Wednesday, March 26, 2008

7:45 - 8:45 AM

Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:45 - 9:00 AM

Opening Remarks
Mary Driscoll, President and Editorial Director, CFO Conferences and CFO Research Services

9:00 - 10:00 AM

Keynote Address — The Green Partnership with Business: Being Green Doesn’t Mean a Bottom Line Awash in Red Ink
Fred Krupp, Author of Earth: The Sequel — The Race to Reinvent Energy and Stop Global Warming; President, Environmental Defense Fund
The hunt for tomorrow’s green energy sources is inspiring such brazen inventions as flying windmills and artificial carbon-eating trees. It means reinventing everything from cars to concrete, replacing the old dumb, centralized electrical grid with a smart, multidirectional energy network, even remaking the economics of the rainforest. But while these bold ideas are nearly ripe, without a strong economic incentive they won’t come to market at a speed and scale sufficient to beat the swift pace of global warming. Energy is the biggest business in the world, “the mother of all markets,” in Doerr’s words, which means that the winners in this race will not only save the planet but also make fortunes that will dwarf those made in computing, networks and software. Venture capitalists and companies like Google are jockeying to fund clean energy start-ups: in the third quarter of 2007, clean technology became the leading venture investment category in the United States, for the first time.

10:00 - 10:30 AM

Refreshment Break

10:30 - 12:00 PM

CFOs Speak Out on Green Business
David Burritt, VP and CFO, Caterpillar
Lauralee Martin, COO, CFO and Director, Jones Lang LaSalle
Julia Homer, Editor-in-Chief, CFO Magazine
Michael Monahan, EVP and CFO, Pitney Bowes Inc.

12:00 - 1:00 PM

Networking Luncheon

1:00 - 2:15 PM

Sustainability in Action (Panel Discussion)
Andrea Moffat, Director, Corporate Programs, Ceres
Mikael Hagström, EVP, EMEA and Asia Pacific, SAS
Karen Flanders, Director, Sustainability, The Coca-Cola Company
Mark Newton, Environmental Policy Manager, Dell
Marie Leone, Senior Editor, CFO.com
Yalmaz Siddiqui, Director, Environmental Strategy, Office Depot

2:15 - 2:30 PM

Refreshment Break

2:30 - 3:15 PM

Going Green — The Role of Innovation (Panel Discussion)
Erhardt Werth, EVP, ARCADIS
Paul A. Hilton, Director, Advanced Equities Research, Calvert
Chris Walker, US Director, The Climate Group
Mary Driscoll, President and Editorial Director, CFO Conferences and CFO Research Services

3:15 - 4:00 PM

Carbon Trading and Why CFOs Should Care (Panel Discussion)
Rick Adcock, SVP, Origination & Investment, Climate Leaders Fund
Avital Louria Hahn, Senior Editor, CFO Magazine
Josh Harris, Head, Voluntary Carbon Markets Program, The Climate Group; Acting Program Manager, Voluntary Carbon Standards Association
Paula DiPerna, EVP, Corporate Recruitment and Public Policy, Chicago Climate Exchange

4:00 - 4:45 PM

Building Value by Paring Environmental Risk
C. Gregory Rogers, President, Advanced Environmental Dimensions; Author of Financial Reporting of Environmental Liabilities and Risks after Sarbanes Oxley
A leading expert on environmental accounting and disclosure shows how increased environmental transparency can reduce risk to investors and thereby create corporate value.