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The first ever O'Reilly Energy Innovation Conference will be held August 22-24, 2007 in San Francisco, at the epicenter of conservation and technological innovation. The event will be a convergence point for emerging technologies in energy distribution and generation, architecture and construction, as well as transportation. The conference will investigate new technologies applied to conservation and efficiency improvements, and feature radical new tools for increasing supplies and mitigating environmental impacts.

Early registration is now open for attendees and media. To register for the Energy Innovation Conference, visit: http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/59/register.html

Energy Innovation will be of interest to existing power company (gas, electric, water) IT managers, CXO's, government agencies, environmental agencies, investors and VCs, entrepreneurs, researchers, academics, activists, hackers, and alpha geeks tinkering with power and energy technology or anyone interested in building the next wave of innovative energy technologies.

The list of speakers and topics is growing and includes visionaries and industry leaders. A brief highlight of speakers:

• Terry Swack, Founder & CEO, Clean Culture
• Houston Kempton, Environmental Chemist, Watershed Consulting
• Mark Bramfitt, Principal Program Manager, Pacific Gas and Electric
• Bruce Nordman, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
• Alec Brooks, General Motors
• Paul MacCready, AeroVironment, Inc.
• Peter Williams, IBM
• Julie Jorgensen, Cogen America

The program is still taking shape, and the preliminary sessions can be reviewed here: http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/59/sessions.html

To see the current list of speakers, visit: http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/59/speakers.html

Energy Innovation will feature an exhibit hall where companies offering energy conservation-related products and services will display their latest innovations to the more than 500 attendees that are expected at the convention.

Looking to save a little energy this summer? Buy a Push Reel Lawn Mower, you know those mowers that don't have an engine, and use your own power to mow the lawn. These mowers have come a long way over the years and are now much easier to push than older reel push lawn mowers.

These mowers can be hard to find, since your local hardware store would probably rather have you buy more expensive mowers, but you can buy them online.

Back in February we pointed out that unplugging your cell phone charger when it's not in use could save up to 190 megawatts a day in the US alone.

Today Nokia announced that all of their new devices will alert users to unplug the charger once the battery is full.

Mobile phones sounding a beep and displaying an alert -- "Battery is full, please unplug the charger" -- could save enough electricity to power 85,000 homes annually, Nokia said.