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June 19-24, 2016

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Sunday, June 19th

IMPACT FILM™

Solution-Oriented Action Based Films

Base Village Conference Center, Snowmass Village • 10am-10pm

IMPACT FILM is a solutions oriented film festival, featuring documentary and environmental focused films.

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Time Film Director
10:00 am Racing Extinction (1 hr 34 min) Louie Psihoyos
12:00 pm Young Voices for the Planet (5 min shorts)
Save Tomorrow
Plant for the Planet
Dreaming In Green
Lynne Cherry
12:30 pm Mission Blue (1 hr 36 min) Fisher Stevens and Robert Nixon
2:30 pm Wildways: Corridors of Life (56 min) James Brundige
4:00 pm Written on Water (58 min) Merri Lisa Trijilio
5:30 pm How to Let Go of the World (2 hrs 5 min) Josh Fox
8:00 pm Stop The Burning (8 min short) Jeff Horowitz
8:30 pm Breath of Life (1 hr 23 min) Susan Kucera

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Festival Pass $35, Single Film $10
Festival Passes on sale at The Wheeler Opera House and soon available online.
Full AREDAY Summit Passes include entry into IMPACT FILM.

Click here for more information.

AREDAY Registration 10-6 Base Village Conference Center
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AREDAY SUMMIT 2016 – 13th Annual Event

The Summit will include Keynotes, Panels, Armchair Conversations, IMPACT FILM, Networking Sessions and the Taj Mahal Concert
The Viceroy Hotel, Aspen/Snowmass CO

All Sessions Start after a Continental Breakfast


Monday, June 20th

Grand Ballroom, Viceroy Hotel

Morning Theme: PARIS TO EARTH: THE URGENCY OF CLIMATE CHANGE IS NOW
Host for the Morning: Abby Stern, AREI

AREDAY Registration 8 am – 6 pm

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7:00 am Continental Breakfast
7:50 am Musical Performance
Michael Fitzpatrick, Earth’s Call
8:00 am Opening Prayer
8:05 am Opening Remarks
Chip Comins, AREI
Sally Ranney, AREI
8:15 am Armchair Conversation
Nature, Wisdom and Mindfulness: Igniting a Sustainable Future
Bud Wilson, The Agora Projects
Sally Ranney, AREI
Ed Bastian, Naropa University
Susan Skjei, Spiritual Paths
8:45 am Opening Address
Racing The Climate Change Clock
A Time To Choose Film Preview
Jeff Horowitz, Time to Choose
9:00 am Keynote Address
Introduction: Bill Brandt, ASU Lightworks
His Excellency Olafur Grimmson, President of Iceland
9:30 am Panel
The Paris Agreement: Can It Deliver?
Video by Jeffrey Sachs, Earth Institute/SDSN Columbia University
Steve Skadron, Aspen Mayor – C-40
Keith Tuffley, B Team
Sally Ranney, AREI
Osprey Orielle Lake, Women’s Environmental Action Network
10:15 am Keynote Address
Planet At The Crossroads
Inger Andersen, International Union for Conservation of Nature
10:30 am Panel
195! The Great Global Collaboration
Moderator: Jon Creyts, Rocky Mountain Institute
Jens Nielsen, World Climate LTD
Huang Ming, Himin Solar
Daniel Fung, UNDP Peace & Development Foundation
Chip Comins, AREI
11:15 am Keynote Address
Can Renewables Bridge Arab and Israeli Divide?
Rabbi Michael M. Cohen, Friends of the Arava Institute
11:30 am Armchair Conversation
From the Ground Up: Green Growth in Developing Countries
Chip Comins, AREI
Robert Lavia, Dakia
11:45 am Keynote Address
A True Cost Economy: How to Ecologize Capitalism
Randy Hayes, Foundation Earth

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Afternoon Theme: THE GRAND LEAP: GETTING TO LOW CARBON ECONOMIES
Host for the Afternoon: Lucy Kessler, CORE

