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Sunday, September 7, 2008
6:00-8:00pm Welcome Reception
Monday, September 8, 2008
7:30-8:30am Breakfast
8:30-10:00am “What If...?” Big Questions Driving Visionary Leadership
  • Chair: Vinod Khosla, Founder, Khosla Ventures
  • Brent Constantz, Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer, Calera Corporation
  • Robert E. Fishman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Ausra
  • Robert Walsh, President, LS9, Inc.
10:00-10:30am Break
Working Session Tracks Eco-Strategy

Track Chair:
Aimee Christensen, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Christensen Global Strategies

 Eco-Innovation

Track Chair:
Greg Dalton, Vice President, Commonwealth Club

 Eco-ROI Success Models

Track Chair:
Sonal Shah, Program Director, Google.org

 Eco-Supply Chain

Track Chair:
Catherine Greener, Vice President, Global Sustainability Consulting, Saatchi & Saatchi S

 Eco-I.T.

Track Chair:
Lars Rabbe, Partner, The StrataFusion Group
10:30-12:00pm Eco-Issues that will Redefine Business
    Discussion Leaders:
  • Jim Butcher, Director of the Office of the Environment, Morgan Stanley
  • Dr. James Canton, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Institute for Global Futures
  • Neil Hawkins, Vice President of Sustainability, The Dow Chemical Company
  • Beth Lowery, Vice President of Environment, Energy and Safety Policy, General Motors
 Turning Waste to Profit: Innovations and Opportunities
    Discussion Leaders:
  • Steve Ellis, Exectutive Vice President of Wholesale Banking, Wells Fargo and Company
  • Jean Sweeney, Vice President of Environmental, Health and Safety Operations, 3M
  • Pat Tiernan, Vice President of Social & Environmental Responsibility, Hewlett-Packard Company
 Seizing Low-Hanging Fruit in Energy Efficiency
    Discussion Leaders:
  • Diana Farrell, Director of McKinsey Global Institute, McKinsey & Company
  • David J. Fornari, National Managing Director of Energy and Resources Practice, Deloitte Consulting LLP
  • Ron Herbst, Global Head Energy Management and Sustainability, Deutsche Bank
 Getting Leaner and Greener: Opportunities Across a Global Supply Chain
    Discussion Leaders:
  • James Collins, IDEO
  • Dan Gilbert, Vice President, Supply Chain Field Operations, Cisco Systems
  • Tom Schmitt, President and Chief Executive Officer, FedEx Global Supply Chain Services
 Greening the Data Center: Solving Problems and Seizing Opportunities
    Discussion Leaders:
  • Diane Bryant, Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Intel Corporation
  • Robert B. Carter, Executive Vice President of Information Services and Chief Information Officer, FedEx
  • William E. Weihl, Green Energy Czar, Google
12:00-1:30pm Lunch

Welcome Address: Mayor Gavin Newsom, City and County of San Francisco
1:30-2:30pm Engaging Employees and Creating an Eco-Innovation Culture
  • Chair: Andrew Winston, Founder, Winston Eco-Strategies and Author, Green to Gold
  • Gary Hirshberg, Chairman, President, and CE-Yo, Stonyfield Farm
  • Adam Werbach, Global Chief Executive Officer, Saatchi & Saatchi S
2:30-3:00pm Break
3:00-4:30pm Crafting and Executing a Successful Business Case
    Discussion Leaders:
  • Bill Morrissey, Vice President of Environmental Sustainability, The Clorox Company
  • Kraig Scheyer, Vice President of Administrative Services, Northrop Grumman Corporation
  • Jeff Seabright, Vice President of Environment and Water Resources, The Coca-Cola Company
  • Tracy Wolstencroft, Partner, Managing Director and Head of Public Sector and Infrastructure Banking, Goldman, Sachs & Co.
 Designing to Win: Breakthrough Eco-Product Design
    Discussion Leaders:
  • Bob Adams, IDEO
  • Joel Makower, Chairman and Executive Editor, Greener World Media
  • Lynelle Preston Cameron, Director of Sustainability, Autodesk
 Money-Making Eco-Action in Facilities and Buildings
    Discussion Leaders:
  • Gregory Franta, Senior Vice President & Principal Architect, Rocky Mountain Institute
  • Joe Higgins, Vice President of Infrastructure Engineering, Fidelity Investments
  • Christine Malcolm, Senior Vice President of Hospital Strategy and National Facilities Services, Kaiser Permanente
  • Diane Vrkic, Chief Operating Officer, Energy and Sustainabilty Services, Jones Lang Lasalle
 Reducing Carbon Footprints Across the Supply Chain
    Discussion Leaders:
  • Jim Hanna Director, Environmental Impact, Starbucks Coffee Company
  • Paul Jakubski Director, Environmental & Safety, Dow Jones & Company
  • Euan Murray, Strategy Manager, The Carbon Trust
  • Kyle Tanger, Principal, Clear Carbon Consulting
 Telecommuting and Telepresence: How and How Not To
    Discussion Leaders:
  • Billy Hinners, Chief Information Officer, Autodesk, Inc.
  • Drew Martin, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Sony Electronics
  • Randall N. Spratt, Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer, McKesson Corporation
4:30-5:30pm Networking
6:00-9:00pm Reception and Dinner

