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SustainPro Conference Agenda October 29-30, 2008 Donald E. Stephens Convention Center O’Hare
The agenda below for SustainPro, the world’s largest B2B corporate operations-level sustainability conference will grow and change daily as the inaugural event nears.  We encourage you to bookmark this page and check back frequently.  Come join the largest-ever group of operations pros from the 7 largest operations job functions and 14 largest B2B industries and the service businesses, governments and NGOs that support them in building environmentally sustainable operations.    If you want to know if your industry or profession’s trade association has a sustainability chapter meeting going on at SustainPro, feel free to check the website of the Corporate Sustainability Alliance, CSANow.org.  If your trade association has signed up for CSANow.org, you may also get a $100 discount on the already-low admission price.  Don’t forget to register online at (http://www.sustainpro.com/register2008.htm).

October 29, 2008
Time	Session Type	Speaker	Topic
7:00-8:40am		Invitation-Only Sponsor Breakfasts
8:40-9:00am	Opening	Jay Whitehead, Chairman, SustainPro Conference	Understanding The 5 P's of Operations-Level Corporate Sustainability
9:00-9:40am	Keynote	Suzanne Malec-McKenna, Environment Commissioner, City of Chicago	The Bottom Line Benefits of Making Chicago America's Greenest City
9:40-10:20am	Keynote	Dr. Peter Diamandis, Chairman & CEO, XPrize Foundation	Using the XPrize Model for Innovation in Energy, Environment and Social Areas
10:25-10:50am	CRO Magazine CEO of the Year Awards Presentations in 6 Categories—Large Public Companies, Small Public Companies, , Presented by Jay Whitehead, President & Publisher, CRO Magazine & Crossing Media LLC.
10:50-11:30am	Keynote	Tim Albinson, Sustainable Supply Chain Expert and CEO, Aravo	The Sustainable Supply Chain
11:30-12:05am	Industry Master	Amit Chatterjee, CEO, Khloro Capital ManagementInterviewed by Harvard Professor Bob Pojasek, Harvard Environment School	The $500 Billion Last Mile in Corporate Operations-Level Sustainability
12:05am-12:40pm	Industry Leader	Kevin Joyce, CMO, Kodak	The Inverted Graph: How Increasing Productivity = Sustainability
1:10-2:05pm	Lunch Panel	John Messer, Partner, Grant Thornton LLP, Interviewed by CRO Magazine Publisher Jay Whitehead	Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Attitude Changes Among US Business Leaders
2:15-2:55pm	Job Function Expert	Professor Bob Pojasek, Harvard University	Sustainability's Mandatory New Role in Operations: Industries and Job Functions Transformed
2:55-3:10pm	Networking Coffee Break
3:10-4:00pm	Industry Expert	Dr. Scott Johnson, VP & Fellow CH2MHILL Enterprise Management Group	Sustainability and Corporate Competitive Advantage
4:05-5:05pm	Sustainability Presidential Debate	Stan Litow VP Corporate & Community Relations IBM, Bob Langert VP Corporate Responsibility MCDONALDS, Mitch Jackson VP Environmental Affairs & Sustainability FEDEX CORPORATION, Kevin Moss Corporate Responsibility Officer BT, Dean Sivley Chief Operating Officer EXPEDIA, Dave Stangis VP Corporate Responsibility CAMPBELL SOUP COMPANY	The Role of Regulation--What Should We Expect (and Not Expect) from the Next Presidential Administration?
5:05-6:45pm	Reception on Expo Floor	Cheese & Wine
6:45-8:30pm	Invitation-Only Dinners
*Note:  The SustainPro Conference Agenda is subject to frequent updates as the event nears.  Check back here frequently for new speaker and event announcements.
October 30, 2008
Time	Session Type	Speaker	Topic
7:00-8:40am		Invitation-Only Sponsor Breakfasts
8:40-9:00am	Opening	Jay Whitehead, Chairman, SustainPro Conference	SustainPro's Day Two Agenda: The Sustainability Imperative in Corporate Operations
9:00-9:40am	Keynote	T. Boone Pickens, author of the Pickens Plan, and Chairman BP Capital.	Interactive Q&A Interview on the Pickens Plan and the Secrets to Sustainable Energy Independence for Your Company and Our Country
9:40-10:20am	Keynote	Howard Learner, Obama Campaign Energy & Environmental Advisor, Executive Director Environmental Law & Policy Center	What We Should Expect from the Next President on the Environment
10:20-10:35am	Networking Coffee Break
10:35-11:15am	Industry Leader	Dave Aardsma, EVP, Waste Management	Finding Sustainability Upstream
11:15-11:50am	Industry Leader	Jeffrey Hollender, President and Chief Inspired Protagonist, Seventh Generation	The State of the Art in Creating a Sustainable Operation
11:55am-12:30pm	Industry Leader	Jade Lee, President, Supply Chain Services, interviewed by John Davies, former Environmental Analyst, AMR Research	Sustainability’s Untold Story:  The Reverse Logistics and Electronics Recycling Opportunity
12:35-1:10pm	Keynote	Ray Anderson, Chairman, Interface Inc.	To Operationalize Corporate Sustainability, Look Under Your Feet
1:10-2:05pm	Lunch Keynote	Lee Broughton, Director Corporate Sustainability, ENTERPRISE CAR RENTAL	The Secrets of Sustainable Corporate Operations
2:10-2:45pm	Government Expert	Colin Grant, Founder and CEO of Visible Strategies Software, Board member International Centre for Sustainable Cities, and Al Gore’s Live Earth Team.
2:45-3:20pm	Industry Leader	Peter Miscovich, Managing Director, Jones Lang Lasalle	Sustainable Workplaces
*Note:  The SustainPro Conference Agenda is subject to frequent updates as the event nears.  Check back here frequently for new speaker and event announcements.

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