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AGENDA:
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8:30am - 9:00am
General GreenTown Fox Valley Registration
9:00am - 9:15am
Welcome Address
Gary Cuneen, Founder and Executive Director, Seven Generations Ahead
Jim Ebel, Co-founder, Two Brothers Roundhouse
9:15am - 9:30am
What's Happening at the Federal Level and How Will It Impact Sustainability and Illinois?
Keynote speaker:
Jack Darin, Executive Director, Illinois Chapter of the Sierra Club
9:30am - 10:15am
National Trends in Solar and How Local Communities Are Advancing Renewable Energy
Keynote speaker:
Elizabeth Doris Brown, Principal Laboratory Program Manager: State, Local, and Tribal Program, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
10:15am - 10:45am
Idea Factory
Presentations from selected big idea project submissions to advance sustainability in the Fox Valley. Click here to learn more.
10:45am - 11:00am
Break
11:00am - 12:15pm
Breakout Session #1
(choose one to attend)
Greenest Region Compact: Sustainability Planning Simplified
Speaker:
Edith Makra, Director of Environmental Initiatives, Metropolitan Mayors Caucus
Genny Boesen, Executive Director, South Metropolitan Higher Education Consortium
Transportation Trends in the Fox Valley: Mobilizing Communities by Shifting Modes
Speakers:
Joe Schwieterman, Director, Chaddick Institute
Tim Frisbie, Communications and Policy Director, Shared-Use Mobility Center
Lindsay Bayley, Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning
Eric Gallt, Engineer, City of Aurora
Moderator:
Stephane Phifer, Planning and Zoning Director, City of Aurora
12:15pm - 1:15pm
Lunch
1:15pm - 2:30pm
Breakout Session #2
(choose one to attend)
Improving the Water Quality, Habitat and Recreational Amenities of the Fox River
Speakers:
Karen Miller, Executive Planner, Kane County Development & Community Services Department
Frank Veraldi, Fish Biologist/Restoration Ecologist, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago District
Kyla Jacobsen, Utilities Director, City of Elgin Water Department
Moderator:
Cindy Skrukrud, Clean Water Program Director at Sierra Club Illinois and Chair of the Fox River Study Group
Food Recovery and Composting in Waste Diversion
Speakers:
Jen Nelson, Seven Generations Ahead
Jeannine Kannegiesser, Northern Illinois Food Bank
Making the Fox Valley an Eco Tourism Destination / Driving Transit-Oriented Development in the Fox Valley
Speakers:
Steve Buchtel, Executive Director, Trails for Illinois
Bonnie Lee Kunkel, Aurora GreenFest
Jim Hughes, Jr., CEO, Next Generation Development
Jordan E. Glazov, Principal, Realtelligence LLC
Moderator:
John Harris, Principal, a5 Inc.
2:30pm - 2:45pm
Break
2:45pm - 4:00pm
Breakout Session #3
(choose one to attend)
Building a Local Food Shed in Kane County: Opportunities and Challenges
Speakers:
Nate Summer, Heritage Prairie Farm
Carol Rauschenberger, Shared Harvest Co-op
David Miller, CEO and Co-Founder, Iroquois Farms
Moderator:
Matthew Tansley, Kane County
Natural Areas Management
Speakers:
Bill Stoll, Applied Ecological Services
Emily Okallau, Morton Arboretum Community Trees Program
Ryan Anderson, Midwest Pesticide Action Center
Becoming a Solar-Ready Fox Valley
Speakers:
Mark Pruitt, Community Choice Aggregation
Vito Greco, Elevate Energy
Edith Makra, Metropolitan Mayors Caucus
Zach Greene, SolSmart
Moderator:
Cecilia Govrik, Kane County Division of Environmental & Water Resources
4:00pm - 5:00pm
Closing Reception
Featuring Two Brothers beer in a GreenTown glass you can take home
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