Energy and Climate Change Roundtable: The Business of Climate Change
Moderator: Rick Stengel
Introduction: Practical Examples of the Business Impact
- Dan Hendrix
- Mike Kaplan
- Dr. Jeff Kenna
- Rose McKinney James
- Dan Reicher
- Frances Beinecke
- Leo Gerard
- Sen. Amy Klobuchar
- Ira Magaziner
- Navin Nayak
- John Podesta
- Dan Sperling
Space Theatre, Denver Performing Arts Complex, Denver, CO
The Conventions
Hill Heat will be adding relevant events at the Democratic and Republican National Conventions to its listings, including The New Republic’s “Future of Environmentalism” series (interestingly only with wealthy white men) and the Rocky Mountain Roundtable’s Energy and Climate series, which features a keynote by Sir Nicholas Stern. (Times are local.)
Transatlantic Conference on Climate Change and Energy
The Washington Conference will take place over two days. The first day will be an intensive expert workshop focusing on emissions from transport and biofuels use; this reflects concerns over the lack of action to address emissions from transport, rising concerns about expanded use of biofuels and pressure from some to include aviation, marine transport and road transport within cap and trade systems.
Day two will be a larger event designed to inform civil society more broadly about the differences and similarities between action in the EU and US, discuss best practice domestic solutions, demystify key policies such as the EU ETS etc. Discussions will predominantly focus on cap and trade, and the differing perceptions of actors on both sides of the Atlantic.
IEEP will be taking experts from the EU over to Washington for the event. European experts would take part in the workshop on day one, and potentially present ideas and concepts from a European perspective on day two.
If you would like to find out more about the conference please contact Sirini Withana (IEEP) or Melanie Nakagawa (NRDC).
For more information and background papers from previous T-PAGE discussions, visit the T-PAGE project website.
Location: 1616 P Street, NW, 1st Floor Conference Room
Resources for the Future building
Washington, DC 20036
The Climate Policy Puzzle: Putting the Pieces Together
Real progress on climate change issues requires new, manageable policy. It’s time to get to work. The Climate Policy Puzzle: Putting the Pieces Together is 2008’s must attend conference for those looking for straight talk on U.S. policy developments.
Join A&WMA, Senator Joe Lieberman (I-CT), Governor Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. (R-UT), and ranking representatives from the environmental community in Arlington, VA April 2-3, 2008 for a climate change event that breaks new ground.
Get down to business on positions, perspectives and predictions with issue-leaders from:
- Natural Resources Defense Council (USCAP)
- 3M Corp.
- Duke University
- Environmental Defense Fund (USCAP)
- Hogan & Hartson
- U.S Environmental Protection Agency
- Clean Air Institute Asia
- UK Department of Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
- The U.S. Department of Energy
- The Electric Power Research Institute
- The United Mine Workers of America
- U.S. DOE’s National Energy Technology Lab
- The American Petroleum Institute
- The World Resources Institute (USCAP)
- The Center for Clean Air Policy
- Analysis Group, Inc.
- Edison Electric Institute
- DTE Energy
- Heinz Center for Science, Economics and the Environment
- ES&P LLC
- Environmental Council of the States
- National Association of Clean Air Agencies (NACAA)
- Utah Department of Environmental Quality
- RTP Environmental Associates, Inc.
- Louisville Metro Air Pollution Control District
- Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
- Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
- Arizona Public Service
- The LEVON Group
- The Energy and Resources Institute, North America (TERI NA)
- Pew Center for Global Climate Change (USCAP)
Marriott Crystal City Gateway
1700 Jefferson Davis Highway
Arlington, VA 22202
Phone: 703-920-3230
Fax: 703-271-5212
To register, download the registration form and return it with your payment to:
Registrar, Air & Waste Management Association
420 Fort Duquesne Blvd., 3rd Floor
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-1435 USA
Fax: 412-232-3450
Phone: 412-232-3444
Important Note! The advance registration deadline was extended from March 10 to March 17.
Refund Policy:
If written notice of cancellation is received on or before March 19, 2008, payment will be refunded, less a $75 cancellation fee. (Cancellation fees apply regardless of payment method). Substitutions may be made at any time; payment for any difference is due at the time of substitution. This refund policy applies to all occurrences, including weather-related events and other natural disasters. In the unlikely occurrence of event cancellation, the Association is not liable for any expenses incurred by the registrant other than the full refund of registration fee(s) paid.
Continuing Education Credit Opportunities:
Conference attendees may be eligible for continuing education credit. For more information, please contact Autumn Secrest, Programs Coordinator, at 412-232-3444 ext. 6031, or [email protected].
Conference Committee:
Conference Co-chairs:
- William J. Palermo, PE, Principal, RTP Environmental Associates, Inc.
- John S. Seitz, Partner, ES&P, LLC
Organizing Committee Members:
- A. Gwen Eklund, Director, Power, TRC
- Peter F. Hess, PE, DEE, QEP
- Miriam Lev-On, Executive Director, The LEVON Group, LLC
- C. V. Mathai, Ph.D., QEP, Manager for Environmental Policy, Arizona Public Service
- Jim Pfeiffer, Environmental Advisor, Air Quality, BP Exploration (Alaska), Inc.
- Jayne M. Somers, Program Manager, U.S. EPA Climate Change Division
- Richard W. Sprott, Executive Director, Utah Department of Environmental Quality
- C. Flint Webb, Project Manager, SAIC
Ecological Dimensions of Biofuels
- sustainable development and use of biofuels;
- social, biogeographic, land use, and biodiversity considerations; and,
- ecological dimensions of alternatives for crop selection and production, harvest and transport of product to refinery, and refining of liquid fuels and other co-products.
A keynote address will be delivered by Dr. Jose Goldemberg, Co-President of the Global Energy Assessment (GEA) Council and Professor at the Universidade de Sao Paulo. Goldemberg recently served as Secretary for the Environment of the State of Sao Paulo, Brazil, and was a lead author of the World Energy Assessment.
The conference will conclude with an evening social featuring additional poster presentations and opportunities for attendees to network with presenters and others working in this important field.
Full details, including an agenda, confirmed speakers, registration information, and sponsorship opportunities, are available at http://www.esa.org/biofuels.
Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 8:30 am | “Environmental Impact of Biofuels Cropping Systems: Introduction”” | Bill Parton Colorado State University |
| 9:00 am | “Defining Sustainable Biofuels – or, “It isn’t Easy Being Green”” | John Sheehan LiveFuels, Inc. |
| 9:30 am | “Field to Fuel – Developing Sustainable Biorefineries” | Robin Jenkins Dupont Central Research and Development Experiment Station |
| 10:00 am | BREAK | |
| 10:30 am | “Biofuels and Water Quality in the Midwest: Corn vs. Switchgrass as Feedstocks” | Catherine Kling Iowa State University |
| 11:00 am | “The Biogeochemistry of Bioenergy Landscapes: Clean Water, Clean Air, & Climate Mitigation vs. Business as Usual” | Philip Robertson Michigan State University |
| 11:30 am | “Interactions between Biofuel Choices and Landscape Dynamics and Land use” | Virginia Dale Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| 12:00 pm | Keynote Address (with lunch) “Environmental and Ecological Dimensions of Biofuels” | Jose Goldemberg Global Energy Assessment Council & Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brasil |
| 1:30 pm | “Biofuels and Biodiversity” | John Wiens The Nature Conservancy |
| 2:00 pm | “Production of Biofuels Feedstock on Agriculture Land and Grasslands” | Wally Wilhelm U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service |
| 2:30 pm | “Are Rangeland Biofuel Feedstocks Ecologically Sustainable?” | Linda Wallace University of Oklahoma |
| 3:00 pm | “Sustainable Biofuels and Bioproducts from our Forests” | Marilyn Buford U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service |
| 3:30 pm | BREAK | |
| 4:00 pm | “Municipal Solid Waste as Supplemental Feedstocks” | Donna Perla U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
| 4:30 pm | ” A Global-Scale Biofuels Program and its Environmental Consequences” | Jerry Melillo The Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory |
| 5:00 pm | “The Rush to Biofuels and Ecological Perspectives in the Policy Process” | Otto Doering Purdue University |
| 5:30 pm | Poster Social & Reception |
Next Steps on Oil-for-Renewable Package
Senate Democrats are eyeing a filibuster-proof budget bill as a vehicle for energy tax provisions that have narrowly failed to win the 60 votes needed to cut off debate, several lawmakers said yesterday.Energy taxes are a “candidate to be considered in [budget] reconciliation,” Budget Chairman Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) told reporters. “I think we have to look at things that reduce our dependence on energy.”
The oil-for-renewables package, which faces the threat of a Bush veto, received resounding support from a broad coalition of industry, investors, and environmental organizations in a press conference today on the first day of the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference. President Bush is scheduled to offer the keynote address to the convention tomorrow.
Washington International Renewable Energy Conference
The Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008) will bring together government, civil society and private business leaders to address the benefits and costs of a major and rapid scale-up in the global deployment of renewable energy technology.
WIREC Participants can expect to:- Acquire a better understanding of the benefits of large-scale renewable energy deployment on energy security, climate change, air quality and economic growth.
- Gain an appreciation of the multiple policy options and best practices that encourage and enable accelerated renewable energy up-take.
- Develop networks and find partners to explore and initiate renewable energy projects.
These three objectives will be woven into WIREC’s four cross-cutting and policy driven themes: Agriculture and Rural Development ; Technology/Research and Development ; and Market Adoption and Finance.
Monday, March 3, 2008
12:00 – 6:00 p.m. Registration and Pre-conference Meetings
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
7:30 – 8:30 a.m. Registration
8:30 – 9:00 a.m. Welcome and Introductions
- Paula Dobriansky, Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs, Department of State of the United States
- Michael Eckhart, President, American Council On Renewable Energy (ACORE)
- Thomas Dorr, Chairman, Secretary’s Energy Council, Under Secretary for Rural Development, United States Department of Agriculture
9:00 – 10:30 a.m. Opening Statements
Introductions: Paula Dobriansky, Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs, United States Department of State
- Speaker: John D. Negroponte, Deputy Secretary of State, United States Department of State The Challenge and Charge to the Attendees
- Speaker: Ed Schafer, Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture
- Speaker: Michael Müller, Parliamentary State Secretary, Germany Lessons from Bonn, 2004.
- Speaker: Zhang Xiaoqiang, Vice Chairman. National Development and Reform Commission of China Lessons from Beijing, 2005.
10:30 – 11:00 a.m. Networking Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:30 p.m. Ministerial Level Plenary Session: Defining the Issues
Introductions: Hermann Scheer, Germany, General Chairman World Council for Renewable Energy
Current Trends and Issues: Renewable Energy- Speaker: Samuel Bodman, Secretary, United States Department of Energy
- Speaker: Tony Hayward, CEO, BP
- Speaker: Mohamed El-Ashry, Chairman, REN21
- Speaker: Nobuo Tanaka, Executive Director, International Energy Agency
- Speaker: Vinod Khosla, Founder and CEO, Khosla Ventures and Sun Microsystems.
12:30 – 2:15 p.m. Lunch: Ministers and Invitation Only
Host: Chuck Conner, Deputy Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture- Speaker: Dirk Kempthorne, Secretary, United States Department of Interior
- Speaker: Connie Hedegaard, Minister for Climate and Energy, Denmark
2:30 – 4:00 p.m. For the 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. period, two parallel sessions will be convened; 1) “Ministerial Session”, for Ministers only, and 2) “Stakeholder Session” for where stakeholders are identified as federal authorities not participating in the Ministerial session, local authorities not at the Federal level, private sector, and civil society. Each session will consider the economic and environmental benefits of renewable energy. Brief remarks will be offered with the objective of stimulating a meaningful and interactive dialogue among the respective session participants.
2:30 – 4:00 p.m. Concurrent Session I
Ministerial Session: The Economic and Environmental Benefits of Renewable Energy
- Co-Chair: Steve Johnson, Administrator, United States Environmental Protection Agency
- Co-Chair: Andris Piebalgs, Energy Commissioner, European Union
- Energy Security
- Climate Change
- Environment and Air Quality
- Economic Growth including Rural Development
A representative group of Ministers will each give 5 minutes of remarks and then the floor will be open.
Open Discussion2:30 – 4:00 p.m. Concurrent Session II
Stakeholder Session: The Economic and Environmental Benefits of Renewable Energy.
