The Fifth Annual Symposium on Energy in the 21st Century will take place at Cazenovia College on April 17, 2009. This year's theme is Smart Growth and Transportation: Solutions & Options for Energy Conservation.

The Keynote Speaker is Joseph Boardman, President/CEO, Amtrak 

The Symposium program includes Geoff Anderson, President and CEO, Smart Growth America, Washington DC to discuss the issue from a National Perspective, and Paul Beyer, Director of Smart Growth Planning, New York Department of State to discuss Smart Growth issues in New York State. Rich Kassel, NRDC, Senior Attorney & Director of Clean Fuels and Vehicles Project and Ruth Horton, NYSERDA Program Manager, will both address transportation options including alternative fuels and technologies and you'll also hear from Matthew Dalbey, Senior Policy Analyst, US EPA.

Astrid Glynn, Commissioner New York State Department of Transportation has been invited to talk about the future of transportation in New York State relevant to smart growth. Dr. Samuel Merrill, Professor at the University of Southern Maine and Director of the New England Environmental Finance Center Smart Growth Network of EPA Region 1 will be joining us to discuss options for smaller communities.  Tom Suozzi, County Executive of Nassau County, who has been working on these issues successfully for years has been invited to share with us his impressive accomplishments in Nassau County. As in the past, Kit Kennedy, Special Deputy Attorney General for Environmental Protection, Environment Protection Bureau, will moderate a panel consisting of all of these impressive speakers, with questions from those attending the Symposium.

Members of the elected community will be there to speak including State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli and Congressmen Michael Arcuri and Dan Maffei.

For more information, visit www.cazenovia.edu/energy.