The 2009 Energy Symposium, "Maine's Opportunities for Energy Leadership" took place on Saturday, April 4th 2009, at the Hutchinson Center in Belfast.

Distinguished energy professionals addressed issues of supply and consumption with a look towards the future and focused on regional solutions and opportunities, particularly with Canada. The forum was moderated by petroleum geologist, professor, and Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center Fellow Elizabeth Wilson, and Sarah Miller, editor of World Gas Intelligence and editor-at-large for the specialty newsletter group Energy Intelligence.

Symposium Schedule

8:00 – 8:30 a.m. Registration and Coffee

8:30 – 10:00 a.m. Technical Session I

Introduction: Understanding the Global Energy Industry and How it Impacts Maine: Elizabeth A. Wilson, Department of Earth Sciences and Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center, University of Maine, Orono

Renewable Energy Development in the United States: Eric A. Thumma, Iberdrola Renewables, Inc., Radnor Township, Pennsylvania

Energy in the Northeast: Challenges and Opportunities: Jeff D. Landry, Irving Oil, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

10:00 – 10:15 a.m. Break

10:15 – 11:30 a.m. Technical Session II

Energy Policy? – What Energy Policy?: Stephen F. Hinchman, Conservation Law Foundation, Brunswick, Maine

Maine’s Place in the New Energy World?: Habib J. Dagher, Civil Engineering and Advanced Structures & Composites Center, University of Maine, Orono

11:30 –12:00 p.m. Questions from the audience

12:00 – 1:30 p.m. Lunch

1:30 – 3:00 p.m. Panel with all speakers and other special guests; questions from the lunch discussions: Moderator: Sarah J. Miller, World Gas Intelligence, New York, NY

A coffee and dessert reception will take place from 3-4 p.m. after the Symposium concludes.

Tickets for the Energy Symposium are $40 each. Students may attend at the special rate of $20. Send a check to Camden Conference, P.O. Box 882, Camden, ME 04843, or register online at: the Symposium Registration Page

Interested professionals can earn 0.6 CEUs from attending the Energy Symposium. If you wish to do so, please contact the Camden Conference office by phone or e-mail so that we can have the paperwork ready for you.

For more information on the Energy Symposium, please contact the Camden Conference office at 236-1034, toll-free at 1-877-214-8579 or e-mail info@camdenconference.org. .

DIRECTIONS TO THE HUTCHINSON CENTER:

From the North: Take I-95 South to Exit 180 at Hampden. Take a LEFT from the Off Ramp onto the Cold Brook Road and remain on that road until you come to the first traffic light. Bear RIGHT at that light, onto Route 202. Proceed on Route 202 to another traffic light at a T in the road. Turn LEFT and proceed to the Route 1A intersection. Turn RIGHT onto Route 1A and remain on 1A thru Hampden, Winterport, Frankfort, Prospect, and Stockton Springs. At Stockton Springs, Route 1A will meld with Route 1 South. Bear RIGHT onto Route 1 South and remain on that road until you cross the bridge to Belfast. After the bridge, watch for Route 3, Augusta signs on the right. The road will split, you will stay to the RIGHT, and at the next intersection, you will turn RIGHT onto Route 3. Remain on Route 3, pass the big Bank of America complex on the Left, and the next sign you see, also on the Left, will be the big blue one with white and gold lettering University of Maine Hutchinson Center. Follow the drive all the way to the back of the building to a large parking lot. The Main entrance is there.

From the South: (About one hour from Augusta) Take I-95 North past Augusta to exit 113 for Route 3, Belfast. Continue on Route 3 for 44 miles (About 50 minutes from Augusta) watch for the big blue sign of the Hutchinson Center on the RIGHT. Follow the driveway all the way to the back of the building to a large parking lot. The Main entrance is there.