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Date: Thu, 22 May 1997 11:32:06 -0700 ---------------------------------
From: Janice Whitacre <jwhitacre@ecotech.org>
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********* ANNOUNCING *********
E C O T E C H I I I C O N F E R E N C E
September 18-21, 1997
Asilomar Conference Center
Pacific Grove, California
Environmental business conferences typically fall into three distinct
camps: activists and visionaries bemoaning "business as usual". . .
engineers and scientists talking high-tech . . . and corporate leaders
sharing war stories. ECOTECH III is the only national conference to
bring
the voices, wisdom, and cutting-edge ideas of all three of these groups
to
the table. There is simply no other conference like it.
Like the first two conferences (in 1991 and 1994), ECOTECH III promises
to
raise the level of thinking S and doing S for everyone involved.
Participants will hear from leading thinkers, take part in hands-on
sessions, and share ideas with executives, policy makers, scientists,
academics, investors, and activists in a spirit of collaboration and
synergy. The mutual goal: creating products, processes, and
organizations
that are good for people, business, and the planet.
Scheduled speakers include: Ray Anderson, Dr. Theo Colborn, Riane
Eisler,
Sue Hall, Molly Harriss Olson, Dee Hock, Tachi Kiuchi, Amory Lovins,
Joel
Makower, John Perkins, Gifford and Libba Pinchot, Michael Potts, Bill
Shireman, and Peter Warshall.
P R O G R A M O V E R V I E W
Keynote Presentations
* Ecotech III Conference Chairman, Tachi Kiuchi, CEO of Mitsubishi
Electric
America, welcomes all Ecotech III participants with a brief Keynote
Presentation.
* Dr. Theo Colborn, senior scientist with the World Wildlife Fund and
co-author of Our Stolen Future opens the conference with a provop^cative
keynote presentation.
* Clair Krizov, AT&T's Environment, Health & Safety Stakeholder Affairs
Director, discusses the challenges of effectively communicating
environmental issues with stakeholders.
* Dee Hock, founder and CEO Emeritus of VISA USA and VISA International,
leads a special plenary session on the Chaordic Alliance Principles.
Guest
facilitators, Gifford and Libba Pinchot, and Hank Patton, help to create
a
hands-on, highly-interactive session leaving participants with a new
business paradigm for the future.
* Noted writer and lecturer, Riane Eisler, author of The Chalice and the
Blade, presents a thought-provoking presentation entitled: Changing the
Rules of the Game: Moving Towards a Partnership Model.
* Albert C. Zapanta, Executive Vice President and CEO of the US-Mexico
Chamber of Commerce, and former member of the Department of State's
Advisory Committee on International Trade, Technology and Development
discusses international environmental trade and development.
* Naturalist, and Editor of the Whole Earth Review, Peter Warshall,
speaks
about the importance of biodiversity and how to intervene in the
marketplace to protect it.
* Professor of World Religions at Bucknell University, Mary Evelyn
Tucker
brings the program to a close with an enlightening and inspiring look at
Worldviews: Ecology and Religion.
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Panel Presentations
* Joel Makower, editor of The Green Business Letter, hosts a special
panel
session addressing the trials and tribulations of environmental
stewardship. Panelists include: Julie Lewis, President of Deep E
Company,
and founder of Deja Shoe; Rick Fedrizzi, Director, Environmental
Marketing
for United Technologies/Carrier Corporation; Rebecca Calahan Klein, Vice
President, Business for Social Responsibility; and others who will share
their experience and insights into the day-to-day realities of
integrating
environmental initiatives into long-term business strategies.
* Investing for the 21st Century, a panel lead by John Harrington,
President of Harrington Investments, Inc., brings together invited
panelists such as Helen Chaikovsky, Senior Vice President of
Environmental
Enterprises; and Robert Graham, Founder of Katalysis North/South
Development Partnership.
