Summit Alert: National Energy Summit & International Dialogue Begins Tomorrow

What: The National Energy Summit & International Dialogue will feature two days of high-level, outcome-based dialogues focused on addressing specific steps to drive competitiveness and prosperity through secure and sustainable energy.

The Summit is presented by the Council on Competitiveness and features Newsweek as the exclusive media partner. Media registration can be found at http://www.compete.org/nes or by contacting Matthew Faraci at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).  Watch the live Summit broadcast at http://www.compete.org/nes beginning at 7:30 am Eastern Time.

Where: The Mayflower Hotel
1127 Connecticut Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20036
 
When: September 23 - 24, 2009
           To see the detailed agenda, go to http://www.compete.org/nes.  
 
Who: Confirmed speakers include: 

Helmy Abouleish, Chairman, Board of Directors, Egyptian National Competitiveness Council; Managing Director, Sekem Group

Ola Alterå, State Secretary for Energy, Ministry of Energy, Enterprise and Communications of Sweden

Dan E. Arvizu, Director, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Russell M. Artzt, Vice Chairman and Founder, CA Inc.  

Neil Z. Auerbach, Founder and Managing Partner, Hudson Clean Energy

Thomas R. Baruch, Founder and Managing Director, CMEA Capital

Cynthia Carroll, CEO, Anglo American PLC

Clarence P. Cazalot Jr., President and CEO, Marathon Oil Corporation

The Hon. Steven Chu, U.S. Secretary of Energy

Ralph J. Cicerone, President, National Academy of Sciences

Eleanor Clift, Contributing Editor, Newsweek

James Clifton, CEO, Gallup Inc.

Mary Sue Coleman, President, The University of Michigan

Michael M. Crow, President, Arizona State University

George A. David, Chairman, United Technologies Corporation

John J. "Jack" DeGioia, President, Georgetown University

Kathleen Deveny, Deputy Editor and Global Business Editor, Newsweek

Ahmet Dördüncü, CEO, Haci Ömer Sabanci Holding A.S.

Rana Foroohar, Senior Editor, Business, Newsweek International

Meyer S. "Sandy" Frucher, Vice Chairman, The NASDAQ, OMX Group

Pierre L. Gauthier, CEO, ALSTOM Inc.

Jamshyd N. Godrej, Chairman and Managing Director, Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Company Limited

S. Gopalakrishnan, CEO and Managing Director, Infosys Technologies Limited

H.E. Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, President of Iceland

Daniel Gross, Economics Editor, Newsweek

Nisid Hajari, Director of Editorial Development, Newsweek

Walter P. Havenstein, CEO, Science Applications International Corp.

Richard H. Herman, Chancellor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Michael Hirsh, National Economics Correspondent, Newsweek

Susan Hockfield, President, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The Hon. John P. Holdren, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology; Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President of the United States

Charles O. Holliday, Jr., Chairman, Council on Competitiveness; Chairman, DuPont

Ralph Izzo, Chairman, President and CEO, Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated

The Hon. Shirley Ann Jackson, Vice Chairman of the Council on Competitiveness and Co-Chair, ESIS Initiative; President, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

The Hon. Alexander "Andy" Karsner, Member, Board of Directors, Applied Materials, Inc.

John Krenicki, Jr., Vice Chairman, General Electric Company; President and CEO, GE Energy Infrastructure

The Hon. Raymond H. "Ray" LaHood, U.S. Secretary of Transportation

Jonathan Lash, President, World Resources Institute

Steven F. Leer, Chairman and CEO, Arch Coal, Inc.

The Hon. Gary Locke, U.S. Secretary of Commerce

Daniel Lyons, Technology Editor, Newsweek

Edward J. McElroy, CEO, ULLICO Inc.

Daniel McGinn, Senior Articles Editor, Newsweek

Lee A. McIntire, President and CEO, CH2M HILL

George H. Miller, Director, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

The Hon. Lisa Murkowski, U.S. Senator, Alaska

James W. Owens, Co-Chair, ESIS Initiative, Council on Competitiveness; Chairman and CEO, Caterpillar Inc.

Kevin Parker, CEO, Deutsche Asset Management, Deutsche Bank

Hélène Pelosse, Director-General, International Renewable Energy Agency

Luis M. Proenza, President, The University of Akron

Becky Quick, Co-anchor, Squawk Box, CNBC

James H. Quigley, CEO, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu

The Hon. Edward G. Rendell, Governor of Pennsylvania

Mayo A. Shattuck III, Chairman and CEO, Constellation Energy

Frederick W. Smith, Chairman and CEO, FedEx Corporation

Richard M. Smith, Chairman, Newsweek

Björn Stigson, President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development

Kevin Surace, CEO, Serious Materials

Andrew C. Taylor, Chairman and CEO, Enterprise Holdings, Inc.

Jean-Daniel Tordjman, Ambassador for Competitive Clusters of France

Robert Edward "Ted" Turner III, Chairman, Turner Enterprises, Inc.

H.E. Maria van der Hoeven, Minister of Economic Affairs of the Netherlands

The Hon. Mark R. Warner, U.S. Senator, Commonwealth of Virginia

Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO

Joseph L Welch, Chairman, President and CEO, ITC Holdings Corp.

The Hon. Deborah L. Wince-Smith, President, Council on Competitiveness

The Hon. Timothy E. Wirth, President, United Nations Foundation

H.E. Kandeh Yumkella, Director-General, United Nations Industrial Development Organization

Robert J. Zimmer, President, The University of Chicago

More information on the National Energy Summit & International Dialogue can be found at http://www.compete.org/nes or by contacting Matthew Faraci at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). 

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