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Thursday, January 17th
10:00am Registration
   
1:00 pm Welcome and Association Update
Cal Dooley, President and CEO, GMA
1:15 pm Keynote Speech – Establishing the Vision
Peter Seligmann, Co-Founder, Chairman of the Board and CEO, Conservation International
2:00 pm Keynote Speech – Opportunities to Partner
Stephen Johnson, Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
2:20 pm Prospects and Pitfalls; Senior Leaders on the Challenges and Opportunities of Achieving a Sustainable Industry
  • Peter Seligmann, Co-Founder, Chairman of the Board and CEO, Conservation International (moderator)
  • John Brock, President, CEO and Director, Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc.
  • Doug Conant, President and CEO, Campbell Soup Company
  • Kevin Havelock, President Unilever USA, Unilever
  • Jerry Steiner, President, Food Traits and Executive Vice President, Commercial Acceptance, Monsanto Company
3:15pm Networking Break
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
  • Scot Hendricks, Vice President, Grocery Merchandising, The Kroger Co.

Sustainable Innovation Products

  • 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.
  • Euan Murray, Carbon Footprinting General Manager, Carbon Trust
  • Zoe Riddell, Vice President – CDP USA, Carbon Disclosure Project
  • Andrew Smith, Head of Public Affairs/Corporate Responsibility, PepsiCo UK & Ireland

Partnering with Government

  • Kristin Pierre, Manager, Green Suppliers Network, U.S. EPA
  • Paul Scheihing, Industrial Technologies Program – Save Energy Now, U.S. Department of Energy
  • 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
6:00pm – 8:00pm Networking Reception


Friday, January 18th
7:00am Continental Breakfast
7:30am GMA Sustainability Issue Management Update
Audra Karalius, Vice President, Environment and Safety, Sara Lee Corporation.
Member, GMA Sustainability Leadership Team
 
7:45am Assessing our Environmental Impact: Perspectives from Retail, Foodservice and Manufacturing
  • Gene Kahn, Vice President, Global Sustainability Officer, General Mills, Inc.
  • Matt Kistler, Senior Vice President, Sustainability, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
  • Joseph Pettus, Senior Vice President, Fuel & Energy Operations, Safeway Inc. 
  • Larry Pulliam, Executive Vice President of Global Sourcing and Supply Chain, SYSCO Corporation

 

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
 
9:30am Networking Break
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

Water Conservation

  • Kevin Mathews, Director, Regulatory Affairs and Environmental, Nestle Waters North America
  • Tod Christenson, Senior Consultant, Delta Consultants
  • G. Tracy Mehan, III, Principal, The Cadmus Group, Inc.
  • 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
  • Simon Aumonier, Partner, Environmental Resources Management
  • 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
  • Michael Kehs, Partner and Director, Porter Novelli
  • Ed Kuehnle, President, Catalina Marketing Services
  • Elizabeth Lipton-McCombie, Analyst, Innovest Strategic Value Advisors
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
1:45pm Vision for the Future
  • Lord Michael Hastings, International Director, Corporate Citizenship, KPMG LLP
2:45pm Conference Wrap-Up, Cal Dooley, President and CEO, GMA

*Program is subject to change.

 

   
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