Sustainable Opportunities Summit - 2010

Program

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Colorado Convention Center, Denver, CO March 2nd – 4th 2010 NOW is the Time to Accelerate!
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Tuesday, March 2nd
2:00PM – 4:00PM Korbel 4A – 4B	Carbon Footprinting 101: Workshop Presented by UC Denver Business School To Register Email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Details HERE
3:00PM – 8:00PM Korbel Lobby	Early Registration
5:00PM – 8:00PM Korbel 2 – 3	Opening Reception in Exhibit Hall: EXPO OPEN Green Recovery Book Signing by Andrew Winston Attendees/Exhibitors/Sponsors - FREE CORE Member - $20 Non-Member - $30 Walk-In - $40 (Cash & Check Only) Register HERE
Wednesday, March 3rd
7:30AM – 5:00PM Korbel Lobby	Registration
7:30AM – 8:30AM Korbel 1	Continental Breakfast & Networking
8:30AM – 9:30AM Korbel 1	Opening Plenary Session Sustainability – Why Your Company’s Success Depends On It Speaker Andrew Winston - Winston Eco-Strategies - Founder - Author Emcee Gregg Moss - TV / Radio Personality
9:30AM –10:00AM Korbel 1	Opening Welcome Remarks by Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper: Denver, Gateway to Regional Sustainability
10:00AM – 11:00AM Korbel 2 – 3	EXPO OPEN: Break & Networking
10:00AM – 12:30PM Korbel 4C – 4D	Cleantech Venture Challenge – Business Plan Competition: EARLY ROUNDS
11:00AM – 12:15PM	PANEL DISCUSSIONS
401 - 402	1. Financing Sustainability Is Wall Street Buying the Opportunity?
	Speakers David Cox - University of Denver - Daniels College of Business - Assistant Dean & Professor of Finance Tom Croft - Heartland Labor Capital Network - Director Kathy Leonard - UBS Investments - Vice President Moderator Steve Schueth - First Affirmative Financial Network - President
	The financial community is looking with increasing favor at companies that adopt sustainable business practices. This session will discuss how Wall Street, major accounting firms and institutional investors are evaluating and encouraging corporate sustainability as a competitive advantage.
403 - 404	2. Economic Development & Sustainability Sustainability as a Competitive Edge for Governments
	Speakers Holli Baumunk - Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation - Vice President Rob Bennett - Portland Sustainability Institute - Executive Director Eric Drummond - Manituo Springs, CO - Immediate Past Mayor Kelly Krpata - Applied Materials Climate Prosperity Initiative- Director Moderator André Pettigrew - City of Denver Office of Economic Development - Director
	Cities and states across the nation are embracing sustainability as an economic development strategy. Municipalities that adopt green operational practices, climate mitigation policies, energy efficient building codes and procurement standards find themselves attractive to employers and job seekers alike.
405 - 406	3. Sustainable Energy The Inevitable Rise of the Cost of Oil: The Impact on Transportation Speakers Mike Iden - Union Pacific Railroad - General Director Car & Locomotive Engineering Bill Reinert - Toyota Motor Sales USA, Advanced Technology Group - National Manager Robert Sturtz - United Airlines - Managing Director: Stategic Sourcing Fuel Moderator Alison Peters - Deming Center for Entrepreneurship CU Leeds School of Business - Director

	As the price of oil increases, the impact on moving goods around the globe will increase dramatically. What impact will this have on such industries as airlines, autos, rail and shipping? This session will explore innovative strategies adopted by major companies in preparation for increasing energy prices.
12:15PM – 1:15PM Korbel 2 – 3	EXPO OPEN: Lunch & Networking
1:15PM – 1:30PM Korbel 1	General Session Sustainability Champions Award Presentations Presenter Arunas Chesonis - PAETEC - CEO
1:30PM – 2:30PM Korbel 1	Plenary Session Panel: Sustainability in the Supply Chain: Retailers & Manufacturers Move to Improve Sustainability Speakers Catherine Greener - Cleargreen Advisors - Principal & Co-Founder Eric Israel - KPMG LLP - Managing Director Kim Marotta - MillerCoors - Vice President Corporate Social Responsibility Josh Phair - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. - Senior Manager - Public Affairs & Government Relations Moderator Dr. Kevin Dooley - Arizona State University - Professor of Supply Chain Management
2:30PM – 3:45PM	PANEL DISCUSSIONS
401 - 402	5. Financing Sustainability Modifying the Scorecard Speakers John DeRose - Deloitte & Touche LLP - Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability Services Whitney Holmes - Morrison & Foerster - Partner Deb Parsons - Investors' Circle - Co-Director Moderator Greg Berry - w1sd0m - President
	Companies and investors alike are reassessing the traditional metrics of business success. A new generation of analytical tools, focusing on a triple bottom line, are being developed and adopted by financial managers, NGO's and institutional investors. The new scorecard presents substantial challenges and opportunities for privately held and publicly traded companies.
403 - 404	6. Economic Development & Sustainability Why Sustainability is the New Driver of Innovation Speakers Dr. Bruce Hutton - University of Denver - Daniels College of Business - Dean Emeritus & Professor of Marketing Colby Swanson - BASF - Manager - Construction Markets / Strategic Development Jeff Weinberger - Cisco WebEx - Sustainability Lead Moderator Will Sarni - DOMANI - CEO
	As the Harvard Business Review recently noted, sustainability isn't the burden on the bottom line that many claim it to be. In fact, becoming more environmentally and socially conscious can lower costs and increase revenues. In the future, only companies that make sustainability a goal will achieve competitive advantage. This session lays out best practices for operationalizing sustainability.
405 - 406	7. Sustainable Energy Energy Efficiency in Existing Buildings Speakers Ash Awad - McKinstry Company - Vice President of Energy & Facility Solutions Francisco Pardo - At103 - CoFounder / Architect Robin Roy - Serious Materials Inc. - Vice President Projects & Policy Shawn White - Xcel Energy - Manager Industrial Energy Efficiency Marketing Moderator Phillip Infelise - CRESA Partners - Vice Chairman & Managing Principal
	Commercial and institutional buildings account for a huge proportion of the world's energy consumption and carbon emissions. This session will focus on the technologies, economics and job creating benefits of retrofitting existing buildings, including hospitals, office buildings and educational facilities.
Korbel 4A – 4B	8. Sustaining Human Capital The Millennial Generation – A Consistent Call for Sustainability Speakers Adam Brock - Wild Green Yonder - Founder & Permaculturalist John Imse - Environ Corporation - Principal Jennie Nevin - Green Spaces - Founder Ietef Vita - Urban Farming - Site Manager/Community Coordinator Blue and Yellow Logic - Eco-Cultivator Moderator Laura Bond - Flobots.org - Executive Director
	Colorado has become a leading destination for a wide range of foreign and domestic companies seeking to open offices in a state that actively embraces sustainability. This session will highlight the reasons why companies have chosen to open operations in the state.
3:45PM – 4:45PM Korbel 2 – 3	EXPO OPEN: Break & Networking
4:45PM – 6:00PM	PANEL DISCUSSIONS
401 - 402	9. Economic Development and Sustainability Sustainable Colorado - An Attractive Place to Do Business Speakers Scott Drake - DaVita - Senior Vice President - Operations Michael Dino - Patton Boggs - Senior Policy Advisor Nicholas Lenssen - Vestas American Wind Technology Inc. - Senior Specialist Market Intelligence Moderator Don Marostica - Colorado Office of Economic Development & International Trade - Director
	Generation Y makes up over 70 million people in the U.S. Born between 1977 and 1994, they make up over 20% of today’s population. Independent minded because of divorce, day care, single parents and the technological revolution they are also optimistic, yet concerned about the environment. How will this generation's embrace of sustainability affect the workplace?
405 - 406	10. Sustainable Energy The World After Copenhagen: Next Steps in Addressing Climate Change Speakers Marilyn Averill - CU Boulder - Center for Science & Technology Policy Research Jonathan Koehn - City of Boulder - Regional Sustainability Coordinator Alice Madden - State of Colorado - Climate Change Coordinator Moderator & Speaker William Becker - CU Denver Presidential Climate Action Project (PCAP) - Executive Director
	The December, 2009 climate negotiations in Denmark will set the stage for more aggressive actions by governments across the globe. This session will highlight the decisions reached and how they impact energy prices and national and state governments.
