, Director, Large Chillers,
Carrier

SPECIAL EVENTS:        
o CO2e Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Simulation         March 25-26                Columbia Foyer
o Natsource Open Outcry Emissions Trading Game
    March 26 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.                Columbia B