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EcoSummit - Tennessee Williams Theatre 5901 College Road, Key West
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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2 |
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8:00 AM |
REGISTRATION OPENS |
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9:00 AM |
BREAKFAST MEET AND GREET |
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Sponsored by: Our Wonderful World Media |
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10:30 AM |
WELCOME SPEACH FROM MASTER OF CEREMONIES |
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Presented by: Ed Russo - Project Director Trump International |
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11:00 AM |
THE STORY OF STUFF |
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Film by Annie Leonard |
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11:20 AM |
BREAK |
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11:30 AM |
BUSINESSES: THE POWER TO MAKE POSITIVE CHANGE |
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How much impact can the business community have on improving our environment? More than one might think. Simple steps can reap large rewards on the bottom-line, employee morale, and customer loyalty let alone our immediate and even expanded environmental health. Why and how seemingly non-green businesses should transform themselves today. |
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Speaker: Tia Diaz-Balart - President and Founder of EcoChamber |
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12:15 PM |
LUNCHEON |
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Sponsored by: Environmental PR Group |
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1:15 PM |
WONDERDOG PRODUCTIONS ARTISTIC INTERLUDE |
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1:30 PM |
GREEN CERTIFICATIONS TO MANAGE YOUR ASSETS |
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| Facility managers are facing additional challenges as the existing building infrastructure ages. Aging building stock and infrastructure can significantly impact the ongoing budgets of facilities. Assessing and improving existing buildings is critical both to maintain and asset value and to decrease operating and maintenance expenses. Learn about the benefits of building energy assessments, retro -commissioning, common energy hogs in commercial building and solutions to save energy and money. | ||
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Speaker: Dr. Jennifer Languell - Founder and President of Trifecta Construction Solutions. As one of this country’s preeminent sustainability consultants, she is called upon by leading builders and developers to help them develop strategies to create healthier, more efficient and sustainable projects. Host for the Discovery Channel’s environmental series Discovery Project Earth. |
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2:15 PM |
THE NEW, NEW THING: POSITIONING YOUR PRODUCT OR SERVICE IN THE GREEN MARKETPLACE |
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"Green" is so hot, it's the new cool. There's always a new, new thing in your market. Whether you are selling an environmental solution, supporting a green cause or just doing the right thing, you have to let your customers (or your community) know. With so much greenwashing going on, and with "green" seemingly the background for virtually everything, how do you tell your story, position your product or service or get the credit you deserve distinguishing yourself from the "noise" that is virtually everywhere. |
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Speaker: Honey Rand, Ph.D., APR. - President of the Environmental PR Group, which is known for implementing effective, award winning communication strategy, public relations, advertising and marketing programs for environmental projects, processes and products. |
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3:00 PM |
BREAK |
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Sponsored by: Radio Green Earth |
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3:15 PM |
CLIMATE DISRUPTION: IT'S YOUR BUSINESS TO BE READY |
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Rising sea levels, expected increased frequencies of major storms, and long term damage to coral reefs all pose serious threats. As those of us who pay increased property insurance premiums in Florida so fully understand, the economic consequences are massive. There are two kinds of solutions. First, we must harden our coastlines and second, we must tackle the sources of carbon emissions. |
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Speaker: Dr. Stuart Pimm - Doris Duke Chair of Conservation Ecology at the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences at Duke University |
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4:00 PM |
END SESSION |
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5:30 PM |
SEBAGO SUNSET SAIL |
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3 |
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8:30 AM |
BREAKFAST |
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Sponsored by: Our Wonderful World Media |
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9:00 AM |
ENERGY AT THE CROSS ROADS: COASTAL OIL DRILLING: IS IT WORTH IT? |
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The Coastal Oil Drilling Forum is a voluntary partnership arrangement, facilitated by EcoWeek to advocate responsible oil drilling within the world’s coastal waters and facilitate global cooperation among countries, governments, corporations, and citizens. One of the most important environmental issues confronting the world today is the safe and responsible exploration, drilling, and transporting of oil. Significant efforts are now underway to reduce the world's energy dependence on fossil fuels. However, no practical approach toward the goal of clean energy can ignore or exclude the efforts of a vital petrochemical industry. EcoWeek recognizes and understands the collective responsibility we all must share to better achieve the environmental expectations of future generations. Therefore, an assembly of leaders of the oil and environmental collegian will address these crucial issues during The EcoSummit’s Coastal Oil Drilling Forum. |
