Program

11:00 AM Registration Check-in
Lunch Provided

11:30 AM Welcoming Remarks:
Shaun A. Hoyte, President of SUMASA
Brian E. Wennersten, Director at Global Real Estate NBC Universal Media

11:35 AM Opening Remarks:
Steve Cohen, Executive Director, Columbia University’s Earth Institute

11:50 AM Keynote Address:
Nilda Mesa, Director, NYC Mayor’s Office of Sustainability

12:20 PM Reshaping Corporate Innovation Panel:
Ralph Bianculli Jr., Managing Director, Emerald Brand
Ellen Kondracki Becton, Senior Director, Dickinson and Company
Peter B. Smith, Delos Living
Marisa Buchanan, Executive Director, Sustainable Finance, JPMorgan Chase & Co
Celine Ruben-Salama, Corporate Sustainability Consultant, CBRE, Moderator

1:20 PM Intermission

1:35 PM Featured Speaker:
Matthew Ketschke, VP of Distributed Resource Integration
Con Edison Company of New York

2:00 PM Advancing Resilient Cities Panel:
Collette Ericsson, CSO & Enterprise Asset Management Lead New York Metropolitan Transportation Bus Operations
Allen Hershkowitz, President, Green Sports Alliance
Miguel Sossa, Smart Cities North America Co-Lead, Accenture
Amanda Stevens, Project Manager, Environmental Research Program, NYSERDA
Steve Clemons, Editor-at-Large, The Atlantic, Moderator

3:00 PM Closing Remarks:
Sharyn O’Halloran, Senior Vice Dean & Chief Academic Officer Columbia University’s School of Professional Studies

3:15 PM Reception
Sponsored by School of Professional Studies, Office of Career Management