contact: Kathleen Hohl, Communications and Events Director
(414) 297-6208; hohlk@matc.edu

MILWAUKEE – The 2010 Green Energy Summit will be held Wednesday, March 24 – Friday, March 26 at the Midwest Airlines Center, 400 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee. This is the seventh annual summit, which is hosted by the Wisconsin Technical College System.

A dedicated theme has been developed for each day of the Summit:

Wednesday, March 24 - Green Business
Thursday, March 25 - Green Energy
Friday, March 26 - Green Career Pathways

Each day will feature three plenary sessions followed by breakout sessions (16 each on Wednesday and Thursday; 8 on Friday) that address specific topics related to the daily theme.

MATC instructor and Summit chaiperson Dr. George Stone has conducted a series of video interviews about the Summit that are accessible at this link - http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=E9250B875776C03A

A promotional spot currently airing on MPTV can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CpjDm734aU

Notable presenters include: Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett; Actor and activist Ed Begley, Jr.; Anguilla Speaker of the House of Assembly and COP15 Climate Change Summit delegate David Carty; Mark Chandler, NASA Goddard Institute of Space Studies; Founding Dean of the College of Environmental Sciences at Beijing University and current chairman of the university's Environment Fund C.S. Kiang; Wisconsin State Senator Mark Miller (16th District); Arctic explorer Will Steger; and Ohio State University School of Earth Sciences Distinguished University Professor and member of the National Academy of Sciences Lonnie Thompson.

Other confirmed speakers include: Don Albinger, Johnson Controls; Jeff Anthony, American Wind Energy Association; Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Secretary Matthew Frank; Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development Secretary Roberta Gassman; Urban Ecology Center executive director Ken Leinbach; Institute of Energy and Environmental Research Executive Director Arjun Makhijani; RENEW Wisconsin executive director Michael Vickerman; Orion Energy Systems CEO Neal Verfuerth; Interstate Renewable Energy Council Executive Director Jane Weissman; and Rob Zimmerman, Kohler Company. 

The cost for the three-day event is $250. One-day registration is available for $125. Discounts are available for educators (faculty and staff) and staff members of non-profit organizations. Registration for ALL students is free. For more information, including online registration, visit http://greenenergysummit.us/

A block of rooms has been reserved at the Hyatt Regency Milwaukee. To access information, visit https://resweb.passkey.com/go/greenenergy The group rate is available through Wednesday, March 10.