Preliminary Annual Conference Agenda

New Mexico Solar
Energy Association

Annual Conference Agenda

Friday, September 29 – 5pm-9pm

5pm – Registration Begins

6pm – Meeting of volunteers and Exhibitors for Solar Fiesta

7pm – Opening night reception

Includes Opening remarks by NMSEA Chairman Benjamin Luce

Saturday, September 30^th

8am to 10am – Booth and Exhibit set-up

10am to 6pm – Solar Fiesta! (workshops and booth exhibits)

Booth Exhibits are free (except for a $2 parking fee)

All workshops free to conference goers – General Public pays $5.00 each. All presentations in the Lecture Hall free including the 5-minute talks, innovative looks at international solar applications by students from the University of Arizona, an overview of Women in Solar by Marlene Brown and a presentation on La Semilla del Sol by New Mexico State Land Commissioner Ray Powell.

Workshop Schedule

	Classroom A	Classroom B	Classroom C	Lecture Hall
Time
10am	9am-Educ. Class	****************	***************	*****************
10:30	Barb Menicucci	Chuck Marken	Gary Wee	ASU Students
10:45	For teachers only	PV	Sam Huston	International
11am	\|		Rammed	Applications of
11:15			Earth	Passive Solar
11:30	***********		**************	Designs
11:45	Dave Melton	**************	Karlis Viceps	*************
Noon	Indian Pueblo	Jerry Ginn	Holistic	Jeff Cook
12:15pm	Cultural Center	Inverters	Residential	Navajo Hogan
12:30pm			Design	Designs
12:45	***********	************	*************	********
1pm	Mike Thomas	Tom Hund	Curtis Scheib	5 minute talks
1:15	Sandia Labs	Batteries	Building with	5minute talks
1:30	Solar Research	Lessons Learned	Strawbale	5 minute talks
1:45		*****************		************
2pm	********************	Kim Bowker		Ray Powell
2:15	Carl Bickford	Wind Energy	************	La Semilla
2:30	Fuel Cells	Systems	Anne Dunning	del Sol
2:45		*********	Passive Solar	*****************
3pm		Monte Ogdahl	Design	5minute talks
3:15	*******************	Solar Model		5 minute talks
3:30	Andy Rosenthal	Cars	**************	5 minute talks
3:45	SW Tech Dev	*****************	Joe Fortin	***********
4pm	Institute	Tom Stockebrand	Green Building	Marlene Brown
4:15		Electric		Women in
4:30	**************	Automobiles		Solar
4:45	Windy Dankoff			*****************
5pm	Solar Powered	**********	********	5 minute talks
5:15	Water Pumping	Peter Biondo	Joe Yarkin	5 minute talks
5:30		Solar Radient	Solar in the	5minute talks
5:45		Floor Heating	Antarctic	5 minute talks
6pm - end	**************	***************	***************	****************

6pm-8pm Take down booths and exhibits

7pm-10pm Dinner and Party at Los Amigos Roundup! ($20-pay at conference)

Sunday, October 1^st

10am to noon – NMSEA Annual General Membership Meeting

Includes election of the 2000-2001 Board of Directors

Noon to 1pm- Luncheon sponsored by the New Mexico Solar Energy Industries Association

1pm to 1:15pm-Changing Attitudes by Dr. William Gross

1:15pm to 3pm –Marketing Green Power and Sustainable Buildings in New Mexico – identification of markets and marketing tools. Keynote speaker Joan Rosley-Griffin, President of Griffin and Associates Marketing.

1pm to 3pm – Committee meetings including hiring Executive Assistant.

3:30pm-5:30pm- Grassroots are Greener A community-based Approach to Marketing Green Power. Keynote Speaker Susan Innis, Green Marketing Program coordinator for the Land and Water Fund of the Rockies explores methods of encouraging local utility companies and government agencies to go green.

6pm – Closing Remarks by Ben Luce, Chairman, NMSEA

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