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Over
800 invited policy
makers, educators,
industry experts,
labor leaders,
investors, business
owners, and community
organization leaders
are expected to
participate in
the California
Utilities Diversity
Council's 2010
Green Diversity
Summit.
This
timely statewide
summit will be
the first green
energy conference
to directly address
diversity and
inclusion. It
will provide an
unprecedented
opportunity for
discussion of
solution strategies
that can generate
tens of thousands
of green jobs
for all California.
It will promote
programs to increase
green job training
and education,
as well as programs
to stimulate green
business development.
Our
primary goal is
to broaden and
sharpen understanding
of how the transition
to a clean energy
economy can bring
green investment
and contracting
opportunities
to entrepreneurial
WMDVBE business
owners as well
as benefit underserved
and underrepresented
communities through
green workforce
education and
training and green
job creation.
Opportunities
for the Green
Economy in the
Federal Stimulus
Package:
...$6 billion
to the new Innovative
Technology Loan
Guarantee Program
- Expected to
support $60 billion
in loans.
...$500 million
for jobs in renewable
energy and energy
efficiency
...$43 billion
for energy programs
KEY SPEAKERS
• Sacramento Mayor, Kevin Johnson
• President Michael R. Peevey, Calif. Public Utilities Commission
• Alan J. Fohrer, Chairman and CEO, Southern California Edison
• John (Jack) S. Keenan, Sr. VP, COO, PG&E
• Michael Niggli, President and COO, San Diego Gas & Electric
• Anne S. Smith, COO, Southern California Gas Company
• Senator Alex Padilla, Chair, Senate Committee on Energy,
Utilities and Communications
• Assemblymember Stephen Bradford, Chair of the Assembly Committee on Utilities and Commerce
• Assemblymember V. Manuel Perez, Chair, Assembly Committee on Jobs Economic Development and the Economy
• Former Assemblymember Gwen Moore
• Commissioner John Bohn, CPUC
• Commissioner Nancy Ryan, CPUC
• Michael Picker, Sr. Adviser to the Governor for Renewable
Energy Facilities
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ATTEND:
A
One-day Summit,
“Advancing Diversity
in the New Green
Energy Economy”
LEARN:
How
the new clean energy
economy and federal
stimulus will bring
investment, business,
and job
opportunities to
California’s diverse
marketplace.
JOIN:
More
than 800 attendees
from corporations,
business associations,
environmental
groups, educational
institutions,
labor groups,
government, and
diverse community-based
organizations.
EVENT
DETAILS:
When: June 28, 2010
Where: Sacramento Convention
Center
Directions:
Google
Maps - MapQuest - SCCC
CUDC
* MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS:
• American Indian Chamber of Commerce of California
• Asian Business Association
• AT&T Inc.
• California Asian Chamber of Commerce
• California Black Chamber of Commerce
• California Hispanic Chambers of Commerce
• California Service Disabled Veteran Owned Businesses, Inc.
• California Small Business Association
• California Water Association
• Comcast
• Communications Workers of America
• Elite SDVOB Network
• FQ Consultants, LLC
• GeM Communications
• Latin Business Association
• Latino Institute for Corporate Inclusion
• Latino Journal
• National Assoc. of Women Business Owners
• Pacific Gas & Electric Company
• Sacramento Asian Pacific Chamber of Commerce
• San Jose Water Company
• Sempra Energy utilities, San Diego Gas & Electric, Southern California Gas Company
• Southern California Edison
• Spanish Language Academy
• Sprint
• Utility Workers Union of America
• Verizon
*A
collaboration
between the CPUC,
business, labor
and California
utility companies. |
