2008

Event: Boston University Energy Club Speaker Series, Boston, MA, September 17
Title: Catching Europe: Is US Renewable Energy Policy up to the Challenge?

Event: Austrian Wood Pellet and Solar Thermal Delegation Business Networking Seminar, Gardner, MA, September 8th
Title: Residential Renewable Heating
Co-Author: Ian Finlayson

Event: MIT Energy Club Wind Policy Discussion, Cambridge, MA, August 11

Event: The Missing Piece in Climate Policy - Renewable Heating & Cooling in Germany and the U.S., Washingotn, DC July 31st
     Arne Jungjohan (Chair), Heinrich Böll Foundation
     Rep. Jay Inslee (D-WA)
     Felix Matthes, Öko-Institut Berlin
     Les Nelson, Solar Rating and Certification Corporation
     Wilson Rickerson, Rickerson Energy Strategies, LLC

Event: United Nations Environment Programme Sustainable Energy Finance Alliance 12th Call Seminar, July 17th
     Jamie Brown (Chair), Basel Agency for Sustainable Energy
     Paul Gipe
     Miguel Mendonca, World Future Council,
     Wilson Rickerson, Rickerson Energy Strategies, LLC

Event: The Missing Piece in Climate Policy - Renewable Heating & Cooling in Germany and the U.S., Waltham, MA July 9th
     Arne Jungjohan (Chair), Heinrich Böll Foundation
     Dwayne Breger, Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources
     Sander Cohan, Energy Security Analysis, Inc.
     Felix Matthes, Öko-Institut Berlin
     Charlie Niebling, New England Wood Pellet
     Wilson Rickerson, Rickerson Energy Strategies, LLC

Event: California Energy Commission Renewable Energy "Feed-In" Tariffs Staff Workshop, Sacramento, CA, June 30th

Event: CitySol, New York, NY, June 29th
Panel: Solar Power Potential & Politics in New York City & State: Science, Policy & Activism
     Shaun Chapman (Chair), Vote Solar
     Richard Perez, SUNY Albany Atmospheric Sciences Research Center
     Wilson Rickerson, Rickerson Energy Strategies, LLC
     Fred Zalcman, SunEdison

Event: World Wind Energy Conference, 2008, Kingston, ON, June 26th
Panel: Community Biogas
     Jake Debruyn (Chair), Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Rural Affairs
     Ryan Little, StormFisher Biogas
     Graeme Millen, Agri Energy Producers of Ontario
     Wilson Rickerson, Rickerson Energy Strategies, LLC
     Clare Riepma, PlanET Biogas Solutions

Event: World Wind Energy Conference, 2008, Kingston, ON, June 25th
Panel: National Wind Power Policies
     Hugo Lucas (Chair), IDAE
     Wilson Rickerson (Chair), Rickerson Energy Strategies, LLC
     Everaldo Feitosa, Eólica Tecnologia
     Shahid Hamid, World Wind Energy Association
     Shi Pengfei, Chinese Wind Energy Association
     Åsa Sundqvist
     Tanay Uyar, Eurosolar

Event: World Wind Energy Conference, 2008, Kingston, ON June 24th
Panel: Provinces, States & Regions
     Tore Wizelius (Chair), Gotland University
     Paul Gipe (Chair)
     Ng Hok, Indepdent Electricity Systems Operators
     Wilson Rickerson, Rickerson Energy Strategies, LLC

Event: World Wind Energy Conference, 2008, Kingston, ON June 24th
Panel: How to Advance North America? Challenges & Solutions
     Heinrich Bartelt (Chair), German Wind Energy Association
     Deb Dorncaster, Community Power Fund
     Paul Gipe
     Roger Peters, Pembina Institute
     Wilson Rickerson, Rickerson Energy Strategies, LLC
     Kai Schlegelmilch, German Federal Ministry for the Environment

Event: World Wind Energy Conference, 2008, Kingston, ON, June 24th
Panel: Feed-in tariffs as Innovative Policy Tools
     Heinrich Bartelt (Chair), German Wind Energy Association
     Miguel Mendonça, World Future Council
     Verki Tunteng, Centre for International Sustainable Development Law
     Wilson Rickerson, Rickerson Energy Strategies, LLC

Title: The Missing Piece in Climate Policy - Renewable Heating & Cooling in Germany and the U.S.
Event: 4th German American Renewable Energy Conference - Biomass: Power, Heat, and Fuels, Syracuse, NY, June 24th
Co-authors: Sander Cohan, Tina Halfpenny, and Katherine Stainken

Event: Renewable Energy Payments in the US: Prospects and Perspectives, Washington, DC, June 18th
     Arne Jungjohan (Moderator), Heinrich Böll Foundation North America
     Rep. Jay Inslee (D-WA)
     Wilson Rickerson, Rickerson Energy Strategies, LLC
     Janet Sawin, Worldwatch Institute
     Anthony White, Climate Change Capital

