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Mar 3, 2011

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Program Listed Below:

Day 1: March 22

Time

Event/Speaker

Topic

8:00 AM

Registration

 

9:00 AM

Ann Lee-Jeffs, Founder, Sustainability Collaborative

Opening Comments.

Morning Speakers

William F. Lynch, Ph.D.,
Dean, Goodwin College of Professional Studies, Drexel University

Welcome to Drexel!

 

Keynote: Robert L. Lattimer
Senior Fellow, Diversity Studies

John J. Heldrich Center, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy,
Rutgers University

Philosophical premise of universal sustainability.

 

Keynote:
A Representative of the Obama Administration

Whitehouse position on sustainability.

 

Education Panel

Shifting Mindsets and Models: Where we are in educating future generations and best practices.

 

John M. Gould, Director, EdD, Educational Leadership & Change (Harrisburg) and the Collaborative for Sustainable & Regenerative Learning at Drexel University.

Current and desired models of education; perspectives on challenging our assumptions and building new educational structures.

 

Daniel F. Oscar, President & CEO of the Princeton Center for Leadership Training (PCLT)

PCLT's campaign to ensure that all children in all schools are immersed in safe, supportive groups of peers led by older mentors.

 

Fenna Hanes, Executive Director
New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE)

A review of the Problem Based Learning (PBL) process - an instructional approach whereby students learn STEM content by actively and collaboratively solving authentic, real-world problems.

 

Laurie Harrington, Project Manager,

John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development: Secondary Career, Technical Education and Youth Employment.

Exploration of transferrable skill concepts and tools for success in today's - and tomorrow's- workforce.

12:15 PM

Lunch

 

Afternoon Speakers

Education Track Continues
Jim Fava, PhD, Managing Director, Five Winds

Life cycle approaches that unleash business opportunities and that create career opportunities

 

Business Panel

Randi Schoenfelder, Managing Partner, Theodolite Human Capital, LLC, Co-Chair, SustaiNext

Stakeholder Engagement Inside & Out.

 

Business Keynote
Glenn Barbi, Vice President
Office of Sustainability, Becton Dickinson (BD)

BD's business strategy, sustainability and the future.

 

Ranjeet Banerjee, Vice President
Medical Surgical Systems, Becton Dickenson (BD)

Glenn Barbi - Vice President,
Office of Sustainability, Becton Dickinson (BD)

Panel A: Who Said it Couldn't Be Done?

Incredible Success Model of BD will be shared demonstrating how cradle to cradle thinking, and effective stakeholder engagement drives innovation.

 

Al Iannuzzi, Senior Director, Product Stewardship and Green Marketing, J&J

Mike Keany, Manager, Pharma R&D Procurement, J&J
A Supplier

Panel B: Be Inspired!

Innovative tools and engaging supplier programs will be shared, providing outstanding examples of why Johnson & Johnson is consistently ranked at the top of all sustainability indices.

 

Sally Nadler
College Relations Manager PSEG,
Chair NJ Energy Workforce Consortium

Angela Ortiz
Environmental Resource Manager, PSEG

Panel C: Power Up with the Energy Industry.

PSEG will share their unique approach to managing workforce challenges, and will present PSEG's sustainability report.

 

Ann Lee-Jeffs, Founder, Sustainability Collaborative

First Day Summary.

4:30-6:30PM

Reception

 

 

Dinner on your own

 

Day 2: March 23

Time

Event/Speaker

Topic

8:00 AM

Registration

 

8:30 AM

Ann Lee-Jeffs, Founder, Sustainability Collaborative

Opening Comments.

Morning Speakers

Mike Maggio, Vice President, J&J Consumer Global Strategic Packaging Design and Operation

Are you working towards POSITIVE POTENTIAL™-
"Doing more good and less bad."

 

Joanne Gere, Founder
BioScience Collaborative
President, Assoc. for Women in Science NJ
CoChair, Sustainext

Energizing physical and virtual communities to advance sustainability agenda.

 

Jaimie Cloud, Founder & President
Cloud Institute for Sustainability Education

Nurturing and growing sustainability partnerships in our communities.

 

Kathleen Grady, Sustainability Coordinator
Temple University

Integrating sustainability into the school curriculum, its buildings and creating renaissance teachers.

 

Brian McTear, Co-Founder
Weathervane Music

Creating community, opportunity and resources to support and advance independent musicians.

 

Jo Opot, Global Vice President, Business Development, Terra Cycle

Up-cycling, society, communities and an creative approach to managing packaging wastes.

 

Luncheon Keynote
Debbie McCormack, Deputy Managing Director, Deloitte

Energy, Security and Sustainability.
Lunch

1:00-3:00 PM

Table Topic Facilitator
Jamie Cloud
Schoenfelder
Nathan
Beyond Benign
Grady
Ewalt
Keany
McTear
Wirtenberg
Donnelly
Gould
Goodman
Pwone

Topics for discussion.
Engagement- Getting to Yes
HR and the New Economy
Emerging Technologies
Crossing the Street
Workforce Strategies
Supply Chain Mysteries
Creative Culture and Business Challenges
Higher Education Sustainability Programs
Diversity, Arts and Sustainability
Other suggestions: Science, Technology, Arts, Politics, Economy, Education, Community, Business, Government/Policy, Energy, Supply Chain, Packaging, Diversity

3:00 PM

Ann Lee-Jeffs, Founder,
Sustainability Collaborative

Closing Comments.