Congressman Roscoe G. Bartlett’s
Maryland 6th District
2005 Energy Conference
Monday, September 26, 2005 9:00 am – 12:00 noon
Jack B. Kussmaul Theater,
Frederick Community College Frederick, Maryland
Purpose: To promote awareness of the global peak oil challenge and discuss policy options and practical steps that the United States, businesses and individuals can undertake to reduce fossil fuel energy reliance to promote a soft landing transition to a sustainable energy economy.
9:00 am – Welcome, Opening Remarks by Congressman Bartlett
First Panel: Peak Oil – Facts, Implications and Challenges:
9:10 am – Dr. Kenneth Deffeyes: Hubbert’s Peak – Inescapable Facts
Geologist, Engineer, Princeton University Professor Emeritus, Author: “Hubbert’s Peak: The Impending World Oil Shortage” (2001) and “Beyond Oil” (2005)
9:30 am – Matthew Simmons:
Today’s Realities
Chairman and CEO Simmons & Company International; Author: Twilight in the Desert: The Coming Saudi Oil Shock and the World Economy (2005)
9:50 am – Richard Heinberg:
Impacts and Challenges
Author, The Party’s Over: Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies (2005) and Powerdown: Options and Actions for a Post-Carbon World (2004)
Second Panel: Sustainability – What Must We Do To Achieve A Soft Landing?
10:30 am – Donald Wulfinghoff:
The Key – Energy Efficiency
President, Wulfinghoff Energy Services, Inc.; Author: Energy Efficiency Manual and Managing Your Energy, Member ASHRAE Standard 90 Committee
10:50 am – John W. Spears:
What Does Sustainability Look Like?
Certified Energy Manager (CEM) and President, Sustainable Design Group, Board Member, International Center for Sustainable Development
11:10am – John Howe:
Understanding the Challenge – Critical Priorities
President, Howe Engineering Co., Author: The End of Fossil Energy and the Last Chance for Sustainability
11:30 – 11:50 – Q&A, Roundtable Discussion – Policy Options [Moderated by Congressman Bartlett]
11:50 – 12:00 – Concluding Remarks by Congressman Roscoe Bartlett
Lisa Lyons Wright
Press Secretary Rep. Roscoe Bartlett
2412 Rayburn HOB Washington, DC 20515
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