Vermont Environmental Consortium's Fall Trade Show is being held on November 21 on Merchant's Row in Rutland, in partnership with Green Mountain Power and the Regional Development Corporations of Vermont. Highlights of the event will be tours of GMP's new Energy Innovation Center and booths celebrating emerging environmental businesses and the environmental programs at Vermont's Colleges and Tech Centers.
Thursday, November 21, 2013
Opera House, 67 Merchants Row, Rutland, VT
8:00 am to 6:00 pm
Agenda
8:00 to 9:00 AM - Registration, Coffee, Opening of Trade Show
Welcome by: Rutland Mayor Chris Louras, Green Mountain Power, Vermont Environmental Consortium, regional development corporations
8:30 to 9:00 AM - Tradeshow and Networking
9:00 - 9:30 AM - Matt Dunne, Director of Public Affairs for Google
"Energy, Carbon Neutrality and Innovation"
9:30 AM - 12:30 PM - Trade Show
Emerging businesses in the Central Hall
Established businesses in the Front Hall
Presentations in the Front Hall from 9:30 - 11:00 AM
John Forcier of Forcier Consulting Engineers will speak about "BioDigester: Power to Save Family Farms and the Environment"
Bill Maclay of Maclay Architects will speak about "Net Zero, Net Zero Ready, Carbon Neutral Buildings: What are they? Why build one? And how?"
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM - Investor Forum in the Front Hall
Financing Innovation Panel - Moderator: Janice St. Onge; Panel participants: Tim Davis of FreshTracks, Will Raap of Gardener's Supply Company, Luke Shullenberger of Green Lantern Capital, and Eli Moulton of Merritt, Merritt and Moulton
12:30 - 1:30 PM - Lunch and Tradeshow
Pizza buffet at Three Tomatoes, 88 Merchants Row, Rutand
1:45 PM - 3:15 PM Trade Show
Emerging businesses in the Central Hall
Established businesses in the Front Hall
Presentations in the Front Hall:
VEC Green Jobs Website
Cairn G. Cross of FreshTracks Capital introduces the FreshTracks Database
Presentation of environmental projects/programs by Educational Institutions (Norwich, Middlebury, VTC Stafford currently) in the Back Space
3:15 - 3:45 PM - Trade Show and Networking
4:00 - 6:00 PM - Reception and Tours
Tours of Energy Innovation Center, 68 Merchants Row
Remarks by GMP President Mary Powell
EVENT PARTNERS Sponsor - Green Mountain Power
Sponsor - Regional Development Corporations
Silver Sponsors Sponsor - ECS
Bronze Sponsors Sponsor - Middlebury
Efficiency Vermont
Reception Sponsors Sponsor - Cabot Cheese
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Entrepreneurship in Vermont's Environmental & Energy business sectors coming November 21
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