Event: 2nd New York City Solar Summit, New York, NY, June 17th
Panel: International Successes, Policy and Case Studies
     Wilson Rickerson (Chair), Rickerson Energy Strategies, LLC
     Nat Bullard, New Energy Finance
     Cecilia Martinez, Center for Energy and Environmental Policy

Event: Florida Solar Energy Industries Association Workshop, Orlando, FL, June 5th
     Steve Chadima, Energy Innovations
     Wilson Rickerson, Rickerson Energy Strategies, LLC
     Gwen Rose, Vote Solar

Event: Solar Power International 2008, San Diego, CA, October 14th
Panel: A Growing Worldwide Market: Solar Thermal Heating and Cooling
     Wilson Rickerson (Chair), Rickerson Energy Strategies, LLC
     Andrew McAllister, California Center for Sustainable Energy
     Rick Reed, SunEarth
     Gerhard Stryi-Hipp, German Solar Industry Association

Event: Interstate Renewable Energy Council 2008 Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, October 13th
Panel: Solar America Cities Reports
     Charlie Hemmeline (Chair), US Department of Energy
     Leslie Libby, Austin Energy
     Andrew McAllister, California Center for Sustainable Energy
     Johanna Partin, City of San Francisco
     Wilson Rickerson, Rickerson Energy Strategies, LLC
Event: Renewable Energy Payments (REPs): The Most Effective Policy Option for Achieving Energy Security, Job Creation and the Rapid Deployment of Renewable Energy, San Diego, CA, October 12th
Panel: Lessons from Europe - Deployment of Successful Renewable Energy Policies
     Bianca Barth (Chair), World Future Council
     Paul Gipe, Wind-Works.org
     Gerhard Stryi-Hipp, German Solar Industry Association
     Wilson Rickerson, Rickerson Energy Strategies, LLC
Event: Renewable Energy Payments (REPs): The Most Effective Policy Option for Achieving Energy Security, Job Creation and the Rapid Deployment of Renewable Energy, San Diego, CA, October 12th
Panel: The Potential Opportunity if Policies are Right?
     Wilson Rickerson (Chair), Rickerson Energy Strategies, LLC
     Angelina Galiteva, World Council for Renewable Energy
     John Geesman, American Council for Renewable Energy
     V. John White, Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technologies

Event: The Missing Piece in Climate Policies: Renewable Heating and Cooling in Germany and the U.S., Washington, DC, April 23
Co-Authors: Sander Cohan, Christina Halfpenny, and Katherine Stainken
     Arne Jungjohan (Chair), Heinrich Böll Foundation North America
     Andrea Meyer, German Federal Ministry for Environment
     Wilson Rickerson, Rickerson Energy Strategies, LLC
     Sander Cohan, Christina Halfpenny, and Katherine Stainken

Title: Thinking Big about Solar Cities
Event: Solar America Cities 1st Annual Meeting, Tucson, AZ, April 16th

Title: Lessons from Boston's Green Building Zoning and Green Affordable Housing Initiatives
Event: Solar America Cities 1st Annual Meeting, Tucson, AZ, April 15th
Co-author: Brad Swing
Panel: Permitting, Zoning, and Solar Access Laws
     Rusty Haynes (Chair), North Carolina Solar Center
     Warren Cox, Sandia National Laboratory
     Leslie Libby, City of Austin
     Mary Tucker, City of San Jose

Event: Windustry Community Wind Energy 2008, Albany, NY, April 14th
Panel: Public Policy; What Works and What's Needed?
     Commissioner Peggy Beltrone (Chair), Cascade County, Montana
     Sen. Ellen Anderson, Minnesota Senate
     Carol Murphy, Alliance for Clean Energy New York
     Wilson Rickerson, Rickerson Energy Strategies, LLC

Title: The Emergence of Feed-in Tariffs in the US
Event: Windustry Community Wind Energy 2008 Side Event, Albany, NY, April 13th

Event: Northeast Sustainable Energy Association Building Energy 2008, Boston, MA March 12th
Panel: Innovative Policy Solutions for States & Municipalities
     Wilson Rickerson (Chair), Rickerson Energy Strategies
     John Byrne, Center for Energy and Environmental Policy
     Tria Case, Center for Sustainable Enregy
     Brad Swing, City of Boston

Event: Solar Boston Kick-Off Workshop, Boston, MA, January 10th
Panel: Thinking Big about Boston's Solar Energy Future
     Brad Swing (Chair), City of Boston
     Jon Abe, Massachusetts Technology Collaborative
     Tina Halfpenny, National Grid
     Patrick McDonnell, NSTAR
     Wilson Rickerson, Rickerson Energy Strategies

