Agenda
Click here to download a pdf version of the conference program, including speaker bios and pictures. To save paper, we will have an abbreviated version of this program available in hard copy at the conference.
Dress is business casual for all events.
Thursday, January 29th, 2009
* Mr. Ehrenfeld will be holding a book signing during the reception. Sustainability by Design will be available for sale (cash or check only).
Friday, January 30th, 2009
| 8:00 am |
Registration opens |
Michigan League, 2nd Floor |
| 8:30 – 9:30 am |
Breakfast & second keynote speech (Jason Saul)
|
Michigan League, Ballroom |
| 9:45 – 11:00 am |
First breakout session -- choice of panels (click for description):
• Sustainability Consulting: A Client / Consultant Dialogue (Hussey)
• Wal-Mart Better Living Business Plan Competition (Kalamazoo)
• Earth’s Steward’s: Role of Religion in Environmental Protection (Michigan) |
Michigan League (various rooms) |
| 11:00 – 11:15 am |
Coffee break |
Michigan League, 2nd floor lobby |
| 11:15 – 12:30 pm |
Second breakout session -- choice of panels:
• Corporate Climate Change Strategies to Weather Today’s Economy (Kalamazoo)
• New Business Models to Address Complex Environmental Issues(Hussey)
• Integrating Demand Side Management with the Energy Goals of the Obama Administration (Vandenburg)
• From Farm to Belly: Lifecycle of an MBA’s Lunch (Michigan)
|
Michigan League ( various rooms) |
| 12:30 – 1:30 pm |
Lunch and third keynote speech (Tom Szaky)
|
Michigan League, Ballroom |
| 1:45 – 3:00 pm |
Third breakout session -- choice of panels:
• What’s the Earth Worth? A Case Study on Environmental Valuation (Michigan)
• Innovative Business Models in Developing Countries: Engines of Poverty Alleviation(Hussey)
• For Profit, Non-Profit, or Both: Organizational Models to Achieve Social Missions(Vandenberg)
• Transportation in Carbon-Constrained World (Kalamazoo) |
Michigan League, various rooms |
| 3:00 – 3:15 pm |
Coffee break |
Michigan League, 2nd floor lobby |
| 3:15 – 4:30 pm |
Fourth breakout session -- choice of panels:
• Social Enterprise Financing: From Start-Up Funding to Self-Sufficiency (Michigan)
•Carbon: What Does it Mean for Your Career? (Hussey) |
Michigan League, various rooms |
| 5:00 – 8:00 pm |
Social event |
Arbor Brewing Company
114 E. Washington
Ann Arbor, MI |
