2009 Highlights

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2009 Speakers:

  • Bill Clinton

    Special Guest Speaker
    President Bill Clinton
    Founder, William J. Clinton Foundation
    42nd President of the United States

  • Kathy Abusow

    Kathy Abusow
    President and CEO
    Sustainable Forestry Initiative, Inc.

  • Shai Agassi

    Shai Agassi
    Founder and CEO
    Better Place

  • Mr. David Aldous

    David Aldous
    Chief Executive Officer
    Range Fuels

  • Ray Anderson

    Ray Anderson
    Founder and Chairman
    Interface, Inc.

  • Michael Andrew

    Michael Andrew
    Director of Government Affairs and External Communications, Hybrid Battery Systems
    Johnson Controls, Inc.

  • Phil Angelides

    Phil Angelides
    Chairman
    Apollo Alliance

  • Tod Arbogast

    Tod Arbogast
    Director, Sustainable Business
    Dell Inc.

  • Joel Babbit

    Joel Babbit
    CEO and Co-founder
    Mother Nature Network

  • Tom Baloga

    Tom Baloga
    Vice President of Engineering, U.S.
    BMW of North America

  • Carl Bass

    Carl Bass
    President and CEO
    Autodesk, Inc.

  • Janine Benyus

    Janine Benyus
    Author, Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature
    Co-founder, The Biomimicry Guild

  • Rob Bernard

    Rob Bernard
    Chief Environmental Strategist
    Microsoft Corp.

  • Kevin Book

    Kevin Book
    Managing Director, Research
    ClearView Energy Partners, LLC

  • Todd Bradley

    Todd Bradley
    Executive Vice President, Personal Systems Group
    Hewlett-Packard Company

  • Beth A. Brooke

    Beth A. Brooke
    Global Vice Chair
    Ernst & Young LLP

  • David C. Brown

    David C. Brown
    Vice President, Federal Affairs
    Exelon Corporation

  • Mike Brune

    Michael Brune
    Executive Director
    Rainforest Action Network (RAN)

  • William M. Bumpers

    William M. Bumpers
    Partner and Chair, Climate Change Practice
    Baker Botts LLP

  • Brian Camastral

    Brian Camastral
    Global President, Mars Food
    Mars, Incorporated

  • Sue Cischke

    Sue Cischke
    Group Vice President, Sustainability, Environment and Safety Engineering
    Ford Motor Co.

  • Ian Clifford

    Ian Clifford
    Founder and CEO
    Zenn Motor Co.

  • Richard S. Cohen

    Richard S. Cohen
    Managing Director, Environmental Strategic Investments
    Bank of America Corp.

  • Peter L. Corsell

    Peter L. Corsell
    Chief Executive Officer
    GridPoint

  • David W. Crane

    David W. Crane
    President and CEO
    NRG Energy, Inc.

  • Andris Cukurs

    Andris Cukurs
    Chief Executive Officer
    Suzlon Wind Energy

  • Leslie Dach

    Leslie Dach
    Executive Vice President, Corporate Affairs and Government
    Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

  • Peter Darbee

    Peter Darbee
    Chairman, President and CEO
    PG&E Corp.

  • Michael Deane

    Michael Deane
    Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer
    Turner Construction Company

  • Marthin De Beer

    Marthin De Beer
    Senior Vice President and General Manager, Emerging Technologies Group
    Cisco Systems, Inc.

  • Jill Dumain

    Jill Dumain
    Chair of the Board of the Organic Exchange
    Patagonia Inc

  • Brian Dumaine

    Brian Dumaine
    Global Editor
    FORTUNE

  • Jib Ellison

    Jib Ellison
    Founder
    Blu Skye Sustainability

  • Henrik Fisker

    Henrik Fisker
    Chief Executive Officer
    Fisker Automotive

  • Steve Fludder

    Steve Fludder
    Vice President, ecomagination
    General Electric

  • Bill Ford

    Bill Ford
    Executive Chairman
    Ford Motor Co.

  • Mark Fulton

    Mark Fulton
    Managing Director and Global Head of Climate Change Investment Research
    Deutsche Asset Management

  • Don Furman

    Don Furman
    SVP, Development, Transmission, and Policy
    Iberdrola Renewables, Inc.

