Cornhusker Marriott
333 South 13th Street
Lincoln, NE 68508

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Thursday, May 6

8:30 Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00 Welcome and Introduction
Overview of Day One
David C. Levy, Esq., AICP, Program Chair
Baird Holm, Omaha

9:15 Transmission Needs, Development and Financing
How to Get Power from Here to There

Paul Malone, Transmission Compliance and Planning Manager
Nebraska Public Power District, Norfolk

Marc Nichols, Division Manager, Sustainable Energy
Omaha Public Power District

Michael Siedschlag, Chairman, Vice President and Program Manager
Nebraska Power Review Board, Lincoln
HDR Engineering, Omaha

10:15 Morning Break

10:30 Real Estate and Renewable Energy
From the Ground Up
Jon E. Blumenthal, Esq.
Baird Holm, Omaha

11:15 Land Use and Renewable Energy
Zoning, Nuisance and More
Anthony Schutz, Esq., Professor of Law
University of Nebraska College of Law, Lincoln

12:00 Lunch Break

1:15 State and Federal Legislation Affecting
Renewable Energy
Removing the Barriers

Hans Detweiler, Director of State Policy
American Wind Energy Association, Chicago, IL

Richard Lombardi, Owner
American Communications Group, Lincoln

2:00 State and Federal Tax Incentives
What Are They and Who Needs Them?

Rodney L. Anderson, Partner, and
Mary Anne Ramge, Senior Manager, Tax
KPMG, Omaha

3:00 Afternoon Break

3:15 The Wind Energy Developer`s Perspective
Nebraska and the Midwest

Mark D. Jacobson, Director of Business Development
Invenergy, Denver, CO

Tom Swierczewski, AICP, Project Coordinator
Midwest Wind Energy, Chicago, IL

4:15 Solar Energy and Other Forms of Renewable Energy
The Next Frontier?

Michael Siedschlag, Chairman,
Vice President and Program Manager

5:15 Adjourn

Friday, May 7

8:00 Continental Breakfast

8:30 Welcome Back
Overview of Day Two
David C. Levy, Esq., AICP, Program Chair

8:45 Public Power Perspective
Caution or Full Speed Ahead?

David Rich, Renewable Energy Division Manager
Nebraska Public Power District, Norfolk

Marc Nichols, Division Manager, Sustainable Energy

9:45 Morning Break

10:00 Export of Renewable Energy
Nebraska`s Big Opportunity

Michael J. Donahue, AICP, Executive Vice President
Midwest Wind Energy, Chicago, IL

Andrew S. Pollock, Esq.
Rembolt & Ludtke, Lincoln

Timothy Texel, Executive Director
Nebraska Power Review Board, Lincoln

11:00 KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
2010 Legislative Session
Reflections and Next Steps

Senator Christopher Langemeier
Chairman of the Natural Resources Committee
Nebraska Legislature, District 23, Schuyler

11:45 Lunch Break

1:00 Ethanol
Emerging Bankruptcy Issues

T. Randall Wright, Esq., and
Douglas D. Murray, Esq.
Baird Holm, Omaha

1:45 Issues with Water and Renewable Energy
Hydropower, Ethanol
Donald G. Blankenau, Esq.
Blankenau Wilmoth, Lincoln

2:30 Afternoon Break

2:45 Protected Species
Friends or Foe?
Thomas R. Wilmoth, Esq.
Blankenau Wilmoth, Lincoln

3:30 Ethics
Traditional Principles Still Apply
Dennis J. Fogland, Esq.
Baird Holm, Omaha

4:30 The State of the State on Renewable Energy
Where Does Nebraska Go from Here?
Neil Moseman, Director
Nebraska Energy Office, Lincoln

5:15 Evaluations and Adjourn

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