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Thursday, January 17th
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Registration |
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1:00 pm |
Welcome
and Association Update
Cal Dooley, President and CEO, GMA |
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1:15 pm |
Keynote
Speech Establishing the Vision
Peter Seligmann, Co-Founder, Chairman of the
Board and CEO, Conservation International
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2:00 pm |
Keynote
Speech Opportunities to Partner
Stephen Johnson, Administrator, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency |
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2:20 pm |
Prospects and Pitfalls; Senior
Leaders on the Challenges and Opportunities of
Achieving a Sustainable Industry
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Peter
Seligmann, Co-Founder, Chairman of the Board
and CEO, Conservation International
(moderator)
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John Brock,
President, CEO and Director, Coca-Cola
Enterprises Inc.
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Doug Conant,
President and CEO, Campbell Soup Company
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Kevin
Havelock, President Unilever USA, Unilever
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Jerry
Steiner, President, Food Traits and
Executive Vice President, Commercial
Acceptance, Monsanto Company
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3:15pm |
Networking Break |
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3:45pm 4:45pm
4:55pm 5:55pm |
Developing Successful
Partnerships for a Sustainable Industry
Concurrent Breakout Sessions
*Attendees
may attend breakout sessions on the following
topics at two different times
Building Bridges: Partnering with
Non-Governmental Organizations
- Moderator: Lettemieke
Mulder, Director of External Affairs,
Corporate Responsibility & NGO Relations, Unilever
- John
Buffington, Project Manager, Blu Skye
Sustainability Consulting
- Kai
Robertson, Director of Agriculture, World
Wildlife Fund
- Scott Walsh,
Project Manager, Corporate Partnerships,
Environmental Defense Fund
- Tensie
Whelan, Executive Director, Rain Forest
Alliance
Engaging the Community
- Vicki
Escarra, President and CEO, America's Second
Harvest
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Scot Hendricks, Vice President, Grocery
Merchandising, The
Kroger Co.
Sustainable Innovation Products
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Dr. Len Sauers,
Vice President, Sustainability, The
Procter & Gamble Company
Third
Party Information Disclosure
- Moderator:
Deborah Louison, Senior Vice President,
Corporate Affairs, Cadbury Schweppes Plc.
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Euan Murray,
Carbon Footprinting General Manager, Carbon
Trust
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Zoe Riddell,
Vice President CDP USA, Carbon Disclosure
Project
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Andrew
Smith, Head of Public Affairs/Corporate
Responsibility, PepsiCo UK & Ireland
Partnering with Government
- Kristin
Pierre, Manager, Green Suppliers Network,
U.S. EPA
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Paul
Scheihing, Industrial Technologies Program
Save Energy Now, U.S. Department of Energy
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Jim
Sullivan, Climate Leaders, U.S. EPA
- Jere
Zimmerman, Director Corporate Environmental,
Health and Safety, Molson Coors Brewing
Company
Perspectives from Agriculture
- Moderator: Sarah Stokes
Alexander, Director of Sustainability and
Leadership Programs, The Keystone Center
- John
Buchanan, Director, Agriculture and
Fisheries, The Center for Environmental
Leadership in Business, Conservation
International
- John
Hoffman, President, American Soybean
Association
- Andrew
Jordan, Ph.D., Vice President, Technical
Services, National Cotton Council
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6:00pm 8:00pm |
Networking Reception
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Friday, January 18th
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7:00am |
Continental Breakfast |
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7:30am |
GMA Sustainability
Issue Management Update
Audra Karalius, Vice President, Environment and Safety, Sara
Lee Corporation.
Member, GMA Sustainability Leadership Team
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7:45am |
Assessing our Environmental
Impact: Perspectives from Retail, Foodservice and
Manufacturing
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Gene Kahn, Vice
President, Global Sustainability Officer, General Mills,
Inc.
- Matt Kistler, Senior Vice
President, Sustainability, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
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Joseph Pettus,
Senior Vice President, Fuel & Energy Operations,
Safeway Inc.
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Larry Pulliam,
Executive Vice President of Global Sourcing and
Supply Chain, SYSCO Corporation
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8:30am |
Keynote Speech -
Green to Gold
Dan Esty, Director of the Yale Center for Environmental
Law; Co-Author of Green to Gold: How Smart Companies
Use Environmental Strategy to Innovate Create Value and
Build Competitive Advantage
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9:30am |
Networking Break |
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10:00am 11:15am
11:25am 12:40pm |
Building the Environmental Sustainability Toolkit
Concurrent Breakout Sessions
*Attendees
may attend breakout sessions on the following topics at
two different times
Energy
Efficiency/Climate Change
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Dennis Boik,
Director, Environmental Sustainability, Hormel Foods
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Andrew Clinton,
Founder and CEO, NorthEast Biogas LLC
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Dick Frohmader,
Global Energy Program Manager, Kraft Foods Inc.
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Angie Slaughter,
Manager, Strategic Environmental Initiatives,
Anheuser-Busch, Inc.
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Kyle Tanger,
Founding Principal, Clear Carbon Colsulting
Water
Conservation
- Kevin Mathews,
Director, Regulatory Affairs and Environmental,
Nestle Waters North America
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Tod Christenson,
Senior Consultant, Delta Consultants
- G. Tracy Mehan, III,
Principal, The Cadmus Group, Inc.
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Dr. Peter Williams,
Chief Technology Officer, Big Green Innovations, IBM
Packaging
Innovation
- Moderator: John Scott,
Procurement Director, Responsible and Sustainable
Sourcing, PepsiCo, Inc.
- Scott Balantine,
Packaging Project Manager, Microsoft Corporation
- Candice Herndon,
U.S. Manager, Environmental Sustainability, CHEP, Inc.
- Anne Johnson,
Director, Sustainable Packaging Coalition
- Kate Krebs,
Executive Director, National Recycling Coalition
- Roger Zellner,
Director, Sustainability, Global Technology and
Quality, Kraft Foods Inc.
Lifecycle
Analysis & Carbon Labeling
- Ken Strassner, Vice
Presicent, Global Environment, Safety, Regulatory
and Scientific Affairs, Kimberly-Clark Corporation
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Simon Aumonier,
Partner, Environmental Resources Management
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Dr. Joseph Fiksel,
Executive Director, The Center for Resilience, The
Ohio State University
- David Spitzley,
Product Sustainability Manager, Kimberly-Clark
Corporation
Stakeholder
Communication: Investor, Consumer, Customer and
Policymaker Perspectives
- Moderator: William Gilmour,
Worldwide Partner and Global Consumer Products
Industry Leader, IBM
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Michael Kehs,
Partner and Director, Porter Novelli
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Ed Kuehnle,
President, Catalina Marketing Services
- Elizabeth Lipton-McCombie,
Analyst, Innovest Strategic Value Advisors
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12:45pm 1:45pm |
Luncheon and
Keynote Address
- Dr. Lester Lave,
Higgins Professor of Economics and University
Professor; Director, Carnegie Mellon Green Design
Initiative; Co-Director, Carnegie Mellon Electricity
Industry Center
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1:45pm |
Vision for the Future
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Lord Michael
Hastings, International Director, Corporate
Citizenship, KPMG LLP
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2:45pm |
Conference Wrap-Up,
Cal
Dooley, President and CEO, GMA |
*Program
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