9:30 am Registration opens

11:00 am Introductions and welcome, Wheeler Board President William Tietz and Center Director Gordon Brittan

11:15 am Opening keynote.  Minister of the Environment, the Honorable Rob Renner, Alberta

12:00 pm Lunch. Luncheon speaker, Randy Udall, energy consultant, Aspen, Colorado. Introduction provided by Larry Flowers, National Renewable Energy Laboratories, Denver.

1:30 pm Panel Climate Change and its Impacts on Montana’s Crop and Livestock Industries Moderator: Sen. Gary Perry, Manhattan

Panelists: Paul Polzin, Director, Bureau of Business and Economic Research, Missoula

Will Roehm, President, Montana Graingrowers Association, Great Falls

Steve Roth, President, Montana Stockgrowers Association, Big Sandy

Holly Hill, National Center for Appropriate Technologies, Butte

          2:45 pm Break

3:00 pm    Panel Climate Change and its Impacts on Montana’s Traditional and Emerging Energy Industries Moderator: Mary Sexton, Director, Department of Natural Resources and Conservation

Panelists: Greg Jergeson, Chair, Montana Public Service Commission, Helena

Mark Lambrecht, PPL Montana, Helena

Bob Gough, Inter-Tribal Council on Energy Policy, South Dakota

S. David Freeman, former director, TVA, Los Angeles

Bill Pascoe, Great Northern Properties, Butte

               4:30 pm Break

5:30 pm Reception and dinner (6:15 pm). Remarks by MSU President Geoff Gamble. Keynote Speaker, Whitney MacMillan, Chairman Emeritus, Cargill, with introduction by Center Director Gordon Brittan

7:15 am Continental Breakfast

8:00 am Opening remarks by Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer (invited), with introduction by Ralph Johnson, Professor of Architecture, MSU, Bozeman, and incoming Director of the Wheeler Center

8:20 am Panel Innovations and Opportunities for Energy and Agriculture: Moving Forward Moderator: Rep. Brady Wiseman, Bozeman

Panelists: John Antle, MSU Dept. of Agricultural Economics & Economics, Bozeman

Bob Quinn, Farmer and Rancher, Big Sandy

Court Smith, Beartooth Capital, Bozeman

Nikola Davidson, Northwest Biofuels, Seattle

          9:30 am Break

9:45 am Panel Prices and Policies for Energy and Agriculture: Costs and Benefits of Moving Forward Moderator: Carl Borgquist, Absaroka Energy, Bozeman

Clark Johnson, USDA state director

Jerry Carisch, business owner, Bozeman

Richard Opper, Director, DEQ, Helena

Peggy Beltrone, Cascade County Commissioner, 25 x 25 Commission

11:00 am Roundtable Discussion

11:45 am Wheeler Center Director Brittan’s closing remarks