Second Annual GW Climate Action Conference
Small Is Sustainable
Conference Agenda, (May 1 - 3), 2008
George Washington University

May 1 Thursday Evening
(City View Room, 1957 E St. NW 7th Floor)
Small Is Sustainable (and Successful)

5:30pm-7pm Registration/Reception

7pm - 9pm Welcome, Introductions, Thanks, Recaping the First GW Climate Action Conference (2007) by Mark Starik & John Forrer, GW ICR

Opening Address: Miranda Anderson, Director, Wal-Mart Corporate Affairs, Sustainability(and GW MBA Alumna 2003)

Keynote Panel:Amy Townsend, Sustainable Development International Corporation ; Kevin Moss, BT (British Telecom); Pilar Rivera, Alteeva; Will Ferretti, Chicago Climate Exchange; and, Roger Telschow, Ecoprint.

Panel Theme: What are the roles small organizations, communities, projects, and networks of citizens have played and can play in helping to address climate crises? What needs to occur, what actions need to be taken by whom, to advance these small-scale climate action efforts?

May 2 Friday Morning
(Marvin Center Continenta Ballroom, 800 21st St. NW 3rd Floor)
Small-Scale Successes Leveraged Into Sustainable Macro-Solutions

8:30am - 9am Registration/Coffee/Continental Breakfast

9am - 10:15am Panel I/Small-Medium Organizations/Communities

Panel: Grady O’Rear,Green Advantage;Neville Williams, Standard Solar;Byron Kennard,Center for Small Business & the Environment; Marie-Ange Binagwaho, Solar Household Energy, Inc.; and, Jerry Lawson, EPA Small Business Energy Star.

Panel Theme: What are some examples of smaller organizations and communities with actual or potential climate solutions with impacts on larger businesses, governments, nonprofits, communities, and international organizations? How can small-scale and larger-scale organizations and communities collaborate more effectively?

10:15am - 10:30am Refreshment Break

10:30am - 11:45am Panel II/Global Citizens/Small Networks

Panel: Steven Lovink, Planet 2025; John Friedman, SBNOW; Scot Holliday, IBM; David Gernshorn, Empowerment Institute; and Cynthia Cummis,Clear Carbon Consulting.

Panel Themes:What are some examples of efforts in which global citizens have taken actions that are aggregated or networked on a global basis to amplify their global climate action effects? How can global citizens communicate more effectively within their networks and connect to others for maximum climate action impact?

11:45am - 1:15pm Buffet and Networking Lunch

Special Guest Speaker:(Recent) Ken Zweibel, President & Senior PV Technologist, PrimeStar Solar Topic: Solar Energy Plans Grand & Grassroots.

 

May 2 Friday Afternoon
(Marvin Center 3rd Floor Breakout Rooms, 307-310)
Small-Scale Sustainability: Collaborative Climate Planning & Action, Part I

1:15pm - 2:30pm Breakout Sets I & II SMEs/Breakout Sets III & IV SMCs

Facilitator/Panelists: Doug LaBier, Center for Adult Development; Fred Widicus, Systems & Renewable Energy Consultants; Susan Nickbarg, SVN Marketing; Dave Feldman, Bethesda Green ; and, Anca Novacovici, Eco-Coach.

Panels Themes: How have larger organizations and communities worked with SMEs, local governments/NGOs/communities, and "global citizens"; addressed climate issues?; and, what do SMEs/SMCs need to develop, communicate, and implement climate action plans and projects more effectively?

2:30pm - 2:45pm Refreshment Break

2:45pm - 4pm Breakout Sets V, VI, VII, & VIII Citizen/Network Panels

Facilitator/Panelists: John Rollins, GWSB, Margery Moore, Bureau of National Affairs, Justin Perkins, Care2, and Steven Coleman, Cool Capital Challenge.

Panels Themes: What are the opportunities and challenges of individual climate action advocates in developing, communicating, and implementing climate action plans and projects? what are some efforts to track and monitor small-scale climate action results; what policy changes can unleash the power of individuals to take climate actions; and, how can individual global citizens best be supported in their climate actions?

4pm-4:45pm Attendees Reconvene for General Debriefing/Facilitator Reports/Previewing On-Going Conference Activities

May 2 Friday Evening
(City View Room, 1957 E St. NW, 7th Floor)

6:00pm-7:00pm Buffet/Networking Dinner

7:00pm-8pm Steven Knapp, GW President Welcomes Chad Holliday, Chairman & CEO, DuPont

Keynote Theme: From Corn to Displays: How DuPont Uses Collaboration for Climate Sustainability

8:00pm-9:00pm Special "Climate Action-in-Motion" Entertainment

 

May 3 Saturday Morning
(Marvin Center 3rd Floor Breakout Rooms, 307-310)
Small-Scale Sustainability: Collaborative Climate Planning & Action, Part II

8:30am - 9:00am Welcome Back!Coffee & Continental Breakfast

9:00am - 10:15am First Self-Organizing Breakout Sets- How can we create social networks that change climate-related behavior and can track the effects of that change? How can we work out pledges for climate actions that are advanced by groups or model legislation to be adopted by legislatures around the world? And, how can we advance small-scale solutions to be advanced by larger organizations?

Facilitators: Mark Heuer, GWSB; Jeffrey Langholz, Monterey Inst. of Intl. Studies; and Gary Bojes, GWSB/USDA; John Rollins, GWSB; Tim Clark, GWSB; and John Forrer, GWSB/ICR.

10:15am - 10:30am Refreshment Break

10:30am - 11:45am Second Self-Organizing Breakout Sets - How can small-scale climate actions be replicated and/or scaled-up? What resources may be available for small-scale climate actions? How can both academic (including GW/ICR) and practitioner research best support the selection, implementation, and evaluation of these small-scale climate actions?

Facilitators: Gary Bojes, GWSB/USDA; Jeffrey Langholz,Monterey Inst. of Intl. Studies; and Mark Heuer, GWSB; GWSB; John Forrer, GWSB/ICR; Tim Clark, GWSB; and, John Rollins, GWSB

11:45am - 12:30pm Buffet Lunch/Breakout Reports/Debriefing; Previewing the 2009 GW Climate Action Conference