Conference Speakers

This year's conference agenda is currently under development by the GreenXchange program committee. Please check soon for a detailed conference program and a list of speakers for the 2008 conference or sign up for the GreenXchange Xpo newsletter and receive the latest information on the GreenXchange Xpo and when conference program is announced.  

The inaugural GreenXchange conference brought together more than 150 leading speakers to discuss the technologies, strategies, and case-studies that will have an immediate and direct impact on building your green portfolio of solutions.  


 Previous speakers have included

David Abel, Chairman & Managing Director, VerdeXchange Institute

Eliot Abel, Sustainability Programs Manager, G24i

Robert Aguallo, General Manager, Los Angeles City Employees Retirement System

Joel Anderson, President and CEO, International Warehouse Logistics Association

Rainer Aringhoff, President, Solar Millennium, LLC

Harry Atwater, Howard Hughes Prof. & Prof.- Applied Physics & Materials Science, Caltech - The California Institute of Technology

John Babcock,  Rustic Canyon Ventures

Jack Baylis, CEO, West Region Group AECOM

Ricardo Bayon, Managing Director, Ecosystem Marketplace

Robyn Beavers, Director of Sustainability, Google, Inc.

Andrew Beebe, President, Energy Innovations

Robert Biefeld, Manager of Advanced Materials Science Department, Sandia National Labs

Rick Bishop, Executive Director, Western Riverside Council of Governments

Glen Blacet, Portfolio Manager - Global Equities, California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS)

Earl Blumenauer, Congressman, Ways and Means Committee, United States Congress

Adam Blumenthal
, Founding and Managing Partner, Blue Wolf Capital Management

John Boesel, President and CEO, CALSTART

Claire Bonham, Carter Director of Sustainable Development Associate Principal, DMJM H&N / EDAW

Isaac Brown, Planner, EDAW, Inc.

James Caldwell,  LADWP

Bob Carrigan, CEO, IDG Communications

Judy Chambers, Managing Director, Pension Consulting Alliance

K.Y. Cheng, Executive Vice President & Director of International Trade, Bank East West Bank

Amy Chester, Senior Policy Advisor, plaNYC

John Chiang, State Controller, Office of California

Woodrow Clark, Senior Fellow, Milken Institute

John Clarkson, Deputy Minister of the Department of Manitoba Science, Technolog Province of Manitoba

Elaine Cruikshanks, CEO and Chairman Western Continental Europe, Hill & Knowlton

Jeffrey Dasovich, Senior Vice President - Western Region, Microgy, Inc.

Jeremy Davies, Senior Advisory, VerdeXchange Institute

Vaughan Davies, Principal Director of Urban Design, EDAW, Inc.

Martha Davis, Executive Manager for Policy Development, Inland Empire Utilities Agency

Chris Dearth, Sustainability Planning Manager Portland, Oregon Bureau of Planning

Ashok Dhingra, Senior Vice President - Regional Manager, West Metcalf & Eddy/AECOM

Daniel Dudek, Chief Economist, Environmental Defense

Dave Edwards, President, D. Edwards, Inc.

Josef Eichhammer, Managing Director, Solar Millennium, LLC

Larry Eisenberg, Executive Director, Los Angeles Community College District

Allan Emkin, Managing Director, Pension Consulting Alliance

Cecilia Estolano, Chief Executive Officer, Community Redevelopment Agency

Doug Failing, District 7 Director, California Department of Transportation

Ed Feo, Partner,  Milbank, Tweed, Hadley, McCloy LLP

David Fleming, Counsel, Latham & Watkins LLP

Bob Foster, Mayor City of Long Beach, California

Scott Frier, Chief Operating Officer, Abengoa Solar

Adam Gardner, Director & Co-Founder, Reverb

Michael George, Executive Vice President Corporate Development and Legal Affairs, American States Water Company

Steve Glenn, Founder & CEO, LivingHomes

Gail Goldberg, Director of Planning, City of Los Angeles

Brian Golden, Vice President Product Strategy, GridPoint, Inc.

