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Schedule and Agenda

June 4 - 5, 2008     Navy Pier Exhibit Hall B     Chicago, IL

Educational Session Tracks

The Educational sessions will consist of three professional tracks to provide attendees with information most relevant to their area of focus. All sessions are open to all registered attendees.

Delta Institute
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Educational Content

Track 1 - Government Focus
Track 2 - Corporate Focus
Track 3 - Facilities Management Focus
Track 4 - Academic Institutions

All presentation materials will be provided in electronic form.

Wednesday, June 4, 8:30 - 5:30
7:30 - 5:00 Registration Registration
Area
8:30 - 9:40 SESSION 1 - How Green is Green?  
Track 1 - Government
Standards and protocols to evaluate green products.
Speakers: Mark Rentschler, Ph.D. - Director of Institutional Greening Programs, Green Seal; Lise Beutel, TerraChoice Environmental Marketing Inc.
Room 324
Track 2 - Corporate
Opportunities for Sustainability.
Speaker: Terry Simmons - Vice President, Global Purchasing & Supplier Management, Baxter Healthcare
Room 325
Track 3 - Facilities Management
Sustainability for facilities - what are the opportunities?
Speaker: Alice Hoguiesson, CFM, CFMJ - Global Environmental Manager and U.S. Director of Facilities Senior Vice President, Daniel J. Edelman, Inc.
Room 326
Track 4 - Academic Institutions
Responsible Purchasing 101: From Policy to Practice
Speaker: Chris O'Brien - Director, Responsible Purchasing Network
Room 327
9:40 - 10:00 Morning Break Registration
Area
10:00 - 11:10 SESSION 2 - Greening Operations  
Track 1 - Government
Purchasing environmentally preferable products from a government perspective.
Speaker: Johanna Kertesz- Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, State of Minnesota
Room 324
Track 2 - Corporate
Reducing climate Impacts through Sustainable Manufacturing
Speaker: George Milner - Sr. V.P. Energy, Environmental and Government Affairs, Mohawk Fine Papers, Inc.
Room 325
Track 3 - Facilities Management
10:00 - 10:35 Energy efficiency in commercial buildings
Speaker: John Steinhoff, P.E., LEED AP, Principal, EnVise
10:35 - 11:10 Materials resources and LEED
Speaker: Doug Widener - Executive Director, U.S. GBC Chicago Chapter
Room 326
Track 4 - Academic Institutions
Implementing green purchasing initiatives in schools
Speaker: Claris Olson, Healthy Schools Campaign
Panelists: Ed Grotte, Director of Buildings and Grounds Flossmoor School District 161; Bob Riccardino, Facilities Manager, Catherine Cook Schools
Room 327
11:20 - 12:30 SESSION 3 - Strategies and Tactics  
Track 1 - Government
Greening electronics RFPs, RFQs and contracts with EPEAT.
Speaker: Sarah O'Brien, Green Electronics Council
Room 324
Track 2 - Corporate
The strategic value of a sustainable purchasing initiative
Speaker: Bill Stough - CEO, Sustainable Research Group
Room 325
Track 3 - Facilities Management
Green Moving and Green Furniture.
Speakers: Dave King, AIA, CFM - Samson Carts, Jill Stewart - OM Workspace
Room 326
Track 4 - Academic Institutions
Green cleaning in schools - IL legislation.
Speakers: Kate Tomford - Illinois Lt. Governor's Office, Bill Balek- ISSA, Mark Bishop- Healthy Schools Campaign
Room 327
12:15 - 1:30 Lunch Exhibit Hall B
11:00 - 5:30 Vendor Exhibits Exhibit Hall B
1:30 - 4:30 ICLEI Meeting Room 325
3:00 - 3:30 Afternoon Break Exhibit Hall B
Thursday, June 5, 8:30 - 5:00
7:30 - 1:00 Registration Registration
Area
8:30 - 1:30 Vendor Exhibits Exhibit Hall B
9:00 - 10:30 NWMC Meeting Room 325
9:30 - 10:00 Morning Break Exhibit Hall B
11:45 - 1:00 Lunch Exhibit Hall B
