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EXPERT ALERTS
- Better Tools and Technologies Key to Drought Mitigation
- Iran Nuclear Agreement Will Have Devastating Consequences
- Opportunity Seen in Obama's Clean Energy Order
- ISPs Will Pass Net Neutrality Costs to Consumers
- Internet of Things Create Ecosystem for Criminals
- Insurance Industry Crafting Own Drone Regulations
- Same-Sex Couples Need Supreme Resolution
- King v. Burwell Ruling Could Hurt Nonprofit Hospitals
- Organizations Should Not Dismiss HRSA's Temporary Withdrawal of 'Mega-Reg'
- New SAT Will Better Prepare Students for College Admissions Process
- Why Are So Many Female Teachers Sexually Abusing Students?
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EXPERT ALERTS:
Better Tools and Technologies Key to Drought Mitigation
Nic Stover
CEO
CalCom Solar
"Many of us in the renewable energy realm are working hard on solutions to confront the challenges posed by California's debilitating drought. There's a strong focus on devising innovative approaches specially designed to meet the serious -- and growing -- challenges faced by the agriculture and water management sectors. It's unreasonable to think we will get out of this drought situation without deploying better tools and technologies that enable a significant sector of our economy to enhance its water management, energy efficiency and operations. Understanding the agricultural sector's special requirements, combined with state-of-the-art agriculture energy systems, analysis software and related tools, can help ensure precise right-sizing of clean energy solutions that work to ensure smart, efficient energy and water use, especially at a time when water is increasingly rare and precious."
Stover is CEO of CalCom Solar, a solar power system provider that is delivering software tools to farmers and growers that analyze numerous factors -- including historical and future electrical rate increases, water/irrigation patterns based on delivery of surface vs. groundwater, energy use by crop types -- to generate precise energy and water use projections. This helps growers understand the impacts of electricity costs on their water management and agricultural operations. He is available to discuss drought mitigation, agriculture, water, and solar energy.
Website: http://www.calcomsolar.com
Contact: Susan DeVico, [email protected]
Iran Nuclear Agreement Will Have Devastating Consequences
Chris Faulkner
CEO
Breitling Energy
"There are 30 million barrels of Iranian oil on tankers ready to permeate the already-oversaturated market. This sanction negotiation is going to be devastating for America in many ways, including relationships with our closest Middle Eastern allies. It's going to drastically affect the oil markets as well."
Faulkner, author of "The Fracking Truth" and executive producer of "Breaking Free," can discuss the impact of the Iran nuclear arms agreement, oil production and oil prices, and more.
ProfNet Profile: http://www.profnetconnect.com/chris_faulkner
Website: http://www.breitlingenergy.com
Contact: Thomas Miller, [email protected]
Opportunity Seen in Obama's Clean Energy Order
Ram Sunkara
Attorney
Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP, Houston
President Obama's recent order to federal agencies to drastically cut the government's own greenhouse gas emissions widens the door of opportunity to clean energy providers. The order establishes binding targets for the use of clean electric and thermal energy at government buildings. Even though the government's carbon footprint is relatively small, "this mandate has the potential to spur major investments in renewable energy, clean heat and power, and fuel cell technologies," says Sunkara. "The order places a priority on installing agency-funded renewable energy on-site at federal facilities. That means big opportunities for distributed generation or 'behind-the-meter' energy systems, which can operate either independently or interconnected with the grid. Companies developing and building these increasingly popular systems may have the most to gain."
Contact: Kit Frieden, [email protected]
ISPs Will Pass Net Neutrality Costs to Consumers
Greg Mishkin
Vice President of Research and Consulting
Market Strategies International, a market research consultancy.
"The American public has an insatiable hunger for Internet bandwidth. This demand requires extensive ongoing investment from Internet providers, and someone has to pay for this. The FCC made it clear that the Internet providers are not permitted to charge content providers (like Netflix, Hulu, etc.) for access to faster connections, so Internet providers will ultimately be forced to pass this expense on to their customers."
Mishkin, an expert on the wireless communications industry, is vice president of research and consulting for Market Strategies International, a market research consultancy. He earned a master's degree in business administration from Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw, Ga.; a master's degree in clinical psychology from University of Hartford in Hartford, Conn.; and a bachelor's degree in psychology from Union College in Schenectady, N.Y. He is available to discuss net neutrality.
Contact: Nicole Burdiss, [email protected]
Internet of Things Create Ecosystem for Criminals
Paul Hartley
Vice President, Tech & Telecom Division
Market Strategies International
"While this new world of connectivity promises to add immensely to the comfort, productivity and knowledge of humans, it also creates is a highly fluid ecosystem for criminals. And to be clear, we're not talking about traditional cybercrime. No, this is the next level up. Not just using the network as a conduit for crime, but actually controlling the machines, using the billions of connected devices to commit real crimes that occur in our physical world."
Hartley, vice president in the Tech & Telecom division of Market Strategies International, a market research consultancy, has nearly 20 years of experience in the global telecom and tech sectors. He has focused on the North America market in the last decade, leading research projects with clients including AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint, Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Charter, Cox, CenturyLink, Google, Cisco, Oracle and IBM. Over the past decade, he has worked extensively with market-leading telecom and tech clients in Europe, Africa/Middle East and SE Asia. Paul holds a master's and bachelor's degree in marketing, advertising and economics from the University of Cape Town in South Africa. He is available to discuss the Internet of Things.
