Greening Up Your Bottom Line Schedule

Schedule at a Glance

8:00 – 8:50 am – Registration, breakfast, vendors

8:50 am – Welcome

9:00 am – Plenary Panel – "Greening Up Vermont's Business Sectors"

• Hospitality – Shannon Reilly, Magnolia Bistro
• Aerospace – Chris Hill, Heritage Flight
• Information Technology – Adam Quinn, Seventh Generation
• Health Care – John Berino, Fletcher Allen Hospital
• Energy-Smart Grid – John Tedesco, Green Mountain Power
• Manufacturing – Leslie Bradley, Mack Molding
• Tourism – Jason Lisai, Sugarbush Resort.
• Moderator: Anson Tebbetts. Discussion will include questions from the audience.

10:30 am – Real Networking for Real Businesses. Please visit vendor tables and leave your business card for afternoon raffles.

11:00 am – Concurrent Sessions

• Concurrent Session 1a
  • Green Project Financing Panel
  • • David Robinson – USDA
    • Bernie Villemaire – Small Business Administration
    • Steven Greenfield – VT Economic Development Authority
    • Peter Adamczyk –VT Energy Investment Co.
• Concurrent Session 1b
  • The Lean Office - Lean Efficiency for Your Administrative Operations
    • Bill Kuhns & Paul Demers, Vermont Manufacturing Extension Center

12:00 pm – LUNCH - Ballroom

1:00 pm – Concurrent Sessions

• Concurrent Session 2a
  • Beyond Sustainability: The Birth of Regenerative Business
    • Cheryl Eaton, Nicole Hade, Will Robb – Triskele Institute
    • Sarah McGinley-Smith – King Arthur Flour
• Concurrent Session 2b
  • LEED Existing Buildings
    • Tim Shea – National Life
  • Energy Retrofit of Commercial Buildings
    • Ken Welch – NeighborWorks of Western Vermont
• Concurrent Session 2c
  • Closing the Loop Through Food Scrap Recycling & Composting
    • Josh Kelly – Highfields Institute
  • Vermont Compost/Biogas Data Viewer
    • David Healy – Stone Environmental

2:00 – 2:30 pm – Commercial Time: Promote and feature your business for visibility, contacts, tangible, business-to-business (B2B) connections and a greener bottom line for you and your customers (2 minutes max. per company).

2:30 pm – Concurrent Sessions:

• Concurrent Session 3a
  • Walking The Environmental Talk Panel
    • Bill Maclay – Maclay Architects
    • Beth Sachs – VT Energy Investment Corp.
    • Christine Kucipeck, Gardener's Supply Co.
    • Moderator Greg Strong, Spring Hill Solutions.
• Concurrent Session 3b
  • Assessing Your Business' Sustainability Efforts
    • Dennis Sasseville – PRIZM Inc.
    • Maryalice Fischer – PRIZM Inc.
    • Susanne Miller – PRIZM Inc.
    • Matt Deluca – Green Mtn. Coffee Roasters

3:30 pm – Networking Continued & "Green Drinks" with Cash Bar and vendor raffle