2007 Energy Summit Presentations:

"The Importance of Leading the Nation in Advanced Coal and Carbon Capture Technologies" Darlene Radcliffe - Director, Environmental Technology and Fuel Policy

"Growing the Region's Wind Power"  Beth Soholt - Wind on the Wires

"Great River Energy"  David Saggau - President & CEO, Great River Energy

"A Partnership for a Sustainable Eco-Efficiency Strategy"  Mike Thieneman - Whirlpool Corporation

"Virent Energy"  Eric Apfelbach - President & CEO, Virent Energy Systems, Inc.

"Ensuring Sustainability of the USA Biofuel Industry"  Kenneth G. Cassman - Director, Nebraska Center for Energy Sciences Research, University of Nebraska

"Leading the Nation in Advanced Coal and Carbon Capture Technologies"  Bill Grant - Izaak Walton League

"CO2 Geologic Sequestration"  Robert G. Mannes - President, Core Energy, LLC

"Tapping Our Energy Efficiency Potential"  Phyllis A. Reha - Commissioner, Minnesota Public Utilities Commission

"Paper, Packaging & Forest Products"  Tom Scharff - Director of Power and Energy, StoraEnso North America

"Ethanol Infrastructure, Partnering and Marketing Initiatives"  Mary Beth Stanek - Director, Environment, Energy and Safety Policy

Armond Cohen's Presentation  Founder and Executive Director, Clean Air Task Force

The Energy Security and Climate Stewardship Summit was organized by the Midwestern Governors Association and funded by the Joyce Foundation.  Working groups of public and private stakeholders, staffed by the Great Plains Institute, developed the agreements for the Summit.