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John Kerry, Newt Gingrich and Energy Advisors to McCain and Obama Take Debate Online During Next Week's Historic Virtual Energy Forum

Posted on: Wednesday, 4 June 2008, 15:00 CDT

ATTENTION: Assignment Editor, Business Editor, News Editor, Government/Political Affairs Editor, Environmental or Energy Editor

What:

Called an a energy event "that practices what it preaches," by Newt Gingrich, The Virtual Energy Forum is the world's first-ever online-only event focused on energy policy, efficiency and sustainability.

This two-day, virtual event is upcoming on June 10-11, 2008 and is FREE to all attendees who will participate via broadband Internet connection from the convenience of their homes and offices. This unique conference/exhibition will connect thousands of executives and citizens over the Web with energy experts and innovators, policy makers, and providers of products and services through a LIVE, interactive online environment.

When: June 10 & 11, 2008

Where: Over the World Wide Web, where anyone has broadband Internet access

Who (Featured Speakers):

John F. Kerry: Wed., June 11 -- at 12 Noon ET

US Senator from Massachusetts and former Democratic candidate for president (2004). Kerry is an active proponent of energy independence through his involvement with the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act (S.3036) and the EXTEND the Energy Efficiency Incentives Act of 2007.

Newt Gingrich: Tues., June 10 -- at 11AM ET

Chairman of American Solutions and Former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. Gingrich is an advocate for environmental entrepreneurship and co-author of A Contract with the Earth.

R. James Woolsey: Tues., June 10, 2008 -- at 5PM ET

Venture Partner at VantagePoint Venture Partners, Senior Executive Advisor, Booz Allen Hamilton, and former Director of Central Intelligence. Woolsey is an advisor to John McCain, cleantech investor, and bi-partisan champion of clean energy who will speak on oil dependency as a national security threat.

Howard Learner: Wed., June 11 -- Time TBD

Senior Energy and Environmental Advisor to the Barack Obama campaign, and Executive Director of the Environmental Law and Policy Center -- a leading public interest environmental advocacy organization working to achieve cleaner energy resources and implement sustainable energy strategies.

Kerry, Gingrich, and Woolsey will participate along with 30 other experts from satellite Web studios located across the US sharing their thoughts & answering questions from the LIVE Web audience.

Forum also features sustainability best practices from executives at Dell, Harvard, HP, Macy's, Marriott, Microsoft, Whirlpool; government agencies, utilities, consultants...

Media Invitation to Participate/Cover The Forum:

The Virtual Energy Forum is like a hyper-charged radio talk show on steroids -- with fast-paced Internet chat interactions between speakers and members of the Web Audience.

Select media will be able to join and cover the Forum in progress from remote Web video studios in Washington, DC, San Francisco, New York City and Needham, MA.

Why this is important:

Virtual events are the greener way to gather. As an online-only conference, the Virtual Energy Forum is a green event that is truly "green." No participants will have to travel to attend -- saving a massive quantity of energy, that would otherwise be expended to gather thousands of people at a similar show in the physical world.

A Web-based event on energy -- of this size, scope, format and has never happened before.

More info:

-- Register at http://www.virtualenergyforum.com

-- Full Agenda at http://www.virtualenergyforum.com/agenda.php

-- Prior Press Releases at: http://www.csrwire.com/profile/9737.html

-- B-Roll Available. Preview at: http://vcr.csrwire.com/node/7806

Media Contact: Patrick Rafter The Virtual Energy Forum Email Contact 617-901-2697 mobile www.virtualenergyforum.com

SOURCE: Virtual Energy Forum/PlatformQ

Source: MARKET WIRE

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