Chair: David Hales, President, College of the Atlantic
In this closed interactive session, the stakeholders will address the key benefits of rapid deployment of renewable energy technology including:- Energy Security
- Climate Change
- Environment and Air Quality
- Economic Growth including Rural Development
A representative individual will give 5 minutes of remarks.
- Speaker: Dieter Salomon, Lord Mayor, Freiburg, Germany
- Speaker: Corrado Clini, Chair, Global Bioenergy Partnership
- Speaker: Dan Reicher, Co-Chair of ACORE, and Director of Climate Change and Energy Initiatives, Google, Inc.
- Speaker: Lew Milford, President, Clean Energy Group (US)
- Speaker: Moekti H. Soejachmoen (Confirmed), Indonesia
- Speaker: Arthouros Zervos, President European Wind Energy Association, President European Renewable Energy Council
Open Discussion
4:00 – 4:30 p.m. Networking Coffee Break
4:30 – 6:00 p.m. Joint Ministerial-Stakeholder “Straight Talk” Session
Moderator: Hank Habicht, Vice Chairman of the Global Environment and Technology Foundation
The session will be kicked off by brief remarks by Andris Piebalgs, representing ministers and David Hales, President, College of the Atlantic representing stakeholders, who will share the results of the prior sessions. After their brief remarks the session will be open.
Open Discussion6:00 – 7:30 Optional Conference Activities Trade Show Reception Other
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
The conference format for Wednesday is that there will be parallel and concurrent ministerial level sessions throughout the entire day. In the morning there will be two plenary sessions which will run concurrently 8:00 – 9:30 a.m., one plenary focuses on the Market Adoption and Finance focal theme (Plenary A) and the other plenary focuses on the Agriculture, Forestry, and Rural Development focal theme (Plenary B). After the morning networking coffee break, there will be multiple concurrent ministerial level sessions (11:00 – 12:30 p.m.): three will focus on Market Adoption and Finance; four will focus on Agriculture, Forestry, and Rural Development, and one session on state and local authorities©.
After lunch, the Research and Development focal theme will have a plenary session (2:30 – 4:00 p.m.). The Market Adoption and Finance focal theme will go directly into three concurrent ministerial level sessions for the afternoon. State and local authorities will hold a session.
Following the afternoon networking break (4:30 – 6:00 p.m.), the Research and Development focal theme (D) will hold four concurrent direct talk sessions, the Market Adoption and Finance focal theme will continue with three concurrent sessions, and the State and local authorities will hold one session.
7:00 – 8:00 a.m. Registration
Breakfast – Third Level8:00 – 9:30 a.m. Opening Plenary, Welcome and Remarks
Plenary A Market Adoption and Finance
Co-Moderator: Gregory Manuel, Special Advisor to the Secretary of State and International Energy Coordinator, United States Department of State
Co-Moderator: Alexander “Andy” Karsner (Confirmed), Assistant Secretary Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, United States Department of Energy
- Speaker: Maud Olofsson, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Enterprise and Energy, Sweden
- Speaker: Reuben Jeffery III, Under Secretary for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs, United States Department of State
- Speaker: Tim Pawlenty, Governor of Minnesota and Chair of the National Governors Association
- Speaker: Michael Liebreich, CEO, New Energy Finance Renewable Energy
Plenary B Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Development
Moderator: Thomas Dorr, Chairman, Secretary’s Energy Council, Under Secretary for Rural Development, United States Department of Agriculture- Speaker: Chuck Conner, Deputy Secretary of Agriculture, United States Department of Agriculture
- Speaker: Marcos Jank, President and CEO, Brazilian Sugar Cane Industry Association (UNICA)
- Speaker: Andrzej Dycha, Under Secretary of State, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Republic of Poland
- Speaker: Richard Tolman, CEO, National Corn Growers Association
- Speaker: Honorable Arthur Cua Yap, Secretary, Department of Agriculture, Republic of the Philippines
TBD Conference Keynote: George W. Bush, President of the United States
11:00 – 12:30 p.m. Concurrent Ministerial Level Sessions: Market Adoption and Finance (3); Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Development (4); and State and local authorities.
11:00 – 12:30 p.m. Market Adoption and Finance Concurrent Sessions
A1. Grid-Connected Generation: Market Adoption and Deployment of New Technology Moderator: Connie Hedegaard, Minister for Climate and Energy, Denmark
Panelists:- Christine Wörlen, Deutsche Energie-Agentur GmbH (dena) – German Energy Agency
- Terry Hudgens, President and CEO, PPM Energy
- Ian Simm, Chief Executive Officer, Impax Group PLC.
- Lucien Bronicki, Founder, Chairman, and Chief Technology Officer, Ormat Technologies, Inc
Open DiscussionA2. Distributed and Off-Grid Generation: Market Adoption and Deployment of New Technology Moderator: Jeff Leonard, President and CEO, Global Environment Fund
Panelists:- Wu Guihui, Deputy Director General, Energy Bureau, National Development and Reform Commission, People’s Republic of China
- Linda Conlin, Vice Chair and First Vice President, Export Import Bank of the United States
- Gary Rieschel, Founder and Managing Director, Qiming Venture Partners
- Brian Sager, Vice President for Corporate Development, Nanosolar
Open DiscussionA3. Renewable Fuels: Market Adoption and Deployment of New Technology Moderator: Paolo Frankl, Head of Renewable Energy Unit, International Energy Agency
Panelists:- Guatam Bhandari, Executive Director, Morgan Stanley
- Kadri Nassiep, CEO, South African National Energy Research Institute
- Fernando Reinach, General Partner, Votorantim Ventures
- Steve Gatto, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Bioenergy International
- John Plaza, President/Founder, Imperium Renewables
Open Discussion11:00 – 12:30 p.m. Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Development Concurrent Ministerial Level Sessions
B1. Sustainability, Technology, and Development Moderator: Claudia McMurray, Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans, Environment and Science, United States Department of State
Panelists:- Juan Pablo Bonilla, Sustainable Energy and Climate Change Initiative Coordinator, Inter-American Development Bank
- Prodipto Ghosh, Senior Advisor to Prime Minister of India and Distinguished Fellow, The Energy and Resources Institute
- William D. Dar, Director General of the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
- Rashmi S. Nair, Team Lead, Regulatory Product Characterization & Global Scientific Affairs, The Monsanto Company
- Manoel Vincente Bertone, Secretary for Production and Agro Energy, Ministry of Agriculture, Brazil
Open DiscussionB2. Rural and Economic Development Moderator: James R. Kunder, Deputy Administrator, United States Agency for International Development
Panelists:- Jamal Saghir, Director for Energy, Transport, and Water, World Bank
- Sarah Adams, CEO, GVEP International (Global Village Energy Partnership)
- Doug Faulkner, Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development, United States Department of Agriculture
- Yasuo WATANABE, Deputy Director General, Minister’s Secretariat, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), Japan
Open DiscussionB3. Development of Biobased Products Industry (NON-Fuels) Moderator: Roger H. Conway, Director, Office of Energy Policy and New Uses, United States Department of Agriculture
Panelists:- John Renieri, Vice President and General Manager, Bio-Based Materials – Energy & Specialties, DuPont
- Ibrahim Togola, Director, Mali Folkecenter / CURES Network, Citizens United for Renewable Energy and Sustainability, Mali.
