Full Schedule

12:00 PM - 5:00 PM MT

Registration

Location: Broadmoor West Ballroom Foyer

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM MT

Pre-conference workshop: More than Monitoring—Encouraging Use of Ecological Data to Inform Responsible Renewable Energy Development

Location: Broadmoor West Ballroom CD

Moderator: – Renewable Energy Wildlife Institute (REWI)

Speaker: – Renewable Energy Wildlife Institute (REWI)

Speaker: – EDP Renewables North America LLC

Speaker: – US Geological Survey

Speaker: – US Fish and Wildlife Service

Speaker: – National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

Speaker: – Western EcoSystems Technology, Inc. (WEST)

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM MT

Pre-Conference Workshop: Winning Community Support—Addressing Opposition & Misinformation

Location: Broadmoor West Ballroom AB

Moderator: – RWE Clean Energy

Speaker: – SolSystems

Speaker: – Bantam Communications

Speaker: – Rural Climate Partnership

Speaker: – GoodPower

Speaker: – Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Speaker: – Strategic Elements

Speaker: – Energy Right

4:15 PM - 5:15 PM MT

Local Affairs Committee Meeting

Location: Broadmoor West Ballroom CD

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM MT

Welcome Reception

Location: Rocky Mountain Ballroom & Mountain View Terrace

6:30 AM - 7:00 AM MT

Networking Fun Run – 2.5k Walk & 5k Run

Location: Please meet us at 6:30 AM on March 12 outside of the Broadmoor South Lobby.

Sponsored By

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM MT

Bat Subcommittee

Location: Broadmoor West Ballroom A

7:00 AM - 5:00 PM MT

Registration Open

Location: International Center

7:30 AM - 8:30 AM MT

Networking Breakfast

Location: Broadmoor Hall B

8:30 AM - 9:45 AM MT

Opening General Session

Location: International Center North

Keynote Speaker: – US Department of the Interior

Speaker: – Board Member at Large, Native American Women's Association Inc. (N.A.W.A)

Speaker: – Colorado General Assembly

Speaker: – Park County, Colorado

Speaker: – American Clean Power Association

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM MT

Networking Break & Exhibits

Location: Broadmoor Hall B

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM MT

Building Bridges—Developers & Nonprofits Partnering in Successful Community Engagement

Location: International Center North

Moderator: – Bantam Communications

Speaker: – RenUSA

Speaker: – Steelhead (Vestas)

Speaker: – Drive Agency

Speaker: – Greenlight America

Speaker: – Siting Clean Collaborative

Community Engagement & Communication

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM MT

Managing Wildlife on the Western Landscape

Location: International Center South

Moderator: – Invenergy

Speaker: – Wildlands Network

Speaker: – US Fish and Wildlife Service

Speaker: – Western EcoSystems Technology, Inc. (WEST)

Wildlife, Land & Tech

11:45 AM - 1:15 PM MT

Networking Lunch & Exhibits

Location: Broadmoor Hall B

Sponsored By

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM MT

Land Use Planning Committee

Location: Broadmoor West Ballroom A

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM MT

Wildlife and Federal Permitting Committee

Location: Broadmoor West Ballroom CD

1:15 PM - 2:15 PM MT

Designing & Permitting Large-Scale Solar Sites in Preparation for Stormwater Events

Location: International Center South

Moderator: – Farnsworth Group

Speaker: – Environmental Consulting & Technology (ECT)

Speaker: – McCarthy Building Companies

Speaker: – Westwood Professional Services

Speaker: – Beveridge & Diamond, PC

Wildlife, Land & Tech

1:15 PM - 2:15 PM MT

Crossing Borders—Stakeholder Engagement for Long-Distance Transmission

Location: International Center North

Moderator: – American Clean Power Association

Speaker: – Grid United

Speaker: – Colorado Energy Office

Speaker: – ITC Holdings

Community Engagement & Communication

2:15 PM - 2:45 PM MT

Networking Break & Exhibits

Location: Broadmoor Hall B

2:45 PM - 3:45 PM MT

Good Neighbors—Local Permitting & Rural Community Engagement

Location: International Center North

Moderator: – DTE Energy

Speaker: – Polsinelli PC / University of Kansas School of Law

Speaker: – US Department of Agriculture

Speaker: – Lightsource bp

Speaker: – Ollson Environmental Health Management

Speaker: – Interwest Energy Alliance

Community Engagement & Communication

2:45 PM - 3:45 PM MT

New Technology in Action—Smart Curtailment & Wildlife

Location: International Center South

Moderator: – Western EcoSystems Technology, Inc. (WEST)

Speaker: – Wildlife Acoustics, Inc

Speaker: – Wildlife Imaging Systems, LLC

Speaker: – Stantec

Speaker: – Western EcoSystems Technology, Inc. (WEST)

