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CATEGORIES:Special Event
DESCRIPTION:WWJ Newsradio 950 Business Conference
April 22, 2008 
Regi
 stration and breakfast - 7:30 a.m. | Program begins at 8:30 a.m.

Advance 
 registration is required. Members of the Wayne State University community 
 are free with a valid OneCard.

WWJ Newsradio 950 and the University Resea
 rch Corridor present Embracing A Green Michigan - Carbon Culture at t
 he Crossroads, a half-day business conference highlighting the work being 
 done in Michigan to develop new technologies and new thinking about energy
  and the environment.

Two panel discussions will explore the following co
 ncepts:Public policies needed at the federal, state and local government l
 evels to create a bioeconomy.How environmental concerns will change the pr
 oducts we use every day.The challenges of changing public behavior to supp
 ort new energy and environmental technologies.The infrastructure changes t
 hat will be needed to support environmentally friendly vehicles.Keynote ad
 dress
Skip Pruss, Office of Governor Jennifer Granholm - "Michigan&#3
 9;s Plan for Alternative Energy" 

Panel discussions
Matt Roush,
  The Great Lakes IT Report, MODERATOR

Panel 1 - Cultural and Policy 
 Impediments to a Green Michigan
Jim Croce, CEO, NextEnergy
Steve Forr
 est, Vice President for Research, University of Michigan
Randal Charl
 ton, TechTown, Wayne State University
Soji Adelaja, Land Policy 
 Institute, Michigan State University 

Panel 2 - Business Reacts to t
 he Michigan Energy Plan 
Mary Beth Stanek, Director of GM Energy
  and Environmental Policy and Commercialization
Ron Krupitzer, Vice P
 resident of AISI Automotive Applications Committee
Ray Siada, Corpora
 te Energy Manager, Guardian Industries
Aaron Crum, Co-founder, AMI Ad
 aptive Materials 

Wayne State University
Community Arts Auditorium&n
 bsp;(map)
450 Reuther Mall
Detroit, MI 48202 

Click here to register
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LOCATION:Community Arts Center
SUMMARY:Carbon Culture at the Crossroads: Embracing a Green Michigan
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