Raise Your Heart Rate and Some Money!

Join us for the First Annual WINDPOWER Scholarship 5k Race, Thursday, May 7, 6:30 am in Grant Park sponsored by BP Wind Power. What better way to kick-start your final day at WINDPOWER and do some good raising money for the AWEA Educational Scholarship Program.

Build Your Wind Energy Knowledge Base
Full-Day WIND POWER Supply Chain Workshop
Monday, May 4, 9:30 AM – 4:15 PM
New for 2009, this full-day seminar held Monday will attract representatives from a diverse range of markets to discuss the wind industry's need to strengthen and expand its national supply chain to keep up with growing demand for wind projects and to expand domestic manufacturing of wind turbines and their components.
Topics Include:
The Anatomy of a Turbine
A Wind Industry Overview
Major Component Sourcing & Value Chain Services
Entering the Wind Industry: Funding, Contracts, and Re-Tooling
Case Studies
Wind Energy 101:
Fundamentals of Wind Energy
Monday, May 4, 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
(designed for those who have 0-2 years of experience in wind)
Every year, AWEA offers this non-technical seminar, which will provide a comprehensive introduction to the fundamentals of utility-scale wind energy. Anyone wanting to learn the basics of the wind energy industry will benefit from this day-long introductory seminar. Topics to be covered include an overview of the wind industry, wind energy economics, siting issues, wind resource analysis, technology, transmission and utility grid issues, and small wind. This seminar is the perfect primer for the more detailed conference sessions that follow.

Wind Energy 201:
What Makes the Development Process Successful
Monday, May 4, 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Moving a project from the pipeline to the finish line doesn't just happen - it is made to happen! Following the success of previous programs, this pre-conference seminar is back. While developing a virtual project over the course of the seminar, expert speakers will explore and reveal best practices that turn development assets into generating assets. The seminar will explain the most important aspects of successful wind project development through coverage of a wide range of topics, including wind resource, financing, permits, transmission issues, impact on the surrounding environment, asset management, and establishing strong relationships with communities, landowners, government agencies and utilities.
To add a pre-conference seminar to an existing registration, visit http://www.windpowerexpo.org/registration_edits.cfm and log-in with the attendee’s last name and password provided in your registration confirmation. Or click the “forgotten your password?” link to have your password emailed to you.
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All the pre-conference seminars require separate registration from the main conference, which is scheduled from Tuesday through Thursday.
The pre-conference seminar registration includes a pass to one of the pre-conference seminars, lunch and breaks during the seminar, electronic access to the presentations for the selected seminar, access to the exhibit hall from 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm on Monday, May 4. v