Environmental & Energy Symposium
4/16/2010
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4/16/2010
Coralville Marriott
Subscriber Cost: $40.00
Non-Subscriber Cost: $60.00
Registration Start:
Registration End: 4/12/2010
Contact: Shelby Baker
Email: shelby@corridorbiznews.com
Phone: 319-887-2251
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Corridor Business Journal and PAETEC are pleased to present a 1/2 day event that will begin with the 2010 Environmental Leadership Awards which will recognize local businesses for their dedication to environmental or conservational concerns followed by a multi-track program offering expertise, best practices and case studies on energy and the environment. The symposium will conclude with a keynote address on the emerging trends in the renewable energy industry.
Friday, Apr. 16, 2010
7:30 am - 1:30 pm
Coralville Marriott
Breakfast & Registration
Welcome by John Lohman
Leadership Awards
Leadership Award Winners - Panel Discussion
Planning and Building for a Greener Community – Speech & Q&A
Suzanne M. Schulz, AICP, is the Planning Director of the City of Grand Rapids, which has been recognized as one of the greenest cities in the country. Ms. Schulz is a frequent speaker on sustainable planning. She has spoken to the National American Planning Association and the International Downtown Association
Breakout Discussion I = Making Your Business Greener – Panel Discussion
Making your office paperless
Unconventional ways to go green
Financial incentives on going green
Simple & Easy steps to a more energy efficient business
Breakout Discussion II = Green Building – Panel Discussion
Green building – Best Practices
Green building myths vs. reality
Financial incentives to build green
Lunch
Keynote Address: Emerging trends in the renewable energy industry, and the role of universities.
Daniel Enderton, Ph.D.
Executive Director of the Sustainable Energy Revolution Program (SERP) at MIT
Daniel Enderton is Executive Director of the MIT Energy Initiative's Sustainable Energy Revolution Program, which enables breakthrough research in renewable energy sources-such as solar, wind, waves, geothermal, and bioenergy-as well as their associated enabling technologies, including storage and transmission. In 2008, Dr. Enderton earned his Ph.D. in climate physics and chemistry in MIT's Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences. His research focused on estimating and understanding the poleward transport of energy by the atmosphere and oceans, and how this partition affects surface climate conditions.
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| 2010.Green.Award.Honorees.pdf |
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| Enderton.IowaTalk.pdf |
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