403 - 404	11. Sustaining Our Natural Resources Oil, Minerals and Metals: We Need Them, So Now What? Speakers Timm Comer - Cripple Creek & Victor Mining Company - Manager Environmental Resources Jill Cooper - EnCana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc. - Group Lead - Environment Shaye Diveley - Morrison & Foerster - Associate: Land Use & Environmental Law Dept Gregg Wagner - Rio Tinto Minerals - Director - Sustainability & Environment Moderator Andrew Bermingham - Montreux Energy LLC - CEO McAleerGray - Managing Director Energy Practice
	Our current economic system relies heavily on petroleum and other extractive resources. Some of the world's largest companies are involved in these industries. This session will examine the innovative practices being adopted to improve social and environmental sustainability and reduce carbon emissions, as well as the future challenges.
Korbel 4A – 4B	12. Sustaining Human Capital Sustainability: Are New Corporate Structures Needed? Speakers Eriks Brolis - Namaste Solar - Co-Owner / External Affairs Director Beth Richardson - B-Lab - Head of GIIRS Rick Zwetsch - Intersector Partners - Principal Moderator James Muchmore - Patton Boggs - Associate
	Critics are referring to the 21st century as the era of the 'stakeholder', with the 20th century being that of the 'shareholder'. New legal structures are being created across the nation to allow companies (private and public) to formally account for environmental and social issues in their by-laws and charter. What impact will these new organizational forms have on sustainability?
Thursday, March 4th
7:15AM – 8:15AM 401 – 402	International Society of Sustainability Professionals (ISSP) Meeting
7:30AM – 8:30AM Korbel 1	Continental Breakfast & Networking
8:30AM – 11:30AM Korbel 4C	Cleantech Venture Challenge – Business Plan Competition: FINAL PRESENTATIONS
8:30AM – 9:00AM Korbel 1	Welcome & Opening Remarks by Colorado Governor Bill Ritter
9:00AM – 10:00AM Korbel 1	Plenary Session Panel Sustainability as a Competitive Advantage Speakers Ing. Fernando A. Kohrs Aldape - Mexican Institute of Electrical Research (IIE) - Director Beth Shiroishi - AT&T Services Inc. - Assistant Vice President Citizenship & Sustainability Duane Woods - Waste Management - Senior Vice President - Western Group Moderator Bill Shutkin - Zocalo Solar - Partner
10:00AM – 11:00AM Korbel 2 – 3	EXPO OPEN: Break & Networking
11:00AM – 12:00PM	PANEL DISCUSSIONS
401 – 402	13. Financing Sustainability Using the Market to Price Carbon Speakers Rick Adcock - Camco International - Senior Vice President Lori Bird - NREL - Market & Policy Impact Analysis Group Susan Innis - CO Governor's Energy Office - Carbon Fund Program Manager Moderator Ken Fossey - Five Winds International - Project Manager
	Carbon pricing is a critical tool for achieving carbon reduction and also for generating funding for renewable energy initiatives. This session will examine the different forms carbon pricing and trading are taking, along with proposed initiatives to ensure that funds generated from a tax, auction or cap and trade system create benefit for multiple stakeholders.
403 – 404	14. Sustaining Our Natural Resources Food: How to Feed the World's Growing Population Speakers Steven Hoffman - Compass Natural LLC - Managing Partner Lisa Rogers - Feed Denver: Urban Farms & Markets - Founder Cynthia Torres - Colorado Farmers Market Association - Director Moderator Michael Brownlee - Transition Colorado - Co-Founder
	Despite technological innovation, the number of people across the globe in need of adequate food supplies continues to grow. Is it a problem of distribution management, supply manipulation, or some other cause? And what impact is climate change having? This session will examine these issues and explore what it would take to move toward a more sustainable food system.
405 – 406	15. Sustainable Energy Is Natural Gas Really the Savior? Speakers Melanie Kenderdine - MIT Energy Initiative - Executive Director Mike Ming - Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America - President Carol Sturman - Sturman Industries - President
	With new natural gas fields being discovered, the price of the energy source continues to fall. Can natural gas become the much hoped for 'transition' fuel? What is the role for natural gas in the transportation sector? And what are the environmental consequences?