- Boyd Rutherford, Chair, USDA Sustainable Operations Council, Assistant Secretary for Administration, United States Department of Agriculture
Open DiscussionB4. The Role of Forestry in Renewable Energy Moderator: Mark Rey, Vice Chairman, Secretary’s Energy Council and Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, United States Department of Agriculture
Panelists:- Donna Harman, President and CEO, American Forest & Paper Association
- Mauri Pekkarinen, Minister of the Economy, Finland
- Sundar Bajgain, Head Biogas Programs, Bangladesh
- Tom Richardson, Chief Executive Officer, Scion Group
Open Discussion11:00 – 12:30 p.m. State and Local Authorities Concurrent Ministerial Level Session
C1. Renewable Energy Policy & Financing Initiatives: Lessons Learned and Emerging Strategies The purpose of this session is to discuss state and local authorities and local authority driven initiatives to advance markets and projects. Co-Moderators: Virginia Sonntag-O’Brien, Coordinator, UNEP Sustainable Energy Finance Initiative – SEFI and Mihir Kumar Mohanty, Mayor of Bhubaneswar, India
Panelists:- Gunnhild Utkvitne, Director, Baltic Sea Solutions
- Mark Sinclair, Director, Clean Energy States Alliance (U.S.)
- Dieter Salomon, Lord Mayor, Freiburg, Germany
- Javier Garcia Monge, Energy and CDM Investment, Investment and Development Division”, Corfo, Chile
- Patrick J. D’Addario, President, Fiorello H. LaGuardia Foundation
Open Discussion12:30 – 2:30 p.m. Lunch: Ministers and Invitation Only
Host: Ed Schafer, Secretary, United States Department of AgricultureSpeaker: George E. Pataki, Former Governor of New York, Founder and Chairman of Pataki-Cahill Group
Speaker: Robert Mosbacher, Jr., President and CEO, U.S. Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC)
12:30 – 2:00 p.m. Renewable Energy Luncheon Event for Parliamentarians By Invitation Only Northeast Curtain Room (LJ230) Jefferson Building Library of Congress
2:30 – 4:00 p.m. Plenary Session Research and Development
Moderator: Peter Robertson, Vice Chairman, Chevron Corporation
- Speaker: Walter Kohn, Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, Nobel Laureate (Chemistry, 1998)
- Speaker: Ossur Skarphedinsson, Minister of Industry, Iceland
- Speaker: John Holdren, Teresa and John Heinz Professor of Environmental Policy, Harvard University and member of the National Academy of Sciences and Engineering
- Speaker: Li Junfeng, Secretary General, Chinese Renewable Energy Industries Association
- Speaker: Arthouros Zervos, President European Wind Energy Association, President European Renewable Energy Council
Open Discussion
2:30 – 4:00 p.m. Market Adoption and Finance Concurrent Ministerial Level Sessions: These sessions focus on enabling renewable energy uptake in mature markets.
A4. Grid-Connected Generation in Mature Markets Moderator: Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, Minister of National Infrastructure, Israel
Panelists:- Christopher Eckerberg, Vice President and Head of Public Affairs, Vattenfall
- John Cavalier, Vice Chairman, Credit Suisse Securities
- Pat Wood III, Principal, Wood3 Resources and Past Chairman of Advisory Board, Airtricity North America
Open DiscussionA5. Distributed and off-grid generation in Mature Markets Moderator: Wolfgang Palz, Chair, World Council for Renewable Energy
Panelists- Thomas Dinwoodie (Confirmed), CEO, SunPower’s PowerLight Subsidiary
- Mit Mehta, Principal, CCMP Capital Advisors, LLC
- Hannes Smárason, Chairman, Geysir Green Energy
- Peter Duprey, CEO, Acciona North America
Open DiscussionA6. Renewable Fuels in Mature Markets Moderator: Harry Duynhoven, Associate Minister of Energy and Minister of Transport Safety, New Zealand
Panelists- Paul Vikner, President and CEO, Mack Trucks
- Mark Fulton, Managing Director, Global Head of Strategic Planning and Climate Change Strategist, Deutche Bank
- Don Paul, Vice President – Special Projects, Chevron Corporation
- Mary Beth Stanek, Director of Environment, Energy, and Safety Policy, General Motors Corporation
Open Discussion2:30 – 4:00 p.m. State and Local Authorities Concurrent Ministerial Level Session
C2. Economic Development & Renewable Energy The purpose of this session is to explore various economic development tools state and local governments can employ to support key technology companies, the further commercialization of cutting-edge, employment generating renewable technologies, and the development of successful local and international markets for them.
Co-Moderators: Katie McGinty, Secretary, State of Pennsylvania: Energy Independence Strategy and Mrs. Aparajita Sarangi, Municipal Commissioner, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation, India
Panelists:- Paul Tonko, President, NYSERDA, State of New York, Innovative Business Development
- Marta Bonifert, Executive Director, Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe
- Tom Delay, Chief Executive, UK Carbon Trust
- Stephen Kabuye, Mayor of Entebbe, Uganda
- Kaspars Gerhards, Minister of Economics, Latvia
Open Discussion4:00 – 4:30 p.m. Networking Coffee Break
4:30 – 6:00 p.m. Concurrent Sessions: Market Adoption and Finance (3); Research and Development (4); and State and local authorities
4:30 – 6:00 p.m. Market Adoption and Finance Concurrent Ministerial Level Sessions: These sessions focus on enabling renewable energy uptake in emerging markets.