James Goldstene, Executive Officer, California Air Resources Board

Davis Guggenheim, Director & Producer, "An Inconvenient Truth"

Steve Gutmann, Senior Commercialization Manager, EcoSecurities

Jim Hankla, Commissioner, Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners

Richard Hansen, Director of Engineering and Division Manager, DMJM - UK

Erik Hanson, CEO, GigaCrete

Lee Harrington, Executive Director, Southern California Leadership Council

Ryosuke Hata, Managing Executive Officer, Sumitomo Electric U.S.A., Inc.

Martin Hawley, Director, HELIOS

Robert Hertzberg, Founder and Co-Chair, G24i

Winston Hickox, Former California Secretary of EPA
 
John Hofmeister
, President - USA, Shell

Chris Hornor, Founder & CEO, Better Energy Systems

Randy Howard, Assistant General Manager, Los Angeles Department of Water & Power

Jeff Hunts, Manager, Electronic Waste Recycling Program, California Integrated Waste Management Board

Vijay Israni, President & CEO, 3rd Rock Systems & Technologies, Inc.

David Jacot, P.E., LEED AP Program Manager, Southern California Electric

Magnús Jóhannesson, Chief Executive Officer, Iceland America Energy

David Kaiserman, President, Lennar Commun Ventures Lennar Ventures

Lillian Kawasaki, Assistant General Manager, Environmental Affairs, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power

Andreas Klugescheid, Corp Comm Mgr, BMW of North America LLC

Ben Knight
, Vice President, Automotive Engineering Honda Research & Development Americas, Inc.

Kazuo Kodama, Consul General of Japan Consulate General of Japan

Joel Kotkin, Author, Joel Kotkin

Hal La Flash, Director of Emerging Clean Technology Policy, PG&E Corporation

Steve Larson, President, Woodside Natural Gas

Gary Lawrence, Principal, ARUP Americas

Michelle Lee, Executive Director, Creative Artist Agency Foundation

Debbie Levin, President, Environmental Media Association

Brenda Levin
, FAIA President and Principle, Levin & Associates Architects

Adi Liberman
,  Adi Liberman & Associates

Gina Lindsey, Executive Director, Los Angeles World Airport

Jacob Lipa, President, Psomas

Andy Lipkis, Founder and President, TreePeople

Travis Longcore, Director of Urban Ecological Research & Research Asst Professor, USC Center for Sustainable Cities

Qingyun Ma, Dean, School of Architecture, University of Southern California

Robert MacDonald, Managing Partner, Craton Equity Partners

Tadashi Maeda, Director General - Energy and Natural Resources Finance Dept., Japan Bank for International Cooperation

Randolph Mann, Vice President, Wind Development Edison Mission Group

Paul Manson, President & CEO, Sea Breeze Power Corporation

Felicia Marcus, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Trust for Public Land

Bryan Martel, Managing Director, Environmental Capital Group

Brenda Mathison, Director of Environmental Affairs, Best Buy Corporate Campus

Daniel Mazmanian, Bedrosian Chair in Governance, USC - John Bedrosian Center for Governance

Bill McDonnell, Senior Resource Specialist, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD)

Des McGinnes, Business Development Manager, Pelamis Wave Power

Alisdair McLean, Director, Programs Plasco Energy Group

Greg McWilliams, President, Newhall Land

Jeff Mendelsohn
, CEO, New Leaf Paper

Michael Millikin, Editor, Green Car Congress

Norman Mineta, Vice Chairman, Hill & Knowlton Inc.