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12:00 pm Break for Lunch
12:30 pm Luncheon Keynote Address
Oceans and Ice: The Prophets of the Planet
Sylvia Earle, Mission Blue
Julienne Stroeve, National Snow & Ice Data Center
1:00 pm Luncheon Networking
1:15 pm Armchair Conversation
Climate has No National Boundaries: Redefining Security
General Wesley Clark, Growth Energy
Gueta Mezzetti, Mezzetti & Associates
1:45 pm Armchair Conversation
Conservative Values & the Green Agenda
Moderator: Tina Beattie, Conserv America
Trammell Crow, Earth Day Texas
Rod Richardson, Grace Richardson Fund
2:15 pm Armchair Conversation
The Playbook: Climate and Energy in the 2016 Election
Moderator: Michael Dorsey, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies
Gene Karpinski, League of Conservation Voters
Pete Maysmith, Conservation Colorado
2:45 pm Armchair Conversation
Maggie Fox
Sally Ranney, AREI
3:15 pm Keynote Address
Going Forward: American Clean Power Plan
Bill Becker, Presidential Climate Action Project
3:30 pm Panel
Putting A Fee on Carbon: How and When?
Moderator: Richard Eidlin, American Sustainable Business Council
Dan Miller, Roda Group
Mona Newton, CORE
Lisa Tasker, Citizen Activist
4:15 pm Keynote Address
Clean Tax Cuts: Incentives and Dividends
Rod Richardson, Grace Richardson Fund
4:30 pm Armchair Conversation
Cleaning it Up: Natural Gas and the Future
Moderator: Chip Comins, AREI
T. Boone Pickens, BP Capital
Ken Losch, ZHRO 1500 & AGI, LLC
5:00 pm Armchair Conversation
Low Carbon Food: Ethics and Appetites
Moderator: Peter Ward, Humble Plum
Brook LeVan, Sustainable Settings
Leilani Munter, Carbon Free Girl
5:30 pm Closing Remarks
Chip Comins, AREI
Sally Ranney, AREI

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Evening Program

Grand Ballroom, Viceroy Hotel

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6:00 pm VIP Networking Reception
in honor of Olafar Grimmson, President of Iceland
8:00 pm Film Screening
Dear President Obama
Director: Jon Bowermaster

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Tuesday, June 21st

Grand Ballroom, Viceroy Hotel

Morning Theme: BUILDING SUSTAINABILITY: A MOVEMENT TOWARD LIVING WITHIN NATURE’s LIMITS
Host for the Morning: David Orr, Oberlin College

AREDAY Registration 8 am – 6 pm

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On Your Own:
Early Morning Meditation, Yoga, or Hiking
7:30 am Continental Breakfast
Coffee Talk: Regenerative Economies
Led By: Chris Linstrom
8:00 am Opening Prayer
8:05 am Opening Remarks
Chip Comins, AREI
Sally Ranney, AREI
8:10 am Video
Re-Designing Design: The Nemesis of Sustainability
Bill Mcdonough
8:15 am Opening Address
Oberlin: The Story of a City Going Climate Positive
David Orr, Oberlin College
8:30 am Panel
Architecting the Future of the Built Environment
Moderator: Greg Pickrell, Architect
Michael Fuller, Michael Fuller Architects
Harry Teague, Harry Teague Architects
Ann Mullins, Aspen City Council
9:15 am Keynote Address
Taking Texas Net-Zero
Lloyd Lee, Build Native
9:30 am Keynote Address
Re-Building and Re-Energizing Detroit
Carla Walker-Miller, Walker-Miller Energy Services
9:45 am Panel
Air Capture Carbon Negative: A Technology For The Future
Moderator: Bill Brandt, ASU Lightworks
Klaus Lackner, Center for Negative Carbon Emissions
Graciela Chichilnisky, Global Thermostat
Raffi Mardirosian, Joule Unlimited
10:30 am Keynote Address
Theory to Reality: Can Offsets Achieve Carbon Neutrality
Stephen Scofield, South Pole Group
10:45 am Keynote Address
The End Of Business As Usual
Keith Tuffley, B Team
11:00 am Armchair Conversation
Corporate Social Responsibility: Mobilizing Business for Good
Moderator: Keith Tuffley, B Team
Randy Hayes, Foundation Earth
Mark Steftenagel, Corporate Climate Alliance
11:30 am Keynote Address
Big Business
John Smith, Renew

