Sportsmen-Industry Summit:  Session I
Advances in Wildlife Management While Developing Energy Resources

Moderator:  Dr. Greg Schildwachter, Watershed Results

• Scot Donato, Manager of Governmental Affairs, Bill Barrett Corporation
• Mike Smith, Director of Regulatory Affairs, Questar Exploration & Production Company
• Lara Ryan, Executive Director, Green River Valley Land Trust
• Miles Moretti, President & CEO, Mule Deer Foundation

Moderator:  Melissa Simpson, Former Deputy Under Secretary for Forestry at the U.S. Department of Agriculture

• Dr. Greg Schildwachter, Consultant, Watershed Results
• Joe Hinson, Principal, Northwest Natural Resources Group
• Dr. Neal Wilkins, Director, Texas A&M University, Institute of Renewable Natural Resources
• Joe Icenogle, Director of Environmental Affairs, Fidelity Exploration & Production Company

Moderator:  Dr. Greg Schildwachter, Watershed Results

• Jay Jordan, Program Director, National Wild Turkey Federation's Energy for Wildlife Program
• Blake Henning, Director of Lands, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
• Tom Baker, Deputy Chair, Government Affairs Committee, Boone and Crockett Club
• Krista Johnson, Rockies Government Affairs Manager, Shell Oil Company

Moderator:  Jim Unmacht, Immediate Past President of the Arizona Desert Bighorn Sheep Society

• Arizona State Representative Jerry Weiers (AZ-12)
• Michael Anable, Natural Resources Policy Advisor to the Arizona Governor
• Pete Cimellaro, President of Arizona Sportsmen for Wildlife Conservation
• David Salisbury, President & CEO, Resolution Copper
• Larry Voyles, Director of Arizona Department of Game and Fish

Lunch keynote videos not available to the public.
 

Introduction by Steven Laird, Alpha Natural Resources

Patrick Graham, Arizona State Director, The Nature Conservancy

Carl Bauer, Director of DOE's National Energy Technology Laboratory
Presentation: Balancing Energy Technologies for Renewed Economic Growth

Moderator:  Bill Kovacs, Vice President for the Environment, Technology & Regulatory Affairs Division, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

• Transportation:  Paul Yarossi, President, HNTB Holdings Ltd.
• Water:  Steve Schmidt, Vice President Operations & Services, American Water Works Service Company
• Energy:  Mark Rodgers, Communications Director, Cape Wind
• Telecom:  Jackie McCarthy, Director, State Regulatory Affairs, CTIA - The Wireless Association

The Promise of Fossil-Renewable Hybrid Systems

Moderator:  Dave Lock, Manager, Federal Government Relations, Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association

• Dr. Bryan Hannegan, Vice President, Environment and Renewables, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)
• Barbara Walz, Vice President, Environmental, Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association
• Ray Hobbs, Principal Investigator, Arizona Public Service (APS)
• Rob Kondziolka, Manager of Transmission Planning, Salt River Project (SRP)

Dinner keynote videos not available to the public.

 

Stephen Moore, Senior Economist, Wall Street Journal
"Bringing Prosperity Back"

Dinner keynote presentations and videos not available to public.

Opening Keynote: Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer (D-MT)

Introduction by Andrew Johnsen, Assistant Vice President - State Governmental Affairs, BNSF Railway Company

 

Moderator:  Jim Sims, CEO, Western Business Roundtable

• Bob Noll, Manager of Sales and Marketing, Molycorp Minerals
• Laura Skaer, Executive Director, Northwest Mining Association
• Dr. Vince Matthews, Director and State Geologist, Colorado Geological Survey
• Sydney Hay, President, Arizona Mining Association

• An update on possible action by the Congress, by U.S. Rep. John Shadegg (Arizona)
• An explanation of the legal and policy case against allowing the U.S. EPA to regulation greenhouse gases under the current Clean Air Act, led by the law firm of Holland and Hart
• A discussion of the potential consumer costs and job impacts of various climate policy options, led by Deseret Power CEO Kimball Rasmussen and Congress of Racial Equality Spokesman Niger Innis
• A panel of technology experts and state government representatives who will outline a variety of technologies and processes that are helping to address climate emissions concerns right now

Many leaders in the private sector are working to develop and implement innovative technologies and applications aimed at increasing production and job creation while reducing GHG emissions and other environmental impacts.  This panel featured several innovators who outlined how companies are using technologies to implement "common sense" climate solutions.

Moderator:  Gary Yaquinto, President, Arizona Investment Council

• Jonathan Weisgall, VP, Legislative/Regulatory Affairs, MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company
• Matt Peak, Director of Technology Ventures, Prize Capital
• Martin Shultz, Vice President, Government Affairs, Pinnacle West Capital Corporation
• Eric Hedlund, CPC, P.E., Senior Vice President, Sundt Construction, Inc.
• Jack Ekstrom, Vice President, Government and Corporate Relations, Whiting Petroleum
• Evan Barrett, Chief Business Development Officer, Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer's office  
• Rob Hurless, Energy & Telecommunications Policy Advisor, Wyoming Governor Dave Freudenthal's office
• Dianne Nielson, Energy Policy Advisor, Utah Governor Gary Herbert's office
• Leo Drozdoff, Administrator, Nevada Division of Environmental Protection
• Ben Grumbles, Director, Arizona Department of Environment Quality