2007

Event: On the Road to Bali: Strengthening Transatlantic Climate Cooperation, San Francisco, Ca, November 16th
Panel: Promoting renewable energies with renewable portfolio standards (RPS) and feed-in incentives
     Ulrich Grothus, DAAD New York (Chair)
     John Geesman, California Energy Commission
     Christian Hey, German Advisory Council on the Environment
     Danyel Reiche, Environmental Policy Research Center
     Wilson Rickerson, Rickerson Energy Strategies LLC

Event: NASCUA Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA, November, 11th
Panel: Innovations in Sustainable Energy Policy and Regulation
     Bruce Biewald, Synapse Energy Economics
     Jason Houck, Center for Energy and Environmental Policy
     Wilson Rickerson, Rickerson Energy Strategies, LLC

Title: Renewable energy technologies: Ready for prime time?
Event: Time for Transition Lecture Series
College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA, October 26th

Title: Campus sustainability: Lessons for William and Mary
Event: Time for Transition Lecture Series
College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA, October 25th

Event: Solar Power 2007 Conference, Long Beach, CA, September 26th
Panel: The Great Incentive Debate
     Tom Starrs (Chair), PPM Energy
     Cecilia Aguillon, Kyocera Solar
     Barry Cinnamon, Akeena Solar
     Stephen Frantz, Sacramento Municipal Utility District
     Wilson Rickerson, Rickerson Energy Strategies, LLC

Title: The Debate over Fixed Price Incentives for Renewable Electricity in Europe and the US
Event: UCSB Bren School of Environmental Science and Management Presentation, Santa Barbara, CA, September 25th

Event: SolarCity Workshop, Long Beach, CA, September 24th
Panel: Leading the Solar Revolution in Your Community, Your City, Your Neighborhood
     Tom Kimbis (Chair), US Department of Energy
     Cal Broomhead, San Francisco Department of Environment
     Tam Hunt, Community Environmental Council
     Bruce Karney, SolarCity
     Anthony Pereira, altPOWER
     Wilson Rickerson, Rickerson Energy Strategies LLC
     Stephanie Stoppenhagen, CH2M Hill

Event: German Marshall Fund of the US and Heinrich Böll Foundation Capitol Hill Series
Panel: Climate Change and the Future of U.S. and EU Energy Policy
     Wilson Rickerson, Rickerson Energy Strategies LLC
     Christine Wörlen, Deutsche Energie-Agentur GmbH (dena)

Event: SOLAR 2007 Conference, Cleveland, OH, July 12th
Panel: National Renewable Energy Incentives
     Brad Collins (Chair), American Solar Energy Society
     Dahn Bihn, Bihn Systems
     Paul Gipe, Ontario Sustainable Energy Association
     Wilson Rickerson, Rickerson Energy Strategies LLC

Title: The Market for Photovoltaic Systems in New York City
Event: New York City Solar Summit, New York, NY, June 21st

Event: CA Energy Commission Workshop on Feed-in Tariffs, Sacramento, CA, May 21st
Panel: Feed-in Tariffs
     Hans Cleijne, KEMA, Inc.
     Paul Gipe, Ontario Sustainable Energy Association
     Jonathan Lesser, Bates White
     Wilson Rickerson, Rickerson Energy Strategies LLC

Title: What Can the U.S. Learn from European Feed-In Tariffs?
Interstate Renewable Energy Council Web Seminar, May 8th

Title: Local Solutions to Global Energy Problems
Boyer Colloquium at Highland Community College, Freeport, IL, March 12th

Title: German experience with renewable energy policy
Event: Clean Energy States Alliance Teleconference
     Uwe Büsgen, Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Reaktorsicherheit
     Wilson Rickerson, Rickerson Energy Strategies, LLC

Title: The Climate Project® Presents An Inconvenient Truth
     Hingham League of Women Voters, Hingham, MA, September 18th
     DAAD and CDS International Alumni Network Event, New York, NY, July 17th
     Wellesley Rotary Club, Wellesley, MA, June 18th
     City of Boston Department of Neighborhood Development, Boston, MA, June 6th
     City of Medford Climate Change Event, Medford, MA, April 25th
     Bronx Community College Climate Change Event, Bronx, NY, April 24th
     Lee and Low Books, New York, NY, April 23rd
     Stevens Institute of Technology ISSA 6th Annual Graduate Student Conference, Hoboken, NJ, April, 18th

2006

Event: Local Approaches to a Sustainable Energy Future Conference, Boston, MA, November 16th
Panel: Renewable Portfolio Standards and Tradable Certificate Programs

