| *** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE *** Boulder, | | | | · Denis Hayes, President of the Bullitt Foundation, |
| Colorado USA / February 22, 2006 | | | | Chairman of the Earth Day Network, and |
| AMERICAN SOLAR ENERGY SOCIETY (ASES) | | | | organizer of the original Earth Day ( |
| SOLAR 2006 CONFERENCE IN DENVER, JULY 8 - | | | | · Marty Hoffert, NYU Physics Professor, and |
| 13: "RENEWABLE ENERGY: KEY TO CLIMATE | | | | leading proponent of advanced solutions to climate |
| RECOVERY" | | | | change ( |
| Climate change and the increasing instability of | | | | · Frank Kreith, ASME Fellow, and a pioneer in |
| energy supplies are in the news more and more. | | | | solar engineering & heat transfer ( |
| In an effort to showcase Renewable Energy as | | | | · Robert Socolow, Co-Director of Princeton's |
| the key to both Climate Recovery and Energy | | | | Carbon Mitigation Initiative, and published author of |
| Independence, the American Solar Energy Society | | | | climate change solutions ( |
| ( will hold its SOLAR 2006 Conference ( July 8-13 | | | | · Franz Trieb, German Aerospace Center, |
| at the Adam's Mark Hotel in downtown Denver, | | | | international expert on large-scale solar thermal |
| Colorado ( | | | | power plants, and project leader of "Concentrating |
| The ASES conference is America's largest and | | | | Solar Power for the Mediterranean" ( |
| most prestigious annual gathering of sustainable | | | | · Warren Washington, Chair of the National |
| energy professionals. Many prominent experts in | | | | Science Board, Head of NCAR's Climate Change |
| the fields of renewable energy and climate change | | | | Research Section, and climate change modeling |
| are scheduled to speak at SOLAR 2006: | | | | pioneer ( |
| · Dan Arvizu, Director of the National Renewable | | | | · Additional speakers to be announced. |
| Energy Laboratory, member of the National | | | | Thousands of distinguished attendees from all |
| Science Board, and international renewable energy | | | | over the world (leading scientists, engineers, |
| expert ( | | | | architects, designers, policymakers, educators, |
| · Dennis Dimick, Senior Editor of Environment & | | | | utility representatives, and other renewable |
| Technology for National Geographic magazine, and | | | | energy decision-makers) will also attend the |
| the driving force behind the magazine's coverage | | | | conference. Thousands more are expected to |
| of climate change ( | | | | visit the exhibition hall, forums, technical sessions, |
| · James Hansen, Director of Goddard Institute | | | | workshops, tours, and special events to network |
| for Space Studies, NASA's top climate change | | | | and learn more about renewable energy's crucial |
| scientist, and champion for climate change | | | | role in our future. |
| education ( | | | | |