<p> ENERGY Forum – September 17, 2015</p><p>1:00pm – 3:30PM Baltimore Metropolitan Council, Baltimore Maryland</p><p>OPENING REMARKS Ibrahima M. Kalle, Baltimore City</p><p>PRESENTATION: Dr. John Byrne, Director and Distinguished Professor of Energy and Climate Policy for the University of Delaware – Dr. Byrne attended the 2009 Global Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was a contributor to the position paper entitled “An Urban Agenda for The New Climate” prepared for the Summit.</p><p>Dr. Byrne was the recipient of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Delaware 2009 Sustainability Award. He has contributed to Working Group III of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate change since 1992 and shares the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize which was awarded jointly to former U.S. Vice President Albert Gore, Jr. and other Climate change researchers. Dr. Byrne co-chairs the sustainable Energy Utility Oversight Board, created by the Delaware General Assembly, and is the architect of this innovative concept for the promotion of energy efficiency, conservation, and distributed renewable energy generation. He has served on the U.S. National Council for Science and the Environment, is a founding member of and served as the first research chair for the International Solar Cities Initiative, and is a co- founder and co-executive director of the Joint Institute for Sustainable energy and Environmental Future.</p><p>Dr. Byrne is the author of 17 books and over 150 research articles, is editor of the annual book series Energy and Environmental Policy, and editor for his recent series Transforming Power: Energy, Environment and Society in Conflict (2006) which is divided into three parts: Energy, Environment, and Society and Environmental Justice (2002).</p><p>Topics that may be covered include; energy performance contracts, financing, global perspectives on energy and environmental policies, national directions and debunking the energy industry.</p><p>ADJOURNMENT</p><p> Cooperative Purchasing Events and Networking Opportunities:</p><p> o Energy Board September 8 9:30 – 10:30 BRCPC</p><p> o MPPA Meeting September 10 11:30 – Noon TBD</p><p> o Energy Forum September 17 1 – 3:30 BRCPC</p><p> o CPOC Meeting September 17 10 – Noon WCOG</p><p> o Healthcare Claims Forum September 29 9:00 -11:00 BRCPC</p><p> o Mid Atlantic Purchasing Team Training October 5 9:00 – Noon BRCPC</p><p> o BRCPC Regular Meeting October 13 10:30 – Noon BRCPC</p><p> o Meet the Primes Reverse Trade Show October 14 8:00 – Noon MD State Fairgrounds</p><p> o CPOC Meeting October 15 10 – Noon WCOG o NIGP Regional Conference November 4-6 Daily Washington D.C. o ASBO Fall Conference November 6 8:00 – 3:00 Maritime Center o MPPA Meeting November 12 11:30 – 3:30 TBD o CPOC Meeting November 19 10 – Noon WCOG o NIGP Annual Forum August 21 -24, 2016 Daily National Harbor, MD</p>