Solar energy aficionados are about to converge on Washington D.C. for the third annual U.S. Solar Policy and Economics Forum to give you the scoop on how solar installations are evolving into the United State’s most feasible sustainable energy source.

The festivities are slated to begin the weekend of September 14–15, and are being advertised as the most innovative and informative solar forum to date. With its strategic location in Washington D.C., the forum will not only assemble the key players from the solar industry. but also bring together policy makers, lobbyists, and the financial community.

The agenda outline for the first day of conferences at the forum will be covering an overview of the U.S. solar market, development in U.S. Feed-in-Tariffs (FIT), and finance funding. The second day of conferencing will delve into issues for large scale power development, technology economics, and the increasing demand for solar power.

Geared toward tackling the major economic and political issues facing the implementation of solar power on local, state, and national levels, both Republicans and Democrats will be on hand ladling out information for debate. Some key speakers in attendance include, Roger Ballentine, President of Green Strategies and former Chairman of the White House Climate Change Task Force, Deputy Assistant to President Clinton, as well as founding board member of ACORE, along with John Lushetsky, Program Manager of the Solar Energy Technology Program, U.S. Department of Energy.

Some other components of the solar forum worth checking out are the training courses that will be available pre and post conference. Solar technologies 101 will be held on Sept. 13 as a one-day primer for interested solar enthusiasts who aren’t engineers. Solar power economics will take place after the conference is over on Sept. 16 and provide a one-day introduction on quantifying solar power’s market competitiveness.

For more information about the third U.S. Solar Policy and Economics Forum and to book your reservations contact the Washington Marriott, 1221 22nd Street, Washington, District Of Columbia, 20037, 202-872-1500.

Pictured: If you think reading the minutes of an energy forum is boring, imagine watching some old politician say those words at a podium for two hours.