Renewable Energy Markets 2011 Call for Abstracts

(3BL Media / theCSRfeed) August 12, 2011 - Please review the Call for Abstracts. We have identified topics that we'd like to have addressed by the best and brightest in the industry...that means you and your company!

We’re looking for dynamic, engaging speakers with a compelling story to tell. In order to maximize useful information and informed exchange, we'd like presentations to be 10 to 12 minutes, featuring new data or ideas, considered exposition of important issues and, most importantly, fresh thinking about where renewable energy markets are headed in these exciting times. Abstracts are due no later than Wednesday, August 31, 2011 at 5:00 pm (Pacific).

The Conference Organizers invite submission of presentation abstracts in the following subject areas:

MARKET GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES

• The Nexus between Electric Vehicles (EVs) and Renewable Energy

• LEED and Green Building: Buildings and Renewable Energy

• International Voluntary Renewable Energy Buyers

• Wal-Mart’s Sustainability Index

• Case Studies in Community Power

• Scaling Up Solar

MARKETING

• Green Marketing: Customer Trends and Profiles

• Green Marketing: Design Principles

• Green Marketing: Social Media

• Behavioral Science Behind Consumer Attitudes

• Fundamentals of Marketing and Claims

UTILITIES

• Maintaining and Growing Utility Green Power Programs

• New Utility Products

• Utility Roundtable: Lessons Learned

• Fundamentals of Successful Utility Green Pricing Programs

POLICY AND LEGAL ISSUES

• Renewable Energy Regulation Update

• GHG Accounting and Voluntary Renewable Energy Purchases

• FTC Green Guides

• Financial Reforms and Regulation of REC Markets

• The Outlook for Biomass in Electricity Generation

PURCHASERS

• Making the Business Case for Green Power

• Green Marketing: Business Perspectives

• On-site Renewables versus RECs

• Purchaser Recognition Programs

• Real World Challenges: The Complexity Of Measuring Green Claims

MARKETS AND TRADING

• Voluntary and Compliance Renewable Energy Markets

• Renewable Markets: Interaction with Carbon Offsets

• Emerging Trading Platforms

• Fundamentals of Markets and Trading

  Please fill out the abstract submission form. Abstracts are due no later than Wednesday, August 31, 2011 at 5:00 pm (Pacific). The form can be found here.   Conference Contact: please contact Beatriz Gómez at 415-561-2103 or beatriz@resource-solutions.org with questions about the conference or sponsorship information.   About Renewable Energy Markets
For nearly two decades, Renewable Energy Markets has defined and expanded marketplace opportunities for clean power. Bridging the interests of renewable energy generators, marketers, and utilities with those of purchasers, policymakers, and the communities that benefit from clean energy, REM is the nation's premier forum for the energy community to gather, learn from each other, and recognize best practices for promoting renewable energy. It is organized by Center for Resource Solutions and co-sponsored by the Department of Energy and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.   CRS16034