Keynote: Eric Schmidt, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Google Inc.
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
7:30-8:30am Breakfast
8:30-10:00am Emerging Markets as a Source of Eco Innovation
  • Chair: C.K. Prahalad, Professor, University of Michigan School of Business
  • Srinivas Bette, President & CEO, Reliance International E & P Inc.
  • Ramesh Kymal, Managing Director, Vestas Wind Technology, India Private Ltd.
  • Thomas M. Siebel, Chairman, First Virtual Group
10:00-10:30am Break
10:30am-12:00pm Organizing for Eco-Success: Rethinking Roles and Responsibilities
    Discussion Leaders:
  • Shelley Billik, Vice President of Environmental Initiatives, Warner Bros. Entertainment
  • Brian Boyd, Vice President, Worldwide Environment, Health & Safety, Johnson & Johnson
  • Christopher Corpuel, Vice President of Global Sustainability, Hilton Hotels Corporation
 Building
Game-Changing Partnerships
    Discussion Leaders:
  • Rob Bernard, Chief Environmental Strategist, Microsoft
  • Roberta Bowman, Senior Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer, Duke Energy
  • Andrew Van Der Laan, Director, Senior Project Manager, Publishing Operations Projects Group Random House, Inc.
 Renewable Energy Strategies that Pay Off
    Discussion Leaders:
  • Jared Blumenfeld, Director, Department of the Environment, City and County of San Francisco
  • Daniel Prull, Chief Technology Officer, Virgin Green, Virgin USA
  • Jigar Shah, Founder and Chief Visionary Officer, Sun Edison
 Leading Change Across the Supply Chain
    Discussion Leaders:
  • John M. Gabriel, Manager of Supply Chain Social Responsibility, IBM
  • Judy Glazer, Director of Global Social and Environmental Responsibility Operations, Hewlett-Packard
  • Peter Korda, Vice President, Scotts LawnService
  • Steve Ward, BOD Member, E2Open
 Data Center Consolidation and Virtualization: The IT Holy Grails
    Discussion Leaders:
  • J.P. Rangaswami, Managing Director, BT Design
  • Toby Redshaw, Chief Information Officer, Aviva Group
  • Tony Scott, Chief Information Officer and Corporate Vice President, Microsoft
  • Shelton Waggener, Associate Vice Chancellor, Chief Information Officer, University of California at Berkeley
12:00-1:30pm Lunch and Plenary

Reinventing Everything

  • Chair: Daniel C. Esty, Hillhouse Professor of Environmental Law and Policy, Yale University, and Author, Green to Gold
  • Ray Lane, Managing Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
  • Mindy Lubber, President, Ceres
  • Joel Makower, Chairman and Executive Editor, Greener World Media
  • David P. Steiner, Chief Executive Officer, Waste Management
1:30-2:00pm Break
2:00-3:30pm Eco-Strategy in a Landscape of Consumer Confusion
    Discussion Leaders:
  • Gannon Jones, Vice President of Marketing, Frito-Lay North America
  • Andy Murray, Worldwide Chief Executive Officer, Saatchi & Saatchi X
  • Len Sauers, Vice President of Global Sustainability, Proctor & Gamble Co.
 Meet-Ups Profiting from Clean Transportation Choices
    Discussion Leaders:
  • Susan M. Cischke, Group Vice President of Sustainability, Environment, and Safety Engineering, Ford Motor Company
  • Mark Fonte, Ground Transportation Business Development Manager, Alcoa
  • Stephen Ulanoski, Senior Vice President and General Manager, General Electric
 Keeping Score: Best Practice in Supply Chain Metrics and Assessment
    Discussion Leaders:
  • Helen Howes, Vice President of Environment, Health and Safety, Exelon Corporation
  • Bruce S. Klafter, Senior Director, Environment, Health and Safety, Head, Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability, Applied Materials, Inc.
  • James T. Sullivan, Vice President, Clear Standards, and Former Director, U.S. EPA Climate Leaders
 Roundtable: Shaping the 2009 Research Agenda for Corporate EcoForum
    Discussion Leader:
  • Ram Nidumolu, Research Director, Corporate Eco Forum
3:30-3:45pm Break
3:45-4:30pm Top-10 Takeaways: Dos, Don'ts, and…
4:30pm Adjourn

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