25th Annual Spring Conference
PIONEERING PARTNERSHIPS: Empowering Energy Innovation and Growth
IPPNY's 25th Annual Spring Conference - Troy Hilton Garden Inn - Troy, NY
May 10 & 11, 2011
AGENDA
8:00 to 9:00 AM
Breakfast & Registration
9:00 to 9:15
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Gavin J. Donohue, President & CEO
Independent Power Producers of New York
9:15 to 10:15
Legislative Leadership Update
Hon. George Maziarz
Senator & Chairman
NYS Senate Energy Committee
Hon. Kevin Cahill
Member of Assembly & Chairman
NYS Assembly Energy Committee
10:15 to 10:45
Inside the Executive Office
Thomas Congdon, Assistant Secretary for Energy and the Environment
Office of the Governor
10:45 to 11:00
Coffee Break
11:00 to 11:30
Balancing Energy, Environment and Economic Development
Joseph Martens, Commissioner
NYS Department of Environmental Conservation
11:30 to 12:00 PM
New York State & Federal Regulatory Update
Sam Laniado, Principal
Read & Laniado and IPPNY Outside Counsel
12:00 to 1:15
Empowering Energy Innovation & Growth - The Marcellus Shale Debate
Katherine Sinding
Senior Attorney and Deputy Director of the New York Urban Program
Natural Resources Defense Council
Michael Joy
PhD, Adjunct Professor of Oil and Gas Law
SUNY Buffalo Law School
Partner
Biltekoff & Joy, LLP
Moderator: Fred LeBrun, Columnist, Albany Times Union
1:15 to 2:15
Lunch and Keynote Address
Hon. Eric Schneiderman
NYS Attorney General
Eric T. Schneiderman was elected the 65th Attorney General of New York State on November 2, 2010. As Attorney General, Schneiderman is the highest ranking law enforcement officer for the State, responsible for representing New York and its residents in legal matters. Schneiderman has established restoring the public's faith in its public and private sector institutions as key priorities for the Attorney General's office, by focusing on areas including public integrity, economic justice, social justice and environmental protection.
In his first weeks in office, Attorney General Schneiderman has launched an aggressive plan to root out fraud and return money illegally stolen from New York taxpayers at no additional cost to the state. This initiative includes a new "Taxpayer Protection Unit" specifically designed to go after corruption in state contracts, pension fund rip-offs, and large-scale tax cheats. Schneiderman has also bolstered the Attorney General's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, which has already recovered millions of dollars to taxpayers under his watch by cracking down on fraud in the Medicaid program. In addition, Schneiderman has repeatedly stood up to powerful interests on behalf of New Yorkers, suing a Pennsylvania power plant emitting dangerous sulphur dioxide into our air, taking on several tobacco companies for illegally selling cigarettes online amid a teen smoking epidemic, and shutting down fake immigration services companies scheming to defraud victims of the Haiti earthquake.
As the state's top law enforcement officer, Attorney General Schneiderman brings with him a wealth of experience, in both the public and private sectors. Before becoming Attorney General, Schneiderman served in the New York State Senate as a leading reformer, and was praised by numerous editorial pages and good government organizations as a rare leader in Albany who stood up to leaders of both parties to reform government and get results for New Yorkers. Among his many legislative accomplishments, Schneiderman passed the most sweeping ethics reforms in a generation, chaired the committee to expel a corrupt senator for the first time in modern history, and passed the toughest law in the nation to root out fraud against taxpayers.
The Attorney General previously spent 15 years in private practice as an attorney, and later as a partner at the firm of Kirkpatrick and Lockhart, where he handled complex litigation. He was also a public interest lawyer for many years, representing taxpayers in historic lawsuits against the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA), tenants trying to evict drug dealers from their buildings, and women seeking access to health clinics.
Attorney General Schneiderman graduated from Amherst College in 1977 and Harvard Law School in 1982. He is the proud father of a daughter, Catherine.
Are you an IPPNY Member interested in sponsoring an event? Contact Vanessa LaClair, CMP at (518) 436-3749 for more information.
Thank you to this year's reception sponsors!
Read and Laniado, LLP
Nixon Peabody, LLP
Hiscock & Barclay, LLP
Couch White, LLP
Desmond Hotel & Conference Center
660 Albany-Shaker Road
Albany, NY 12211
Need a room? A block of rooms has been held at the Desmond Hotel for exhibitors and conference attendees. To book your room, please contact the Desmond Hotel at 518-869-8100. Let them know you would like to book with the Independent Power Producers of New York Spring Conference. The Group rate is $140.00. The room block will be available until April 15, 2016 or until rooms are sold out. Book early to guarantee your room!
Online reservations are also available!
Access or Promotional code: 4011
From the South:
Take the NYS Thruway (I-87) North to Exit 23. After the toll, follow to I-787 North. Take Exit 4 and follow the signs to Broadway by turning left at the 1st traffic light. Continue on Broadway and turn left on State Street. Continue up State Street to the 2nd traffic light and turn right on Lodge Street. The Hilton Albany is on the corner of 40 Lodge Street.
From the North:
Take the 'Northway' (I-87) South to I-90 East. Follow I-90 East to I-787 South. Use Exit 4B (Clinton Avenue). At the light, turn left onto Broadway. At the 4th traffic light, turn right on State Street . Continue up State Street to the 2nd traffic light and turn right on Lodge Street. The Hilton Albany is on the corner of 40 Lodge Street.
