Green Business Summit

The Wharton Club of DC is co-hosting a follow-up to last year’s successful Green Business Summit called Green Business Summit II: The Business Case for Green Investments. It will be co-hosted with Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP at their offices.

Thursday, November 12, 2009
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. full day conference, followed by a cocktail reception
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20004

This year’s conference examines the essential, interdependent elements of launching a sustainable Green Economy. With the American economy and companies of all sizes facing significant challenges, executives and entrepreneurs proposing green investments and initiatives need to set forth an even more compelling business case to justify such investments.

Keynote speakers together with four expert panels will focus on these major components that affect the business case for Green Investments:

Panel 1: Clean Technologies, Renewables and Low-Carbon Energy
Panel 2: Financing CleanTech Enterprises
Panel 3: Government Policy
Panel 4: The Impact of Climate Change on Business

The morning keynote will be Andrew Winston, a leading consultant, author of Green Recovery: Get Lean, Get Smart, and Emerge from the Downturn on Top, and co-author of Green to Gold. A Special Introductory Speaker will be Jim Dinegar, President & CEO of the Greater Washington Board of Trade.

Here are some of our panelists:

Don Dahn, East West Bank
Kevin Furnary, CEO, LEEP Holdings
Pandor Hadjy, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Rural Development
Leslie Kass, Nuclear Energy Institute
Kyle Kempf, National Small Business Association
Bob Prantil, North Region Executive, GE Energy
Julia Pulzone, Managing Director, Global Environmental Fund (GEF)
Bill Rever, Director, Strategic Marketing, BP Solar
From our co-host, Morgan Lewis, these expert Partners:
Steven M. Cohen, Emerging Business and Technology Practice
Stephen H. Kinney, Business and Finance Practice
Kenneth M. Kulak, Energy Practice
Ronald J. Tenpas, Environmental Practice

This conference will be of interest to a broad range of executives including C-level management, government contractors, scientists, engineers, investment advisors, entrepreneurs and other professionals. This will be a day of outstanding value in gaining Green knowledge, strategy, insight, lessons learned, perspectives of value, discovering business opportunities and enjoyable networking.

More information is on the web site under Events or News: http://www.whartondc.com as well as registration. Members of Strategic Partner Groups are eligible for the same rates as members of the Wharton Club of Washington, DC.