Welcome/Opening (Main Stage)
•   Laurie Simmonds, President & CEO, Green Living Enterprises
•   Colin Andersen, CEO, Ontario Power Authority
•   The Honourable John Gerretsen, Ontario Minister of the Environment

Keynote Speaker – Jeff Rubin, leading economist and author of Why Your World is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller, has been instrumental in bringing key issues to national attention and recognized internationally for his prescient calls on oil prices and their economic impacts.

Executive Panel Discussion – The Strategic Approach to Sustainability
Moderated by Steve Maich, Editor, Canadian Business magazine
•   Sue Graham Parker, Senior Vice-President, Public,
    Corporate and Government Affairs, Scotiabank
•   Henry Sauvagnat Vice President, Sustainable Development, Cascades
•   Mandy Shapansky, CFO and Chief of Staff, Xerox Canada

Keynote Address – Van Jones, environmental advocate, best-selling author of The Green Collar Economy, and former Special Advisor for Green Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to President Obama, offers an inspiring perspective on how innovation and entrepreneurship in the clean energy sector are the keys to solving economic and environmental challenges.

CleanTech North Executive Lunch Tickets: $67.62

12:00 - 12:30 p.m.

Networking LUNCH

12:30 p.m.

Welcome – Henry Vehovec, Executive Director, CleanTech North

CLEANTECH NORTH IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS!

12:45 p.m.

CleanTech North Intake Panel – Invitation to cleantech companies to submit business proposals to CleanTech North. We are now open for business.

Learn how CleanTech North will work with select Canadian cleantech companies to help commercialize and accelerate their growth in international markets.

Presenters include:
•   Wendy Potomski, PWC
•   Nancy Griffin, Macquarie
•   Marc Drouin, RBC
•   Henry Vehovec, CleanTech North

WHAT CLEANTECH SOLUTIONS ARE BUSINESSES BUYING?

1:15 p.m.

Join a panel discussion with leading industry companies to discuss their approaches to embrace cleantech and sustainability strategies. What are they buying?

The panel includes:
•   Rick Huijbregts, Cisco, VP, Business Development
•   Melissa Alvares, Softchoice, Sustainability Programs Manager
•   Debbie Baxter, LoyaltyOne, VP Corporate Sustainability
•   Sandra Odendahl, RBC, Director, Corporate Environmental Affairs
•   Moderator: Sean Duggan, HUB International

The panel will giving examples of recent projects, investments and policy developments. Speakers will also be given time to talk about important cleantech trends they perceive and their wish lists as they infuse sustainability considerations across the lifecycle of their products.

Many businesses are making sustainability a central theme in their operations and strategies as a means to better position themselves for improved efficiency, profitability, and long term growth. Consequently, corporations are seeking out relationships with cleantech companies as a source of innovation.

2:15 p.m.

Closing Remarks