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Wind Boom Market USA

8:30 AM

Registration

9:30 AM	Welcome Speech
	Simone Pohl, President & CEO, German American Chamber of Commerce of the Midwest, Inc., Chicago

Political Conversation and the U.S. Wind Market

9:40 AM	"Current Overview of the U.S. Wind Energy Market"
	Britt Theismann, Director of Member Services, American Wind Energy Association (AWEA)
10:10 AM	"The German Wind Experience"
	Herman Albers, President, German WindEnergy Association (BWE)
10:40 AM	"Challenges and Opportunities in the U.S. Wind Market - Trends in Business Transactions"
	Daniel A. Yarano, Co-Chair, Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.
11:00 AM	Coffee Break

Project Development in the U.S.

11:30 AM	"Economics of Large-Scale Wind Projects"
	Tom Feiler, Director, Clipper Windpower Development Co.
11:50 AM	"Community Windprojects"
	Dr. Leon Steinberg, President, National Wind LLC
12:10 PM	Questions & Answers
12:30 PM	Lunch Buffet

Successful Market-Entry and Supply Chain in the U.S.

2:00 PM	"The German Federal Ministry of Technology‘s Export Initiative Program for Renewable Energy"
	Wilhelm Berg, Coordinator Exportinitiative Renewable Energies, German Association of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (DIHK)
2:10 PM	"U.S. Market Entry and Export Initative Renewable Energies"
	Mark Tomkins, Vice President, German American Chamber of Commerce of the Midwest, Inc., Chicago
2:30 PM	"Supplier Situation in the U.S. Wind Market"
	Ed Weston, Director, Great Lakes Wind Network
2:50 PM	"Michigan's Advanced Energy Strategy"
	The State of Michigan, represented by Birgit Klohs, President & CEO, The Right Place, Inc.
3:15 PM	"Supply Chain Structures and Opportunities in Supplying the U.S. Market"
	Matthias Spott, Principal, Roland Berger Strategy Consultants
3:35 PM	Coffee Break

3:50 PM	"Wind Market USA: Legal Requirements for a Successful Market Entry"
	Hans-Michael Kraus, Partner, Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP
4:20 PM	"Tax Aspects for a U.S. Market Entry"
	Dr. Ullrich Kämmerer, Certified Public Accountant, Rödl & Partner USA
4:50 PM	"Market Entry Perspectives from an OEM"
	Graham Bocking, Director, Nordex USA Inc.
5:10 PM	Questions & Answers

After the Workshops

5.30 PM - 7.00 PM

Networking-Event in the Ludwig Erhard Haus

Moderator:
Mark Tomkins, AHK USA

German speeches will be translated simultaneously.
Presentation slides will be in English.