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Innovations in Sustainability: A Green Business Symposium

Innovations in Sustainability: A Green Business Symposium

Tuesday, September 28, 2010 from 1:30 PM to 6:30 PM (PT)

San Francisco, CA


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Innovations in Sustainability: A Green Business Symposium

Hosted by Urban Solutions and Sponsored by Citi

Media Sponsor San Francisco Business Times

Tuesday, September 28 1:30 – 6:30pm

At the LGBT Center, 1800 Market St, SF, CA

 

Small business owners have an important role to play in the development of a sustainable economy. This high impact conference will introduce attendees to sustainable business practices and entrepreneurial ideas and feature invaluable networking sessions.  In the half-day conference featuring provocative thinkers, local environmental leaders, and the small business community, attendees will discover innovative ideas and practical solutions for their business. Attendees will leave with the inspiration, motivation and action steps to green their business and in turn the planet!

 

1:00 - 1:30       Registration

1:30                 Introductions:

Jenny McNulty, Executive Director, Urban Solutions

Cheryl Evans, Community Development Director, Western  

Region, Citi

Participants

2:00                 Keynote: Kevin Surace, Founder and CEO of Serious

   Materials and Inc Magazine’s 2009 Entrepreneur of the Year

2:20                 Mugwumpin performance, This is All I Need 

2:30                 Panel of Experts: Tips on Greening your Enterprise

Scott Cooney, Author of Build a Small Green Business

Anthony Tsai, Green Business Program Manager, Urban   

Solutions

Elaine Jennings, Owner Small Potatoes

Moderator Lindsay Riddell, Environmental Reporter, SF

Business Times

3:30                 Thinkubators Quick Preview

3:40                 Break

4:00                 Thinkubators

     These interactive solutions circles allow attendees to

     use the collective power of the group to solve each others’

     business challenges.

     Facilitators include:

Darian Rodriguez-Heyman, CODE Green Agency

Bonnie Nixon, Director of Environmental Sustainability,

Hewlett-Packard

Kirstin Henniger, Green Café Network

Rob Black, Chamber of Commerce

Jeff Caton, ESA

5:00 – 6:30      Green Networking Reception

                     Layer Cake Wines and Organic ThirstyBear beer provided

 

Supporting Organizations

BOMA

CREW SF

Green Café Network

Green For All

Hanson Bridgett

Hub Bay Area

USGBC-NCC

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When

Tuesday, September 28, 2010 from 1:30 PM to 6:30 PM (PT)

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Where

LGBT Center
1800 Market Street
San Francisco, CA 94103



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Urban Solutions fosters the well-being of disadvantaged communities by helping to increase neighborhood commercial vitality, strengthen small businesses, create jobs, encourage diversity and promote sustainability.

www.urbansolutionssf.org

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