Lisa Mortenson, Co-Founder, Director, and CEO, Community Fuels

Roberto Munoz,  Fresh & Easy, Neighborhood Market

Mike Musuraca
, Assistant Director of Research & Negotiations, New York City Employees' Retirement System

H.David Nahai
, President, Los Angeles Dept of Water & Power

Jonathan Naimon
, Managing Director, Light Green Advisors, LLC

Mark Nelson, Director, Generation Planning & Strategy SCE

Warren Olney
, Host of To the Point & Which Way, L.A.? KCRW

Fran Pavely
, Senior Climate Advisor, National Resource Defense Council

Michael Peevey, President, California Public Utilities Commission

Bob Peirce, British Consul General, British Consulate General Los Angeles

Brett Perlmutter
, CEO/Creative Director, Rainmaker & Sun Integrated Marketing

Matt Peterson, President & CEO, Global Green USA

Harrison Pettit,  Pacific Ethanol, Inc.

Frederick Pickel, President, Wilshire Energy Consulting Group Inc.

Pedro Pizarro, Senior Vice President, Power Procurement SoCal Edison 

Frank Ramirez, CEO, Ice Energy

Hunt Ramsbottom, CEO, Rentech, Inc

Alexander Rau, Principal, ClimateWedge, LTD

Anne Reichman, Director, Earth 911

Jon Reiter, Senior Director Major Supplier Transactions, BT Global Services

Governor Bill Richardson, Former US Secretary of Energy & 2008 Presidential Candidate
 
Rita Robinson, General Manager of the Department of Transportation, City of Los Angeles

Gene Rodrigues,  SCE

Brett Rogers, Adventurer/Naturalist, peachpit press

William Rosenberg, Senior Fellow, John F. Kennedy School of Government

Mike Rosenfeld, UK Trade & Investment, British Consulate

Sandy Shapery, Founder, Southern California Transportation Solutions

John Shegerian, Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO, Electronic Recyclers International, Inc.

Blake Simmons, Manager, Energy Systems Department, Sandia Labs

Mark Sisson, Assoc Vice President-Transportation Planner & Analyst, DMJM Harris

Kristina Skierka, Director, Cleantech and Green Products Practice, Bite Communications

Edward Smeloff, Senior Manager, Utility Project Sales, SunPower Corporation

Roger Snoble, CEO, Metropolitan Transportation Authority of Los Angeles County (MTA)

Brad Sorensen, Inventor & Founder, Windfall Clean Energy Windmills

Tom Soto, Managing Partner, Sr. Investment Professional & Board Member, Craton Equity Partners

Leigh Steinberg,  Leigh Steinberg Sports & Entertainment

Nancy Sutley, Deputy Mayor for Energy and the Environment, City of Los Angeles

Yaniv Tepper, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Angeleno Group

John Todd, Founder and Senior Partner, John Todd Ecological Design

Randy Truby, CEO, Toray Membrane USA., Inc.

Tom Unterman, Managing Partner, Rustic Canyon Group

Ted van der Linden, Director of Sustainable Construction, DPR Construction, Inc.

Doug Vermillion, Manager, Technical Sales, Sensus Metering Systems

Antonio Villaraigosa, Mayor, City of Los Angeles

Jack Vombaur,  Tandus

Doug Wallace, Environmental Affairs Officer, East Bay Municipal Utility District

Mike Wallace, VP North American Operations, Trucost PLC

Lee Wallach, President of the Board, COEJL of Southern California

Justin Ward, Engineer, Toyota

Rachel Webber
, Director of Energy Initiatives, News Corporation

Eric Wesoff, Publisher of the Venture Power newsletter, Greentech Media

John White, Executive Director, Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technologies

Lorraine White, Energy Specialist III, California Energy Commission

Clint Wilder, Contributing Editor, Clean Edge

Alan Wong, Senior Vice President, National Wastewater Practice Leader, Metcalf & Eddy/AECOM

Paul Wormser
, Senior Director, Product Development & System Solutions, Sharp Electronics Corporation

Lan Xue, Professor and Executive Associate Dean, Tsinghua University

Zev Yaroslavsky, LA County Supervisor Third District, County of Los Angeles

Craig Zamary, President, Green Energy TV

Marci Zaroff, Founder, Under the Canopy

William Zobel, Manager of *Sempra* Utilities Clean Manager, Sempra Utilities

Danny Zouber, Partner, Piper Jaffray

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