Draft Agenda for the Future 500 Industrial Ecology 2000 conference is
pasted in below. This is an excellent forum for businesses seeking to be
environmental leaders.
The GrassRoots Recycling Network will be having a sign-up sheet at this
conference for businesses that want to be included in our Zero Waste
businesses Fact Sheet (that are diverting more than 90% of their wastes).
For more information on the conference, contact: "Eric Stryson at
<stryson@future500.org>. For more information on the Zero Waste Businesses
Fact Sheets, please contact me.
Thanks!
Gary Liss
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IE 2000:
Maximizing Shareholder Value:
Lessons from the Natural World
October 5 - 8, 2000
Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley
PRELIMINARY AGENDA
(speakers & sessions subject to change)
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2000:
9 to 12am Registration
1 pm to 4 pm WORKSHOPS SERIES ($150 each for registrants)
The Natural Step for Business
Gil Friend, CEO, Natural Logic
Corporate Social Responsibility
Charlie Altekruse, Senior Consultant, MS&L
2 to 4pm OPEN SPACE METHODOLOGY
4 to 6pm REGISTRATION & WELCOME MIXER
6 to 6:30pm WELCOMING REMARKS
Bill Shireman, Global Futures
Professor Christine Rosen, Haas Business
School
Frank Lampe, Editor, LOHAS Journal
The Cultural Creative in Marketplace
Ecosystems
6:30 to 8pm BUSINESS AS A LIVING SYSTEM:
THE VALUE IN INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY
Evening Keynote:
Tachi Kiuchi, Chairman, Future 500
Roundtable Discussion:
Bill Shireman, Global Futures
Lynn Scarlett, Reason Public Policy Institute
John Harte, Ph.D. Environmental Biology,
UC Berkeley
Anita Burke, Royal Dutch Shell
Moderator: Joel Makower, Green Business Network
8 to 8:30pm RECOGNITION OF LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
David Brower, Founder, Earth Island Institute
8:30 to 9:30pm GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY EFFORTS
Prof. Rusong Wang, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jim Sheats, Hewlett-Packard Woldwide
E-Services
Noel Brown, former dir., UNEP
9:30 to 10:30pm PARTICIPANT NETWORKING
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2000:
8 to 8:30am Breakfast and Registration
8:30 to 9am Welcome and Overview:
Tachi Kiuchi and Bill Shireman
9 to 10:30am TOWARDS A CLOSED LOOP ECONOMY: THE FUTURE OF RECYCLING
Keynote Conversation:
William Coors, Chairman & President, Coors Brewing
Bill Shireman, President, Global Futures
Panel Presentation:
Daryl Young, Director, California Department of Conservation
Ralph Chandler, Ex.Dir, CA Integrated
Waste Mgt. Bd.
Andrew Mangan, Applied Sustainability
10:30 to 11am BREAK
11 to 11:30am REGULATORY INNOVATION & NEW ENVIRONMENTALISM
Lynn Scarlett, Ex.Dir., Reason Public
Policy Institute
11:30 to 1pm WHOLE SYSTEMS BUFFET LUNCH
1 to 2pm SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS PRACTICES:
NEW REGULATORY MODELS
Panel Presentation:
Winston Hickox, Cal EPA
Ed Quevedo, Pilsbury Madison & Sutro LLP
Ray Carter, Designworks/USA, Inc., A BMW Group Subsidiary
2 to 3:30pm BREAKOUT DISCUSSION SESSION #1
Product Design for Sustainability
Ab Stevels, Philips Consumer Electronics,
the Netherlands
Wayne Young, IBM
TBA
Facilitator: Philip White, Industrial Design
Society of America
Environmental Mgt. Systems:
Sustainable CA Sustainable Silicon Valley
Keith Smith, Cal EPA
Michelle Perrault, Sierra Club
Justin Bradley, Silicon Valley
Manufacturing Group Facilitator: Jennifer
Smith Grubb, Cal EPA
Metrics & Management: Financial Accounting &
Ecological Accounting
Gil Friend, Natural Logic
J.W. Ballard, The Financial Scoreboard
Socially Responsible Investing: The Importance of Environmental & Social
Performance in Market Performance
Leslie Christian, Portfolio 21
Frank Dixon, Innovest
Julie Gorte, Calvert Group
Facilitator: Susan Burns, Natural Strategies
The Importance of Whole System Design Tools
John Garn, View Craft, Information Cartography
James Kalin, Solace Mayor, IE Simulation
Authoring
Actually Implementing Sustainability
Cliff Bast, Hewlett Packard
Beth Concoby, Genencor International Inc.