Contact: Nicole Burdiss, [email protected]
Insurance Industry Crafting Own Drone Regulations
Beverly Godbey
Attorney
Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP, Dallas
Despite a push to speed up the Federal Aviation Administration's approval of commercial drone use in the United States, the reality is that drones already are being flown on a daily basis throughout the country for both personal and commercial purposes. Says Godbey: "Because of this unregulated use, insurance underwriters have not had the luxury of waiting for government requirements. In order to serve their customers, the industry has been forced to invent and enforce its own safety requirements so it can begin deciding the type of insurance policies it will issue. In Texas, commercial general liability policies specifically exclude drone coverage, underscoring the need for operators in the state to get standalone drone insurance. However, in the absence of existing FAA policies, they need to be prepared to face industry requirements that will be more stringent than the eventual FAA regulations are expected to be."
Contact: Rhonda Reddick, [email protected]
Same-Sex Couples Need Supreme Resolution
Michelle May O'Neil
Family Law Attorney
Godwin Lewis PC in Dallas
On April 28, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments on same-sex marriage, heralding the possible resolution of one of the nation's thorniest legal questions. Same-sex couples in states such as Texas that don't recognize their marriage desperately need a decision from the high court, one way or the other. Says O'Neil: "As it stands now, same-sex couples can be considered married for purposes of federal law, but states such as Texas won't recognize the marriage. This creates confusion for people in designating beneficiaries in federal and state retirement benefits, for example. For federal income tax purposes, a same-sex couple may be married and file joint taxes, but be unable to divorce in Texas and dissolve their union, causing them to potentially commit tax fraud when their relationship ends. Only by national recognition of same-sex marriages will this problem be fixed."
Contact: Amy Hunt, [email protected]
King v. Burwell Ruling Could Hurt Nonprofit Hospitals
Dr. Bill Bithoney
Managing Director, Chief Physician Executive
BDO Center for Healthcare Excellence & Innovation
An adverse King v. Burwell ruling could be the straw that breaks nonprofit hospitals' backs, says Dr. Bithoney: "Nonprofit and safety net hospitals are already on track to lose funds that they receive for treating a disproportionate amount of Medicaid patients. Losing insured patients, too, could send them into financial tailspins."
Dr. Bithoney can explain how payers and providers should prepare and brace for the potential business impact. He has been chief medical officer for several $1B+ health systems; was a professor at both Harvard and SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn; and was vice dean and professor at New York Medical College. He served as chief of general pediatrics primary care at Boston Children's Hospital for 17 years, where he was also named senior associate in medicine, the highest clinical appointment available at Harvard Medical School. Specializing in efficient clinical and hospital management and the development of accountable care organizations (ACO), Dr. Bithoney has developed managed care and academic strategies, managed a Medicare Advantage ACO, and developed self-sustaining models for performance and quality improvement, utilization review, utilization management and research strategies. He also co-founded MediVector Pharmaceuticals, a successful contract research company that develops new drug therapies and medical devices. Also, Dr. Bithoney is a co-founder and board member of Medical Missions for Children, the largest private telemedicine program in the world.
Website: https://www.bdo.com/industries/healthcare/overview
Contact: Danielle Elliott, [email protected]
Organizations Should Not Dismiss HRSA's Temporary Withdrawal of 'Mega-Reg'
Venson Wallin
Managing Director, National Healthcare Compliance and Regulatory Leader
The BDO Center for Healthcare Excellence & Innovation
"Health systems and pharmaceutical manufacturers should fully prepare for the eventuality of clarifying guidance from HRSA in 2015. Given the lobbying by manufacturers for more restrictive guidance and the increased focus on the part of federal officials, the push for more comprehensive regulations will only increase in intensity. The 'mega-reg' itself may be gone, but its goals of more detailed program guidance are surely not forgotten. Prepare now with program assessments and minimize transition challenges when the guidance is issued."
Wallin can explain why organizations would be wise to not dismiss HRSA's temporary withdrawal of its "mega-reg," which would have provided comprehensive 340B program guidance for hospitals and manufacturers. He can discuss why this information is important to keep top-of-mind, as well considerations for provider organizations to take into account when preparing for the increase in 340B program audits.
Website: https://www.bdo.com/industries/healthcare/overview
Contact: Danielle Elliott, [email protected]
New SAT Will Better Prepare Students for College Admissions Process
David Kim
CEO
C2 Education
"The new, harder SAT will place more emphasis on critical thinking and real-world problem solving, with a stronger focus on knowledge, skills, and understanding. There is great trepidation around the new test, but we believe it is a positive change, which will better prepare students for the increasingly competitive admissions atmosphere."
Based in Atlanta, Kim is a board member of the Washington Youth Foundation and commissioner of the Montgomery County Commission on Children and Youth. He has been published in Forbes, Entrepreneur and Inc. magazines. He is available to discuss higher education, college admissions, SAT test preparation, ACT test preparation, the new SAT, tutoring and small business. He is fluent in Korean.
Website: http://www.c2educate.com
Contact: Hillary Zody, [email protected]
Why Are So Many Female Teachers Sexually Abusing Students?
Joelle Casteix
Author
"Female public school educators did not just recently decide to sexually abuse students. Predatory female teachers have been abusing children for decades -- and causing horrible damage to vulnerable students. The only difference is that now our society and law enforcement are taking notice and prosecuting crimes. Our 'Hot for Teacher' excuses destroyed generations of children."
Casteix is the author of the upcoming book, "The Well-Armored Child: A Parent's Guide to Preventing Child Sexual Abuse" (due September 2015 from River Grove Books). She is also the author of "The Compassionate Response: How to Help and Empower the Adult Survivor of Child Sexual Abuse." She has a deep understanding of predatory behaviors, how victims are profiled, and why society is finally punishing female predators. She can also comment on the sex abuse and cover-up scandals in the Catholic Church, Boy Scouts, and public schools.
ProfNet Profile: http://www.profnetconnect.com/joelle_casteix
Website: http://www.casteix.com
Contact: [email protected]
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