Asia-Pacific Partnership On Clean Development and Climate
Breakfast Briefing & Update

 Focusing on the Recent Activities of the
Coal Mining Task Force
Power Generation and Transmission Task Force

November 13, 2008 – 9:00 am 

USEA Conference Room C
Suite 550, North Tower
Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center
Washington, DC

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You are cordially invited to join U.S. government and private sector implementing partners present an update on the programs, activities and results of the Asia-Pacific Partnership for Clean Development and Climate. 

The APP promotes the development and deployment of, and increased trade and investment in, cleaner technologies through development of environmentally and commercially sustainable enabling environments and the exchange of international best practices.  The Partnership’s Policy and Implementation Committee (PIC) coordinates and monitors action plans and results of eight sectoral task forces in Aluminum; Buildings and Appliances; Cement; Cleaner Fossil Energy; Coal Mining; Power Generation and Transmission; Renewable Energy and Distributed Generation; and Steel. 

The APP brings together the governments and private sectors of Australia, Canada, China, India, Japan, Republic of Korea, and the United States.  Together, these countries account for more than half of the world's economy, population and energy use.

Please join us as we review the goals and results to date of the APP Coal Mining and Power Generation and Transmission Task Forces and identify opportunities for private sector, NGO and state and local government participation in task force programs and activities.

Agenda 

08:30               Registration & Continental Breakfast 

09:00               Welcoming Remarks
                                    Barry Worthington, Executive Director, United States Energy Association 

09:05               Introduction to the APP and its Public/Private Task Forces
                                    Griff Thompson, APP Program Manager, U.S. Department of State 

09:15               Focus on Coal Mining Task Force: Activities, Results, and Opportunities for Industry Participation
Alfred Whitehouse, U.S. Department of Interior and Chair of the APP Coal Mining Task Force

• Goals and Objectives

• Structure and Membership

• Workplans and Projects

• Results to Date

• Opportunities for Industry Participants

09:30               Focus on Power Generation & Transmission Task Force: Activities, Results, and Opportunities for Industry Participation
Jarad Daniels, U.S. Department of Energy and Chair of the APP Power Generation and Transmission Task    
     Force
Jim Hendricks, Consultant, Edison Electric Institute

• Goals and Objectives

• Structure and Membership

• Workplans and Projects

• Results to Date

• Opportunities for Industry Participants

            10:00               Open Discussion 

            10:15               Adjourn