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2011 Call for Abstracts Submission Form

Abstracts are due no later than Wednesday, August 31, 2011 at 5:00 pm PST. Please submit abstracts in Word format only to Beatriz Gómez, beatriz [at] resource-solutions [dot] org.

Call for Abstracts

The Renewable Energy Markets 2011 conference program is shaping up, but there's something missing: your great presentation.

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.

Contact Information
For more information about conference speakers, please contact:

Beatriz Gómez
Event and Campaign Coordinator
Center for Resource Solutions
415-561-2103
beatriz [at] resource-solutions [dot] org