1:00 - 2:10 SESSION 1 - Consortiums and Co-ops  
Track 1 - Government
Taking advantage of purchasing consortiums.
Moderator: Larry Widmer - NWMC-COG
Panelists: Dennis Smith - State of Illinois, Department of Central Management Services, Connie Kuranko- US Communities, Catherine Link - President, Illinois Association of Public Procurement (IAPPO)
Room 324
Track 2 - Corporate
How supply chain management fits into your company's sustainability objectives.
Moderator: Bill Stough - CEO, Sustainable Research Group
Panelists: Kirk Eberhart - Global Director of Supply Chain, Material Sciences Corporation; Mary Ellen Mika - Supply Chain Manager, Steelcase
Room 325
Track 3 - Facilities Management
Purchasing renewable energy.
Moderator: Kristie Ranieri- Limelight Catering - Representing the Green Chicago Restaurant Co-op
Panelists: Andrew Singer - Senior Vice President, Constellation NewEnergy; Brian Gallagher - Vice President, EnergyConnect; Taj Ait-Laoussine - Senior Business Development Manager, EnerNOC
Room 326
Track 4 - Academic Institutions
Sustainable building care and maintenance.
Moderator: Jim Sheffer - Director of Sustainable Building Care, AmSan, SIPC
Panelists: Chuck Scott - Director of Plant Operations, Illinois State University; Jay Brooks - Director of Building Services, Southern Illinois University; Bill Balek - Director of Legislative Affairs, ISSA
Room 327
2:20 - 3:30 SESSION 2 - Green Buildings  
Track 1 - Government
The government role in promoting sustainability.
Moderator: David O'Donnell - Deputy Commissioner City of Chicago Department of Environment
Panelists: Kevin Greene - State of Illinois, Illinois EPA, Laura Rauwerda - State of Michigan - Michigan DEQ
Room 324
Track 2 - Corporate
Cost savings associated with green buildings.
Moderator: Elise Zelechowski - Associate Director, Delta Institute
Panelists: William Noonan - Vice President, Property Manager, Merchandise Mart Properties, Inc.; Sundee Wislow - Director of Sustainability, US Equities Realty; Susan Hammer - Property Manager, Prime Group Realty Trust
Room 325
Track 3 - Facilities Management
Green Building Operation.
Moderator: Paige Knutsen, MEEA
Panelists: Chris Philbrick - Sieben Energy Associates; John Sugrue - City Colleges of Chicago
Room 326
Track 4 - Academic Institutions
Benefits of Cooperative Purchasing
Moderator: Kevin Settle - Superintendent, Mount Vernon #80
Panelists: Tim Buss - Superintendent, Wabash #348; Darryl Duncan - Director of Buildings & Grounds, Joliet #86; Ken Roiland - Director of Facilities Management, Arlington Heights #25
Room 327
3:30 - 3:50 Afternoon Break Registration
Area
3:50 - 5:00 SESSION 3 - Strategies and Tactics  
Track 1 - Government
Green purchasing from a vendor perspective
Speakers: Patrick Muldoon - Vice President of Sales, Onyx Environmental Solutions, Tami J. McQuown - U.S. Compliance
Room 324
Track 2 - Corporate
Green Events
Speaker: Deborah Popely - Green Events Source
Room 325
Track 3 - Facilities Management
Principles of Sustainable Facility Care
Speaker: Tom Seitz - Director of Sustainable Facility Care, JohnsonDiversey
Room 326
Track 4 - Academic Institutions
Procuring local food for your Institution
Moderator: Michelle Miller - Associate Director, University of Wisconsin Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems
Panelists: Kris Kotte - Bon Appetit Management Company and General Manager at the Art Institute of Chicago, Sheri Doyel, Farm Forager for The City Of Chicago's Farmers Market Program and the Green City Market, Jed Colquhoun - Associate Professor of Horticulture, University of WI
Room 327

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