Korbel 4A – 4B	16. Sustaining Human Capital The Value of Partnering: Corporations and NGOs Speakers Thomas G. Currigan Jr. - Kaiser Permanente - Director Community & Local Government Relations Shelley Marquez - Wells Fargo - Vice President - Community Development Manager Mike Pritchard - Goodwill Industries - Vice President Fund Development Moderator Richard Eidlin - Progress Group - President
	Corporations and NGO's are discovering that they can make significant progress toward achieving their respective objectives by collaborating on social and environmental projects in communities. This session will showcase some successful partnerships.
12:15PM – 1:15PM Local Restaurants	Lunch On Own (See list of suggested restaurants)

1:15PM – 1:45PM Korbel 1	Business Plan Competition AWARDS – Plenary Session Hall
1:45PM – 2:45PM Korbel 1	Plenary Session Pricing Carbon - The New Economic Reality Speaker Peter Fusaro - Global Change Associates Inc. - President
2:45PM – 4:00PM	PANEL DISCUSSIONS
Korbel 4A – 4B	17. Sustaining Human Capital The Art of Leading a Sustainable Company Speakers Ellen Feeney - WhiteWave Foods - Director Responsible Livelihood Lisa Grice - Environ Corporation - Principal/Partner Kim Jordan - New Belgium Brewery - Co-Founder & CEO Moderator Walt Rakowich - Prologis - Chief Executive Officer
	Making sustainability an essential part of a company’s overall business strategy takes foresight and leadership. It also involves having an appreciation of how all pieces (e.g., operational, financial, product development, service and environmental) fit together within the organization. Effective leaders are willing to challenge traditional assumptions about ‘this is how we do it’ and transcend the comfort of organizational silos. This session will focus on strategies for conveying the importance of and setting a direction for your company’s sustainability initiative.
403 – 404	18. Sustaining Our Natural Resources Water: The Next Oil! Speakers Dr. Beth Sauerhaft - PepsiCola N. American Supply Chain - Senior Manager of Environmental Stewardship Edward Breslin - Water for People - Chief Executive Officer Alan Krause - MWH - President & Chief Operating Officer Moderator Dr. William Bellamy - CH2MHILL - Senior Vice President & Technology Fellow
	Our economy needs energy to deliver water and water to produce energy. But climate change is worsening existing water shortages. At the same time, many CO2 reducing technologies consume significant quantities of water. Many of the new approaches for securing clean water (long-distance transport and seawater desalination) are energy-intensive. This session will discuss these challenges and what's possible over the next 25 years.
405 – 406	19. Sustainable Energy Energy and Manufacturing: What Happens if the Price Rises? Speakers Kim Coupounas - GoLite LLC - Co-Founder & Chief Sustainability Officer Robert Davis - LiteControl - Director Product Management Sam Jaffe - IDC Energy Insights - Senior Research Analyst Moderator G. 'Ravi' Ravishankar - CO Association of Manufacturing & Technology - Vice President Operations
	Once an engine of economic activity, manufacturing has fallen out of favor for the past few decades in the US. There are signs, however, that this trend is being reversed. As the price of energy increases, more companies and governments are exploring the cost effectiveness, plus economic advantages of manufacturing closer to home. This session will examine this trend in the US.
401 – 402	20. Sustainable Entertainment Sustainability in the World of Sports Speaker Allison Hamilton - Dicks Sporting Goods Park - Senior Director / Venue Operations Jeff Mack - Milender White Construction Co. - Vice President Tim Romani - Icon Venue Group - President & CEO Moderator Mike Rock - Kroenke Sports Enterprises LLC - General Manager / Venue Operations
	Sporting events and the venues in which they take place can be huge consumers of energy and water and massive generators of waste. They are also highly visible so those involved in the design and construction of sports stadiums and those who run the events have made big strides to make them more sustainable in recent years. This session will showcase some of the success stories and some of the challenges that remain.
4:00PM – 5:30PM Korbel 2 – 3	Closing Party, EXPO OPEN & Networking Meet the Hosts of the Summit, Celebrities, Prizes, Refreshments and Much More...
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