Conference Agenda
THURSDAY, APRIL 2ND
                   
7:00  
 Registration/Breakfast                
8:00    Welcome
8:15    Keynote: When small steps don't lead to big change - New strategies for a Sustainable World
                 Tom Crompton - World Wildlife Fund-UK, Change Strategist
  

9:10    Panel: Training at Risk Youth & Homeless for the Green Economy     
           
                
Stacey Noland - Moontown Foundation, Founder
                 Charlie Cunniff - Seattle Climate Partnership, Director                
                   
            
10:20  Breakout Sessions                
            1.  By-Product Synergy NW: Turning Wastes into Profitable Products       
         

                  Kellee Franklin - Seattle University, Professor                
                  Karl Ostrom - Network for Business Innovation and Sustainability, Co-Director
                  Shirli Axelrod - Seattle Public Utilities, Senior Environmental Analyst
                  Kris Beatty - King County, Recycling & Environmental Services
                  John Earl - Canyon Creek Cabinet Co, Environmental Manager
                  Patrick Nonn - Lafarge Cement Plant, Quality Manager

            2.  Children's Hospital and King County: A Collaborative Transportation Plan                
                  Mathew Bullen - Seattle Children's Hospital, Transit Programs Lead                
            3.  Supplying Safe and Reliable Water in Thailand and Zambia                
                  Phil Thompson - Seattle University, Professor                
            4.  Can a Bio-economy Strategy Save a Mining Town: Atikokan, Canada                
                  Scott Carson - Queen's University, Professor & Director; Kingston, Ontario, Canada                                
            5. Transcendent Leadership: Pathway to Global Sustainability        
                  John J. Z. Gardiner - Seattle University, Professor of Leadership

11:30   Lunch                
12:00   Keynote: Learning from Failure: Why Sustainability needs to focus on Tactics and Strategies               
                 Auden Schendler - Aspen Skiing Company, Executive Director of Sustainability               

12:50   Breakout Sessions:
            1. Mexico, Guatemala, and US Collaboration - Palm Fronds and Social Justice                
                  Dean Current, University of Minnesota, Director- Natural Resource & Agricultural  Manag.        
                  Juan Trujillo, Guatemala Rainforest Alliance
            2. Food System's Contribution to Global Warming: How Partnerships Can Reduce the Impact    
                  Helene York - Bon Appetit Management Company Foundation, Architect - Low Carbon Diet
                  Buzz Hofford - Bon Appetit, General Manager
                  Kara Wittmer - SU MBA Candidate '09, Co-leader Got Mug? Campaign
 
           3. Oberlin, Ohio: University, Government, and Business Collaboration              
                  David Sonner - City of Oberlin Ohio, City Council President and Mayor                
                  Nathan Engstrom - Oberlin College Environmental Sustainability, Coordinator                
                  Bryan Burgess - Burgess Electric, Co-owner
            4. Working Towards Sustainability is Everyone's Business
                  Melanie Wood - Environmental Protection Agency, Sustainability Program Manager             
2:00
    Northwest Business Panel  
                  Moderator:
Kevin Wilhelm - Sustainable Business Consulting, CEO
                  Kevin Hagen - REI Co., Director of Corporate Social Responsibility
                  Doug Moore - McKinstry Co., President
                  Ben Packard - Starbucks Coffee Co., Director of Environmental Affairs                     
3:10     Breakout Sessions                
            1.  Breaking the Deadlock on US-China Policy Dialog Regarding Environmental Clean Up        
                  David Reid - Seattle University, Professor        
                  Alex Conrad - Blue C, LTD, Managing Director         
            2.  Preserving Wetlands in Bogota, Colombia: Three Sector Collaboration       
                  Alejandro Vivas - Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Professor; Bogota, Colombia         
            3.  Using Natural Step to create Sustainable Communities         
                  Jane Silberstein - Bainbridge Graduate Institute, Associate Dean        
            4.  The Failure of Success: PATH - Partnership for Advancing Housing Technology        
                  Maureen McNulty - D&R International, Director of Creative Services; Maryland  
            5.  Salmon Safe Project: Regional Partnership to Protect Watershed        
                  Mary Rose - Network for Business Innovation and Sustainability, Co-Director 
                  K
arl Ostrom - Network for Business Innovation and Sustainability, Co-Director       
                  Other participants in the project (Invited)
      
4:15     Keynote: How Business Can Increase Profitability & Address Climate Change in an Uncertain Economy        
            Kevin Wilhelm - Sustainable Business Consulting, CEO        
4:55     Student Experiences in Sustainability
5:15     Reception        
5:45     Keynote: Leading Effectively Across Sectors        
            Father Stephen Sundborg - Seattle University, President        


FRIDAY, APRIL 3RD           

7:00    Registration/Breakfast        
8:00    Welcome
8:10    Sustainability at Seattle University
                
   
              Dr. Isiaah Crawford - Seattle University, Provost         
8:20    Keynote: Greening Seattle Collaboratively
                
                 Hon. Greg Nickels - City of Seattle, Mayor
                
9:00    Boeing Panel: Working with NGO's to set Global Metrics for Sustainability        
                 Mark Augustyniewicz - Boeing Company      
                 David Leonhardi - Boeing Company      
                 Alessandro Galli - Global Footprint Network, Sr. Scientist        
10:00   Investing in Sustainable Business       
                 Moderator: Alex Conrad,
Blue C, LTD, Managing Director
                 Jamie Boyd - Cascadia Capital, Sr. Vice President
                 Martin Tobias - Kashless.org, Serial Entrepreneur and Venture Capitalist
                 Chad Waite - OVP Venture Partners
11:00   Keynote: Sustainability and the 2010 Vancouver Olympics
                  
Brenda Metropolit, Director of Sustainability Initiatives with the Vancouver 2010 Olympics 
12:00    Lunch/Networking        
1:30      End of Conference  
 

    

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