A7. Grid-Connected Generation in Emerging Markets Moderator: David Bohigian, Assistant Secretary for Market Access and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce
Panelists:- V. Subramanian, Secretary to Government of India, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
- Noam Ben-Ozer, Managing Director, Focal Energy
- V.K. Garg, Chairman and Managing Director, Power Finance Corp
- Dana Younger, Senior Advisor for Renewable Energy and Sustainability, Infrastructure Department, International Finance Corporation (IFC)
- Jeffrey Sachs, Director of The Earth Institute, Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, and Professor of Health Policy and Management, Columbia University
Open DiscussionA8. Distributed and off-grid generation in Emerging Markets Moderator: Mark Radka, Energy Programme Coordinator, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Panelists:- Amina Benkhadra, Minister of Energy, Mines, Water, and Environment. Morocco
- Leandro Alves, Head of Energy Division, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
- Christopher Flavin, President, Worldwatch Institute
- Anthony Orlando, President and CEO, Covanta Energy
- Angelo Reyes, Secretary, Department of Energy, Republic of the Philippines
Open Discussion
A9. Renewable Fuels in Emerging Markets Moderator: Hernan Martinez Torres, Minister, Ministry of Energy and Mines, Colombia
Panelists:- Yusof Basiron, CEO, Malaysian Palm Oil Council
- Nancy Floyd, Founder and Managing Partner, Nth Power
- José Sergio Gabrielli de Azevedo, President and CEO, Petrobras
- Anil Cabraal, Lead Energy Specialist, World Bank
- Glenn Prickett, Senior Vice President, Conservation International
Open Discussion4:30 – 6:00 p.m. State and Local Authorities Concurrent Ministerial Level Session
C3. Renewable Energy Collaboration Opportunities: Creating national and Sub-national Partnerships: Today, state decision-makers enact and implement the policies, programs, and plans that are key drivers of renewable energy technology market transformation within their borders. This panel will explore how national and sub-national entities can and are working together more effectively to leverage each sector’s particular strengths and resources to maximize renewable technology progress.
Moderator: Paul Suding, Head of Secretariat, REN21
Panelists:- Marianne Osterkorn – International Director, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership
- Kijune Kim, Chair of the Asia Pacific Partnership for Clean Development and Climate, Renewable Energy Distributed Generation Task Force, South Korea
- Robert Meyers, Acting Assistant Administrator for the Office of Air and Radiation, United States Environmental Protection Agency
- Marty Sedler, Global Utilities Director, Intel Corporation
Open Discussion
4:30 – 6:00 p.m. Concurrent Ministerial Level Sessions for Research and Development
D1. Bioenergy Feedstocks Moderator: Gale Buchanan, Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics, United States Department of Agriculture
Panelists:- Miles Drake, Senior Vice President, Research & Development, Weyerhaeuser Company
- Kepler Euclides Filho, Executive Director of EMBRAPA, Brazil
- Timothy Searchinger, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University
Open Discussion
D2. Bioenergy Conversion Processes Moderator: Ray Orbach, Under Secretary for Science, Office of Science, United States Department of Energy: Introduction to the topic
Panelists:- Jan-Eric Sundgren, Senior Vice President Environment and Public Affairs, Volvo Group
- James A. Dumesic, Professor of Engineering, University of Wisconsin
- Bruce E. Dale, Editor In Chief, Biofuels, Bioproducts & Biorefining; Associate Director: Office of Biobased Technologies; and Professor: Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Michigan State University
- David B. Sandalow, Senior Fellow Foreign Policy, The Brookings Institute Open Discussion
D3. Wind and Solar Moderator: Joachim Luther, Chairman of the International Science Panel on Renewable Energies (ISPRE)
Panelists:- Dan Arvizu, Director, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- Nathan Lewis, George L. Argyros Professor of Chemistry, Cal Tech
- Arnold Goldman, Founder & Chairman of BrightSource Energy, Inc. and the Founder & Chairman of LUZ II, Ltd (Israel)
Open DiscussionD4. Ocean, Tidal, Geothermal, Hydro and Hydrogen
Panelists:- Liv Monica Stubholt, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, Norway
- Kristjan Guy Burgess, Executive Director, Global Center, Iceland
- Jose Achache, Director, Group on Earth Observations Secretariat, Geneva, Switzerland
- Thorsteinn Sigfusson, Professor of Physics, University of Iceland, Iceland.
Open Discussion6:00 – 7:30 Optional Conference Activities Reception Third Level Other
Thursday, March 6, 20087:30 – 8:30 a.m. Registration
Breakfast in Pre-function Area8:30 – 10:00 a.m. Opening Plenary: Presentation of findings from focal theme discussions
Co – Moderator: Reno Harnish, Principal Deputy Assistant, Secretary of State, United States Department of State
Co – Moderator: Allan Johnson, Senior Advisor to the Under Secretary for Rural Development, United States Department of Agriculture
Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Development – Thomas Dorr, Chairman, Secretary’s Energy Council, Under Secretary for Rural Development, United States Department of Agriculture
Market Adoption and Finance – Gregory Manuel, Special Advisor to the Secretary of State and International Energy Coordinator, United States Department of State = Research and Development – Millie Dresselhaus, Institute Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.), United States
Regional Findings – Buyelwa Sonjica, Minister, Ministry of Minerals and Energy, South Africa
10:00 – 10:30 a.m. Networking Coffee Break
10:30 – 12:00 p.m. Pledges and Commitments
James L. Connaughton, Chairman, White House Council on Environmental Quality
12:00 – 12:30 p.m. Closing Remarks and Announcements
Paula Dobriansky, Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs, United States Department of State
12:30 – 2:00 p.m. Lunch: Ministers and Invitation Only
Host: Paula Dobriansky, Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs, United States Department of StateSpeaker: Graeme Wheeler, Managing Director, Operations, The World Bank Group
Investor Summit on Climate Risk
The 2008 Investor Summit on Climate Risk will bring together more than 450 institutional investors, Wall Street leaders and CEOs from around the world to consider the scale and urgency of climate change risks, as well as the economic opportunities of a global transition to a clean energy future.
