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Clean Energy Connections is a career and business development information and networking event. It is a forum for the individuals and organizations that will accelerate the growth of our clean energy economy.

• ACCESS resources to start your clean energy career or build your business.
   
• MEET entrepreneurs and community groups mobilizing around clean energy.
   
• LEARN about clean energy career trends. What's hot and what's hype? And, what skills will you need to get on board.
   
• HEAR direct from state lawmakers about the policies supporting development of green industries in Massachusetts.

Program highlights:

• KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Bracken Hendricks, Senior Fellow with the Center for American Progress , co-author of " Apollo's Fire: Igniting America's Clean Energy Economy ", and co-founder of the Apollo Alliance , a national movement for clean energy and good jobs.
• Free "Opportunity Fair" - The exhibit hall, featuring a range of exhibitors including: businesses seeking talent, training program coordinators, business development service providers, and resources for clean energy entrepreneurs.
• Future Energy - Employment Trends and Career Opportunities - Are we on the verge of a "Green Economic Recovery" in Massachusetts? Two experts will share their analyses of the potential employment effects from state and federal clean energy investments. The panel will tackle some important questions: What will this industry look like in the future? What does it mean for our economy and our workforce? What's hot and what's hype? And, what skills will you need to get on board?
• Good Jobs, Green Jobs - A workforce panel discussion on the range of clean energy job prospects and training pathways, including snapshots of real jobs and real programs.
• Powershift: Massachusetts' New Clean Energy Landscape - A policy panel on the whirlwind of recent legislative activity that is setting the stage for a dramatic acceleration of our clean energy economy. Panelists will include state Senator Benjamin Downing, state Representative Daniel Bosley, MA Department of Energy Resources Commissioner Phil Giudice, among others.
• Business Success Stories - An industry panel on clean energy business development tactics that work and enterprise opportunities for entrepreneurs and innovators.
• Invest in Our Future - A finance panel on the funding strategies that support clean energy-driven economic development.
• The Wellspring - Voices of clean energy innovators, entrepreneurs, and organizers in the community. A series of short presentations will feature some of the many exciting projects, programs, enterprises and initiatives that are contributing to the development of a vibrant clean energy economy.
• Special Guest Speakers - to be announced