| 8:00 – 8:30 am | Registration, morning food / networking |
| 8:30 – 8:50 am | Welcome S. Andrew Starbird, Ph.D., Dean of the Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University Frank Teng, Board Chair, Sustainable Silicon Valley |
| 8:50 – 9:15 am | Keynote Presentation: Call to Action for a Sustainable Future Randy Hayes, Director, Foundation Earth |
| Problems | |
| 9:15 – 10:30 am | Perspectives on Global Trade and Climate Volatility. Pricing the risk of climate change. Moderator: Richard Dasher, Director, US-Asia Technology Management Center, Stanford University Panelists: Hon. Dave Jones, California State Insurance Commissioner Lindene Patton, Chief Climate Product Manager, Zurich Financial Services Dr. Cristina Milesi, Senior Research Scientist, California State University/NASA Ames Research Center David Rosenheim, Executive Director, The Climate Registry |
| 10:30 – 11:00 am | Break, Networking, Trade Expo |
| Solutions | |
| 11:00 – 12:15 pm | Impact of Climate Volatility on Supply Chain and Global Trade Moderator: Margaret Bruce, Principal, Manzanita Consulting Associates. Founding Chair, SSV, Panelists: Gosuke Nakae, VP & GM Mitsubishi International Nancy Parmer, Head of Sustainability, Customer Solutions Group, UPS Zoe McMahon, Director, Social & Environmental Sustainability and Compliance,Hewlett-Packard |
| 12:15 – 12:30 pm | Discussion at Table Groups on morning topics |
| Inspiration | |
| 12:30 – 1:30 pm | Luncheon Keynote - Pavithra Mehta, Filmmaker and Author of Infinite Vision: Case study in breakthrough business transformation. “If it exists, it must be possible." |
| Implementation | |
| 1:45 – 3:00 pm | Regional Resilience How to build a robust cradle-to-cradle economy in an uncertain future. Moderator: Ray Martin, SSV Board member and VP Technology for AlterLume and Daewon Speakers: Andrew L. Clark, Director of Corporate Strategy, Venture Capital Group, IBM Corporation Brian Schmidt, District Director, Santa Clara Valley Water District Diana Pereira, Specialty Solid Waste & Recycling Emily Hanson, GreenWaste Recovery Rebecca Burgess, Fibershed Project Iris Harrell, Founder and CEO, Harrell Remodeling |
| 3:00 – 3:15 pm | Table Discussion about regional responses and challenges. |
| 3:15 - 3:45 pm | Break, Networking and Trade Expo |
| Innovation | |
| 3:45 – 5:00 pm | Leadership and Vision to achieve Regional Resiliency How can leaders catalyze the deep transformation necessary to build a sustainable future? Moderator: Marianna Grossman, Executive Director, Sustainable Silicon Valley Panelists: Randy Hayes, Director, Foundation Earth Peter Graf, Chief Sustainability Officer and Executive VP of Sustainability Solutions, SAP Kurt Yeager, Vice Chairman of the Galvin Electricity Initiative Gordon Feller, Director, Urban Innovations, Internet Business Solutions Group, Cisco Seth Miller, Partner, DBL Investors. |
| 5:00- 5:30 pm | Closing remarks/call to action Hon. Hiroshi Inomata, Consul General of Japan in San Francisco Marianna Grossman, Executive Director, Sustainable Silicon Valley |
| 5:30 – 6:30 pm | International Cuisine and Wine Reception/ Networking |
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