Monday, January 23, 2012

Ian Bowles, an energy and environment innovator with experience in foreign policy, state regulation and clean energy entrepreneurship, will deliver the keynote address during the Opening Session of 2012 NEWEA Annual Conference.

Mr. Bowles is Managing Director of Rhumb Line Energy LLC, a clean energy advisory and project development firm in Boston; Senior Director at the Albright Stonebridge Group, a Washington-based international strategy firm; and an advisor to several clean energy technology companies. Bowles served as principal international environment and natural resources advisor on the White House staff for President Clinton, playing key roles in the Kyoto Protocol process, trade and environmental negotiations, and clean energy development.

Bowles also served four years as Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs for Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick. Bowles approved the environmental review and permitting for Cape Wind, set the highest standards in the nation on greenhouse gas emissions and building codes and, as Chairman of the Board, made the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority a national leader on integration of clean energy technology into daily operation of its $8 billion in capital assets.

Bowles has written broadly on energy, environment, conservation, and sustainability in both professional journals such as Science and in the popular media including The New York Times.

Scheduled for Monday, January 23, 2012 from 11:00 AM –12:00 noon at the Boston
Copley Marriott, the opening session will also feature 2011 NEWEA President Roger Janson and WEF Vice President Paul Bowen.