The clean energy landscape has changed dramatically in the 10 years since Laura Taylor founded Silverline Communications. During that year, newly elected President Barack Obama announced the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) to bring the country back from the brink of recession. The ARRA included billions of federal dollars to fund clean energy research and development, as well as a substantial investment in businesses to drive job growth and economic expansion. Since then, the clean energy industry and the regulatory environment have evolved dramatically. With that advancement, PR and marketing implications have emerged. Our responsibilities as renewables advocates and communicators have shifted, as we work towards the common goal of a bright, sustainable clean energy future.
SunCast host, Nico Johnson, had the honor of being asked to Emcee this Silverline Communications 10th Anniversary breakfast panel at SPI this year! Listen in as the Silverline team brings together some very powerful and respected voices as expert panelists offering their unique perspectives on how the clean energy industry has expanded and flourished in the last decade, and what the future might hold.
Panelists:
LAURA TAYLOR - Founder and President, Silverline Communications [Moderator]
LAURA ABRAM - Director, Public Affairs, First Solar
GIL JENKINS - Director, Corporate Communications, Hannon Armstrong
GREG MERRITT - Director, Marketing and Communications, Smart Electric Power Alliance
KELLY SPEAKES-BACKMAN - Chief Executive Officer, U.S. Energy Storage Association
TOM WEIRICH - Director of Marketing, Rubicon Capital Advisors
Thanks to Silverline Communications, Ellen Backus and Laura Taylor, for the invitation for Nico to be present and for having SunCast reproduce this conversation here. Also, thanks to Silverline for much of the blog copy of this post, which originally appeared in their invitation to the breakfast.