Purpose
The purpose of the Summit is to provide a high-level forum for state treasurers, leading institutional investors, and financial services firms from around the world to consider the scale and urgency of climate change risks, as well as the economic opportunities of a global transition to a clean energy future.
Objectives
Based on a vision of hope and opportunity, the Summit will focus on how investors can advance solutions to climate change, with a particular emphasis on the benefits of energy efficiency. The Summit aims to help investors:- Examine recent scientific findings on climate risk and technological solutions
- Assess potential capital flows into energy efficiency and clean technologies
- Learn how treasurers, institutional investors and financial services firms worldwide are factoring climate risk into their policies and strategies
- Consider prudent steps investors can take to address climate risk and opportunities
Background
The 2008 Summit builds on the groundbreaking success of the first two UN Investor Summits on November 21, 2003, and May 10, 2005. Hundreds of institutional investors and asset managers from around the world, representing trillions of dollars in assets, attended the previous Summits. The information they shared raised profound concerns about investor exposure to climate risk, the future security of investment assets, and the fiduciary duty to take prudent steps to address climate risk on behalf of shareholders and beneficiaries. Information on previous Summits can be found at the Investor Network on Climate Risk website.
Climate Risk – and Opportunity
Climate change poses regulatory, legal, physical and competitive risks for companies. In the two years since the 2005 Summit there has been a growing recognition that climate change presents serious risks, not only for businesses and investments, but also for the global economy. Left unattended, risks from climate change will worsen over time, harming company assets and global investment portfolios. Leading economists, investors, and business leaders have stated recently that the costs of action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions are both affordable and significantly lower than the costs of inaction. Where there are risks, there are also opportunities, and the business opportunities posed by addressing climate change are significant. With the proper government policies and market conditions, low-carbon technologies that are available today could be more broadly deployed, and significant reductions in emissions could be achieved over the next few decades—all while creating vast new economic opportunities and new jobs.
Agenda
7:30 am – Registration and Coffee (enter at UN Visitors Entrance, 1st Avenue @ 46th Street)
9:00 am – Welcoming Remarks (Trusteeship Council Chamber, 2nd Floor)- Amir A. Dossal, Executive Director, United Nations Fund for International Partnerships
- Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General, United Nations
- Timothy E. Wirth, President, United Nations Foundation
- John P. Holdren, Professor, Harvard University & Director, Woods Hole Research Center – presentation and discussion
- Diana Farrell, Director, McKinsey Global Institute – presentation 10:20 am – Discussion
- Mindy S. Lubber, President, Ceres & Director, Investor Network on Climate Risk (moderator)
- Timothy E. Wirth, President, United Nations Foundation (moderator)
- Nobuo Tanaka, Executive Director, International Energy Agency
- Peter A. Darbee, Chairman, CEO, & President, PG&E Corporation
- Vinod Khosla, Founding CEO, Sun Microsystems & Founder, Khosla Ventures
- John Chiang, Controller, State of California (moderator)
- Donald MacDonald, Trustee Director, BT Pension Scheme
- Denise L. Nappier, Treasurer, State of Connecticut
- Russell Read, Chief Investment Officer, California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS)
- Alex Sink, Chief Financial Officer, State of Florida
1:00 pm – Luncheon (Delegates Dining Room, 4th Floor; closed to press)
- Luncheon Welcome: Richard H. Murray, Managing Director & Chief Claims Strategist, Swiss Re
- UN Welcome: Dr. Srgjan Kerim, President, 62nd session of the United Nations General Assembly
- Introduction: Jeff Skoll, Founder & Chairman, Skoll Foundation & Participant Productions
- Featured Speaker: Al Gore, 2007 Nobel Peace Prize winner; Former Vice President of the United States; Chairman, Generation Investment Management
Climate Change: Science and Solutions
The National Council for Science and the Environment invites you to participate in the 8th National Conference on Science, Policy, and the Environment to develop and advance science-based solutions to climate change.
Join us in the dialogue with leading scientists, policy makers, industry leaders, educators, and other solutions-oriented innovators to develop comprehensive strategies for protecting people and the planet against the threat of climate change.
The three-day conference will be held January 16-18, 2008, at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, DC. An interactive agenda features skill-building workshops, targeted breakout sessions, plenary sessions, and symposia to provide participants with an expansive understanding of climate change solutions—and how we can achieve them.
Agenda
Wednesday January 16, 2008
8:00 am Registration
9:30 am – 12:00 pm Pre-conference Skill-building Workshops (registration required)
~ 20 Workshops led by partners grouped under the following themes:- Campus-based/ University Inititiatives
- Government and Policy Solutions
- Community Initiatives
- Climate Change Education: Formal and Informal
- Monitoring and Assessment Tools
- Communicating Climate Change
12:00 pm Showcase of Solutions– Exhibition and Scientific Poster presentations open
1:00 pm Keynote Address: Climate Change: Science to Solutions – What do we know? How do we act in time and in appropriate scale?
2:00 pm Plenary Presentation: Summarizing Global Change Science and the Likely Implications of Global Climate Change.
