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presented by Capital One Bank
Thursday, October 22, from 8:30 am - 5:00 pm
at the newly renovated LBJ Library
followed by a reception and the Greenlights Fall 2009 Board Summit

Topics and Speakers

Join the region's foremost experts in examining some of our community's most critical infrastructure issues - energy, water, and transportation. Fast forward into the future and discover what we must know today to lead these issues tomorrow.
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City and Regional Planning

Sally Campbell - Executive Director, Envision Central Texas (Panel Moderator)
Joe Cantalupo - Executive Director, CAMPO
Mike Krusee - Board Member, Congress for the New Urbanism
Garner Stoll - Assistant Director, City of Austin Planning and Development Review Department

Energy: Electricity and the Green Economy

Hector Aguilar - Professor and Department Chair, Electronics & Advanced Technologies, Austin Community College
Robert Bryce - Managing Editor, Energy Tribune
Larry Graham - Texas Gas Service (Panel Moderator)
Brewster McCracken - Pecan Street Project
Cheryl Mele - Chief Operations Officer, Austin Energy

Water: Quality and Quantity

Dave Anderson - Client Service Manager, Black & Veatch (Panel Moderator)
George Cofer - Executive Director, Hill Country Conservancy
Tom Mason - General Manager, Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA)
Jennifer Walker - Water Resources Specialist, The Sierra Club Lone Star Chapter

Transportation: Roads and Rails

Doug Allen - Executive Vice President & Chief Development Officer, Capital Metro
Andrew Clements - Project Manager, Austin ISD (Panel Moderator)
Stevie Greathouse - Principal Planner, CAMPO
Mike Heiligenstein - Executive Director, CTRMA
Todd Hemingson - Vice President of Planning, Capital Metro
Ross Milloy - President, Austin-San Antonio Intermunicipal Rail District
Robert Spillar - Director, City of Austin Transportation

Featured Leader: Fireside Chat

Travis County Judge Sam Biscoe