Last year, for the first time in more than a generation, it appeared as though a substantial overhaul of America's energy policy and priorities was on the horizon, and with it the promise of new green technologies and green jobs that would begin to pull the United States out of the economic crisis and recession and lead the way to economic growth and future prosperity. A year and billions of stimulus dollars later, the economy continues to struggle mightily, clean-tech growth and green jobs remain absent or at least negligible, and the moment for meaningful energy and climate legislation--even in the face of the the largest and most devastating oil spill in U.S. history--appears to have passed. Where does this leave the country and the economy, and what comes next for energy policy, energy innovation and the so-called green jobs.

Please join us for a wide-ranging discussion about the current state of the economy with Joe Quinlan, Managing Director and Chief Market Strategist of Bank of America, followed by a panel discussion with Representative Bob Inglis (R-SC), Matt Rogers from the Department of Energy who is responsible for the Green Stimulus Funds, and Zachary Karabell of River Twice Research and the Business for Sustainable Responsibility.