Building a Green Economy: Connecting Sustainability to Business and Job Creation

The Los Angeles Business Council is pleased to invite you to attend the Annual Sustainability Summit.

Timely Conversations with Industry and Policy Leaders 
Tackling Rising Energy Costs and Tapping Into New Incentives

WHEN: Tuesday, April 6, 2010 | 7:30am-2:30pm

WHERE: Harold M. Williams Auditorium, The Getty

SCHEDULE

8:30 A.M. SALON OF MASTERS: Discussion of Best Practices Among Sustainable Industry Pioneers
   The Honorable Jerry Brown, California Attorney General
   Scott Lyle, Senior Vice President of Operations, GE/Arden Realty, Inc. 
   Kevin Ratner, President, Forest City Residential West
   Lauralee Martin, Global Chief Operating and Financial Officer, Jones Lang LaSalle
   Joseph Pettus, Senior Vice President of Fuel and Energy, Safeway, Inc.

9:45 A.M. PANEL TWO: Renewable Incentives that Work and Proven Market Mechanisms
   Mary Nichols, Chairwoman, California Air Resources Board
   Steve Hill, President, Kyocera Solar Inc.
   Paul Gipe, Founder, Wind Works 
   Jacob Lipa, President, PSOMAS
   Pedro Pizarro, Executive V.P. of Power Operations, Southern California Edison

11:50 A.M. PANEL THREE: Financing and Developing Green Business
   Alan Rothenberg, President, Board of LAWA Commissioner
   Tom Unterman, Founder and Managing Partners, Rustic Canyon Partners
   Bill Black, Director, Strategic Solutions, Haworth, Inc.
   Tom Roell, Group Executive, Parsons
   Adam Werbach, Global Chief Executive Officer, Saatchi & Saatchi S
   Jim de la Loza, Senior V.P., Planning and Project Development Lead, West Region, AECOM

Release of LABC Solar Study: JR DeShazo, Director of the UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation, presents LA’s Solar Program: Guidelines for an Effective Feed-in Tarriff (FiT)

Master of Ceremonies: Richard Katz, Director, METRO 

VIP Luncheon Featuring: Wendy Greuel, Controller, City of LA

KEYNOTE ADDRESS: The Honorable Antonio Villaraigosa, Mayor, City of Los Angeles

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