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Afternoon Theme: CAPITAL AND CLIMATE: SHAREHOLDER TO STAKEHOLDER
Host for the Afternoon: Rod Eckhardt, Seminole Equity Partners

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12:00 pm Break for Lunch
12:30 pm Luncheon Armchair Conversation
The Arctic Circle: The Frontier of Climate Change Leadership
President Olafur Grimmson, President of Iceland
Sally Ranney, AREI
1:00 pm Luncheon Networking
1:15 pm Keynote Address
Investing in the Future: Philanthropy and Business
Henk Rogers, Blue Planet Foundation
1:30 pm
Panel
Financing Renewable Energy
Moderator: Rod Eckhardt, Seminole Equity Partners
Clark Lloyd, Nationwide Investments
Harald Walkate, Aegon Asset Management
Joshua Herlands, ORIX USA Corporation
2:15 pm
Keynote Address
Accounting for Climate Impacts Investing in Climate Efficiency
Conor Platt, Etho Capital
2:30 pm
Panel
The New Compass of Finance: Values-Based Investing
Joel Serface, Clean Range Ventures
Vanessa Grellet, Careprint/ IIH
Brett Byers, Partner Ventures
3:15 pm
Armchair Conversation
Divest Invest: Campaign Commanding Change
Moderator: Sally Ranney, AREI
Vanessa Green, Divest Invest Individual
Clara Vonrich, Divest Invest Philanthropy
3:45 pm
Armchair Conversation
Intergenerational Responsibility: The Transfer of Wealth
Katie Hoffman, ResCo LLC
John R. Seydel, Turner Foundation
Mark Bernstein
4:15 pm
Keynote Address
Tony Seba
4:45 pm
Armchair Conversation
Del Worley, Holy Cross
David Hornbacher, Aspen Power and Water
5:00 pm
Armchair Conversation
Media Engagement for Sustainable Behavior Change
Douglas Miller, Rocky Mountain Institute
Martha Campbell, Rocky Mountain Institute
Chip Comins, AREI
5:15 pm
Armchair Conversation
The Seas are Rising: Climate Risk Analysis
Albert Slap, Coastal Risk Consulting, LLC
Steve Michaelson, Video Project
5:30 pm
Closing Remarks
Chip Comins, AREI
Sally Ranney, AREI

Dinner on Your Own

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Evening Program

Grand Ballroom, Viceroy Hotel

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6:30 pm Armchair Conversation
The Power of Education
Carrie Besnette-Hauser, Colorado Mountain College
John Ramo, Digital Directions International Inc.
Lynne Cherry, Young Voices for the Planet
7:00 pm Panel
Linking Women and Climate Change
Moderator: Osprey Orielle Lake
Corie Radka, Resco LLC
Joanie Klar, OME
8:00 pm Film Screening
He Named Me Malala
Director: Davis Guggenheim

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Wednesday, June 22nd

Grand Ballroom, Viceroy Hotel

Morning Theme: THE ESSENTIAL SHIFT: 100% RENEWABLES by 2050
Host for the Morning: Ann, Alliance for Sustainable Colorado

AREDAY Registration 8 am – 6 pm

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7:00 am Continental Breakfast
Coffee Talk
7:55 am Opening Prayer
Rabbi Michael Cohen, Friends of the Arava Institute
8:00 am Opening Remarks
Tim Wirth, United Nations Foundation
8:15 am Opening Address
The Challenges of Communicating Climate
David Fenton, Fenton
8:30 am Panel
Activating Americans: What Works and What Doesn’t
Moderator Bob Perkowitz, Eco-America
Celinda Lake, President Lake Research Partners
Ed Maibach, Center for Climate Change Communications
Cheri Anderson, Director Research SRIC-BI
9:15 am Keynote Address
Solar Valley: Solar Everything!
Huang Ming, Himin Solar
9:30 am Panel
Light the World with Sun Energy
Geoff Greenfield, Third Sun Solar
Mat Elmore, Microgrid Energy
Erica Mackie, GRID Alternatives
Mauricio Castillo, ResCo LLC
10:15 am Armchair Conversation
Next Generation Wind: Money, Technology and Policy
Susan Reilly, Wind Energy Foundation
Jennifer Jenkins, DWEA
Abby Arnold, American Wind Wildlife Institute
John Kostyack, Wind Energy Foundation
10:45 am Keynote Address
Thomas Edison Your Time is Now
Sandra Vanderstoep, Alliance for Sustainable Colorado
11:00 am Panel
The DC Project at the Alliance for Sustainable Colorado
Moderator: John Powers, Alliance for Sustainable Colorado
Denise Dihle, Alliance for Sustainable Colorado
Bern Gallagher, Alliance for Sustainable Colorado
Sandra Vanderstoep, Alliance for Sustainable Colorado
11:45 am Keynote Address
Energy Security and US Prosperity
Kevin Knobloch, Department of Energy