* Bill Shireman, President of Future 500, presents a panel discussion on
industrial ecology applications designed to decrease resource
consumption
while creating profits and protecting the environment. Panelists
include:
Michele Blazek, AT&T's Manager of Technology and Environment; David
Hurst,
author of Crisis & Renewal: Meeting the Challenge of Organizational
Change;
and Karen Blades, Senior Advisor-Industrial Ecology, Lawrence Livermore
Labs.
* Design for the Environment panel, lead by Mary Ellen Weber, Director
of
the US EPA Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT), explores
ways
in which pollution and toxics can be prevented through cooperative
collaboration. Panelists include: J. Ronald Condray, Former Director,
Regulatory Management, Monsanto Company; Paul R. Dickinson, Executive
Director, Partnership for Environmental Technology Education (PETE); Ted
Smith, Executive Director, Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition; and Chris
Stinson, Professor of Accounting & Director, College of Business
Administration, University of Texas at Austin.
* Energy Trends and Breakthroughs for the 21st Century panel brings
together panelists: Amory Lovins, Director of the Rocky Mountain
Institute;
Dave Sander, Environmental Policy Coordinator of Chevron; Michael Potts,
Director of Solar Utilities Network; Peter Melhus, Director of Corporate
Environmental Quality, PG&E; and Mike Gage, President of CALSTART.
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Special Sessions, Workshops and Events
* A highlight of the conference, the corporate executive roundtable
discussion, chaired by Tachi Kiuchi, CEO of Mitsubishi Electric America,
addresses environmental policy making with other corporate executives.
* James Cox, founder and President of Terrapax and Jeff Lindenthal,
founder
and President of Green Field Paper Company, present an overview of
industrial ecology in action where hemp fabric trimmings become paper
and
paper becomes packaging and letterhead.
* Discover Shape Shifting: a powerful experiential workshop about
creating
personal, cultural and institutional transformation, led by author,
businessman, United Nations advisor, and Dream Change Coalition founder,
John Perkins. Learn to shape shift individual and corporate visions into
reality!
* Join Sue Hall, President of Strategic Environmental Associates, and
Randy
Hayes, Director of Rainforest Action Network, for a unique, hands-on
adventure in the stakeholder learning process.
* Explore The Natural Step (TNS) with Molly Harriss Olson, President,
TNS,
USA; and special invited guests, Karl-Henrick Robert, founder of the
Natural Step in Sweden; and Ray Anderson, CEO of Interface, Inc., a
committed "Natural Step" company.
* Participate in a practical Design for the Environment (DfE) breakout
session on how to design and implement an industrial DfE project for a
specific industry. Session leaders include: Kathy Hart, Environmental
Protection Specialist, OPPT, US EPA; Christopher Rhodes, Director,
Government Relations/Environmental Programs, Institute for
Interconnecting
and Packaging Electronic Circuits; Michael Kerr, Director, Government
Affairs, Circuit Center Inc.; and Ted Smith, Executive Director, Silicon
Valley Toxics Coalition.
* John Grim, Associate Professor in the History of Religions at Bucknell
University, introduces selected examples from the world's religions,
focusing on indigenous traditions and their pragmatic concerns for both
subsistence-as-life and the sacred-as-cosmology, in a guided workshop
discussion on worldview values, business, and technology in the 21st
century.
* Design your own workshop in an open space format with facilitators,
Gifford and Libba Pinchot, founders of Pinchot & Company.
* An Ecotech III on-site bookstore will be open for participants to
browse
an eclectic collection of books covering many interesting topics.
* Enjoy a beach walk and discover the natural beauty of the Monterey Bay
in
the early morning hours.
* Saturday Evening Gala at the Monterey Bay Aquarium- a party not to be
missed!
NEED MORE INFORMATION?
For the latest listing of sessions and speakers, and for registration
information, visit our web site at http://www.ecotech.org. Or e-mail to
jwhitacre@ecotech.org. Or call Janice Whitacre at 970-870-3327.
Don't delay . . . space is limited.
YOU WON'T WANT TO MISS THIS!