Lynelle Preston, Haas Business School,
Hewlett Packard
Facilitator: Charles McGlashan, Natural
Strategies
How to Profit Through Paper Use Reduction
Joe Eschbach, Adobe ePaper Solutions Group
Dick Lechnar, Union Bank of California
WebEx or E-Fax
Facilitator: Rory Bakke, Alameda County Waste Mgt.
Authority
3:30 to 4:00pm BREAK
4 to 5:30pm APPROACHING CLIMATE NEUTRALITY
Moderated Roundtable Discussion:
Sue Hall, Climate Neutral Network
Joe Romm, Center for Energy & Climate Solutions
Dan Lashof, National Resource Defense Council
Bob Wilkenson, Rocky Mountain Institute
Ken Perkins, Shaklee Corporation
Anita Burke, Royal Dutch Shell
Moderator: Joel Makower, Green Business Network
5:30 to 8pm IE 2000 DINNER & PARTICIPANT RECEPTION
8 to 8:45pm EVENING KEYNOTE
Ervin Laszlo, President & Founder, Club of
Budapest
“The New Roles and Responsibilities of the
Corporation as a Key Societal System”
9 to 11pm Participant Networking
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2000:
8 to 8:30am Breakfast & Networking
8:30 to 9:30am PRODUCT STEWARDSHIP: COMPUTER & ELECTRONICS EPR
Panel Presentation & Roundtable Discussion:
John Elter, Kodak
Joe Shimsky, Pitney Bowes
Ab Stevels, Philips Consumer Electronics
Moderator: Ted Smith, Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition
9:30 to 10am BREAK
10 to 11am THE INTERNET ECONOMY &
THE EVOLUTION OF INDUSTRY
Panel Presentation:
Elisabet Sahtouris, Evolution Biologist, Living Systems Design
Joe Romm, Center for Energy & Climate Solutions
Nevin Cohen, eMarketer
Moderator: Cate Gable, Axioun Communications
11 to 12:30pm EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES: FROM CONFLICT TO COOPERATION
Panel Presentation:
Jane Pratt, The Mountain Institute
Maxine Wiber, Rio Algom / Antamina Mining
Co. Chris Hatch, Rainforest Action Network
Linda Coady, Weyerhaeuser
Moderator: Adam Davis, Natural Strategies
12:30 to 2pm CHAORDIC CAFÉ LUNCH
Lunchtime Presentation:
Tom Hurley, Chaordic Alliance
2 to 3:30pm BREAKOUT DISCUSSION SESSION #2
Computer & Electronics:
Product Stewardship from Design to End of Life
Karl Tieffert, Agilent Technologies
Renee St. John, Hewlett-Packard
Kevin McCarthy, Waste Management
Ted Smith, Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition
Moderator: Cate Gable
Managing the Living Organization
Elisabet Sahtouris, PhD. Evolutionary
Biologist
Richard Miles, Health Frontiers
Pille Bunnell, Society for Cybernetics
Facilitator: Carol Sanford, InterOctave Development Group
Implementing Ethical Leadership in the Corporate
Environment
Chris Laszlo, Innov-Ethics, LLC
Muriel Adcock, Club of Budapest, USA
Product Life-Cycle Management
Phil Berry, Nike
Donald Coy, 3M Environmental
Group
Earl Whittaker, C&A Floorcoverings Inc.
Facilitator: T.B.A.