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Afternoon Theme: SOCIAL INNOVATIONS AND CLEAN TECH SOLUTIONS
Host for the Afternoon:

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12:00 pm Break for Lunch
12:30 pm Luncheon Armchair Conversation
Solar’s Journey to Grid Party
John R. Seydel, The Revolution Nation Network
Kyle Sundman, DU Solar
Austin Rosenbaum, DU Solar
1:00 pm Luncheon Networking
1:15 pm Keynote Address
Exponential Entrepreneurism
Harry Kloor, X Prize
1:30 pm
Keynote Address
Waste to Energy: Landfill to Grid
Mike Hart, Sierra Energy
1:45 pm
Panel
Cleaning it Up: The Carbon Opportunity
Moderator: Chip Comins, AREI
Jennifer Holmgren, LanzaTech
Mike Hart, Sierra Energy
Klaus Lackner, Center for Negative Carbon Emissions
2:30 pm
Panel
Beetle Kill to Biochar
Moderator: Alison Burchell, Natural Terrestrial Solutions Group
James Gaspard, Biochar Now, LLC
Bill Beierwaltes, Biochar Now, LLC
3:15 pm
Keynote Address
Social Innovation: Plastic, Poverty and Oceans
David Katz, The Plastic Bank
3:30 pm
Keynote Address
The Rebirth of Hemp: Ancient Plant – Contemporary Resource
Michael Bowman, National Hemp Association
3:45 pm
Keynote Address
Clean Energy: A $3 Trillion Revolution
Brandon Hurlbut, Boundary Stone Partners
4:00 pm
Armchair Conversation
You Reap What You Know
Tom Van Dyck, RBC
Andy Behar, As You Sow
Melissa Beck, The Educational Foundation of America
4:30 pm
Keynote Address
The Faith Based Community and a Low Carbon Future
Rev. Mitchell Hescox, The Evangelical Environmental Network
4:45 pm
Keynote Address
Mike Phillip, Turner Endangered Species Fund
5:00 pm
Keynote Address
Protecting the Places We Love And Values We Share
Margie Alt, Environment America
5:15 pm
Armchair Conversation
Environment America: Taking it to the People
Moderator: Sally Ranney, AREI
Kim Stevens, Environment Colorado
Margie Alt, Environment America
5:45 pm
Closing Remarks
Chip Comins, AREI
Sally Ranney, AREI

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Evening Program

Grand Ballroom, Viceroy Hotel

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6:30 pm Start-Up Green Evening Showcase
Click here for more information.
8:30 pm Film Screening
American Epic
Director: Bernard MacMahon

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Thursday, June 23rd

Grand Ballroom, Viceroy Hotel

Morning Theme: LEADERSHIP AND LEVERAGING CLIMATE URGENCY IN THE 2016 ELECTIONS
Host for the Morning:

