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2019 Summit Agenda
The Summit will include Keynotes, Panels, Armchair Conversations, IMPACTFILM, Networking Sessions and Concert
Viceroy Snowmass Resort
August 14-17, 2019
Agenda subject to change.
AREDAY SUMMIT 2019 – 16th Annual Event
“The Politics of Change: Creating the New Hydrogen-Carbon Economy”
Wednesday, August 14th
Grand Ballroom, Viceroy Hotel
Evening Program
Hosts for the Evening: Chip Comins and Salley Ranney AREI
| 5:00 pm | Pre-Registration |
| 6:00 pm | Networking Welcome Reception Appetizers and Cash Bar Hosted by AREI Welcoming Remarks Chip Comins and Sally Ranney AREI |
| 7:00 pm | Opening Keynote Address 2020: The Most Important Political Year in History Gen. Wesley Clark Wesley Clark and Associates |
| 7:15 pm | Keynote Address Framing the Hydrogen Carbon Economy: Opportunities and Hurdles to Going to Scale Ellen Stechel Lightworks ASU |
| 7:45 pm | Keynote Address The HERO Breakthrough Andrew Horvath Planet Power Systems Q & A |
| 8:30 pm | Keynote Address Hydrogen Aircraft for Poaching Surveillance Skipper Darlington Africa ASAP |
| 8:45 pm | Keynote Address The Hydrogen Moonshot Kunal Sood NOVUS |
| 9:00 pm | IMPACTFILM The Hydrogen Age Narrated by Leonard Nimoy |
| 10:00 pm | Evening Program Concludes |
Thursday, August 15th
Grand Ballroom, Viceroy Hotel
Morning Session: Burning Up The Biosphere: Will New Energy Technologies Save Us?
Host for the Morning: Elizabeth Halliday Grace Richardson Fund
| 7:00 am | Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00 am | Opening Remarks Chip Comins AREI Sally Ranney AREI Daily Blessing Phyllis Bald Eagle Lakota Sioux Elder |
| 8:15 am | Keynote Address Bring Back the Wolf: Bring Back the Balance Delia Malone RMWP |
| 8:30 am | Keynote Address The HERO Breakthrough Andrew Horvath Planet Power Systems |
| 8:45 am | Keynote Address The Hydrogen Space: An Update Mary-Rose de Valladares International Energy Agency |
| 9:00 am | Panel Discussion Accelerating the Transition to ZERO Carbon Moderator: Brian Goldstein Energy Independence Now Andrew Horvath Planet Power Systems Mary-Rose de Valladares International Energy Agency Ellen Stechel Lightworks ASU |
| 9:45 am | Keynote Address Energy Economies: What Does 100% Renewable Look Like? Lori Smith Schell Empowered Energy |
| 10:00 am | Panel Discussion Blue Hydrogen: Profit from Capturing Methane Emissions Moderator: Wiley Rhodes One Step In Foundation Amory Lovins Rocky Mountain Institute Alice Madden Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources |
| 10:45 am | Keynote Address PCs, iPhones and Hydrogen Ed Davis Blue Earth, Inc. |
| 11:00 am | Keynote Address Where the Currents and Tides are Taking Us Jim Dehlsen Aquantis |
| 11:15 am | Keynote Address What Does it Really Take to be Energy Independent? Brian Goldstein Energy Independence Now |
| 11:30 am | Panel Discussion The Big Leap Over Fossil Fuels: Renewables In the Developing World Moderator: Tom King Borincana Foundation Inc. Luka Powanga, Ph.D Energy Africa Conference Colonel William Wyatt United States Army Steven Conger P4P Energy |
| 12:00 pm | Armchair Conversation It Will be Done! 100% Renewable by 2045 Melissa Miyashiro Blue Planet Foundation Henk Rogers Blue Planet Foundation |
| 12:15 pm | Luncheon Break Quickly select from a variety of delicious, nutritious buffet food served with reusable items and return to seats. |
| 12:30 pm | Lucheon Keynote Address New Frontiers in Energy Efficiency Amory Lovins Rocky Mountain Institute |
