Symposium

Executive Dialogue Sessions

Within each track, sessions are color coded to indicate their focus as follows:

Establishing a Baseline

Policy & Regulation

Finance

Market Transformation

Technology

Workforce Training & Education

The Executive Dialogue Program will feature twenty concurrent sessions, organized into four end-use tracks (buildings, industrial & utilities, consumers & end-use and transportation & urban planning), while also addressing all necessary infrastructures (technology, policy & regulations, workforce training & education, finance and market transformation).

Each end-use track will include at least one session dedicated to each focus. Each session will be 90 minutes and will feature presentations from four leading voices on energy efficiency.

Designed to maximize the learning experience, attendees can customize their agenda to suit personal interests by selecting sessions based on either their end-use track or relevant focus.

Tuesday, May 11
	BUILDINGS	INDUSTRY & UTILITIES	CONSUMERS & END-USE	TRANSPORTATION & URBAN PLANNING
11:00 am - 12:30 pm	1A On the Road to Better Buildings: A Look at Best Codes and Standards Around the Globe This session is designed to highlight innovative and effective methods and schemes from around the world that are insuring energy efficient new construction. MORE	1B Energy Efficiency as the "First Fuel" for Residential, Commercial and Industrial Utility Customers This session will showcase “best practices” of the utilities, third parties and industries from around the world in delivering energy efficiency to customers. MORE	1C Deploying the Most Potent Weapon in the Energy Efficiency Arsenal: The Consumer This session will showcase education programs, outreach campaigns and social media outlets that are successfully engaging consumers in energy-saving practices. MORE	1D Leadership at the Local Level: A Systems Approach to Greening a Community This session will feature insight on the leadership and innovation required to deploy energy efficiency at the community level as speakers will look at all aspects of a city to maximize energy savings. MORE
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm	2A Innovative Financing Mechanisms for New and Existing Energy-Efficient Buildings From residential financing schemes to municipal bonds to performance contracting, this session will illustrate the innovative and effective ways used in the United States to finance building energy efficiency. MORE	2B Convergence of Intelligence: Energy Efficiency as the Foundation to Building Smart Grids This session will focus on activities and initiatives that showcase potential for energy efficiency improvements as countries around the world seek to build “smart grids”. MORE	2C Role of Modern Media in Driving Energy Efficiency and Sustainability This session will feature a discussion about how modern media shapes the message of energy efficiency and how awareness impacts consumer energy usage and attitudes. MORE	2D Driving Energy Efficiency: Moving More People More Ways This session will highlight how policy and regulations, as well as public-private partnerships, can play an important role in revitalizing mass transit. MORE
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm	3A Breaking New Ground: Economic Recovery Through Efficiency Retrofits This session will explore the approaches and effectiveness of using economic stimulus funding to undertake energy efficiency upgrades in existing buildings. MORE	3B Understanding Energy Savings Certificates and Making Them Work From energy savings certificates to requirements, this session will discuss how utilities and major industries can use energy efficiency to meet carbon reduction requirements of today and tomorrow. MORE	3C Smart Everything: Meters, Appliances, Buildings, & Consumers! This session will highlight technology advances that will enable consumers and businesses to be more energy efficient with little to no effort. MORE	3D The Vehicle Revolution: Exploring the Advancements in R&D that are Making it Happen From single passenger vehicles to mass transit the transportation industry is changing before our eyes. This session will focus on the new technologies, fuels, and partnerships driving this revolution. MORE

Wednesday, May 12
	BUILDINGS	INDUSTRY & UTILITIES	CONSUMERS & END-USE	TRANSPORTATION & URBAN PLANNING
9:00 am - 10:30 am	4A Delivering on the Promise: Building and Rebuilding Efficiently at Scale This session will feature a diverse group of speakers from city and government officials to industry leaders, who will discuss their strategy to achieve efficient buildings. MORE	4B Energy Efficiency Evaluation, Measurement and Verification: Can We Afford Not to Measure Success? MORE	4C Changing the World Through Social Media and Communication Technologies The way in which we communicate is changing more than ever with new technologies, practices, and media outlets being created every day. This session will explore how such advancements present new opportunities to engage consumers in energy efficiency. MORE	4D Information Exchange: Providing the Proper Education for the Next Generation of Energy Efficiency Professionals This unique session will feature a dialogue between industry leaders and university educators on the proper education required for a successful career in the energy efficiency sector. Join us as business leaders define what they are looking for in an employee and university educators discuss how they are responding. MORE
11:00 am - 12:30 pm	5A Net Zero Energy Buildings by 2030: An Achievable Goal? Offering a variety of business and government perspectives, this session will look at the role of energy efficiency in NZE buildings. MORE	5B Global Finance in Global Markets: Making it Happen with New Incentives and Mechanisms This session will show some of the creative energy efficiency incentives and credit programs being provided by International Agencies and Financial Institutions to local banks in developing countries. MORE	5C What is the Key to Driving Consumer Behavior: Incentives, Regulations or Both? When it comes to appliance standards, the most effective way to impact consumer behavior is through a balance of incentives and regulations. During this session, speakers will discuss the benefits and downfalls of each approach and how a successful balance can be achieved and the impact it will have on consumers. MORE	5D Information Exchange: Workforce Training for a Career in the Energy Efficiency Sector This unique session will feature a dialogue between industry leaders and university and program educators on how to properly train and retrain the 21st century workforce for a job in the energy efficiency sector. MORE