     Alan Nogee (Chair), Union of Concerned Scientists
     Robert C. Grace, Sustainable Energy Advantage
     Wilson Rickerson, Rickerson Energy Strategies, LLC

Title: The emergence of renewable energy tariff policies in North America
Event: American Wind Energy Society WINDPOWER 2006, Pittsburgh, PA, June 6th
Co-author: Melinda Zytaruk
Panel: Federal and State Policies

     Steve Clemmer (Chair), Union of Concerned Scientists
     Nate Blair, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
     John McKinsey, Stoel Rives LLP
     Chris Namovicz, Energy Information Adminsitration
     Wilson Rickerson, Center for Sustainable Energy

Event: Urban Resources: Implementing Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency in New York City, Bronx, NY, May 16th
Panel: New York City's Clean Energy Future
     Carlos Alicea, For a Better Bronx
     Brent Baker, Tri-State Biodiesel
     Jeff Perlman, BrightPower
     Wilson Rickerson, Center for Sustainable Energy

Title: Municipal climate change initiatives and the policy framework for greenhouse gas reductions in New York City
Event: International Solar Cities Congress, Oxford, UK, April 4th
Co-author: Kristen Hughes
Panel: Institutional Policies, Legislation and Regulation
     Eric Martinot (Chair), Tsinghua University
     Kristin Hughes, University of Delaware
     Katy Janda, Oberlin College
     Gavin Killip, Oxford University Centre for the Environment
     Wilson Rickerson, Center for Sustainable Energy

Title: Financing renewable energy on public buildings
Event: 11th Sino-American Conference on Education, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China, June 15th
Co-author: Tria Case

Title: The science and economics of photovoltaic systems
Event: 29th Annual Science Council of New York City Conference, New York, NY, March 25th

2005

Title: Accelerating and maximizing solar initiatives across New York State.
Event: Testimony submitted to the New York Senate Democratic Task Force on an Alternative Energy Future, Albany, NY, November 17th
Co-author: Tria Case

Event: Eco-Metropolis 2005, New York, NY, November 12th
Panel: Alternative Energy for the Metro Area
     Samual Krevor (Chair), SustainUS
     Gordian Raacke, Renewable Energy Long Island
     Wilson Rickerson, Center for Sustainable Energy
     Matt Williamson, Natsource LLC

Title: Analyzing the role of state electricity policies on U.S. PV market growth.
Event: ISES Solar World Congress, Orlando, FL, August 11th
Co-authors: John Byrne, Lado Kurdgeliashvili
Panel: Commercialization Strategies for Sustained RE Development
     Andy Black, Solar Energy Systems
     David Hill, Vermont Energy Investment Corporation
     Don Osborn, Spectrum Energy, Inc.
     Alexandre Pavlovski, Green Power Labs, Inc.

Event: 11th Annual ECOFEST Environmental Conference
Panel: The Future of Solar & Renewable Energy and its Sustainability, September, 25th
     Bruce M. Kahn, SmithBarney
     Wilson Rickerson, Center for Sustainable Energy
     Jordan Valdina, Alfandre Architecture

Event: Solar Cities Baseline Workshop, Newark, DE, August 6th
Panel: Review of Solar Cities Activities
     Michael Krause, Green Institute
     Monica Oliphant, University of South Australia
     Wilson Rickerson, Center for Energy and Environmental Policy
     Sue Roaf, Oxford Brookes University

Title: Renewable energy in Southeastern Europe: A case study of Albania.
Event: Association of American Geographers Conference, Denver, CO, April 7th
Co-author: Ryan Perroy
Panel: Energy Development and Society
     Shannon O'Lear, University of Kansas
     Kolson Lee Schlosser, Penn State University
     Rolf Sternberg, Montclair State University

Title: Emerging policy support for PV
Event: International Association for Science, Technology, & Society 20th Annual Meeting and Conference, Baltimore, MD, February 11th

2004

Event: 10th Annual ECOFEST Environmental Conference
Panel: The Future of Solar & Renewable Energy and it's Sustainability, September, 25th
     Marc Brammer, New York Climate Rescue
     Brian Magden, US General Services Administration
     Wilson Rickerson, Center for Energy and Environmental Policy

Title: Integrating photovoltaics into performance contracts: Barriers & opportunities
Event: EuroSun2004 Conference, Freiburg, Germany, June 23rd, 2004

2003

Title: Generating business development opportunities through large-scale solar energy financing
Event: Northeast Sustainable Energy Association Mid-Atlantic Sustainable Energy Conference, June 5th, 2003
Co-author: Tria Case
Panel: New Renewable Energy Strategies
     Cassandra Kling, NJ Board of Public Utilities
     Rev. Fletcher Harper, Partners for Environmental Quality, Inc.



 
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