Moderator and IPCC Overview: Mohan Munasinghe, Vice Chair, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Chairman, Munasinghe Institute for Development (MIND)- The Atmosphere and the Cryosphere- Michael MacCracken, Chief Scientist for Climate Change Programs, The Climate Institute
- Biodiversity and Ecological Impacts – Tom Lovejoy, President, The H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics, and the Environment
- Human (Health and Well Being) Impacts- Sarah James, Alaskan Gwitch’in Steering Committee and Goldman Environmental prize-winner
- National Security Impacts- Sherri Goodman, General Counsel, The CNA Corporation
3:30 pm Plenary Presentation: Tackling Global Change: Key Social and Ecological Issues for Mitigation and Adaptation
Moderator: Arden Bement, Director, National Science Foundation
- Forest Management Response to Climate Change – Abigail Kimbell, Chief, US Forest Service
- Oceans – Carbon Sink or Sinking Ecosystems – Margaret Leinen, Chief Scientific Officer, Climos
- Ecosystem and Health Challenges – Mary C. Pearl, President, Wildlife Trust
- People- The Solution- Thomas Dietz, Director of the Environmental Science and Policy Program, Michigan State University
4:30 pm Plenary Roundtable: Tackling Global Change: Key Energy and Technology Issues for Stabilization
Moderator: Mark Myers , Director, US Geological Survey- Global Energy and Technology Strategy- Jae Edmonds, Laboratory Fellow and Chief Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- Healthy Solutions for a Low Carbon Economy- Paul Epstein, Associate Director, Center for Health and the Global Environment, Harvard Medical School
- Role of Technology in Mitigating Global Climate Change- Frank Princiotta, Director, Air Pollution Prevention and Control Division, US EPA ORD
- A Post Bali Framework for Climate Technology Innovation- Lewis Milford, President, Clean Energy Group
- Commentary on Energy and Technological Challenges- David Rodgers, Deputy Assistant Secretary, United States Department of Energy
5:30 – 6:30 pm Reception: Showcase of Solutions– Exhibition and Scientific Poster presentations
6:30 – 8:00 pm Perspectives of the Next Generation of Climate Change Leaders
Moderator: Philippe Cousteau, Co-Founder, EarthEcho
Opening remarks by Douglas Cohen, US Partnership, National Youth Initiatives and Session Co-Organizer
- The Envirolution: Alex Gamboa, Timothy Polmateer, Antuan Cannon
- Scott Beall, DoRight Enterprises
- Jessy Tolkan, Energy Action Coalition
Thursday, January 17, 2008
8:00 am Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00 am Keynote Address: Climate Change: Science to Solutions – The Case for Business Leadership
James E. Rogers, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Duke Energy Corporation
10:00 am Plenary Roundtable: Solutions: Engaging Communities Large and Small
Moderator: Peter Senge, Founding Chairperson, Society for Organizational Learning- Energizing the Faithful – Rev. Richard Cizek, Vice-President, National Association of Evangelicals
- Engaging the Campuses – Michael Crow, President, Arizona State University
- Engaging the Populace – Bill McKibben, Author, Scholar-in-residence in Environmental Studies at Middlebury College
- Bringing Together Jobs, Justice, Environment and Community- Jerome Ringo, President, Apollo Alliance
11:00 am Plenary Roundtable: Solutions: Science and Policy on a Global Scale
Moderator and Opening Remarks: Global Leadership for Climate Action – Report from Bali – Mohamed El-Ashry, Senior Fellow, The UN Foundation and Former CEO and Chair, Global Environment Facility- Post-Kyoto International Agreements – Amb. Richard Benedick, President, National Council for Science and the Environment
- IPCC: Future Role beyond the 4th Assessment- Stephen Schneider, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University
- Global Energy Assessment- Bob Corell, Global Change Director, The H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics, and the Environment
- European or Chinese perspective TBD
1:30 – 5:00 pm Breakout Sessions: Developing a Blueprint for the Low Carbon Economy (concurrent)
~40 Sessions grouped under the following themes:- Strategies for Stabilization, Minimization, Mitigation and Adaptation
- Stabilization/Mitigation
- End-use Technologies
- Economics and Policy
- Population and Consumption
- Adaptation
- Stabilization/Mitigation
- Guiding and Fostering Multi-disciplinary Research
- Expanding Understanding: Information, Education and Communication
- Communicating Science to Decisionmakers and the Public
- Managing Global Change Science Information
- Integrating Global Change into Education at All Levels and Across the Curriculum
5:30 pm Lifetime Achievement Award
6:00 pm 8th John H. Chafee Memorial Lecture on Science and the Environment
“Meeting the Climate-Change Challenge” given by
John P. Holdren, President and Director, The Woods Hole Research Center
7:00 pm Reception
Friday, January 18, 2008
8:00 am Continental Breakfast
8:45 am American Perspective on Climate Change – Jon Krosnick, Professor of Communication, Political Science, and Psychology, Stanford University
9:00 am Plenary Roundtable
Developing Political Solutions to Climate Change (discussion with political leaders from Administration, Congress, state, local and other national governments)
Moderator: Ray Suarez , Senior Correspondent, The News Hour
10:30 am Symposia – Concurrent
- Beyond Kyoto – Elements of a 20202 International Agreement– Moderator: Mohamed El-Ashry, Senior Fellow, The UN Foundation and Former CEO and Chair, Global Environment Facility; Dilip Ahuja, National Institute of Advanced Studies; Scott Barrett, Professor and Director, International Policy Program, Johns Hopkins University
- Climate Change and International Development – Moderator: Mohan Munasinghe, Vice Chair, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Chairman, Munasinghe Institute for Development (MIND); Thomas Schelling, University of Maryland; Adrian Vazquez, Commission for Environmental Cooperation; Ralph Cicerone, President, National Academy of Sciences
- Role of Philanthropic Foundations: Promoting Strategic Initiatives on Climate Change – Moderator: Sharon Alpert, Program Officer of the Environmental Program, Surdna Foundation ; Andrew Bowman, Director of the Climate Change Initiative, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation; Kathleen Welch, Deputy Director of the Environmental Program, the Pew Charitable Trusts; Eric Heitz, President, the Energy Foundation; Elizabeth Chadri, Program Officer for Conservation and Sustainable Development, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
- Business and Finance: Opportunities and Challenges from Climate Change – Moderator: Jeffrey Leonard , CEO, Global Environment Fund; Bruce Schlein, Vice President Environmental Affairs, Citi; Mindy Lubber, President, CERES; Bruce Mundiel, Swiss Re; Mark Tercek, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs’ Center for Environmental Markets
- Forging Alliances Between Business and Society – US Climate Action Partnership; Tim Mealey, Senior Partner, Meridian Institute; DuPont; Exelon Corporation; Environmental Defense; The Nature Conservancy; Pew Center on Global Climate Change; Shell
- Legislative Agenda for Addressing the Carbon Problem –L. Jeremy Richardson, 2007-2008 AAAS Roger Revelle Fellow in Global Stewardship; Margaret Turnbull , Space Telescope Science Institute; Ken Colburn, Center for Climate Strategies; Lexi Shultz, Representative for Climate Policy, the Union of Concerned Scientists
- Engaging State and Local Government: Developing and Implementing Climate Action Plans- Dan Kammen, University of California- Berkeley
- Climate Scientists and Decisionmakers: the Communication Interface – Moderator:Rebecca J. Romsdahl, Department of Earth Systems Science and Policy, University of North Dakota;Stacy Rosenberg, Assistant Professor, Department of Politics & Environmental Studies, SUNY Potsdam; Deborah Cowman, Assistant Research Scientist, Institute for Science, Technology and Public Policy, Texas A&M University; Chris Pyke, Constructive Technologies Group, Inc.; Kit Batten, Director of Environmental Policy, Center for American Progress; David Bookbinder, Senior Attorney, Sierra Club; Roger Pulwarty, National Drought Information System, NOAA, Boulder, CO
- Communicating Climate Science to the Public Through the Media – Moderator: Deborah Potter, NewsLab; David Malakoff, Editor/Correspondent, NPR Science Desk; Stephen Schneider, Melvin and Joan Lane Professor for Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University; Joe Witte, Meteorologist, WJLA-TV; Doyle Rice, USA Today Weather Editor; Sara Espinoza, National Environmental Education Foundation
- Science for Carbon Management – Eric Sundquist, Research Geologist, US Geological Society
12:30 pm Buffet Lunch (with youth mentoring tables)
2:00 pm Presidential Candidates Forum: What Will the Next President do to Manage Climate Change?