| 1:15 pm | Luncheon Keynote Concludes |
Afternoon Session: New Energy Economies: Security for Our Life Support Systems
Host for the Afternoon: Hutch Hutchinson Resilient Analytics
| 1:30 pm | Keynote Address What We Think About When We Think About Global Warming Per Espen Stoknes Centre for Green Growth at the Norwegian Business School |
| 2:00 pm | Keynote Address Can Conservative Youth Leadership Turn the Climate Tide? Benji Backer American Conservation Coalition |
| 2:15 pm | Keynote Address Recovering Wildlife in Crisis and Repairing Natural Systems Collin O’Mara National Wildlife Federation |
| 2:30 pm | Panel Discussion Alarms, Alliances & Acceleration of Solutions Sally Ranney AREI Leesa Carter-Jones Captain Planet Foundation Collin O’Mara National Wildlife Federation Bruce Stein National Wildlife Foundation Jim Alexee Sierra Club |
| 3:00 pm | Armchair Conversation Carbon Pricing = Taxes or Dividends Moderator: Chip Comins AREI Ryan Costello Americans for Carbon Dividends Jonah Kurman-Faber Climate XChange |
| 3:30 pm | Keynote Address Economically Sustainable Carbon Capture Brent Constantz Blue Planet Ltd |
| 4:15 pm | Armchair Conversation Utilities Must Take the Lead Moderator: Dave Munk Holy Cross Energy Bryan Hannegan Holy Cross Energy Jon Goldin-Dubois Western Resource Advocates |
| 4:45 pm | Panel Discussion Large-Scale Efficiencies in the Built Environment Moderator: Chip Comins AREI Juan Grobler Fridgwise Brian Black ProStar Energy Solutions Heidi VanGenderen University of CO Boulder |
| 5:15 pm | Keynote Address Quantifying the Cost of Adaptation Hutch Hutchinson Resilient Analytics |
| 5:30 pm | Armchair Conversation Adaption: Efficiency & Supply Chains James Goudreau Novartis Business Services Hutch Hutchinson Resilient Analytics |
| 5:45 pm | Closing Remarks Chip Comins AREI Sally Ranney AREI |
Evening Program
Hosts for the Evening: Chip Comins and Salley Ranney AREI
| 6:30 pm | Networking Dinner Buffet and Cash Bar Sponsored by Ted Turner, Ocean Elder and Turner Enterprises, Inc. |
| 7:00 pm | Dinner Keynote Address Passion In Action Capt. Paul Watson Sea Shepherd |
| 7:30 pm | Keynote Address Video Revolutionary Ocean Project Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest Fortescue Metals Flourishing Oceans and Minderoo Foundation |
| 7:45 pm | Keynote Address Turning Passion into Purpose: Mobilizing the Adventure Sports Community in 2020 Mario Molina Protect Our Winters |
| 8:00 pm | Keynote Address Ocean Health: Strategic Solutions for Governments and Society Doug Woodring Ocean Recovery Alliance |
| 8:15 pm | Keynote Address Source Points: Solutions to Plastic Pollution Improve the Planet Dianna Cohen Plastic Pollution Coalition With Video – Don’t Throw It Away By Keb’Mo’ with Taj Mahal |
| 8:30 pm | Armchair Conversation The Blue Heart George Cummings Mission Blue Project Partner Melody Saunders Brenna Reef Life Restoration and Foundation |
| 8:45 pm | IMPACTFILM Watson Intro and Q & A with Captain Paul Watson Sea Shepherd |
| 10:30 pm | Evening Program Concludes |
Friday, August 16th
Grand Ballroom, Viceroy Hotel
Morning Session: Sustainable Finance and Business – A New Lens
Host for the Morning: Elizabeth Halliday Grace Richardson Fund
| 7:00 am | Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00 am | Opening Remarks Chip Comins AREI Sally Ranney AREI Daily Blessing Chief Phil Lane Lakota (Skype) Phyllis Bald Eagle Lakota Sioux Elder |
| 8:30 am | Opening Keynote Address Breaking the Mold Maggie Cutts Prime |
