The Gulf Coast Industrial Energy Efficiency Forum will be held 20-21 May 2010 at the Royal Sonesta Hotel, in New Orleans, Louisiana, US. Cohosted by the US Department of Energy’s Industrial Technologies Program and the Industrial Energy Technology Conference, the Gulf Coast Forum will bring together industrial manufacturers that have planned or pending energy efficiency or environmental projects with public and private organizations that have the financial and technical resources to assist with the implementation of those projects. The Gulf Coast Industrial Energy Efficiency Forum will also connect industrial manufacturers with private and public organizations that have the technical and/or financial resources to implement energy efficiency projects and feature a senior executive roundtable. A panel of local leaders and executives will discuss how they made energy efficiency a priority and what steps they took to overcome the implementation hurdle and get energy-reducing projects in the ground.