Dates & Location
June 9-10, 2008
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
10th St. & Constitution Ave., NW
Washington, D.C. 20560
Event Information
Meeting Agenda [NEW!]
SPEAKERS
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- Beatrice Ahimbisibwe, Farmer, Bitereko, Uganda
- Mary Helena Allegretti, Former Secretary for Amazonia, Ministry of the Environment, Brazil
- Stuart Anstee, Principle Adviser, Environment, Rio Tinto,Australia
- Will Baker, President, Chesapeake Bay Foundation
- Carter Bales, Managing Partner Emeritus and Co-Founder, Wicks Group of Companies; Emeritus Director, McKinsey & Company, Inc.
- Ricardo Bayon, Founder, EKO Asset Management Partners
- William Boyd, Associate, Covington & Burling LLP
- David Brand, Founder, New Forests, Australia
- Anthony Brunello, Deputy Secretary for Climate Change and Energy, California Resources Agency
- Richard Burrett, Managing Director, Sustainable Development, RBS
- Jason Clay, Senior Vice President, Market Transformation, World Wildlife Fund
- Richard Coombe, Regional Chief, Natural Resources Conservation Service
- Colin le Duc, Head of Research, Generation Investment Management
- Marta Echavarria, Founder, EcoDecision, Ecuador
- Brad Gentry, Co-Director, Center for Business and the Environment, Yale University
- Jack Gibbs, Project Director, Prince’s Rainforests Project
- Benjamin Grumbles, Assistant Administrator for Water, US Environmental Protection Agency
- Bettina von Hagen, Vice President, Natural Capital Fund and Forestry Program, Ecotrust
- Leonard P. Hirsch, Senior Policy Advisor, Smithsonian Institution
- John Holdren, Director, Woods Hole Research Center
- Michael Jenkins, CEO, Forest Trends
- Sachin Kapila, Group Biodiversity Adviser, Shell
- Kerry ten Kate, Director, Business and Biodiversity Offsets Program, Forest Trends
- John Kerry, Senator, The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- Mark Kieser, Senior Scientist and Principal, Kieser & Associates
- Jonathan Lash, President, World Resources Institute
- Lawrence H. Linden, Founder and Trustee, Linden Trust for Conservation
- H. Jeffrey Leonard, President and Chief Executive Officer and Founding Partner, Global Environment Fund
- Governor Blairo Maggi, Mato Grosso, Brazil
- Josh Margolis, Managing Director, Cantor CO2e
- John Mason, attribution pending
- Steve McCormick, President, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
- Katie McGinty, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
- Steve Morgan, CEO, Wildlands
- Ken Newcombe, Director, U.S. Carbon Emissions Trading, Goldman Sachs
- Odigha Odigha, Founder, NGO Coalition for the Environment, Nigeria
- Christina Page, Director, Climate and Energy Strategy, Yahoo!
- Yusuf Ole Petenya Shani, Secretary, Shompole Community Trust, Kenya
- Mark Rey, Under Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture
- Joe Rozza P.E., Water Risk Manager, Environment and Water Resources, The Coca-Cola Company
- Cristián Samper, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
- Roger Sant, Chair, Smithsonian Institution's Board of Regents; Co-Founder and Chairman Emeritus, The AES Corporation
- Gia Schneider, Vice President, Credit Suisse/First Boston
- Larry Schweiger, President, National Wildlife Federation
- Kathy Sierra, Vice President, Sustainable Development, World Bank
- Yan Speranza, Executive Director, Fundación Moises Bertoni, Paraguay
- Charlotte Streck, Founding Partner and Director, Climate Focus
- Marc Stuart, Co-Founder, EcoSecurities
- Mark Tercek, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs
- Alvaro Umaña, Former Minister of Natural Resources & Energy, Costa Rica; Representative for Central America, International Monetary Fund
