Keith Curtis, Senior Energy Advisor, U.S. Dep. of Commerce, speaks at The Urban Agriculture Summit 2011 in Washington D.C.

Keith Curtis, Senior Energy Advisor, International Operations, US Commercial Services, ITA, U.S. Department of Commerce speaks on "Swedish-American Green Alliance; a saga about cleantech collaboration" at the Urban Agriculture Summit.

Mr. Curtis, a senior member of the Foreign Service, is based in Washington DC in the Office of International Operations at the US Department of Commerce Headquarters operations. He is working as the senior advisor on energy efficiency and renewable energy and is responsible for energy strategy worldwide for the Commercial Service. He also works as the Vice President for the American Foreign Service Association, representing the Foreign Commercial Service.

Mr. Curtis returned from Stockholm in 2008 where he served as the Regional Senior Commercial Officer for Sweden, Denmark, Latvia and Iceland. Mr. Curtis was responsible for commercial affairs for the region as chief representative for the US Department of Commerce programs. He was assigned to Stockholm in the August of 2003.

Welcome to The Urban Agriculture Summit 2011 to discuss "How do we feed people in the urban era?" at House of Sweden, Washington D.C. on November 16.

When: November 16, 2011, 1 PM to 5 PM

Where: House of Sweden, 2900 K Street NW, Washington D.C.

Register for the event: http://event.plantagon.com/urbanagriculture/

Speakers: Professor Oren R Lyons, Keith Curtis, Richard Fedrizzi, Sally Schneider, Tony Socci, Craig Cox, and others.

Program: http://event.plantagon.com/urbanagriculture/program.html

Press contact: Carin Balfe Arbman, Plantagon, carin.balfe-arbman@plantagon.com, phone: +46 70 633 35 08.

Host: Plantagon International AB

Partner: Embassy of Sweden, Washington D.C.