When: Friday, Nov. 1 to Sunday, Nov. 3, 2013 at Crystal Mountain Resort

What: A conference inviting leaders from business, industry, government and non-profit organizations to explore the future of energy, the economy and the environment of Michigan. 

The program includes:

• Renewable Energy - esp. wind & solar - inc. transmission & storage

• Energy Efficiency & Conservation - inc. Passive House Standard, Plug In Electric Vehicles

• Hydrocarbon Deposits - inc. Extraction, Transportation, Fracking, Peaking & Supply

• Climate Change - Global Warming, Carbon Dioxide

• Food Growth & Distribution

• Land Use & Urban Planning

• Economics Update - inc. breakthroughs and findings in economic research

• Big Picture / Systems Thinking - Energy, Economy, Environment, Civilization

Speakers Include:

• David Hughes - The Future of Hydrocarbon Energy

• William R. Catton Jr. - Overshoot - The Ecological Basis of Revolutionary Change

• Marija Ilic - Smart Grid to Sustainability:  Two Low Cost Green Azores Islands

• Charles A.S. Hall - Energy Return on Energy Investment (EROI)

• Bill Schoenlein - Pumped Storage in Michigan, CMS

• Chuck Conlen - Utility Wind Projects, DTE

• Bill White - "America's Power Plan"

• Dennis McKee - Smart Electric Metering, CMS

• Jim MacInnes - Biophysical Economics

• Jan Mueller - Innovation, Investment & Adapting to a New Energy Reality

• Jim Olson - Protecting Michigan's Water

• Paul Isley - Michigan's Economy: Past, Present, Future

• Arnold Boezaart - Off Shore Wind in the Great Lakes

• Skip Pruss - High Penetration Scenarios

• John Sarver - Community Solar

• Barry Johnson - Leveraging Economic Interests & Environmental Interests

• Peter Sinclair - Climate Change

• Nicole Foss - Global View: Energy, Environment, Finance

• Laurence Boomert - Community Solutions & Revitalization

• Aaron Wissner - Designing for a Local Future

• Brian Keeley - Ordinances on Industrial Activity and Hydrocarbon Extraction

FOR DETAILS AND REGISTRATION, VISIT WWW.FUTUREMICHIGAN.ORG