Karen Alderman Harbert to present Energy Realities and Opportunities at Business Summit

Karen Alderman Harbert, president and chief executive officer of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for 21st Century Energy, will present the noon luncheon keynote address Energy Realities and Opportunities at the 7^th Business Summit and Annual Meeting on Tuesday, July 17.

Harbert leads the Institute’s efforts to build support for meaningful energy action nationally and internationally through policy development, education, and advocacy. Under her leadership, the Energy Institute has evolved into a premier national and increasingly international organization truly dedicated to advancing a constructive energy agenda and transforming the energy and environmental debate into a widely supported plan of action. She testified yesterday before the House Committee on Science, Space & Technology sharing her expertise on the potential benefits and the existing obstacles to greater development our nation’s vast unconventional oil resources, such as oil shale and oil sands. Read more here.

Now in its seventh year, the Kentucky Chamber’s Business Summit and Annual Meeting, presented by Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP, is Kentucky’s premier economic event. Kentucky’s top business leaders, educators and legislators gather to discuss key issues to help move Kentucky forward in key areas such as competing in the global marketplace, education attainment, energy, health and wellness and modernizing government. Other elite, innovative leaders currently slated to present include:

• Ted Abernathy, Executive Director, Southern Growth Policies Board – Economic Development topic TBD
• J. Domenic Giandomenico, Director of Education and Workforce Programs, U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for a Competitive Workforce – Leaders & Laggards

 Paul Begala, political analyst for CNN, and William Kristol, editor of The Weekly Standard and political analyst for FOX News, will deliver the keynote address on Tuesday, July 17. Sponsorship opportunities for the event are still available. Contact Andrea Flanders for details.