FREE WEB SEMINAR: UNDERSTANDING RENEWABLE ENERGY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Date: Wednesday, June 1
Time: 2:30 - 4:00 pm EST
Cost: Free
Login instructions: Emailed to participants on Tuesday, May 31
Contact: [email protected]

http://www.iedconline.org/?p=Understanding_Energy

As energy becomes an increasingly important national and global priority, many states have proactively generated policies with the goal of launching a viable and ultimately competitive renewable energy industry. Using a collection of incentives from Renewable Energy Standards to tax-based incentives, purchase agreements, R&D investment, and many others, several states are trying to identify their potential industrial niche and nurture its potential.

Join IEDC for this free webinar as we explore what states and regions are doing to build on their assets, and how you can capture opportunities to enter this emerging sector as an economic development strategy.

SPEAKERS INCLUDE

Chris Camacho
Executive Vice President
Greater Phoenix Economic Council
Phoenix, AZ

As Executive Vice President, Chris Camacho oversees Greater Phoenix Economic Council's business development efforts with particular expertise in renewable energy, emerging technology, international economic development and tax policy. He manages the domestic and international strategies in attracting new industry to the market. His international work has led him around the globe to South America, Western Europe, Canada and China. Camacho has been instrumental in the design of the Renewable Energy Tax Credit Program which has induced several renewable energy companies to make investments in Arizona.

Liz Thorstensen
Interim Director
Knowledge Management and Development
IEDC

Liz's work at IEDC has largely been focused on the intersection of sustainability and economic development. In 2009, Liz served as one of the primary authors of the Climate Prosperity Handbook, a guide to informing communities of the economic benefits of proactively pursuing sustainable development and climate action strategies. She also was a coauthor of IEDC's recent report on Creating Quality Jobs, and was the project manager and primary author of Getting Prepared: Economic Development in a Transforming Energy Economy, a report that explores how states are preparing for the low-carbon economy.

http://www.iedconline.org/?p=Understanding_Energy