OPENING KEYNOTE SESSION

Tuesday, July 17, 2012 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Sponsored by:

Join thousands of hydro professionals from throughout the world for the official start of the HydroVision International 2012 event!

In this information-packed, fast-moving session – open to all event attendees – you’ll gain insights on the current status of hydroelectric generation throughout the world.

You'll also hear from progressive hydro project developers and dam owners about ongoing development and rehabilitation work that is adding clean, renewable electricity to the grid while at the same time preserving the safety and sustainability of water resource structures.

Greetings from HydroVision International's Official Supporting Organizations		JACOB IRVING, President, Canadian Hydropower Association
		TRACY LANE, Programme Director, International Hydropower Association
		DAVID MOLLER, President, National Hydropower Association

FEATURED SPEAKERS

Colonel Luke T. Leonard, Commander, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Louisville District Colonel Luke Leonard hails from Cincinnati. He was commissioned an Engineer Officer from The Citadel in 1987. His assignments include 10th Engineer Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized), Schweinfurt, Germany;  USACE Baltimore and Washington, DC; 27th Engineer Battalion (Combat)(Airborne), Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo; Executive Officer, 27th Engineer Battalion (C)(Airborne), Fort Bragg, N.C;  Brigade Operations, 20th Engineer Brigade (Combat)(Airborne), Fort Bragg, N.C. and Baghdad Iraq; Commander, 94th Engineer Battalion, Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. and Mosul Iraq; Chief, Operations and Plans, Army Human Resources Command, Fort Knox, Ky.

Deployments include Panama, Kosovo, and Iraq. He is a Command and General Staff College graduate, holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Civil Engineering, The Citadel; and a Master’s of Science in Management Information Systems, University of Maryland. His awards include the Meritorious Service, Army Commendation and the Bronze deFleury medals.

Pierre L. Gauthier, President and Chief Executive Officer, U.S. and Canada, Alstom Pierre L. Gauthier joined Alstom in 1996 and has held multiple marketing, technology, quality and general management positions within the company. In 2002, he was named managing director of Alstom’s North American hydro business where he helped shape the company’s strategy for expansion into the U.S. hydro market. In 2008, Pierre was appointed President and CEO for Alstom in the U.S. and Canada, where he has since led efforts to provide innovative technologies addressing energy and transportation challenges faced by North American customers.

Pierre holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the École Polytechnique de Montréal and has pursued further studies in leadership and business administration at McGill University and the European Institute of Administration (INSEAD).

Marc S. Gerken, P.E., has served as President/CEO of American Municipal Power, Inc. (AMP) since February 2000. AMP is the wholesale power supplier and services provider for 129 member municipal electric systems in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky and Delaware. Its members serve more than 650,000 customers. Gerken is the former City Engineer and then City Manager of the public power community of Napoleon, Ohio.  Gerken served on the AMP Board of Trustees for four years and chaired the Board committee overseeing construction of the 42-MW Belleville Hydroelectric Plant. Under Gerken’s leadership, AMP is currently embarking on the largest deployment of new run-of-the-river hydro development in the nation, with four new facilities under construction on the Ohio River.

He is a member of the National Hydropower Association Board of Directors, co-chairing the NHA CEO Council; and is past Chair of the American Public Power Association Board of Directors. He’s received multiple awards from APPA and was recognized as a finalist for the Platt’s Global Energy CEO of the Year Award in December 2010. A graduate of the University of Dayton with a Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering, Gerken is a registered professional engineer.

Paul W. Thompson, Senior Vice President, Energy Services, LG&E and KU Energy Paul W. Thompson is the Senior Vice President of Energy Services at LG&E and KU Energy LLC where he is responsible for generation, energy marketing and transmission operations. LG&E and KU Energy LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of PPL Corporation. Paul held various positions at Louisville Gas & Electric and Kentucky Utilities, since 1991, including Group Vice President of Marketing, Vice President of Retail Electric Business, and Vice President of Business Development. Previously he served in several management positions for Koch Industries and Lone Star Technologies (a former Northwest Industries subsidiary).

Paul holds an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from MIT.