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2017 Summit Agenda
June 19-22, 2017
- IMPACT FILM – Sunday, June 19th
- AREDAY Summit – Monday, June 20th
- AREDAY Summit – Tuesday, June 21st
- AREDAY Summit – Wednesday, June 22nd
- AREDAY Summit – Thursday, June 23rd
- Taj Mahal Concert – Thursday, June 23rd
- AREDAY Immersion Day (with RMI) – Friday, June 24th
Agenda subject to change.
AREDAY SUMMIT 2017 – 14th Annual Event
All Sessions Start after a Continental Breakfast
Monday, June 19th
Grand Ballroom, Viceroy Hotel
Morning Theme: RECLAIMING DEMOCRACY, COMMUNICATING CLIMATE AND CREATING A NEW NARRATIVE
Host for the Morning: Tara Sheahan Conscious Global Leadership
AREDAY Registration 8 am – 6 pm
| 7:00 am | Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00 am | Welcoming Remarks Chip Comins AREI Sally Ranney AREI |
| 8:15 am | Blessings and Reflections Scott Red Horse Barta GrandMotherEarth.Us Global Water Protector Campaign |
| 8:25 am | Opening Keynote Address Present in the Future of Now Introduction: Marjorie Layden Salzberg Global Seminar & AREI Sally Ranney AREI |
| 8:45 am | Panel Discussion The Framework and Tools to Heal a Divided America and Reconstruct Democracy Moderator: Mathew Schmid Tree Media Bill Becker Presidential Climate Action Plan John Powers Alliance for Sustainable Colorado |
| 9:15 am | Keynote Address Keeping Hope Alive: Climate in the Trump Era Eric Pooley Environmental Defense Fund |
| 9:30 am | Panel Discussion New Ideas in Green Conservatism: Clean Capitalist Acceleration Moderator: Kris Mayes Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability Rob Sisson ConservAmerica Rod Richardson Grace Richardson Fund Matthew Patsky Trillium Asset Management |
| 10:00 am | Keynote Address Getting the Public to Act and Vote on Climate David Fenton Fenton Communications |
| 10:15 am | Panel Discussion Overcoming Alternative Facts and Fake News: Climate Change, Energy and the Environment Moderator: Todd Woody News Deeply Ruarai McKenna Care2 Laughlin Artz 2020 or Bust |
| 10:45 am | Keynote Address The Time to Act is Now: Doubling Down on Climate Leadership Daniel Kreeger Association for Climate Change Officers |
| 11:00 am | Panel Discussion Creatively Changing Climate Perceptions through Media, Film and the Arts Moderator: Michael Cain EARTHx Films Jon Bowermaster Oceans 8 Films Susan Israel Climate Creatives Mark David OTG Productions Carlotta Mast New Hope Media |
| 11:45 am | Keynote Address Co-Creating a Climate Narrative In and Through Culture Maggie Fox Alliance for Climate Protection |
| 12:00 pm | Armchair Conversation How Can the Backward Slide Take Us Forward? Andrea Yodsampa DEPLOY/US Bob Perkowitz ecoAmerica |
| 12:15 pm | Armchair Conversation Crypto Currency: Can the Blockchain Transform Finance? Patrick Furlotti Projects for Change & Global Mana Nick Gogerty SolarCoin |
Afternoon Theme: BIG INNOVATION + BIG INVESTMENT = BIG CHANGE
Host for the Afternoon: Scott Red Horse Barta GrandMotherEarth.Us Global Water Protector Campaign
| 12:30 pm | Break for Lunch |
| 1:00 pm | Luncheon Conversation The New Green Conservatives Chip Comins AREI Trammell Crow EARTHx |
| 1:30 pm | Lunch Break Wrap-Up |
| 1:45 pm | Armchair Conversation $5 Trillion: Divest to Reinvest Moderator: Chip Comins AREI Tom Van Dyck RBC Wealth Management Ellen Dorsey Wallace Global Fund |
| 2:15 pm | Keynote Address Renewable Energy, Finance and Public Utilities Jeffrey Ackermann CO Public Utility Commission |
| 2:30 pm | Panel Disussion Shareholder to Stakeholder: Financing a Sustainable Future Moderator: Tom Van Dyck RBC Wealth Management Jim Farrell CC3IC Ellen Dorsey Wallace Global Fund Hanieh Sadat ImpactX Circle |
| 3:00 pm | Keynote Address Financing the Regenerative Economy Hunter Lovins Natural Capitalism Solutions |
