ISSP 2013 Conference Schedule

Thursday May 9 – Network, Learn, Co-create

7:00-8:00 / Registration and check in and Continental Breakfast Mezzanine Level
Ballroom
8:00-10:15 / Welcome to ISSP Conference 2013 from Marsha Willard, ISSP Executive Director
Welcome to Chicago! Karen Weigert, City of Chicago Sustainability Director
Keynote speaker: Rob Dietz, author of Enough is Enough: Building a Sustainable Economy in a World of Finite Resources, a visionary but realistic alternative to the perpetual pursuit of more - an economy where the goal is enough.
Speed networking: Fast paced and fun facilitated session to meet your peers.
10:15-
11:00 / Refreshment Break in Exhibition Area
Prince of Wales and Continental Rooms on Mezzanine Level
Tower West Suite / Ballroom / Tower East Suite
11:00-12:15 / Making Sustainability Stick: How to Truly Integrate Sustainability
Kevin Wilhelm, CEO, Sustainable Business Consulting / Is Sustainability Still Possible? An Overview of the State of the World 2013
Tom Prugh, Co-director, Worldwatch Institute / Community Sustainability Initiatives
Dave Feldman, Executive Director, Bethesda Green
Brandon Knight, Green Economy Leadership Training (GELT)
12:30 / Lunch Ballroom
12:45-1:15 / Hall of Fame Presentations – Words from Honorees
Alan AtKisson, President and CEO, AtKisson Group
John Elkington, Founding Partner & Executive Chairman, Volans
HazelHenderson, Founder, Ethical Markets Media, LLC
L. Hunter Lovins, President and Founder, Natural Capitalism Solutions
1:15-2:15 / Wisdom Panel – ISSP Sustainability Hall of Fame Members Alan AtKisson, Gil Friend, Hunter Lovins, Bob Willard
What is the future of the profession? Where are you planning to put your professional energies in the next few years?
2:15-
2:45 / Refreshment Break in Exhibition Area
Prince of Wales and Continental Rooms on Mezzanine Level
Tower West Suite / Ballroom / Tower East Suite
2:45-4:00 /

Corporate Responses to Climate Adaptation and Ecosystem Services

Dr. Mark C. Trexler,
Chief Climatographer,
The Climatographers
Sarene Marshall, Senior Advisor on Sustainability,
The Nature Conservancy / Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB)
Marisa Mackey,
Associate Director of Education, SASB / Challenges of Bringing Sustainability to an Industrial Setting
Moderator: Paul Studebaker, Editor-in-chief of SustainablePlant.com
Panelists:
Kathleen Shaver, Director Sustainability and Risk, Cisco Systems
Richard Ammendola, Sr. Principle – Sustainability, Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co.
Rick Woodward, Sustainability Specialist, Coastwide Labs
4:00-6:00 / RECEPTION in Exhibition Area
Continental and Prince of Wales Rooms on Mezzanine Level
Friday May 10, 2013
7:00-8:00 / Continental Breakfast Mezzanine Level
8:00-9:00 / Keynote - Trends in Sustainability Reporting with Mike Wallace, Director of the Global Reporting Initiative’s (GRI) Focal Point USA
9:00-9:15 / Break Exhibits Open in Continental and Prince of Wales Rooms on Mezzanine Level
Tower West Suite / Ballroom / Tower East Suite
9:15-
10:30 /

Green Guerrilla Strategies:

Leading Green from the

Middle

Jacqueline Drumheller, Environmental Affairs Manager, Alaska Airlines / Sustainability: View from the C-Suite
Moderator: Bob Pojasek, Sustainability Lead,
Exponent, Inc.
Panelists:
David Hackett, Partner, Baker & McKenzie
Gregg Anderson, Program Executive, Crowe Horwath LLP
Michael P. Krzus, Integrated Reporting Consultant / Regenerative Development: Exploring Opportunities beyond Sustainability using Complex Adaptive Systems Theory and EcoSystems Services Thinking
Ed Quevedo, Mills College
10:30-
10:45 / Refreshment Break
Exhibits Open in Continental and Prince of Wales Rooms on Mezzanine Level
10:45-12:00 / Green Architecture
Moderator: Brandon Lipman, Principal - Design Director, higher education, FGM Architects
Nathan Kipnis, Principal, Kipnis Architecture + Planning
Susan King, HE Development
Colin Rohlfing, HOK Architects / Integrated Reporting Panel
Moderator: Rich Goode, Senior Manager, Climate Change and Sustainability Services, Ernst & Young
Panelists:
Brian Gilbert, Exec. Director, Sustainability Practice, Ernst & Young
Michael P. Krzus, Integrated Reporting Consultant
John Edelman, Edelman Inc. / Driving Sustainability Through Industry Collaboration
Nate Schlachter, Executive Director of the Sustainable Food Trade Association
Noon / Lunch Ballroom
Noon-1:15 / Keynote: Bob Massie, president and CEO of the New Economics Institute, whose mission is to build a New Economy that prioritizes the well-being of people and the planet. Bob is also the former executive director of Ceres, and co-founder the Global Reporting Initiative. GRI has produced one of the world's most prevalent standards for sustainability reporting.
1:15- 1:30 / Break Exhibits Open in Continental and Prince of Wales Rooms on Mezzanine Level
Tower West Suite / Ballroom / Tower East Suite
1:30-2:45 / Facilitator Training
KJ McCorry, CEO,
eco-officiency / Local Chapter Update and Formation
Marsha Willard, ISSP Executive Director / Spirituality and Sustainability
Julian Crawford, Sustainability Director, ECOSteps
2:45-
3:00 / Refreshment Break
Final Opportunity to Visit Exhibits in Continental and Prince of Wales Rooms on Mezzanine Level
3:00-4:30 / Lexicon Conversation
This is ISSP's signature project to help build consensus on common sustainability terminology used across various disciplines. Conference attendees will once again contribute directly to that discussion.
Closing Ceremony