2012 Conference Agenda

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Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Opening Plenary Session

8:00 am - 8:00 am - Opening Plenary Session - Tuesday, April 3, 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. -

Workshop Session I: Tuesday, April 3, 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Emerging Green Sectors
Making Chemicals Safer Through Policy and Practice
Infrastructure and Cleaner, More Efficient Transportation
Advocating for Public Transit Operating Expenses and Essential Capital Funding
Increased Intercity Capacity for the Northeast Corridor
Regional, State and Local Initiatives and Partnerships
People Power: Using Ballot Initiatives to Advance Clean Energy Jobs
Water Works! How Federal Incentives and Partnerships Spur Water Sector Job Creation
Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency
New York City Green Supers Program: Real Stories of Building Workers Who Used Green Training to Transform Their Buildings
Responsible Investment
Responsible Investments in Renewable and Clean Energy: The Emerging Role of Workers’ Capital
Responsible Investment in Infrastructure, Energy Efficiency and Retrofitting: The Emerging Role of Workers’ Capital
Youth, Education and Green Schools - Building a Clean Energy Movement
Empowering Youth in the Green Economy: From Local Initiatives to the Earth Summit

Lunch Break

12:00 pm - Lunch On Your Own: Tuesday, April 3, 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. -

Workshop Session II: Tuesday, April 3, 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Infrastructure and Cleaner, More Efficient Transportation
The People United: Organizing Riders and Workers to Fight for Transit Justice
Regional, State and Local Initiatives and Partnerships
The Power of Community College Partnerships
Growing Jobs in Wind Turbine Manufacturing and Wind Projects in the Northeast
Responsible Investment
Responsible Property Investment and Integrating Environment, Social, Governance Values into Real Estate Investment Strategies: The Emerging Role of Workers’ Capital
Responsible Investment in Sustainable Industries
Workforce and Economic Development
Preventing Chemical Disasters Protects Workers, Communities and Creates Jobs
Innovative Approaches for Engaging Women in the Emerging Green Economy

Day One Closing Plenary

3:30 pm - Day One Closing Plenary Session: Tuesday, April 3, 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. -

Reception

6:00 pm - Networking Reception: Tuesday, April 3, 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m -

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Workshop Session I: Wednesday, April 4, 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

Clean Energy Manufacturing
U.S. Manufacturing in the Clean Energy Economy: State-level Efforts to Ensure a Domestic Clean Energy Supply Chain
Emerging Green Sectors
Green or Not: Safety is the Law
Infrastructure and Cleaner, More Efficient Transportation
Building the Future: Creating Jobs and Business Opportunities through Transportation Investment
Regional, State and Local Initiatives and Partnerships
Sewer Infrastructure — Biggest Public Investment in History
Successful Public-Private Partnerships: Before, During and After the Green Job Training Program
Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency
Building Trade Unions Take a Leadership Role in Green Training
Workforce and Economic Development
Jobs21!: Taking a National Jobs Agenda to Eastern States
Green Bronx Machine: Growing Our Way Into a New Economy
Youth, Education and Green Schools - Building a Clean Energy Movement
Taking a Global Approach at the Grassroots Level: The ICD Model of Building a Clean Energy Movement through Worker Education

Workshop Session II: Wednesday, April 4, 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Emerging Green Sectors
Reclaiming Good Jobs in Recycling
Infrastructure and Cleaner, More Efficient Transportation
Growing Auto and Truck Manufacturing Jobs: The Right Policy Mix
Regional, State and Local Initiatives and Partnerships
Towards a Synergistic Atlantic Offshore Wind Supply Chain
An Industrial Municipal Partnership To Treat Wastewater Using Engineered Wetlands
Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency
From Green to Gold: Assessing Growth, Trends, and Challenges in the Solar Labor Market
Engaging Workers in Manufacturing Energy Audits
Green Jobs and Brownfields in the Middle Atlantic
Managing the Energy Transition: Lessons from Germany

Lunch Break

12:00 pm - Lunch On Your Own: Wednesday, April 4, 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. -

Workshop Session III: Wednesday, April 4, 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Emerging Green Sectors
Growing 1.5 Million Jobs through Recycling and Product Stewardship
Regional, State and Local Initiatives and Partnerships
Building Local Alliances Between Labor and Environmental Groups
Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency
Innovative City and Statewide Approaches to Energy Efficiency: Baltimore and Massachusetts Case Studies
Good and Green Jobs in the Forest Products Industry
Workforce and Economic Development
The Worker Cooperative Model: Sustainable Jobs, Workplace Democracy and Green Principles
Forgotten Communities in the East: Environmental Justice and Building a Green Society
Youth, Education and Green Schools - Building a Clean Energy Movement
Creating Greener and Healthier Schools for Workers and Children
Innovations in Green Technical Education: The Sustainability Workshop and the E-House Initiative