  • Charles Gassenheimer

    Charles Gassenheimer
    Chairman and CEO
    Ener1, Inc.

  • Robert Gates

    Robert Gates
    Senior Vice President, Commercial Operations
    Clipper Windpower, Inc.

  • Gerard F.X. Geier, II

    Gerard F.X. Geier, II
    Senior Partner
    FXFOWLE Architects, LLP

  • Bill Gross

    Bill Gross
    CEO, eSolar
    Founder and CEO, Idealab

  • Marc Gunther

    Marc Gunther
    Contributing Editor
    FORTUNE

  • Kevin Hagen

    Kevin Hagen
    Director of Corporate Social Responsibility
    REI

  • Alan Hanson

    Alan Hanson
    Executive Vice President, Technologies and Used Fuel Management
    AREVA NC Inc.

  • Steve Hargreaves

    Steve Hargreaves
    Staff Writer
    CNNMoney.com

  • Paul Hawken

    Paul Hawken
    CEO
    Biomimicry Ventures Group

  • David G. Hawkins

    David G. Hawkins
    Director, Climate Programs
    NRDC

  • Peter J. Hebert

    Peter J. Hebert
    Co-founder and Managing Partner
    Lux Capital Management

  • Kraig Higginson

    Kraig Higginson
    Founder and Chairman
    Raser Technologies

  • Jeffrey Hollender

    Jeffrey Hollender
    President and Chief Inspired Protagonist
    Seventh Generation

  • Robert Houghton

    Robert Houghton
    President
    Redemtech, Inc.

  • Steve Howard

    Steve Howard
    Chief Executive Officer
    The °Climate Group

  • Laura Ipsen

    Laura Ipsen
    SVP, Global Policy and Government Affairs (GPGA)
    Cisco Systems, Inc.

  • Mitch Jackson

    Mitch Jackson
    Director, Environmental Affairs and Sustainability
    FedEx Corp.

  • Anup Jacob

    Anup Jacob
    Partner
    Virgin Green Fund

  • William E. James

    Wilber James
    Managing General Partner
    RockPort Capital Partners

  • H. Fisk Johnson

    H. Fisk Johnson
    Chairman and CEO
    S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.

  • Van Jones

    Van Jones
    Special Advisor for Green Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
    White House Council on Environmental Quality

  • Matthew Kiernan

    Matthew Kiernan
    Chief Executive Officer
    Innovest Strategic Value Advisors

  • Rik Kirkland

    Rik Kirkland
    Director of Publishing
    McKinsey & Company

  • Odin K. Knudsen

    Odin K. Knudsen
    Strategic Advisor and Business Development and Global Head of Origination
    JPMorgan Chase

  • Michael J. Kowalski

    Michael J. Kowalski
    Chairman and CEO
    Tiffany & Co.

  • Fred Krupp

    Fred Krupp
    President
    Environmental Defense Fund

  • Barbara Kyle

    Barbara Kyle
    National Coordinator
    Electronics TakeBack Coalition

  • Rob Lamkin

    Rob Lamkin
    Chief Executive Officer
    Cool Earth Solar, Inc.

  • Scott Lang

    Scott Lang
    President and CEO
    Silver Spring Networks

  • Bob Langert

    Bob Langert
    Vice President, Corporate Social Responsibility
    McDonald's Corporation

  • Amy Larkin

    Amy Larkin
    Solutions Director
    Greenpeace USA

  • Adam Lashinsky

    Adam Lashinsky
    Editor at Large
    FORTUNE

  • Chuck Leavell

    Chuck Leavell
    Director of Environmental Affairs and Co-founder
    Mother Nature Network

  • Rich Lechner

    Rich Lechner
    Vice President, Energy & Environment
    IBM Corp.

  • Li Lu

    Li Lu
    Founder and General Partner
    LL Investment Partners

  • Joel Makower

    Joel Makower
    Chairman and Executive Editor
    Greener World Media, Inc.

  • Kathleen Matthews

    Kathleen Matthews
    EVP, Global Communications and Public Affairs
    Marriott International, Inc.

  • Chuck McDermott

    Chuck McDermott
    General Partner
    RockPort Capital Partners

  • Ken Mehlman

    Ken Mehlman
    Managing Director and Head of Global Public Affairs
    Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.

