Agenda. Moderator: Melissa Hockstad Vice President, Petrochemicals American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers

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1 Advanced Technology & Innovations Summit September 24 25, 2014 Hotel Monteleone New Orleans, Louisiana Agenda Wednesday, September 24, :00 pm 4:05 pm Welcome & Opening Remarks Location: Vieux Carre Room Dyan Alexander Women In Government 4:05 pm 4:50 pm Women Leadership in the High-Tech World of Petrochemical & Fuel Manufacturing Facilitated By: Dyan Alexander Women In Government Moderator: Melissa Hockstad Vice President, Petrochemicals American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers Stacy Putman Site Manager INEOS Petrochemicals Angelia Graves Director, Public & State Government Affairs Marathon Petroleum Corporation Refining Petrochemicals are manufactured from crude oil and natural gas liquids, and are used to manufacture a huge variety of goods. This session will provide a background of the technology, and the exciting way women are leading this field.

2 4:50 pm 6:00 pm Energy Portfolios & Energy Diversity Panel Facilitated By: Senator Patricia Spearman Nevada State Legislature 6:00 pm Wrap Up Lola Infante, PhD Director, Generation Fuels & Market Analysis Edison Electric Institute Natalie Joubert Vice President, Policy Consumer Energy Alliance Ronny Just External Issues Manager Georgia Power Diversifying energy portfolios is a strategic imperative in order to meet today s supply and demand. Recently, the Cambridge Energy Research Associates issued a report that stressed the economic importance of energy diversity for states. Dyan Alexander Women In Government 6:30 pm 7:00 pm Welcome Reception 7:00 pm 9:00 pm Welcome Dinner 7:05 pm 7:20 pm Technology, Innovation, Energy & Women In Government Representative Helen Miller Chair, Women In Government Board of Directors Iowa State Legislature Sonia Perez President AT&T Louisiana

3 Thursday, September 25, :45 am 8:45 am Breakfast General Session Location: Vieux Carre Room 9:00 am 9:30 am Innovations at Louisiana s Ports Facilitated By: Senator Jackie Winters Oregon State Legislature Catherine Dunn Deputy Director of Port Development Port of New Orleans The Port of New Orleans is rightfully proud of its innovative and state-ofthe-art Riverfront Cold Storage Facility, which recently won an award from the American Association of Ports. 9:30 am 10:30 am Plastics to Oil: A New Renewable Facilitated By: Representative Joni Jenkins Kentucky State Legislature Jennifer Killinger Senior Director of Sustainability & Public Outreach American Chemistry Council Alyssa Schabel Environmental Engineer RES Polyflow, LLC This session will provide legislators with information on the innovative ways used plastics, which likely would otherwise end up in a landfill, are being repurposed into oil. 10:30 am 10:45 am Instant Recess Break

4 10:45 am 11:15 am Developing an Energy Portfolio: Renewables Facilitated By: Representative Melissa Sargent Wisconsin State Legislature Sarah Cottrell Propst Interwest Energy Alliance This session will provide legislators with the information they need to stay on the cutting edge of energy state policy regarding renewable energy sources, including wind, geothermal, and solar resources. 11:15 am 12:00 pm Innovative Automobile Technology Facilitated by: Representative Mary Lou Marzian Southern Regional Director, Women In Government Board of Directors Kentucky State Legislature Hilary Cain Director, Technology & Innovation Policy Toyota Motor North America, Inc. Jaycie Chitwood Advanced Technology Vehicle Manager Toyota Motors USA This presentation will highlight key topics in public policy regarding innovation in the auto industry, and the options legislators have to encourage their usage. 12:00 pm 1:00 pm Networking Luncheon

5 General Session Location: Vieux Carre Room 1:05 pm 1:35 pm Telemedicine Innovations Facilitated by: Senator Gladys Robinson North Carolina State Legislature Nancy Gagliano, MD Chief Medical Officer CVS Health/MinuteClinic As digital camera technology improves and becomes more and more accessible, new avenues of diagnosis, monitoring, and treatment are available. This session will give legislators an update on the emerging health technology. 1:35 pm 2:05 pm Medical Innovations in Oncology Facilitated by: Representative Deborah Hudson Member at Large, Women In Government Board of Directors Delaware State Legislature Oliver Sartor, MD Laborde Professor of Cancer Research Medicine and Urology Departments, Tulane University School of Medicine Medical Director, Tulane Cancer Center Legislators can play a critical role in protecting innovation through policies they promote. This session will explore medical innovations as an important source of high value jobs while being instrumental in advancing healthcare and saving lives. 2:05 pm 2:20 pm Instant Recess Break 2:20 pm 2:55 pm Telecommunications Broadband Adoption in Underserved Communities Facilitated by: Representative Jen Seelig Member at Large, Women In Government Board of Directors Utah State Legislature Kristal High Editor in Chief of Politic365 Owner, Digicon Ventures

6 Closing the Digital Divide by increasing broadband adoption among minority, low-income and underserved communities will be the focus of this session. The current trend toward moving essential resources online is creating an imperative to address the lower levels of adoption among these population groups so that they don t fall behind economically, socially or politically. 2:55 pm 3:30 pm Emerging Payment Technology Facilitated by: Senator Carrie Ruud Minnesota State Legislature Jim Harper Global Policy Counsel Bitcoin Foundation From paying with cash to swiping or tapping cards on our mobile phones, methods of payment have experienced significant change over time. Technological advances in the emerging payments industry have the potential for paving the way for innovative solutions. Bitcoin is one such emergent currency that has captured the imagination and wallets of many. 3:30 pm Closing Remarks & Adjournment 5:00 pm 6:30 pm Optional Documentary Screening Legislators will have an opportunity to learn more about nuclear energy misconceptions in this optional screening of the Pandora s Promise.