Behavior, Energy and Climate Change Conference

The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE), the Precourt Energy Efficiency Center (PEEC), and the California Institute for Energy and Environment (CIEE) are pleased to announce the 3rd annual Behavior, Energy and Climate Change Conference (BECC). This year's conference will be held in Washington, D.C., November 15–18th (Sunday evening–Wednesday afternoon) at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel near the National Zoo and accessible via Metro's red line.

This year's conference will bring together people from across the nation and around the world to share the latest insights, research, and experiences pertaining to behavior, energy and climate change.

The 2009 Behavior, Energy and Climate Change Conference is the 3rd annual conference focused on accelerating our transition to an energy-efficient and low carbon economy through an improved understanding and application of social and behavioral mechanisms of change. This year’s conference will build on the overwhelming success of the 2008 BECC Conference in which nearly 700 participants discussed successful program strategies, shared innovative research findings, and built dynamic new networks and means of collaboration. This pre-eminent conference will bring together a diverse group of energy experts, social scientists, and policymakers to discuss the social and behavioral basis for, and practical implementation of, reducing energy use through the adoption and application of more energy-efficient technologies, energy conservation activities, and lifestyle changes.

The conference is intended to catalyze collaboration across government, utility, business, and research sectors and to share recent research and program information with the goal of achieving viable solutions for meeting long-term energy and greenhouse gas emissions reductions targets.

Who should attend the 2009 BECC Conference?

The 2009 BECC Conference would be of interest to:

Policy makers from federal, state, and local governments, regulatory agencies, and legislatures
Researchers from universities/organizations (anthropology, psychology, sociology, policy, economics, energy)
Program implementers from utilities, agencies, and community organizations
Influencers from media, communications, business, and nonprofit groups
International and other participants involved/interested in behavior, energy and climate change

Registration

Click here to register. All presenters and discussion leaders are required to register and to pay registration fees. A preliminary conference program will be posted in the coming weeks. Please check back later for more conference details.

Registration Rates:

Early Bird Registration

$425.00

August - September 14, 2009

Regular Registration

$525.00

September 15 - October 14, 2009

Late Registration

$600.00

After October 15, 2009

Student Registration (with proof of ID)

$425.00

One-Day Regular Registration $280.00 August - October 14, 2009

One-Day Late Registration $320.00 After October 15, 2009

Poster Session Only $50.00

Refund/Cancellation Policy:

Before September 25, 2009 Full refund

September 26, 2009 – October 30, 2009 Full refund minus $50 administration fee

After October 30, 2009 NO refund, however, we allow substitutions

Questions can be addressed to info@BECCconference.org.

Program

A FULL DRAFT PROGRAM is listed HERE.

This is the most recent draft as of November 3, 2009. All information in this document is subject to change.

Call for Abstracts - CLOSED

Applicants will be informed of decisions regarding the status of their abstract on Monday, June 1st. Please check your junk mail folder for this message. Authors that applied to or were recommended for a Roundtable Presentation have not yet been notified of their abstract’s status. Conference Chairs expect to finalize a schedule for Roundtable presentations soon.

A preliminary conference program will be posted in the coming weeks. Please check back later for more conference details.

Areas of Interest

The 2009 BECC conference is focused on leveraging knowledge about human behavior — drawn from social science research, experiments and other experiences — to improve and accelerate efforts to address our energy and climate challenges. We are interested in tested applications as well as innovative approaches and research-based theoretical proposals with practical uses. Insights from other fields and perspectives are encouraged. The following are examples of panels/topic areas that may be included in the conference.

Conference presentations will be limited by time and space constraints. The following criteria will be used in selection:

The Behavior, Energy and Climate Change Conference will be held November 15-18, 2009 at The Marriott Wardman Park in Washington, D.C., 2660 Woodley Road, NW, Washington, D.C.

Lodging at Marriott Wardman Park is $259 per night, single occupancy. (We have also reserved a limited number of government rate rooms.) Call the Hotel's reservation number at 1-800-228-9290 or (202) 328-2000. Mention BECC Conference to get the reduced group rate. The Marriott Wardman Park reservation cut-off date for the reduced rate is ~~October 23, 2009~~ now extended to October 30, 2009!

We are pleased to announce that we have recently received funding so that BECC conference presentations will be Webcast live for those people who cannot attend the conference. Webcast participants will be able to view PowerPoint slides and listen to the audio portion of each presentation. Webcast participants will not have the opportunity to ask questions of the presenters. Webcast registrations will be limited, so we encourage you to register now.

Subscriptions and Rates: Access to the BECC Webcast is sold by day or for the full conference. Participants MUST pay before having access to the BECC Webcast. A one-day registration for the BECC Webcast is $150 or $300 for the full three-day conference. The deadline to register for the BECC Webcast is November 12, 2009 COB EST.

Participants who view the Webcast without paying are subject to penalties and fines.

After paying for your Webcast subscription, ACEEE will send you date-specific conference room links. Select the conference rooms for the presentations that you would like to view (be sure to register for each conference room if you want to view all presentations). Each conference room link will stream the full day. Webcast registrants will be able to click in and out of their pre-selected conference rooms.

Registration for the 2009 BECC Webcast is limited to 200 people per day on a first-come/first-serve basis. In order to guarantee access to the BECC Webcast, online participants must register and pay on or before November 12, 2009 COB EST. If online participants register after this date, they are not guaranteed a full day’s registration.

Informal Sessions for the BECC Conference will be available Monday, November 16. These sessions allow conference participants to further discuss early presentations and topics of importance.

Registration for the Student Scholarship is now CLOSED. Recipients will be notified October 15, 2009.

To encourage student participation in the BECC Conference, the Precourt Energy Efficiency Center (PEEC) is pleased to offer student scholarships toward the conference registration fee.

Interested in becoming a sponsor? We invite you to contirubute to the success of this event by becoming a conference sponsor. You can sponsor receptions, lunches, sessions, the program in general. We offer a number of different sponsorship packages and are open to other ideas. Please email info@BECCconference.org for more information.