  • Andrea Moffat

    Andrea Moffat
    Senior Director of Corporate Program
    Ceres

  • Jeremy Moon

    Jeremy Moon
    CEO
    Icebreaker New Zealand Ltd

  • Michael G. Morris

    Michael G. Morris
    Chairman, President and CEO
    American Electric Power

  • Richard Murphy

    Richard Murphy
    Editor
    FSB: Fortune Small Business

  • Clay Nesler

    Clay Nesler
    Vice President, Global Energy and Sustainability, Building Efficiency
    Johnson Controls, Inc.

  • Jack Newman

    Jack Newman
    Co-founder and SVP of Research
    Amyris Biotechnologies, Inc.

  • Michael Norris

    Michael Norris
    Chief Operating Officer and Market President
    Sodexo, Inc.

  • Frank O’Brien-Bernini

    Frank O’Brien-Bernini
    Chief Sustainability Officer
    Owens Corning

  • Ben Packard

    Ben Packard
    Vice President, Global Responsibility
    Starbucks Coffee Co.

  • Chandrakant D. Patel

    Chandrakant D. Patel
    HP Fellow and Director, Sustainable IT Ecosystem Lab
    HP Labs

  • Glenn T. Prickett

    Glenn T. Prickett
    Senior Vice President
    Conservation International

  • Jason Pyle

    Jason Pyle
    Chief Executive Officer
    Sapphire Energy

  • James E. Rogers

    James E. Rogers
    Chairman, President, and CEO
    Duke Energy Corp.

  • Gwen Ruta

    Gwen Ruta
    Vice President, Corporate Partnerships
    Environmental Defense Fund

  • Alan Salzman

    Alan Salzman
    CEO and Managing Partner
    VantagePoint Venture Partners

  • Julie Schlosser

    Julie Schlosser
    Associate Editor
    FORTUNE

  • Dov Seidman

    Dov Seidman
    Founder, Chairman and CEO
    LRN

  • Andy Serwer

    Andy Serwer
    Managing Editor
    FORTUNE

  • Andrew L. Shapiro

    Andrew L. Shapiro
    Founder and President
    GreenOrder

  • J.D. Sitton

    J.D. Sitton
    President and CEO
    Infinia Corp.

  • Mark Small

    Mark Small
    Vice President of Corporate Environment Health and Safety
    Sony Electronics Inc.

  • Christopher Spain

    Christopher Spain
    Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer
    HydroPoint Data Systems, Inc.

  • Michael Splinter

    Michael Splinter
    President and CEO
    Applied Materials, Inc.

  • Kevin Surace

    Kevin Surace
    Chief Executive Officer
    Serious Materials

  • Kelly Truman

    Kelly Truman
    Vice President of Marketing, Sales, and Business Development
    Solyndra, Inc.

  • Bruce Usher

    Bruce Usher
    Chief Executive Officer
    EcoSecurities Group plc

  • Bill Valentine

    Bill Valentine
    Chairman and Design Principal
    HOK

  • Mauricio Vargas

    Mauricio Vargas
    Chief Executive Officer
    Greenhouse Gas Services, a GE AES Venture

  • James A. Walker

    James A. Walker
    Vice Chairman
    enXco, Inc.

  • Arlin S. Wasserman

    Arlin S. Wasserman
    Vice President, Corporate Citizenship
    Sodexo, Inc.

  • Scott Weinbrandt

    Scott Weinbrandt
    Chairman and President
    Helix Wind, Inc.

  • Warren Weiss

    Warren Weiss
    General Partner
    Foundation Capital

  • Thomas H. Werner

    Thomas H. Werner
    Chief Executive Officer
    SunPower Corp.

  • David Whitford

    David Whitford
    Editor at Large, FORTUNE
    Contributor, Fortune Small Business

  • Tim Wilson

    Tim Wilson
    CEO and Co-founder
    Historic Futures Ltd.

  • Todd Woody

    Todd Woody
    Contributing Editor
    FORTUNE

  • John Woolard

    John Woolard
    President and CEO
    BrightSource Energy

  • J. Berrye Worsham

    J. Berrye Worsham
    President and CEO
    Cotton Incorporated