SOLAR 2006 - "Renewable Energy: Key to Climate Recovery" July 8-13 in Denver

*** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE *** Boulder,· Denis Hayes, President of the Bullitt Foundation,
Colorado USA / February 22, 2006Chairman 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 CLIMATEleading 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 EnergyCarbon Mitigation Initiative, and published author of
Independence, the American Solar Energy Societyclimate 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 andSolar Power for the Mediterranean" (
most prestigious annual gathering of sustainable· Warren Washington, Chair of the National
energy professionals. Many prominent experts inScience Board, Head of NCAR's Climate Change
the fields of renewable energy and climate changeResearch 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 NationalThousands of distinguished attendees from all
Science Board, and international renewable energyover 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, andenergy decision-makers) will also attend the
the driving force behind the magazine's coverageconference. Thousands more are expected to
of climate change (visit the exhibition hall, forums, technical sessions,
· James Hansen, Director of Goddard Instituteworkshops, tours, and special events to network
for Space Studies, NASA's top climate changeand learn more about renewable energy's crucial
scientist, and champion for climate changerole in our future.
education (