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2008 Daily Schedule

ROOM	8:00 - 9:00	12:00 - 1:00	1:30 - 2:30	3:00 - 4:00	4:30 - 6:30
J1	9:30 - 11:30 am Keynote Sarah Susanka, Author, The Not So Big House series and The Not So Big Life, Susanka Studios David Suzuki, Author & TV Host, The Nature of Things, David Suzuki Foundation Hunter Lovins, Founder & President, Natural Capitalism Solutions Leonard Robinson, Chief Deputy Director, Department of Toxic Substance Control, California EPA John Kennedy, Senior Manager of Architecture, Engineering and Construction, Sustainable Design, Autodesk		A Changing Climate in a Changing Market Panama Bartholomy (moderator), Advisor to Commissioner Karen Douglas, California Energy Commission Dana Papke, Senior Air Pollution Control Specialist and Green Building Lead, California Air Resources Board Janill Richards, Deputy Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General Chris Pyke, Director of Climate Change Services, CTG Energetics Cal Broomhead, Energy and Climate Programs Manager, City and County of San Francisco Richard Lyon, Senior Advocate, California Building Industry Association	A Changing Climate in a Changing Market - Part II Panama Bartholomy (moderator), Advisor to Commissioner Karen Douglas, California Energy Commission	Marketing: Behavior Change. What’s It Going To Take? Jessica Switzer (moderator), Partner, Blue Practice Dara O'Rourke, Founder, Professor, Taoit, Environmental Science Policy and Management, UC Berkeley Carrie Armel, Research Associate, Precourt Institute for Energy Efficiency
J2			A Healthy Home: Two Decades of Progress Jennifer Roberts, Author, Good Green Kitchens Mary Cordaro, President and Founder, H3Environmental	The Business Case for Building the Green Way Hunter Lovins, Founder & President, Natural Capitalism Solutions William Hayward, President, CEO, Chief Sustainability Officer, Hayward Lumber	Advanced and Alternative HVAC Systems John Proctor, P.E., President, Proctor Engineering Group, Ltd.
J3			Sacred Geometry: Updating Plato Sarah Susanka, Author, The Not So Big House series and The Not So Big Life, Susanka Studios	The Future of Technology and Sustainable Design Lynelle Preston Cameron (moderator), Director of Sustainability, Autodesk Ken Hall, AIA, LEED AP, CSBA Architect, Gensler Rocio Gonzalez, Senior Project Engineer and VD&C Alberto Villarreal, Senior Lead Designer, LUNAR	Choosing a Green Home Certification - A Backward and Forward Look from Builders and Certifiers Brian Gitt (moderator), Exec. Director, Build it Green Justin Dunning, Director, Green Programs, ConSol Pepper Smith, Green Consulting Programs Manager, Davis Energy Group Cheryl O'Connor, Vice President of Sales, Summerhill Homes Mitch Gardner, Project Manager, The Olson Company Aaron Adelstein, Executive Director, Built Green Association of King and Snohomish Counties
J4			Creating Sustainable Brands: Learnings from the Field Celia Canfield, Principal, Eco Vertex Pam Van Orden, President, Enlightened Brand KoAnn Skrzyniarz, Founder/CEO, Sustainable Life Media	Solar Power as a Zero Energy Home Solution Tim Tutt, Advisor to Chairman Pfannenstiel, California Energy Commission Aaron Nitzkin, Vice President, OCR Solar & Roofing, Inc. Dale Garren, VP Construction, Pinn Brothers Fine Homes Mike Keesee, Project Manager Energy Efficiency, Sacramento Municipal Utility District	Products AND Process: The Elegant, The Ugly, and The Needed Alex Wilson, Founder & President, Building Green, Inc. Peter Yost, Residential Program Manager, BuildingGreen, Inc.
F 1&2 (Action Hub)	Designers of All Kinds Networking		Academic Challenge - How Fast Can We Adapt? Michael Sammet, Sustainable Design Program Director, UC Berkeley Extension	Perfecting Hot Ideas: Graphic Recorders/Consultants	Seeding Innovation - Funders Vet Hot Ideas Brian Walsh, Associate, Nth Power Peter Liu, Founder and Vice Chairman, New Resource Bank Kathleen Gilligan (moderator), Co-Founder, EcoStrategy Group Bob O'Connor, Practice Director, Wilson Sonsini Esther Park, Director, Lending Program, RSF Social Finance
San Carlos	Business, Selling and Marketing Networking		Two VC Projects Come Through Chuck Erickson (moderator), Assistant Director, Environmental Business Cluster Bryant Tong, Managing Director, Nth Power Zach Gentry, CEO & Co-Founder, Adura Technologies Marc Carlson, CEO, Microposite, Inc. Lee Burrows, Principal, VantagePoint Venture Partners	First Community Housing Paves the Road for Leed Affordable Multi-family Housing Jeff Oberdorfer, AIA CDS, Executive Director, First Community Housing, First Community Housing	Natural vs. Unnatural Building - Which is best for you. Carol Venolia (moderator), Architect and Director, Carol Venolia, Architect Drew Maran, Drew Maran Construction Bruce King, Director, Founder and Structural Engineer, Author, Buildings of Earth and Straw and Making Better Concrete, Ecological Building Network Tim Owen-Kennedy, President, Vital Systems
Santa Clara	Water and Landscaping Networking	Hosted Government & Policy Making Topics	Measuring What Matters: How Sustainability Dashboards and Generative Feedback Can Help People and Organizations Change Habits Gil Friend, CEO, Natural Logic Warren Karlenzig, President, Common Current Peter Sharer, CEO, AgileWaves	Clean Tech Just Keeps Getting Cooler Marc Gottschalk, Co-Founder, CCTO Kevin Surace, CEO, Serious Materials Norman Bourassa, Team Lead, PIER - Buildings End-Use Efficiency Research, California Energy Commission	BIM-IPD: Life Cycle Technology-Driven Efficiency Todd Lukesh, LEED AP, CGBP, Sustainability Engineer, Webcor Engineers Phil Williams, Vice President, Chair, Mayor’s Task Force on Green Building, Webcor Jim Bedrick, Director of Systems Integration, Webcor
Plaza			Myth Busting: New Directions in Sustainable Interior Design Rowena Finegan, Owner, Principal Designer, Eco-terric Kari Foster, Interior Designer, Associates 3	The Sexiest Large Scale Water Design Applications We Have Ever Seen Andy Mannle (moderator), Senior Editor, Arc Wire Paul Kephart, President, Rana Creek Bry Sarte, Principal, Sherwood Engineers	Remodeling Using GreenPoint Rated Existing Home as a Path to Zero Energy Zero Water. Marc Richmond (moderator), President, Practica Consulting Tenaya Asan (moderator), GreenPoint Rated Program Manager, Build It Green Kelly Lerner, Architect, One World Design Daniel Mackey, Daniel Mackey Construction Incorporated
Almaden			Creating Regenerative Developments, Part I: Looking Behind the Curtain of Successful Communities John Knott, Founder & CEO, Noisette Project, The Noisette Company, LLC	Creating Regenerative Developments, Part II: Mapping Community Needs John Knott, Founder & CEO, Noisette Project, The Noisette Company, LLC Kirstin Miller, Executive Director, Ecocity Builders Kemba Shakur, Executive Director, Urban Releaf Colin Grant, Founder and CEO, Visible Strategies	Creating Regenerative Developments, Part III: Putting it All Together John Knott, Founder & CEO, Noisette Project, The Noisette Company, LLC