E-commerce: Effects on Energy & Transportation
Michelle Blazek, AT&T
Joe Romm, Center for Energy & Climate
Solutions
Nevin Cohen, eMarketer
Matt Owens, Silicon Energy
H. Scott Matthews, Green Design Initiative,
Carnegie Mellon Univ.
Facilitator: Arpad Horvath, UC Berkeley, CGDM
The Future of Activism
Kevin Danaher, Global Exchange
Heather Mansfield, EActivism.org
Chris Hatch, Rainforest Action Network
Tim Hicks, CONNEXUS Conflict Management
Facilitator: Adam Berman, Haas School of
Business
Sustainability Indicators for Community and Global
Systems
Duane Elgin, author, Promise Ahead
Annette Riggs, Barter.com
Redefining Progress
Facilitator: J.W. Ballard, Leadership
Santa Barbara Co.
3:30 to 4pm BREAK
4 to 5:30pm BREAKOUT DISCUSSION SESSION #3
The Future of Forestry
Chris Hatch, Rainforest Action Network
Linda Coady, Weyerhaeuser
Boise Cascade
Georgia Pacific
T.B.A.
Facilitator: Adam Davis, Natural Strategies
Regenerative Business Organizations,
Self-Organizing Practices:
Practical Case Studies and Tools
Carol Sanford, InterOctave Development
Group
Will Linn, formerly of Clorox
The Internet’s Potential for Positive Impact on Society
Carl Page, Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
Craig Newmark, Craigslist.org
Randy Paynter, Care2.com
Facilitator: Cate Gable, Axioun Communications
The Future of Energy
Dan Cashdan, Real Energy
Mac Moore, BP Solarex
Rick Adcock, CH2M Hill
Facilitator: Peter Ziegler, Synergy
Intl.
Governance for the 21st Century
Maximizing Environmental and Economic Performance
Gary Lucks, Environmental Sustainable Solutions
Marty Keller, formerly of CA Smog Check Program, Greenslip
Drexel Sprecher, American Renaissance
Facilitator: Gary Lucks, Environmental Sustainable Solutions
Venture Capital & the Creation of Value: New Models for Philanthropy
Bill Reichert, Garage.com
Nancy Glaser, The Entrepreneur’s Foundation
Carol Welsh Gray, Center for Venture Philanthropy
Facilitator: Sarah Olsen, Haas School of
Business
Corporate Social Responsibility in a Global Economy
Billy Thein, Odwalla
Kevin Danaher, Global Exchange
T.B.A.
Facilitator: Charlie Altekruse, MS&L Corp.
Accountability Practice
5:45 to 7pm EVENING KEYNOTE
Tachi Kiuchi
Introduction to Biomimicry
Janine Benyus, author, Biomimicry
“Sustainable Innovations Inspired by Nature”
7 to 10pm DINNER BREAK & PARTICIPANT NETWORKING
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2000:
8 to 9am Breakfast & Networking
9 to 11:30am OPEN SPACE METHODOLOGY
11:30am Closing Remarks
Bill Shireman & Tachi Kiuchi
1pm NATURE HIKE TILDEN PARK, BERKELEY, CA
CONFERENCE SPONSORS
Ford Motor Company
Nike
Royal Dutch Shell
Mitsubishi Electric
Pitney Bowes
Adobe Systems Inc.
Thermoretec
C&A Floorcoverings Inc.
Quantum
Stanley Electric
Deloitte & Touche
California EPA
California Integrated Waste Mgt. Board
Alameda Co. Waste Management Authority
Uncommon Grounds Coffee
Manning Selvage & Lee
Odwalla
ORGANIZATIONAL PARTNERS
Natural Strategies
Silicon Valley Manufacturing Group
Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition
Consortium on Green Design & Manufacturing
The Club of Budapest
Institute of Noetic Sciences
LOHAS Journal
Intl. Society of the Systems Sciences (ISSS)
Green Money Journal
Net Impact at Haas Business School
Green Business Network
Worldwatch Institute
Earth Island Institute
Planetwork
Association for Quality and Participation
C.E.R.E.S
Gary Liss
916-652-7850
Fax: 916-652-0485
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