| 8:45 am | Panel Discussion Innovative Finance Powering Solution Moderator: David Levine American Sustainable Business Council Robert Levin Emerging Star Capital LLC Maggie Cutts Prime Sandra Kwak 10 Power |
| 9:30 am | Panel Discussion Accelerating the Transition to ZERO Carbon Moderator: Bill Brandt ASU Lightworks Klaus Lackner Center for Negative Carbon Emissions Ellen Stechel ASU Lightworks Cheryl Martin Harwich Partners |
| 10:15 am | Armchair Conversation Reinvested Divestment: Can It Help Achieve Climate Stability? Moderator: Timothy Wirth United Nations Foundation Thomas Van Dyck SRI Wealth Management Group at RBC Ellen Dorsey Wallace Global Fund |
| 10:45 am | Special Announcement Wallace Global Fund, Earth’s Call, Future Coalition Katie Eder Future Coalition Panel Discussion Climate Philanthropy Moderator: Chip Comins AREI Trammell Crow EarthX John “Spike” Buckley Earth’s Call Henk Rogers Blue Planet Foundation John Powers Alliance Center |
| 11:30 am | Panel Discussion Block Chain: Creative Finance for Good Moderator: Hanieh Sadat Genesys One Capital Ben Goertzel Singularity NET Christian Shearer Regen Network Hendrik Tiesinga New Energy Nexus |
| 12:00 pm | Armchair Conversation Impact Investing: Real or Imagined? Moderator: Inge Relph Global Choices Julie Muraco TBLI Group Holdings B.V. Rachel Payne FEM.Inc Lina Constantinovici BVC Fund |
| 12:30 pm | Armchair Conversation Women on the Front Lines of Systemic Change Sally Ranney AREI Osprey Orielle Lake WECAN |
| 12:45 pm | Luncheon Break Quickly select from a variety of delicious, nutritious buffet food served with reusable items and return to seats. |
| 1:00 pm | Luncheon Keynote A Finer Future: Creating an Economy in Service to Life Hunter Lovins Natural Capitalism Solutions |
| 1:30 pm | Luncheon Keynote Concludes |
Afternoon Session: INNOVATION and POLITICS of CHANGE
Host for the Afternoon: Elizabeth Halliday Grace Richardson Fund
| 1:45 pm | Keynote Address Where the Votes Are Gene Karpinski League of Conservation Voters |
| 2:00 pm | Keynote Address 2 Trillion Trees? No Problem Tom Chi Google X |
| 2:15 pm | Keynote Address Innovative Collaborations and Strategies for Waste Stan Emert Green EnviroTech Holdings |
| 2:30 pm | Keynote Address The Blixt Breakthrough Charlotta Holmquist Blixt |
| 2:45 pm | Panel Discussion Entrepreneurs Leading Innovation Moderator: Frank Rukavina Sustainable Innovations Operative, LLC Gail Levy HFactor Water Dan Powers CO Labs Charles Erdman Ideas by Nature |
| 3:30 pm | IMPACTFILM – Trailer Point of No Return Noel Dockstader Far West Films |
| 3:45 pm | Panel Discussion Wind Energy: 100 Gigawatts and Counting! Moderator: Larry Flowers G4 Wind Susan Innis Invenergy Edward Zaelke McDermott Will & Emery LLP |
| 4:15 pm | Keynote Address Politics of Change Bill Becker Presidential Climate Action Plan |
| 4:30 pm | Keynote Address The New Green Deal Demond Drummer New Consensus |
| 4:45 pm | Armchair Conversation In the Disguise of Democracy Moderator: Timothy Wirth United Nations Foundation David Orr Oberlin College Jena Griswold Secretary of State, CO |
| 5:15 pm | Panel Discussion Digital Democracy: Reinventing Politics with the Iowa Caucus Moderator: Inge Relph Global Choices Tracy Vasaturo Traces Consulting Merlin Yockstick Blue Planet Village Sen. Jack Hatch Former Iowa State Senator and Hatch Development Group Joe Conte The Strategy Agency |
| 5:45 pm | Keynote Address Climate and Social Justice Brad Markell AFL-CIO |
