Tuesday, December 4th
At the Omni Shoreham Hotel |
6 - 7:30 pm
Bird Cage Walk |
Welcome Reception and Registration |
Wednesday, December 5th
At the Omni Shoreham Hotel |
7:30 am
Palladian Ballroom |
Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30 am Palladian Ballroom |
Opening Remarks and Program Introduction
- Mr. Jeff Serfass - President, Technology Transition Corporation [bio]
- Mr. Jerome Hinkle - Vice President, Policy and Government Affairs, Technology Transition Corporation
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8:40 am
Palladian Ballroom |
The Business Challenge
A panel of experts present their views on the beginning of a new business paradigm.
Moderated by Mr. Jerome Hinkle - Vice President, Policy and Government Affairs, Technology Transition Corporation [bio]
Panelists include:
- Dr. Robert Shaw - President, Aretê Corporation, and Manager, Micro-Generation Technology Fund [bio]
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- Dr. William M. Ferretti - Vice President, Chicago Climate Exchange [bio]
Topics include:
- Greenhouse gas (GHG) management
- Capital investment: New technologies, techniques, and data
- Expanding your understanding of how businesses operate
- Growing shareholder value
- Creating new decisional tools
- Managing yet more complexity
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| Palladian Ballroom |
 Keynote
Representative Jay Inslee (D-WA) is a senior member of three key committees in the U.S. House of Representatives related to carbon management:
- Energy Independence and Global Warming
- Energy and Commerce
- Natural Resources
Congressman Inslee will discuss his view of new energy and climate legislation and how debates may shape the outcome. He will also discuss how carbon management can be integrated into business planning, while taking into account national and regional political realities. |
9:55 am
Palladian Ballroom |
Creating a Pathway
Exploring the themes of leadership and early action, senior managers of several pioneering companies in different markets describe how they formed their original vision for cutting GHGs, developed the management techniques for action and realized substantial gains in both profitability and emissions reductions.
Panelists include:
Topics include:
- Choosing strategic goals
- Defining a clear mission and measurable performance criteria
- Deciding which corporate units to evaluate
- Establishing baseline inventories, energy and economic flows
- Before it can be explained, it needs to be described
- Examining the benefits of GHG reduction and realizing the opportunities
- Making clear investment choices
- Evaluating the success of your GHG reduction strategies
- The curse of leadership: Does too much early action leave less room for future compliance?
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11 - 11:30 am
Palladian Foyer |
Networking Refreshment Break - Sponsored by Alliance Technical Services |
11:30 am
Palladian Ballroom |
Methods and Techniques: Finding the Right Planning Tools
A variety of approaches to quantifying GHG and energy footprints are discussed, from voluntary to pre-regulatory methods. Establishing baselines and inventories are critical to understanding what work to do and the |
