MEDIA INVITATION: Clean Hydropower Powers the Economy Featured in Two-Day Conference

OTTAWA, ONTARIO, Nov 02 (MARKET WIRE) --
Attention News/Assignment Editors

Media are invited to attend the 10th Forum on Hydropower, November 3-4,
2009, at the Fairmont Chateau Laurier in Ottawa. Organised by the
Canadian Hydropower Association, the annual event focuses this year on
hydropower's role in economic growth and development while contributing
to the reduction of greenhouse gases and pollution. High-level speakers
will address such issues as energy trends with Aboriginal communities and
hydropower sales and carbon trading.

A panel discussion on opportunities for low-emitting energies will be
facilitated by Johanne Gelinas, specialist on corporate responsibility
and sustainability at Deloitte. The panellists are: Elizabeth McDonald,
Canadian Solar Industries Association; Jean-Francois Nolet, Canadian Wind
Energy Association; Claudia Lemieux, Canadian Nuclear Association; and
John Murphy, Ontario Power Generation.

Date: Nov. 3 & 4, 2009

Place: Fairmont Chateau Laurier, Ottawa
Laurier Room

Speakers:
- Real Laporte, President, Hydro-Quebec Equipement
- Robert Brennan, President and CEO, Manitoba Hydro
- Jean Simon, President, Primary Metal-North America, Rio Tinto Alcan
- James B. Robb, Senior Vice-President, Northeast Utilities
- Bob McDonald, Host of CBC's Quirks and Quarks
- Ted Moses, Former Grand Chief of the Crees
- Leon Bitton, Vice-President, Montreal Stock Exchange
- Stephane Bertrand, Executive Director, World Energy Congress Montreal 2010
- John Kim Bell, Partner, Bell & Bernard

For the complete program, visit
www.canhydropower.org/hydro_e/p_forum.htm.

An annual conference organized by the Canadian Hydropower Association,
the Forum on Hydropower is an eco-friendly and carbon neutral event
certified by Planetair.

Contacts:
Media interested in attending, please contact:
Canadian Hydropower Association
Gabrielle Collu
514 943-6557

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