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NECEC Briefing Session: Carbon Policy

Thursday, November 6, 2008 from 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM (ET)

Waltham, MA

NECEC Briefing Session: Carbon Policy

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General Public Ended $30.00 $0.99

Event Details

On November 6th, the New England Clean Energy Council in collaboration with Panel Intelligence, an online market intelligence firm that specializes in bringing together clean technology experts to address business issues, will host a live panel of experts focused on carbon reduction policy alternatives.

The panel discussion will surround the relative merits of a cap and trade system vs. a carbon tax as the primary mechanism for achieving meaningful reductions of GHG emissions. The panel will discuss and offer their viewpoints on a broad range of policy, economic, and political issues associated with choosing and designing the right GHG reduction regime. A written report summarizing an online panel discussion among experts conducted by Panel Intelligence in advance of the briefing session will be provided to attendees.

Confirmed panelists include:

Rob Day
Principal, @Ventures

Dr. Dan Golomb
Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

Sam Krasnow
Policy Advocate and Attorney, Environment Northeast

Dr. John Parsons
Executive Director, MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research and the Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change

Mitch Tyson
CEO and Director, Advanced Electron Beams

John Wadsworth
Partner, Brown Rudnick

When & Where



Foley Hoag Emerging Enterprise Center
Bay Colony Corporate Center
1000 Winter Street, Suite 400, North Entrance
Waltham, MA 02451

Thursday, November 6, 2008 from 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM (ET)


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The New England Clean Energy Council’s mission is to accelerate New England’s clean energy economy to global leadership by building an active community of stakeholders and a world-class cluster of clean energy companies.

The Council represents a diverse set of stakeholders, including clean energy companies, venture investors, major financial institutions, local universities and colleges, industry associations, area utilities, labor and large commercial end-users.