KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
>>> Midwest Energy Independence and Export
DR. GONG PING (G.P.) YEH
Fermilab, U.S. Department of Energy
Batavia, Illinois
OPENING SPEAKER:
>>> U.S. Department of Defense Sustainable Energy Projects
LT. GENERAL WALLACE "CHIP" GREGSON, JR. (RET)
Banyan Analytics, An ANSER Institute
Falls Church, VA
INTERNATIONAL GUESTS:
PANEL MODERATOR
LAURA ORTEGA, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS COUNCIL
Illinois Chamber of Commerce
MEXICO
>>> Creating an Energy Self Sufficient Region in NAFTA
SPEAKER TO BE ANNOUNCED
Mexico Energy Ministry
Mexico City, Mexico
KOREA
>>> Korea’s Energy Future
FLORENCE LOWE-LEE, PRESIDENT
Global America Business Institute
Washington, D.C.
GERMANY
>>> Germany's Current Energy Transition and Use
of Biogas as a Fuel
CORINNA JESS, MANAGER FOR CLEAN ENERGY PROJECTS
German American Chamber of Commerce of the Midwest
Chicago, IL
CHINA
>>> Wind & Solar Energy in the Midwest
STEVE MARKSHIELD, JINKO SOLAR
Jiangxi and Zhejiang Provinces, China
U.S. DOMESTIC SPEAKERS:
UNITED STATES MILITARY: ARMY ENERGY PROGRAM MODELS: HYDROELECTRICITY
JAY D RICHTER, P.E., C.E.M,
MECHANICAL ENGINEER / ENERGY MANAGER
Rock Island Arsenal
Rock Island, Illinois
UNITED STATES (DOMESTIC) PARTICIPANTS:
PANEL: Building & Expanding Critical Infrastructure to Increase Transportation Fuel Exports from the Midwest: Ethanol, Biodiesel, Bio Jet Fuels
PANEL MODERATOR:
JESS HEWITT, CHAIRMAN/CEO
Gulf Hydrocarbon, Inc. Houston, TX
PANELISTS:
JASON MARQUIS, PRESIDENT
Marquis Energy Hennepin, IL
DAVE CEPLA, MANAGING DIRECTOR
Envergent Technologies, LLC (A Honeywell Company) Des Plaines, IL
JUDD HULTING, COMMODITIES MANAGER
Patriot Renewable Fuels, LLC Annawan, IL
GLENN JOHNSTON, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
GEVO, Englewood, CO
PANEL: Export Fuel Transport Systems: Supply Chains and Logisitics for Trucking, Railroad and Water Transport Industries
PANEL MODERATOR:
DAN CURRAN
Worley Companies Cedar Rapids, IA
PANELISTS:
FRED MCCOY, MASTER MECHANIC
Cedar Rapids & Iowa City Railway Co. Cedar Rapids, IA
PENNY SHERROD-CAMPANIZZI, PRESIDENT
Global Power/Koontz Wagner South Bend, IN
AARON TENNANT, CEO
Tennant Truck Lines Colona, IL
CHRIS HUMMER, VICE PRESIDENT
Don Hummer Trucking Corporation Oxford, IA
SPECIAL GUESTS:
Mr. Stephen Markscheid
Board Member and Audit Committee Chairman
Jinko Solar
Jiangxi and Zhejiang Provinces
China
Scott Raes
Mayor - Moline, IL
John Thodos
Mayor - East Moline, IL