4th Annual Renewable Energy & Sustainability Conference Feb 22-24, 2022

The 4th Annual Seminole Tribe of Florida Renewable Energy and Sustainability Conference will focus on the newly changing landscape for Tribal energy development and sustainability, including best practices, federal leadership, policy, and regulatory changes, funding a project, and project planning/development trends. The Conference will give Tribes an opportunity to explore the range of renewable energy and sustainability opportunities that exist and how to start the process.

Representatives from Tribes, nongovernmental organizations, and private industry will give presentations and provide training objectives on a wide range of topics, including:

• Resources to help with Tribal energy projects
• Achieving self-sufficiency through energy planning and resource development
• Energy saving methods in design, development and construction
• Tribes undertaking large scale energy projects
• Developments driving change in the renewable energy and sustainability marketplace
• Tribal/private partnership opportunities
• Tribal case studies and lessons learned
• Funding sources for projects
• Leveraging available federal resources and materials to support Tribes and TDHE/Housing Departments

In Person Conference attendees, will visit the NLC Lobby at the 6363 Taft Street building on February 22 at 8:00 AM EST to pick up their conference materials. NLC staff will assist all those Onsite attendees in NLC Lobby with signing in.

The NLC will be providing a boxed breakfast all three days of the conference, and boxed lunch on February 22 & 23. There is no cost to attend the conference, however participants are responsible for their own lodging, dinner, and travel/ground transportation costs. Advance registration is required by February 1, 2022. Due to health/safety precautions on-site attendance is capped at 75, and registrations will be accepted in the order in which they are received.

Below is a list of hotels that are within driving distance to the Native Learning Center Training Facility.

1 Seminole Way, Davie, FL 33314

For reservations, call or book online. A guest room block is not available for this conference: however, any one of these hotels will honor the GSA rate. Guests will need to show their government ID upon check-in.

*All listed hotels are within 9 miles of the Native Learning Center.

90 SW 18th Ave, Dania Beach, FL, 33004

191 SW 19th Court, Dania Beach, FL, 33004

2500 Stirling Road, Hollywood, FL, 33020

1900 Stirling Road, Dania Beach, FL, 33020

7550 State Road 84, Davie, FL, 33317

2500 Stirling Road, Hollywod, FL, 33020

*All listed hotels are within 9 miles of the Native Learning Center.

2905 Sheridan Street, Hollywood, FL, 33020

Registration is FREE for Native Americans and those working within Indian Country. In accordance with 2 CFR Chapter II Part 200, OMB Super Circular, Subpart E (Cost Principles), Provision 200.432 (Conferences), the Native Learning Center exercises discretion and judgment in ensuring that costs for conferences, training, technical assistance, and all other meetings and events (including retreats, seminars, symposiums, workshops, etc.), are appropriate, necessary, and managed in a manner that minimizes costs to its Federal award.

Host or Publisher Seminole Tribe of Florida