Each Candidate is invited to attend or send a representative. Opening statements and moderated discussion.
Moderator: Vijay Vaitheeswaran , Global Correspondent, The Economist, using information from the Presidential Climate Action Plan led by former Senator Gary Hart and from other sources
Corporate Climate Response Chicago
Chicago, September 25-26 2007
This two-day event will bring together companies, regulators and other experts to discuss the best solutions for companies looking to mitigate their carbon footprints. Supporters of this event include the City of Chicago DoE, IBM, and MetaFore. Corporate Climate Response also coincides with Chicago’s ‘Cool Globes: Hot Ideas for a Cooler Planet’ festival.
This is our 5th Corporate Climate Response event and a number of top speakers are participating including representatives from Ford, Time, Anheuser-Busch, IBM, McDonald’s, United Technologies, Catepillar, BP America, Exelon, EPA, Energy Star, WRI and more.
This event includes sessions on carbon footprint and life-cycle analysis, energy efficiency, choosing green power sources, offsetting and emissions trading, climate adaptation, and engaging the public on global warming issues. Attendees will also learn about the latest update in national climate change policy and how upcoming state and federal actions will directly impact US corporations. It will attract over 200 delegates from across the US whose responsibility is to implement climate change solutions for their organizations.
The event is sponsored by Environmental Defense, The Alliance to Save Energy, MetaFore, and the Institute for Sustainable Communication.
- Mayor Richard M. Daley
- Laura Flanigan, Director, Chicago Sustainable Business Alliance
- Jonathan Lash, President, World Resources Institute
- John Disharoon, Director of Sustainable Development, Caterpillar Inc.
- Bill Gerwing, Director of Environmental Policy, BP America
- Melissa Lavinson, Director for Federal, Governmental and Regulatory Relations, PG&E
- Alice LeBlanc, Director of the Office of Environment and Climate Change, AIG
- Doug Scott, Chair of Climate Change Advisory, Illinois EPA
- Henry Henderson, National Resource Defense Council
- Karen Hobbs, First Deputy Commissioner, City of Chicago’s Department of Environment
- Michelle Manion, Climate & Energy Team Manager, NESCAUM
- Jim Sullivan, Director, Climate Leaders Program, EPA
- Vicki Arroyo, Director of Policy Analysis, Pew Center on Global Climate Change
- Howard Learner, Director, Environmental Law and Policy Center
- Anthony Janetos, Director, Joint Global Change Research Institute
- John Viera, Director of Sustainable Business Strategies, Ford Motor Company
- David Refkin, Director of Sustainability, Time Inc.
- Audra Jones, Senior Director of Partnership Development, UN Foundation
- Paul Vitello, Director of Environmental Programs, United Technologies
- Gary Rancourt ,Business Development Executive, IBM Big Green Innovations
- Steve DePalo, Energy Manager, McDonald’s USA
- Kara Saul Rinaldi, Director of Government and Public Affairs, Owens Corning
- Betsy Dutrow, Program Manager, Energy Star for Industry
- Peter Garforth, Principal, Garforth International
- Todd Brady, Corporate Environmental Manager, Intel Corporation
- Tom Costantino, Asset Management and Resource Recovery Manager, PSEG
- Jack Groh, Environmental Manager, NFL
- Bob Accarino, Director of Global Environmental affairs, Abbott
- Emily Barton, Corporate EHS Manager, Motorola and President, NAEM Lake Michigan Chapter
- Steve Fine, Vice President, ICF International
- Menno Enters, Manager of Utilities, Walgreens
- Dean Pusch, Manager of Environmental Affairs, Anheuser-Busch
- Jessica Bridges, Executive Director, USCHPA
- Helen Howes, Vice President, Corporate Environment Health & Safety, Exelon
- Rob Threlkeld, Manager of Supply Contracts and Green Initiatives, GM
- Laura H. Kosloff, Senior Counsel, EcoSecurities
- Michael Schlup, Director, The Gold Standard
- Anne Hambleton, Managing Director, Native Energy
- Jim Sullivan, Director, Climate Leaders Program, EPA
- George Milner, SVP Energy/Environmental, Mohawk Fine Papers
- Andrew Kruger, Vice President, Greenhouse Gas Markets, Evolution Markets
- Thomas M. Cushing, Vice President, Chicago Climate Exchange
- Rick Adcock, Senior Vice President of Environmental Markets, World Green Exchange
- Michael Loreman, Vice President, DTE Energy
- Ronald Meissen, Senior Director of Corporate Environment, Health and Safety, Baxter Healthcare Corporation
- James Stanway, Director of Project Development, Wal-mart
- Rich Wells, Vice President of Energy, Dow
- Peter Knight, Managing Director, Context
- Victoria Mills, Project Manager, Corporate Partnerships, Environmental Defense
- Dick Marklein, Energy Services Director, Kimberly Clark
- Matthew Banks, Senior Program Officer, Climate Change Program, WWF
- Andrew J. Hoffman, Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise, The University of Michigan
- Debra Shore, Commissioner, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
- Brad Warren, Consultant, Sustainable Fisheries Partnership
- Jeannette Oelschlaegel, IResearch Manager, AccountAbility
- Wood Turner, Project Director, Climate Counts
- Don Carli, Research Fellow, Institute for Sustainable Communication
- Iciar Vaquero, Project Director, Carbon Footprinting and Labelling initiative, The Carbon Trust