A national two-day comprehensive conference that looks at how tribes can develop self-sufficient, non-grid power generation and how utility companies can develop alliances and ventures with tribal entities will be held July 17 and 18, 2007 in Washington, DC.

 

Continuing in the Law Seminars International tradition of assembling tribal energy programs that are pertinent and comprised of top-level faculty actually involved in policy work and implementation, LSI is bringing this conference to the legislative doorstep of our nation's capitol.  Joe Shirley, President, Navajo Nation, will open the conference and discuss energy development and tribal self determination. Former chair of the Senate Energy Committee, Senator J. Bennett Johnston (Ret.), will bring tribal leaders, attorneys, industry executives and agency officials up-to-date on federal policies and key legislation in the 110th  Congress; Thomas W. Sacco, Director, Tribal Energy Program, U.S. Department of Energy, will provide the latest on funding and incentives; Carl J. Artman, Assistant Secretary, and Robert Middleton, Director, Indian Energy/Economic Development, at the US Department of the Interior, will discuss assistance for tribal energy development; and the role of the U.S. Department of Agriculture in renewable development in rural America will be addressed by Tedd Buelow, Acting Native American Coordinator.

 

Other members of this distinguished faculty will share strategies for getting the deals done; finding funding, developing new coal-fired generation and commercially viable energy technologies based on solar, wind and geothermal resources. 

 

Here is an opportunity for leading national energy professionals to meet their peers and hear the latest information on tribal energy development.

 

Law Seminars International is an educational organization presenting high quality professional continuing education programs throughout the U.S. and Canada.