Solar Energy Focus 2011 to Gather Key Solar Thought Leaders – Dr. John Byrne, John Farrell, the Honorable Bill Ritter – in Nation’s Capital

Event on track to break sponsorship, attendance records

The Mid-Atlantic’s premier solar conference, MDV-SEIA Solar Energy Focus Conference, being held November 17 & 18 at the Marriott Hotel Metro Center in Washington, DC, is expected to draw 300 of the Mid-Atlantic’s leading solar energy industry thought leaders including  investors, suppliers, legal experts, business leaders and policy makers.

Critical commercial issues, state and federal policy and trends, renewable energy finance, distributed generation, technology and federal procurement opportunities will be among the topics open for discussion and debate during the conference.

National solar champion and former Colorado Governor, the Honorable Bill Ritter, Jr., Nobel Prize winner on climate change Dr. John Byrne, Maryland Senator Ben Cardin (invited) and distributed generation expert John Farrell, will keynote the conference.

“In the past five years our annual Solar Focus conference has grown to become the nexus between the Mid-Atlantic’s solar industry, solar developers and financers, policymakers at the local, state and national level, solar manufacturers, professional service firms and other entities in our regional solar community,” said MDV-SEIA president Tony Clifford. “Given the growth and changes in this industry and the challenges it is facing as a result, we expect this year’s event to be the most dynamic yet.”

Register for the conference at http://mdvseia.camp7.org/upcoming-events

MDV-SEIA plays a critical role in increasing regional renewable energy requirements and reducing barriers to the greater use of solar energy. Its members include professionals and organizations along each step of the solar supply chain who are dedicated to growing solar locally and nationally.

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About MDV-SEIA

MDV-SEIA is the Maryland, District of Columbia, and Virginia chapter of the Solar Energy Industry Association (SEIA). With membership exceeding 100 companies, MDV-SEIA is one of the most active regional solar organizations in the United States. MDV-SEIA has helped shape solar-friendly legislation and, through working with key figures throughout the industry, is committed to maintaining the strong momentum of the solar energy industry.

Solar Energy Focus 2011 – Coming to Washington D.C. on November 17 & 18

Solar Energy Focus
Conference 2011


Dinner: Thursday, November 17
Conference: Friday, November 18

Marriott Hotel Metro Center
775 12th Street NW
Washington DC 20005

Our fifth year as the premier MD, DC, VA and Mid-Atlantic
solar and renewable energy conference

Solar has made tremendous strides in the Mid-Atlantic over the last 
few years and MDV-SEIA has led the policy changes that have created 
this market.  In the last two years alone, MDV SEIA’s leadership has 
resulted in increased state mandated requirements as well as 
increased penalties for non-compliance, creation of a solar thermal 
market, improvements to net metering, and game changing gains in the 
deployment of these green energy technologies.  Please join us as we 
reflect on the successes, recognize 
the challenges, discuss the implications, chart our course for the 
future and simply engage each other.

Our attendees include:
• More than three hundred participants from industry, policy makers 
and other stakeholders
• Companies actively engaged or exploring the local market
• Investors, suppliers and professional services firms
• Federal, state and local politicians and policy makers advancing 
the renewable revolution 
• In past years attendees have included Maryland Governor Martin 
O’Malley, Congressman Chris Van Hollen, Maryland Senate Majority 
Leader Senator Garagiola; Maryland House Majority Leader Kumar 
Barve; Washington DC Council Member Mary Cheh; Maryland Energy 
Administration Director Malcolm Woolf; Virginia Department of Mines, 
Minerals and Energy Director Ken Jurman; Nobel Prize Winner and 
University of Delaware Distinguished Professor of Energy & Climate 
Policy Dr. John Byrne; and business leaders from the 110 member 
companies of MDV-SEIA and all major regional utilities. 

The 2011 topics:
• State Policy: as an incubator for federal policy
• State Policy: recent changes, 2012 renewable agenda and 
implications for your business
• Renewable Finance: project finance and corporate finance
• Distributed Generation: economics  and impact on the utility grid
• Technology: what will be available in 2012; game changers; and 
lessons learned
• Federal Procurement: where the opportunities are and how to 
benefit 
For more information please email: events@mdv-seia.org