2010 Conference Agenda

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

8:00 - 9:45 a.m. - Opening Plenary Session

8:00 am - Opening Plenary Session -

David Foster, Executive Director, BlueGreen Alliance
Leo W. Gerard, International President, United Steelworkers
Carl Pope, Executive Chairman, Sierra Club
Harriett Tregoning, Director, Office of Planning, District of Columbia
Terence M. O’Sullivan, General President, Laborers’ International Union of North America
Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House of Representatives
Larry Cohen, President, Communications Workers of America
Hilda L. Solis, Secretary of Labor
George H. Miller, President, American Institute of Architects
Governor Bill Ritter, Colorado

9:45 - 10:00 a.m. - Break

9:45 am - Break -

Workshop Session I: Tuesday, May 4, 2010, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.

Gerry Hudson, Intl. Executive Vice President, Service Employees International Union
Rhone Resch, President and CEO, Solar Energy Industries Association
Michael Nutter, Mayor of Philadelphia
Dean Allen, Chief Executive Officer, McKinstry
U.S. Congressman Ben Ray Luján, Third District of New Mexico
Warren S. George, International President, Amalgamated Transit Union
Ruth Otte, Executive Vice President of Marketing and Communications, Veolia Transportation
Roger Platt, Senior Vice President, Global Policy and Law, U.S. Green Building Council

Workshop Session II: Tuesday, May 4, 2010, 2:30 - 4:00 p.m.

Efficiency and Renewables

Efficiency Works: Rebuilding Communities for Energy Efficiency, Jobs, and Competitiveness -

Greening the Manufacturing Sector and Other Industries

Oil Industry Workers and Climate Change: What Does Our Future Look Like? -

How New Supply Chains Can Grow America's Manufacturing Base -

Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety

Communicating Safety and Health Hazards: Ensuring Best Practices in Green Jobs Training -

Transportation, Urban Planning and Equitable Development

Building the Electric Vehicle Economy -

Infrastructure and Job Creation: A Priority for Urban America -

Efficiency and Renewables

Policies Needed: Growing Solar Energy Jobs -

Existing Building Sustainable Retrofit Opportunities -

Growing a (Sustainable Energy Economy) Industry - Part II -

Hydro's Future: 700,000 New Jobs -

Biomass Opportunities -

Education, Innovative Learning and Training

Foundations for Successful Career Pathways: Career Clusters and Competency Models -

Business, Investment and New Markets

Partnerships that Work: Good, Green Employers -

New Markets and Clean Energy Value Chains -

Getting Investors to Invest: Pension Capital and Investment Managers on Investments That Work -

Building a Residential Solar Industry -

State and Local Initiatives / Other

Recycling, Jobs, and Climate Change -

Pennsylvania: A Model Clean Energy State -

Climate Policy Integration in Canada and the U.S.: Opportunities, Pitfalls and Implications -

A Greener Workforce System: Lessons from Leading Local Initiatives -

4:00 - 4:30 p.m. - Break

4:00 pm - Break -

Workshop Session III: Tuesday, May 4, 2010, 4:30 - 6:00 p.m.

Greening the Manufacturing Sector and Other Industries

Shaping Our Future, Creating Our Industry: Green Electricity Generation -

Glass Products for America's Clean Energy Future -

Greening the Federal Supply Chain: Implementing Obama’s Executive Order 13514 -

Can Green Jobs Solve the Biggest Employment Crisis Since the Great Depression? -

Networking the Green Economy: Investments in Broadband and Smart Grid Technology -

Building a Sustainable Manufacturing Sector: How Recycling Saves Jobs and Builds New Industries -

Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety

Making Green Jobs Safe: Policies, Perspectives, and Partnerships -

Transportation, Urban Planning and Equitable Development

How Clean and Safe Trucks Are Key to Empowering America's Ports -

The Green Economic Revolution in an Urban Context -

Building Better Cities: Green Construction for a Cleaner Environment and a More Equitable Economy -

Environmental Justice: The Catalyst for Green Jobs and Equitable Development -

Education, Innovative Learning and Training

Women in Green: Helping Women Navigate Green Career Pathways -

National Weatherization Training: Options and Opportunities -

Registered Apprenticeship and Green: Building the New Economy -

Business, Investment and New Markets

Chinese Investments in the Clean Energy Sector are Outpacing the U.S: How the U.S. Can Use Innovation, Markets and Other Tools to Compete -