Wildlife, Land & Tech

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM MT

Building Stronger Relationships with Tribal Communities

Location: International Center North

Moderator: – AES Clean Energy

Speaker: – GRID Alternatives

Speaker: – Grid United

Speaker: – Van Ness Feldman LLP

Community Engagement & Communication

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM MT

Networking & Poster Reception

Location: Broadmoor Hall B

7:30 AM - 4:00 PM MT

Registration Open

Location: International Center

7:30 AM - 8:30 AM MT

Networking Breakfast & Exhibits

Location: Broadmoor Hall B

8:30 AM - 9:35 AM MT

Accelerating Development of Renewables in Underserved Communities

Location: International Center North

Moderator: – American Clean Power Association

Speaker: – Recurrent Energy

Speaker: – Reactivate

Speaker: – National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

Speaker: – Laborers International Union of North America (LiUNA)

Speaker: – Pivot Energy

Community Engagement & Communication

8:30 AM - 9:35 AM MT

Establishing Vegetation at Utility-Scale Solar Sites

Location: International Center South

Moderator: – Western EcoSystems Technology, Inc. (WEST)

Speaker: – SWCA Environmental Consultants

Speaker: – Tetra Tech, Inc

Speaker: – Verdantas

Speaker: – Invenergy

Wildlife, Land & Tech

9:35 AM - 10:05 AM MT

Networking Break & Exhibits

Location: Broadmoor Hall B

10:05 AM - 10:35 AM MT

Meet EPA’s RE-Powering America’s Land Initiative

Location: International Center South

Moderator: – Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Wildlife, Land & Tech

10:05 AM - 10:35 AM MT

State of the Science—Leading Research on Avian & Solar Interactions

Location: International Center North

Moderator: – US Department of Energy

Speaker: – Argonne National Laboratory

Speaker: – Western EcoSystems Technology, Inc. (WEST)

Wildlife, Land & Tech

10:35 AM - 10:45 AM MT

Transition Break

10:45 AM - 11:45 AM MT

Capitalizing on Incentives for Disturbed Lands

Location: International Center South

Moderator: – Pattern Energy

Speaker: – Troutman Pepper Locke LLP

Speaker: – Frost Brown Todd

Speaker: – R3 Renewables

Speaker: – Environmental Consulting & Technology (ECT)

Wildlife, Land & Tech

10:45 AM - 11:45 AM MT

How to Meet Clean Energy Goals with Limited Regulator Resources

Location: International Center North

Moderator: – ICF

Speaker: – Bureau of Land Management

Speaker: – US Fish and Wildlife Service

Speaker: – Energy Renewal Partners

Community Engagement & Communication

11:45 AM - 12:45 PM MT

Eagle Subcommittee

Location: Broadmoor West Ballroom A

11:45 AM - 12:45 PM MT

Networking Lunch (Ask the Experts) & Exhibits

Location: Broadmoor Hall B

12:45 PM - 1:55 PM MT

Managing & Promoting Biodiversity at Solar Sites

Location: International Center South

Moderator: – Invenergy

Speaker: – National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

Speaker: – The Conservation Fund

Speaker: – Deriva Energy

Speaker: – Lightsource bp

Speaker: – Western EcoSystems Technology, Inc. (WEST)

Wildlife, Land & Tech

12:45 PM - 1:55 PM MT

Siting & Permitting on Federal Lands

Location: International Center North

Moderator: – EDF power solutions North America

Speaker: – Bell Kearns LLP

Speaker: – Bureau of Land Management

Speaker: – Conservation Lands Foundation

Speaker: – American Clean Power Association

Wildlife, Land & Tech

2:05 PM - 2:35 PM MT

Breaking News—Implications of the Final Eagle Rule Revisions

Location: International Center South

Moderator: – Ørsted

Speaker: – Nossaman LLP

Speaker: – Western EcoSystems Technology, Inc. (WEST)

Wildlife, Land & Tech

2:05 PM - 2:35 PM MT

Improving Dialogue with States—AFWA-Industry Communications Protocols

Location: International Center North

Moderator: – Triple Oak Power

Speaker: – Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies

Speaker: – Longroad Energy

Speaker: – Colorado Parks and Wildlife

Community Engagement & Communication

2:45 PM - 3:45 PM MT

Alternative Approaches—Programmatic Agreements to Voluntary Conservation

Location: International Center South

Moderator: – Nossaman LLP

Speaker: – AES Clean Energy

Speaker: – University of Illinois, Chicago

Speaker: – Western EcoSystems Technology, Inc. (WEST)

Wildlife, Land & Tech

2:45 PM - 3:45 PM MT

Collaborating with Fire Officials on Energy Storage Projects

Location: International Center North

Moderator: – Energy Storage Coalition

Speaker: – Elizabeth Fire Protection District, Elizabeth, CO

Speaker: – Hiller Companies

Speaker: – Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)

Community Engagement & Communication