AREDAY Registration 8 am – 6 pm

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On Your Own:
Early Morning Meditation, Yoga, or Hiking
7:30 am Continental Breakfast
Coffee Talk: The Link Between Health and Climate
Katie Hoffman, ResCO LLC
Corie Radka, ResCo LLC
8:00 am Opening Prayer
Mitchell Hescox, Evangelical Environmental Network
8:05 am Opening Remarks
Chip Comins, AREI
Sally Ranney, AREI
8:15 am Opening Address
Million Rainforests
Brett Byers, Rainforest Trust
8:30 am Armchair Conversation
Larry Schweiger, PennFuture
Mark McGuffie, International Union for Conservation of Nature
9:00 am Panel
African Trade and Wildlife
Moderator: Louie Psihoyos, Racing Extinction
Sally Coxe, Bonobo Conservation Initiative
Dave Weider, Wildlife Protection Solutions
Damien Mander, International Anti-Poaching Foundation
Mike Korchinsky, Wildlife Works
9:45 am Armchair Conversation
Original Wisdom: Sustaining the Systems of Life
Bob Gough, Intertribal Council on Utility Policy
Osprey Orielle Lake, Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network
10:00 am Armchair Conversation
Hidden In Plain View: Impacts of Population
Bill Ryerson, Population Media
John McBride, McBride Foundation
10:30 am Armchair Conversation
Water
Jon Freedman, GE Power and Water
Chip Comins, AREI
11:00 am Armchair Conversation
The Snowmass Story
Tom Cardamone, Snowmass Discovery
Billy Madsen, Snowmass Town Council
Alyssa Shenk
11:30 am STARTUP GREEN
3 Presentations

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Afternoon Themes:
HEALTH AND WELLNESS: THE FUTURE OF FOOD & WATER
WOMEN FRONT AND CENTER: LEADERSHIP IN THE 21ST CENTURY
MEDIA & CONSERVATION
Host for the Afternoon:

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12:00 pm Break for Lunch
12:30 pm Luncheon Keynote Address
Amory Lovins, Rocky Mountain Institute
1:00 pm Luncheon Networking
1:15 pm Armchair Conversation
Media
Moderator: David Fenton
Jennifer Broome, Fox News
Duncan Campbell
1:30 pm
Armchair Conversation
Culture, Climate and the Global Brain
Moderator: Paul Miller, DJ Spooky
Natalia Vega-Berry, The Golden Brain
Michael Tracy, The Golden Brain
2:30 pm
Panel
Movies
Moderator: Chip Comins, AREI
Steve Michaelson, Lobitos Creek Ranch
Michael Cain, M3 Films
Lynne Cherry, Young Voices for The Planet
2:45 pm
Panel
Leadership: Why Women at the Front
Moderator: Sally Ranney, AREI
Janice Hall
Marjorie Layden, Ethics
Leanne Wheeler, Wheeler Advisory Group
Leilani Munter, Carbon Free Girl
3:30 pm
Armchair Conversation
Greenest Village in America
Moderator: Chip Comins, AREI
Richard Goodwin, Goodwin Foundation
3:45 pm
Keynote Address
At Scale and Everyone Plays: Can Big Cities Really Be Sustainable
Jerry Tinianow, City and County Denver
4:00 pm
Keynote Address
Powering Forward: What Everyone Should Know About America’s Energy Revolution
Bill Ritter, Center for the New Energy Economy
Book Signing to Follow
4:15 pm
Keynote Address
Paris to the US Polls
Tim Wirth, United Nations Foundation
4:30 pm
Keynote Address
Reflections
Maggie Fox
4:45 pm
Armchair Conversation
SHOW UP! STAND UP! SPEAK UP!: Millennial’s in the 2016 Election
Courtlyn Carpenter, BridgeUSA
5:15 pm Keynote Address
Gail Schwartz
5:30 pm
Closing Panel
From Paris to The Polls
Tim Wirth, United Nations Foundation
Amory Lovins, Rocky Mountain Institute
Sally Ranney, AREI
Chip Comins, AREI

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Evening Program

Snowmass Village Mall

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6:30 pm Taj Mahal Trio Concert
Contemporary Blues & Jazz
FREE
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Friday, June 24th

Rocky Mountain Innovation Center
22826 2 Rivers Rd, Basalt, CO 8162

4:30-5:30: Guests arrive

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4:30 pm Tour of Innovation Center
Group 1 (30 min.)
5:00 pm Tour of Innovation Center
Group 2 (30 min.)
5:30 pm Screening of Time to Choose
White Steyer Impact Studio
Director: Charles Ferguson
7:15 pm Discussion and Q & A
with RMI Panelists

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Any questions please contact us.