News & Hot Topics

CAMPS member councils and staff are currently working on Initiatives relating to Alternative and Clean Energy. These include Collective Manufacturing Opportunities, Workforce Development, and Supply Chain Positioning within these markets. The listed meetings and summits directly impact the CAMPS Alternative and Clean Energy Initiatives.

Alternative and Clean Energy Meeting Information:

May 13 - 15

Community Energy Roadmap
Pacific Northwest Summit & Workshop
How do you best harness your communities efficiency and energy opportunities?
With more and more interest on energy, municipalities, planned developments, industrial customers and more are looking at distributed energy and community-based energy solutions as part of the overall energy equation.This roadmap series focuses on the planning, the policy and the projects that will take us there.

http://www.sustainabilitypro.com/ces_home.html


May 4, 2009

CTED & Washington Clean Technology Alliance Present
Washington State Energy Summit

Live footage of Summit: 
   http://www.cted.wa.gov/   
Gov. Gregoire convenes energy leaders at Summit:
http://www.recovery.wa.gov/news-view.asp?pressRelease=1223&newsType=1
CTED Summit Publication 



April 6, 2009

Washington's Innovation Summit 2009
Innovating to Sustain Our Future

Washington's Innovation Summit 2009 brought together nearly 400 innovators and thought leaders in sustainability and technology who are driving industry development in sustainable energy, innovative materials & manufacturing, urban sustainability, and healthy ecosystems.

http://watechcenter.org/?s=1603  See Video and Power Point Presentations


March 26, 2009

Washington State University - The Innovators
The Smart Grid: Powerful ideas for keeping us cool, connected, and competitive

What is a “smart grid,” and how will it affect our national competitiveness, our state’s economic viability, and your utility rates? Why is a smart grid central to President Obama’s stimulus plan?

http://theinnovators.wsu.edu/mar26/default.aspx  See Video and Power Point Presentations


March 3, 2009

Washington State University - The Innovators
Recovery or Reinvention? Strategies for the White House, the statehouse, and your house

When the U.S. economy starts moving again, will it be back to business as usual, or will we be forced to devise new economic strategies? Leading experts in innovation, economic development, and personal investing will answer your pressing questions about how to chart a sustainable path to prosperity. Egils Milbergs, Governor Gregoire’s liaison with the Obama transition team, brings insider knowledge of both federal and state stimulus plans. He’s joined by John Gardner, WSU vice president for economic development and extension, and John Nofsinger, WSU business professor and author of The Psychology of Investing and Infectious Greed: Restoring Confidence in America's Companies.

http://theinnovators.wsu.edu/mar3/default.aspx   See Video and Power Point Presentations

 

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