THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23

7:30 am - 8:30 am
Registration Open & Continental Breakfast

8:30 am - 9:00 am
Welcome & Overview
Randall Swisher, Executive Director, AWEA

9:00 am - 10:30 am
Case Studies on Wind Farm Developments: What We’ve Learned

• Building and maintaining community support
• Communicating with the right people – who, what, where & when
• Success on specific projects – what worked and why?

Raimund Grube, Vice President, PPM Windpower

Mary McCann, Director of Communications, Clipper Wind

Marion Trieste, President, Trieste & Associates Inc.

- Overview of opposition groups
- Building community support through strategic planning
- Media relations and public outreach events
- Coalition and consensus building

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10:30 am - 10:45 am
Break

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10:45 am - 11:30 am
Keynote Speaker: Lloyd Ritter, Office of Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA)

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11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Lunch - Sponsored by OSlsoft

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1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
The Advocates’ Perspective: Getting Support, Setting Expectations

• What is the relationship between developers and advocates?
• Should developers ask for help from advocates to educate target audiences?
• When do advocates feel it’s appropriate to take action?
• What action can they take?

Michael Vickerman, Focus on Energy

- Developer code of conduct (voluntary)
- Model wind ordinance
- Deflective environmental criticism

Diana Dascalu, Senior Campaign Strategist, Chesapeake Climate
Action Network

Gordian Raacke, Executive Director, Renewable Energy Long Island

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2:30pm - 2:45pm
Break

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2:45pm – 4:30 pm
Public Relations and Outreach

• Getting the most from AWEA capabilities, tools and support
• Wind Energy Works! Coalition
• Media relations

Susan Williams Sloan, Communications Specialist, AWEA

Christine Real de Azua, Assistant Director of Communications, AWEA

Laurie Jodziewicz, Communications and Policy Specialist, AWEA

Frank Maisano, Director, Strategic Communications, Bracewell
& Giuliani LLP

- Wind Energy and Siting Projects
- Crisis Issues and dealing with controversy
- Responding to critics/frivolous charges

Ben Finzel, Senior Vice President, Fleishman-Hillard

4:30 pm
Adjourn

 

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