Welcome
Gene Miller, Center for Urban Innovation |
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Introduction of Conference Themes
Rob Abbott, Stratos; Conference Moderator |
Welcome to the Green City
Gregor Robertson, Mayor of Vancouver
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The City and the Resilient Future
Paul Hawken, Author, Blessed Unrest |
Welcome and New Smart Growth Vision
Cam Brewer, Executive Director,
Smart Growth BC
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Climate Prosperity - the Ingredients of a 21st Century Green City
Sam Adams, Mayor of Portland; Susan Anderson, Director of Planning and Sustainability; City of Portland; and Erin Flynn, Director of Economic Development, City of Portland

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Waste Nothing–Integrated Resource Management
Jon O'Riordan, Fidelis Resource Group

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Business and the One-Planet Economy
Sarah Severn, Director of Horizons, Corporate Responsibility, Nike Inc.

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Message at Midway
Bill Weaver, Media That Matters |
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Time of Crises: When the Visionary becomes the Practical – an Ecocity Thesis
Richard Register, Founder and President, Ecocity Builders

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Development is Community
John Knott Jr., President and co-founder of the Noisette Company, LLC

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It's Sustainable Cities, Eh!
Mike Harcourt, Former Premier of British Columbia and Former Mayor of Vancouver |
The Psychology of Change
Nola-Kate Seymoar, President and CEO, International Centre for Sustainable Cities |
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Planning Down – What if Can Do Can’t?
Bill Rees, Professor, School of Community and Regional Planning, University of British Columbia

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Shifting Corporate Culture
Anita Burke, Founder, The Catalyst Institute
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Sustainability From the Community Up
Majora Carter, President, The Majora Carter Group |
Welcome
Lois Jackson, Chair, Metro Vancouver |
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Sustainable Thinking, or What's a Future For?
Eva Kras, President, Canadian Society for Ecological Economics (CANSEE) |
Story of Place: The Engine of Resilience and Regeneration
Pamela Mang, Principal, Regenesis, Inc.

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Effective Climate Policies and Faking It Policies
Mark Jaccard, Professor, School of Resource and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University

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4,000,000 People, 100º–Phoenix Challenge
Jon Fink, Director Global Institute of Sustainability (GIOS), Arizona State University and Rob Melnick, Executive Dean, School of Sustainability, Arizona State University

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Living in the Living Forest
Doug Makaroff, President, Living Forest Communities

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Sustainability Begins with Community
Jim Diers, Author, Neighbor Power: Building Community the Seattle Way
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Leadership for Growing Resilient Cities: Principles and Practices
Carol Sanford, CEO, InterOctave Development Group, Inc.

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Resilient Cities Manifesto
Mark Holland, Principal, HB Lanarc

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