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SCHEDULE MAY 7, 2010

The Sustainable Enterprise Conference program is specifically geared towards the needs of enterprises looking to prosper in the North Bay economy in a sustainable and just way. Relevant and timely, the Sustainable Enterprise 2010 program provides tools for organizations and individuals to get bottom line results.

7:00 REGISTRATION & BREAKFAST

Thanks to Straus Family Creamery and Odwalla for a continental breakfast.

Thank you to Taylor Maid Farms for coffee.

8:00 WELCOME

  • Master of Ceremonies, Genevieve Taylor - Global Genesis
  • Brad Baker - President/CEO, Codding Investments, Inc.
  • A Word on Good Companies - Robert Girling, Ph.D. - Sonoma State University

8:15 KEYNOTE

"SUSTAINABILITY AND EQUITY FROM A SCIENTIFIC VANTAGE
POINT"

  • Sascha Von Meier - Professor of Environmental
    Studies and Planning, Sonoma State University

9:00 KEYNOTE

"AN OVERVIEW OF NEW STATE AND FEDERAL POLICIES"

9:30 NETWORKING, TEA and COFFEE

Thank you Paladin Law Group

10:00 WORKSHOPS

NORTH BAY SUSTAINABILITY PANEL

  • Government - Efren Carrillo - 5th District Sonoma County
    Supervisor
  • Education - Julianne E. Maurseth, Ph.D. - President, Awake at Work and Associate Faculty, Green MBA Program,  Dominican University of CA
  • Business - Tracey Grose - Vice President of Research & Strategic Development, Collaborative Economics

GET THIS: OVERCOMING THE THREE KEY BARRIERS TO BUILDING A
SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY

FINDING FUNDING AND FINANCING IN THE NEW GREEN ECONOMY

SEVEN STEPS TO ACCELERATING YOUR BUSINESS GROWTH

11:15 NETWORKING & EXHIBITS

Thank you Lonjevitea

11:30 WORKSHOPS

BRAND STRATEGIES: DELIVERING ON THE PROMISE

  • Danny
    Rubenstein     - Co-founder and Principal, DASH - Advisors to Innovative Food & Beverage
  • Janet
    DiGiovanna     - Co-founder and Principal, DASH - Advisors to Innovative Food & Beverage

REGENERATIVE ENTERPRISE

RE-LOCALIZATION: A CALL TO ACTION IN OUR BACKYARD

CLEANTECH

12:30 LUNCH, NETWORKING & EXHIBITS

Catered by Sally Tomatoes – Choice of organic gourmet chicken or vegetarian, pasta, salads, and dessert

Thank you to Petaluma Poultry for the organic chicken and Guayaki for the refreshing tea.

1:30 KEYNOTE

STRIVING AND THRIVING IN YOUR SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS

2:15 WORKSHOPS

LEVERAGING SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING FOR SUSTAINABLE ENTERPRISES

DRIVING SUSTAINABILITY: FROM CONFUSION TO INFUSION

CERTIFIED B CORPORATIONS: RESPONSIBLE CORPORATIONS

FACILITIES MANAGEMENT: OCCUPANT BEHAVIOR AND HIGH
PERFORMANCE BUILDINGS

  • Chrit Longmaid - Principal, reDefining Facilities
  • Pete
    Gang     - Principal, Common Sense Design
  • Ted Tiffany - Energy & Building Performance Modeling Manager, Guttmann & Blaevoet

3:30 Networking and Exhibits

Thank you Numi Tea

3:45 WORKSHOPS

LOCAL SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE

  • Mark Inman - President, Taylor Maid Farms
  • Brie Johnson - Sustainability & Communications
    Manager, Straus Family Creamery

SUSTAINABILITY IN SCHOOLS AND ECOLITERACY EDUCATION

FUNDING AND FINANCING FOR GREEN PROJECTS

4:50 CLOSE

Lessons Learned, Call to Action and Close

  • Oren Wool - Executive Director, Sustainable Enterprise 2010
  • Shirlee Zane - 3rd District Sonoma County Supervisor

Inspirational and empowering closing session that distills the day’s activities and discussions, and captures the magic of the day. Participants will share their key “takeaways” and commitments for future action.

5:15 Wine Reception until 7:00 pm

Local Wines and Cheeses featuring:

The schedule is designed to cover four tracks: