Marin event registration closes next week

Friday, February 26, 2010, 12:12 pm

Conference to address Marin Clean Energy initiative, navigating your business through 2010

MARIN COUNTY — The hotly debated issue of Community Choice Aggregation will be closely studied from two different perspectives at the Business Journal’s 2010 Impact Marin Conference on Thursday, March 11 from 8 to 10:30 a.m. at the Embassy Suites Hotel in San Rafael. This will be a unique opportunity for the public to ask questions of both sides in a neutral forum. In addition, a panel discussion will look at the state of the local budget and its impact on businesses and examine practical strategies that can be effective in the current economic environment.

Registration closes next Friday, March 5. To register, contact Linda Perkins at 707-521-5264 or events@busjrnl.com, or go to www.NorthBayBusinessJournal.com. Tickets are $39 per person or $390 for a table of 10 and include continental breakfast.

Dawn Weisz, interim director of the Marin Energy Authority, the group heading up implementation of a system that will permit cities and the county to purchase electricity for residents and businesses, will provide an overview of how this program will work to increase use of renewable energy. Former Assemblymember Joe Nation, representing the Common Sense Coaltion, an organization formed in opposition to the MEA’s plan, will outline impacts of such a program, including potential negative financial outcomes and how to opt out of participation. Panel speakers will be Russ Colombo, president and CEO of Bank of Marin; Steve Jannicelli, senior manager, business consulting of Moss Adams; and Marin County Administrator Matthew Hymel.