The North Carolina Energy Office’s Ninth Annual Sustainable Energy Conference is just around the corner (April 19 & 20 at the McKimmon Center in Raleigh) and you don’t want to miss it.  Keynote speakers this year include: John Hanger the former head of the Pennsylvania Department of Environment; Nick Hamon, head of sustainability for Bayer CropScience; Rob Gramlick, head of public policy for the American Wind Energy Association and Dan Peaco of LaCapra Associates, who will give an update on where our state stands in meeting its renewable energy portfolio standard and what steps can be taken to do more.

Panel sessions will provide insights on financing renewable and sustainable energy enterprises; the achievements of energy-related federal Recovery Act programs in the state and the effective implementation of alternative and renewable energy resources and projects.  If you’ve been procrastinating about signing up, no problem.  If you sign up online, – http://www.sustainable-energy-conference.org/earlyreg_form.html – you can still qualify for the special low rate for government and non-profit groups.  Registration includes full access all sessions and exhibits for the two-day conference and continental breakfast and full lunch both days.  There will also be a special exhibit of electric vehicles and a bonus session on Thursday evening hosted by the Center for Entrepreneurial Development.

Don’t delay, this offer will expire at the close of business on Tuesday April 10.  Registration online at:

http://www.sustainable-energy-conference.org/earlyreg_form.html