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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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