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Participants: Dr. Jorge Pinon - Senior Research Associate, University of Miami, former President of Amoco Oil Latin America Dr. Ed Overton - LSU Professor of Environmental Sciences, John L. Fiveash - Counsel for Lewis, Longman & Walker, P.A. |
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Moderator: Ed Russo - Project Director Trump International |
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11:00 AM |
BREAK |
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11:15 AM |
SEA PULSE: PLASTICS IN OUR OECANS |
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A former team member of Jacque's Cousteau's Calypso, Bill's mission is to document aquatic resources, marine life, and watersheds. In 2000 Bill began to work with Captain Charles Moore and his Algalita Marine Research Foundation to document the unfortunate build-up of marine debris in the world ocean and he will share his findings during this visual journey. |
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Speaker: Bill MacDonald - Environmental Documentary Film Producer |
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12:15 PM |
LUNCHEON |
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Sponsored by: Local Ecopia |
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12:30 PM |
FANCY PANTS BURLESQUE SHOW |
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1:30 PM |
END SESSIONS |
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2:30 PM |
ECO-ADVENTURES |
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6:00 PM |
SUNSET AT MALLORY SQUARE / COCKTAILS AT EL MASON DE PEPE |
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4 |
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8:30 AM |
BREAKFAST |
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Sponsored by: Monroe County |
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9:00 AM |
NEW INNOVATION$ IN ENERGY |
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Participants: Ireala Bague - Just Energy Regional Director for Public Relations, Michael Wallander - Sustainability Consultant Kapok Group, Erin Deady - Environmental Counsel |
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10:00 AM |
WONDERDOG PRODUCTIONS ARTISTIC INTERLUDE |
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10:15 AM |
BREAK |
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10:30 AM |
LEGISLATIVE PANEL |
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Hear from your elected officials on a forecast of what the highlights will be in upcoming policy debates for energy, renewable energy, growth and climate change. This panel will provide you a direct connection to those involved in the legislative process and those that help shape our policies on green issues. This session will provide insights and make predictions for what we will see (or not) as our decision makers develop, and begin to implement, a new agenda affecting these issues for 2012. |
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Participants: Senator Mike Bennett, Representative Jeff Clemens, Representative Ron Saunders, |
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Moderator: Terry E. Lewis Esq. |
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12:00 PM |
LUNCHEON |
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Sponsored by: Local Ecopia |
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1:00 PM |
BRAINSTORM SESSION |
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Attendees will break out into groups and discuss the three biggest obstacles their organizations face in implementing sustainable measures. Each group will then identify solutions to each of the problems and choose a representative to present them to the group at large. |
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2:30 PM |
BREAK |
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2:45 PM |
UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES: A SHARK STORY |
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| Most think of sharks as the 'Jaws of Death', but if you are familiar with the complexity of the biological balance in the ecosystem of the oceans, you will know that those are indeed the 'Jaws of Life'. Being the apex predators in the ocean, sharks maintain the biological balance in a very complex ecosystem. Without sharks, the fish populations, which are necessary for human consumption, and vast industry, will decline and the balance in the oceans will be lost and could create the largest ecological disaster in the history of mankind. | ||
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Jupp Baron Kerckerinck zur Borg - President of the Shark Research Institute |
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3:30 AM |
WONDERDOG PRODUCTIONS ARTISTIC INTERLUDE |
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3:45 PM |
BREAK |
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Sponsored by: Radio Green Earth |
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4:00 PM |
KEYNOTE SPEAKER - THE POWER OF ONE |
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Industrialism developed in a different world from the one we live in today: fewer people, less material well being, plentiful natural resources. What emerged was a highly productive, take-make-waste system that assumed infinite resources and infinite sinks for industrial wastes. In today’s world, this approach is archaic and in fact is endangering our prosperity, not enhancing it. That is why fundamental change is required and a focus on sustainability is so important. Speaker: Claude Ouimet - Senior VP and GM for Interface FLOR |
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Sponsored by: Waste Management |
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5:00 PM |
END SESSION |
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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5 |
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FUN IN THE SUN ECO-ADVENTURES! The Florida Keys are part of the only barrier reef in the United States and one of the world's top biodiversity hotspots. The REEF LIONFISH DERBY! - Register Here! |
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