| 6:00 pm | Panel Discussion Clean Free Markets: New Conservative Solutions for the Planet Moderator: Elizabeth Halliday Grace Richardson Foundation Colin Finnegan CRES Captain Robin Tyner, US Navy (Ret) DEPLOY/US and Conservatives for Responsible Stewardship Jon Kelley Kelly Klee |
| 6:30 pm | Closing Remarks Chip Comins AREI Sally Ranney AREI |
Evening Program
Special Guest Presidential Candidate Tom Steyer
Hosts for the Evening: Chip Comins and Salley Ranney AREI
| 7:00 pm | Networking Dinner Buffet & Cash Bar Sponsored by World Ethics and Leadership Foundation and Cambridge Global Conversations |
| 7:30 pm | Break |
| 7:45 pm | Dinner Keynote Address Tom Steyer 2020 Presidential Candidate |
| 8:00 pm | Armchair Conversation Tom Steyer 2020 Presidential Candidate Jena Griswold Secretary of State, CO |
| 8:15 pm | Q & A |
| 8:30 pm | Armchair Conversation Greening the Bridge to China: The G-2 Moderator Chip Comins AREI Daniel Fung Cambridge Global Conversations Bill Mundell IKM |
| 8:45 pm | IMPACTFILM Better Angels Q & A |
| 10:15 pm | Evening Program Concludes |
Saturday, August 17th
Grand Ballroom, Viceroy Hotel
Morning Session: Science + Nature-Based Solutions = Sustainability
Host for the Morning: Bud Wilson Deep Nature Journeys
| 7:00 am | Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00 am | Opening Remarks Chip Comins AREI Sally Ranney AREI Daily Blessing Phyllis Bald Eagle Lakota Sioux Elder Rev. Jane Quiat Methodist Minister |
| 8:30 am | Opening Keynote Address The World’s Water: Status, Challenges, Solutions Peter Gleick Pacific Institute |
| 8:45 am | Panel Discussion What Does Water Resiliency Look Like in a Changing Climate? Moderator: Peter Gleick Pacific Institute Ravé Mehta Water Ledger Jerry Mallett Colorado Headwaters |
| 9:15 am | Panel Discussion Enough is Enough: Cleaning Up Compton’s Water Moderator: Chip Comins AREI Riggs Eckelberry OriginClear, Inc. Fred Martin Compton Kidz Club Cedric Ceballos Formerly with Los Angeles Lakers and Phoenix Suns |
| 9:45 am | Armchair Conversation Can Science Lead the Way in Biodiversity and Climate Policy? Moderator: Maggie Fox Maggie Fox Strategies Michelle Wyman National Council for Science and the Environment Tiina Kurvits EcoSystem Management. Grid Arendal |
| 10:15 am | Armchair Conversation Sustainable Land Use Planning John McBride Sopris Foundation Harry Teague Teague Architects |
| 10:30 am | Keynote Address Solving Global Climate Challenges with Local Food Production Eden Vardy Farm Collaborative |
| 10:45 am | Panel Discussion Go Smart Go Safe Go Sustainable: Regenerative Agriculture Moderator: Eden Vardy Farm Collaborative Jerome Ostentowski Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute Bobby Gill Savory Institute |
| 11:15 am | Panel Discussion In Wildness is the Preservation of the World Moderator: Amy Lewis WILD Foundation Vance Martin WILD Foundation Eli Weiss WildiZe Foundation Eric Schmidt Wildlife Protection Solutions James Brundige Nature Needs Half and First Light Films |
| 12:00 pm | Keynote Address Big Win for Biodiversity: The Bonobo Peace Forest Sally Jewell Coxe Bonobo Conservation Initiative |
| 12:15 pm | Luncheon Break Quickly select from a variety of delicious, nutritious buffet food served with reusable items and return to seats. |
| 12:30 pm | Luncheon Armchair Discussion Ethics of Climate Change: Cambridge Global Conversations Moderator: Sally Ranney AREI Marjorie Layden World Ethics and Leadership Foundation Daniel Fung Cambridge Global Conversations |
| 1:00 pm | Luncheon Armchair Discussion Concludes |
Afternoon Session: Rising Up! The Urgency is Now!