Investing Workers' Capital in Green Jobs: How Responsible Pension Fund Investments Can Build Clean Energy, Green Construction & Sustainable Industries -

State and Local Initiatives / Other

Straw Bales in the Wind -

How Good Policies on Jobs and Environment Are Saving U.S. Paper Jobs and Preventing Illegal Logging -

Chemical Policy Reform: How the States and the Federal Government Can Build Off Each Other’s Successes -

The Role of Property Service Workers in Green Cleaning and Recycling -

Dinner Break

6:00 pm - Dinner Break -

Open Reception for All Conference Attendees - Refreshments Provided

7:30 pm - Open Reception for All Conference Attendees -

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

7:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. - Green Innovation Expo

7:30 am - Green Innovation Expo - Free and Open to the Public -

More than 100 exhibitors from labor, industry, environment and acadamia, will be on hand for the 2010 Green Innovation Expo, showcasing companies and organizations that are charting the path toward growing the green economy and developing clean energy jobs. The Expo will take place from 7:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 5, at the Washington Hilton. More information.

8:00 - 9:30 a.m. - Plenary Session

8:00 am - Plenary Session -

Peter Lehner, Executive Director, Natural Resources Defense Council
Beth Springer, Executive Vice President, International and Natural Personal Care, The Clorox Company
Fred Potter, Vice President At-Large, International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Arnold F. Wellman, Corporate Vice President of Public Affairs, Domestic/International, UPS
U.S. Senator John Kerry, Massachusetts
Governor Edward G. Rendell, Pennsylvania
Louis L. Schorsch, President/CEO, Flat Carbon Americas; Executive Vice President, ArcelorMittal
D. Michael Langford, National President, Utility Workers Union of America
Richard L. Trumka, President, AFL-CIO

9:45 - 10:00 a.m. - Break

9:45 am - Break -

Workshop Session IV: Wednesday, May 5, 2010, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.

Greening the Manufacturing Sector and Other Industries

Manufacturing Recovery: Using the Recovery Act to Scale Up Clean Energy Manufacturing -

Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety

From Surgical Gowns to Farmers Markets: Kaiser Permanente Goes Green -

Green Investing, Green Chemistry and Green Jobs -

From Low-Tech to High-Tech: Improved Methods of Protecting Worker Health From Chemical Hazards -

Beyond Energy: How Chemical Policy Provides An Untapped Sector of Green Jobs -

Transportation, Urban Planning and Equitable Development

Clean Transportation and Good Jobs: Building America’s Transportation Manufacturing Sector -

Efficiency and Renewables

A Win-Win Proposition: How Green Buildings Create Jobs, Reduce Environmental Impacts and Save Operating Costs -

Evaluating Economic Recovery Programs -

Education, Innovative Learning and Training

A Blueprint for Greening NYC Buildings: 1,000 Superintendents in One Year -

U.S. EPA's Brownfields Job Training Program: An Action Plan for a New Decade of Environmental Workforce Development -

Youth in the Great Outdoors: Laying the Foundation for Green Careers -

Business, Investment and New Markets

LessCarbonMoreJobs.org: Case Studies from Small Manufacturers and New Market Opportunities in the Clean Energy Economy -

To Have a Green Economy: We Need to Create the Demand -

Green Jobs, Smart Taxes -

Financing Equitable Development To Enable Green-Collar Job Creation -

State and Local Initiatives / Other

Building a Greener Ark: Green Jobs and the Faith Community -

The Road to Cancun: Next Steps to Reaching an International Climate Change Agreement -

When One Size Doesn't Fit All: Approaches to Local Green Job Development -

11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. - Lunch on Your Own

11:30 am - Lunch on Your Own -

1:00 - 2:15 p.m. - Closing Plenary Session

1:00 pm - Closing Plenary Session -

Jeff Merkley, United States Senator from Oregon
James W. Cicconi, Senior Executive Vice President, External and Legislative Affairs, AT&T, Inc.
Ken Salazar, Secretary of the Interior
Denise Bode, CEO, American Wind Energy Association
Dr. Steven Chu, Secretary of Energy
Bob Perciasepe, Deputy Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Michael Brune, Executive Director, Sierra Club
Leo W. Gerard, International President, United Steelworkers
David Foster, Executive Director, BlueGreen Alliance