BioEnergy Texas Welcomes NASDAQ.AUSTIN, Texas -- The organizers of the upcoming, statewide BioEnergy Texas - Conference 2006 officially announced today several of the speakers who will be featured at the event. In working to bring the finance discussion to the renewable energy sector in Texas, NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on will be on-hand at the Conference. Vice President - Corporate Client Group, Demetrios Skalkotos, and Vice President - Marketing, John Jacobs will be the featured speakers during the luncheon session on Thursday, October 26, 2006. NASDAQ co-founded The Clean Technology Index in May of this year. There is a commitment by NASDAQ to this emerging sector. The speakers will discuss why there is this emphasis, what global finance markets are doing in response to the growing renewables sector, and they will discuss projections for the industry. The renewable energy sector in Texas is fast-growing, with a great deal of attention being directed from both the private sector, and from State government. A MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT will be made during the Conference: The Governor's Statewide Bioenergy Initiative. The Conference is being held in Lubbock, Texas - the heart of many of the agricultural crops in discussion for biodiesel and ethanol use; the heart of the biomass opportunity due to the cattle industry; and the heart of Texas' wind energy development. Other national speakers featured at the BioEnergy Texas Conference include: Retired Lt. Col. William "Bill" Holmberg of The American Council on Renewable Energy The American Council On Renewable Energy (ACORE), is a non-profit organization with headquarters in Washington DC. It was founded in 2001 as a unifying forum dedicated to bringing renewable energy into the mainstream of American’s economy and lifestyle. (ACORE ACORE American Council on Renewable Energy ACORE Australian Centre of Regulatory Economics ACORE Atomic Core Orbitals ), The Honorable Thomas Dorr/USDA, John Ashworth of NREL NREL National Renewable Energy Laboratory NREL Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory (Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO) (National Renewable Energy Laboratory The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), located in Golden, Colorado, as part of the U.S. Department of Energy, is the United States' primary laboratory for renewable energy and energy efficiency research and development. ), Dee Vaughan/Chairman of the National Corn Growers Association The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) is a U.S. national organization founded in 1957, representing more than 33,000 dues-paying corn growers from 48 states and the interests of more than 300,000 farmers who contribute to corn checkoff programs in 20 states. , and Curtis Donaldson/Chairman of the National Ethanol Vehicle Association. More information, including registration can be obtained at: www.bioenergytexas.org |
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