Host for the Afternoon: Bud Wilson Deep Nature Journeys
| 1:15 pm | Keynote Address and Trailer WeRiseUP Michael Shaun Conaway WeRiseUP |
| 1:30 pm | Break |
| 2:00 pm | Keynote Address Y On Earth Aaron Perry Y On Earth |
| 2:15 pm | IMPACTFILM – Trailer Youth Unstoppable Slater Jewell-Kemker Youth Unstoppable |
| 2:20 pm | Panel Discussion Youth Eco-Warriors Take On Climate Justice Moderator: Henk Rogers Blue Planet Foundation Xiuhtezcatl Martinez Earth Guardians Xiye Bastida Fridays for the Future Slater Jewell-Kemker Unstoppable Youth (Skype) |
| 3:00 pm | Armchair Conversation Millennials Moving the Needle Katie Hoffman NEXUS Sandra Kwak 10 Power Matt Myers EarthX |
| 3:20 pm | Armchair Conversation Incognita Incognitum: Moving Towards Solutions in the Climate Crisis Paul Miller (DJ Spooky) Musician and Author Tom Chi Google X |
| 3:45 pm | Keynote Address EarthX: Bridging the Divide Tony Keane EarthX |
| 4:00 pm | Keynote Address Captain Planet: 1.5 Million Kids Later Charles Orgbon Captain Planet Foundation |
| 4:15 pm | Panel Discussion Films Open Your Mind and Change Your Heart Moderator: Daniel Shaw Author and Catto Shaw Foundation Beverly Camhe Beverly Camhe Productions Kate Brooks The Last Animals Michael Cain EarthxFilm Jean-Francois Cavelier True Media Company Rex Wong fliqsmedia |
| 5:00 pm | Armchair Conversation Nexus: Next Gens’ Conservative Case For Clean Energy Aaron Berger Asymmetrical Solutions Sarah Hunt Joseph Rainey Center for Public Policy |
| 5:15 pm | Keynote Address Consequences of the Apocalyptic Myth Andrew Scott Open Mind Project |
| 5:30 pm | Keynote Address A Time for HEROs Andrew Horvath Planet Power Systems |
| 5:45 pm | Closing Conversation Generation to Generation Xiuhtezcatl Martinez Earth Guardians Xiye Bastida Fridays for the Future Julia Olson Our Children’s Trust (Skype) Chip Comins AREI Sally Ranney AREI |
Evening Program
Hosts for the Evening: Chip Comins and Salley Ranney AREI
| 6:30 pm | Networking Dinner Buffet & Cash Bar Sponsored by Global Choices |
| 7:15 pm | Dinner Keynote Address Flourish or Perish: Time for a Progressive Reality Jonathan Granoff Global Security |
| 7:30 pm | Dinner Armchair Conversation The Nature of Consciousness: How Do We Accelerate the Shift Needed Lawrence Ford Conscious Capital Sally Ranney AREI |
| 7:45 pm | Panel Discussion Practical Wisdom: Indigenous Knowledge Guides the Way ‘Home’ Moderator: Lawrence Ford Conscious Capital Osprey Orielle Lake Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network Anita Sanchez Pachamama Xiye Bastida Fridays for the Future |
| 8:15 pm | AREI AREDAY Awards Ceremony |
| 8:30 pm | Concert Valle Musico & Aponi Kai Xiuhtezcatl Martinez Earth Guardians |
| 10:00 pm | Evening Program Concludes |
Agenda subject to change.
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