Climate Forward Bay Area:
A Leadership Forum

Moderator:

• Greg Dalton, Founder and Host of Climate One

Plenary Experts:

• Christopher Field, PhD, Director of the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
• Fran Pavley, Senator of California State Senate 27th District
• Mary Nichols, Chair of the California Air Resources Board
• Vien Truong, Director of Green For All

Description

Business and government leaders exchange views about how technology and science can reduce climate change impacts and stimulate economic development and growth.

Session 1: Technology and Transportation and Housing– Driving new solutions

Discussion Facilitators:

• Scott Haggerty – Lead, Supervisor of Alameda County
• Matt Regan, Senior VP of Policy of Bay Area Council
• Doug Johnson, Principal of Metropolitan Transportation Commission

Session 2: Technology and Energy – Generating opportunities

Discussion Facilitators:

• Jan Pepper – Lead, Los Altos City Councilmember and CEO of Peninsula Clean Energy
• Abby Young, Climate Protection Manager for the Bay Area Air Quality Management District
• Ben Choi, Account Manager for MCE

Session 3: Technology and Water – Tides of change

Discussion Facilitators:

• Katie Rice – Lead, Supervisor of Marin County
• Christina S. Wong, Marketing Manager for WaterSmart Software
• Paula Kehoe, Director of Water Resources for the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission 

Session 4: Technology and Waste – Putting waste to work

Discussion Facilitators:

• Deborah Raphael – Lead, Executive Director of the San Francisco Department of the Environment
• Wes Sullens, Green Building Policy and Advocacy Manager for StopWaste
• Caitlyn Blackford, Operations Manager of Veritable Vegetable

Moderator:

• Charlie Vogelheim, Host and Producer of Motor Trend Audio

Plenary Experts:

• Brendon Harrington, Director of Transportation at Google
• Steve Heminger, Executive Director of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission
• Joel Ewanick, Founder and CEO of FirstElement Fuel
• Dr. Frankie James, Managing Director of General Motor’s Advanced Technology Office in Silicon Valley

Description

Transportation and technology experts discuss how intelligent mobility strategies for people and goods movement are creating new markets and fresh alternatives to transportation-as-usual, while working to reduce congestion and greenhouse gas emissions.

Select Speakers:

• Jed Holtzman, Senior Policy Analyst for 350 Bay Area
• Ms. Margaret Gordon, Co-Founder of the West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project
• Marie Harrison, Community Organizer for Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice
• Jasmine Jolly, Student
• Julian Pelzner, Student

Moderator:

• David Baker, Business Reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle

Plenary Experts:

• Alexis Strauss, Acting Regional Administrator of the US EPA Region 9
• Cisco DeVries, Founder and CEO of Renew Financial
• Lester Snow, Policy Advisor and former Executive Director of the Water Foundation
• Greg Saunders, CEO of CleanFund Commercial PACE Capital, Inc.

Description

High tech and government leaders examine how technology and market force innovation work together to tackle pressing sustainability issues while creating demand for new sustainable markets.