| 3:15 pm | Panel Discussion Finance Mechanisms for Conservation of the World’s Forests Moderator: Sally Ranney AREI Brett Byers Million Acre Pledge Sally Jewell Coxe Bonobo Conservation Initiative Harris Sherman Forest Trends Rod Richardson Grace Richardson Fund |
| 4:00 pm | Keynote Address One Road One Path: Institutional Investing for a Global Clean Energy Economy John Rhee Stratis Private Equity Asia |
| 4:15 pm | Panel Discussion Accelerating CleanTech Investment Moderator: Joel Serface Catalyze Mark Nichols Seaspire Investments Nathaniel Gorence Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy Ryan Kushner Elemental Excelerator |
| 4:45 pm | Panel Discussion Reframing the Research Investment Discussion: Democratizing Investing in Humanity, Nature and Carbon Moderator: Bill Brandt ASU LightWorks Matthew Patsky Trillium Asset Management Ellen Stechel ASU LightWorks Noah Deich Center for Carbon Removal Michael Ferguson S&P Global |
| 5:30 pm | Keynote Address Financing Carbon Negative Technologies Graciela Chichilnisky Global Thermostat |
| 5:45 pm | Closing Remarks Chip Comin, AREI Sally Ranney AREI |
Evening Program
Grand Ballroom, Viceroy Hotel
| 7:30 pm | Film Screening Age of Consequences (1hr 20m) Director: Jared P. Scott Introduction: Sherri Goodman Wilson Center |
Tuesday, June 2oth
Grand Ballroom, Viceroy Hotel
Morning Theme: NATIONAL SECURITY, POLICY AND ACTION
Host for the Morning: Eva Leung Terra Cura
AREDAY Registration 8 am – 6 pm
| 7:00 am | Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00 am | Opening Remarks Chip Comins AREI Sally Ranney AREI |
| 8:15 am | Keynote Address Countdown: The World is Running Out of Water Lester Brown Worldwatch & Earth Policy Institute |
| 8:45 am | Panel Discussion The Impact of Renewable Energy on National Security Policy Moderator: Gen. Wesley Clark Growth Energy Sherri Goodman Wilson Center Jon Powers Clean Capital Andrea Yodsampa DEPLOY/US |
| 9:30 am | Keynote Address Cyber Resilience and Energy Security Erfan Ibrahim NREL |
| 9:45 am | Keynote Address COP21 Terrorism and Resiliency John Quigley Spectral Q |
| 10:00 am | Keynote Conversation Wildlife Protection Solutions Sue Thompson Wildlife Protection Solutions Dave Weidner Wildlife Protection Solutions |
| 10:15 am | Panel Discussion Then and Now: Public Land Policy in the West Moderator: Sally Ranney AREI Jerry Mallett American Wildlands Harris Sherman Arnold & Porter LLP Varushka Franceschi Shapeshift Dream Productions |
| 10:45 am | Keynote Address Derailment: The Story of the Bakken Crude Spill Arlene Burns Mayor of Mosier, OR |
| 11:00 am | Armchair Conversation Implications of National Politics on State and Regional Clean Energy and Climate Action Pete Maysmith Conservation Colorado Jon Goldin-Dubois Western Resource Advocates |
| 11:30 am | Keynote Address Climate Muscle in the Music Industry Adam Gardner REVERB |
| 11:45 am | Keynote Address Avatar XPRIZE Harry Kloor XPRIZE |
Afternoon Theme: THE ALCHEMY OF CARBON: TRANSFORMING, ECONOMIES AND TAXES
Host for the Afternoon: Geoff Greenfield Third Sun Solar
| 12:00 pm | Break for Lunch |
| 12:30 pm | Luncheon Performance President Teddy Roosevelt: Remarks and Observations on Life, Politics and Conservation Don Moon Character Actor Followed by Armchair Conversation with Sally Ranney AREI |
| 1:00 pm | Lunch Break Wrap-Up |
| 1:15 pm | Keynote Address The Alchemy of Carbon Jim White Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research |
| 1:30 pm | Armchair Conversation Carbon Majors Chip Comins AREI Rick Heede Climate Accountability Institute |
| 1:45 pm | Panel Discussion Delivering the Zero Carbon Economy at Scale Moderator: Bill Brandt ASU LightWorks Noah Deich Center for Carbon Removal Jeff Erikson Global CCS Institute Klaus Lackner Center for Negative Carbon Emissions |
| 2:30 pm | Armchair Conversation CCS Tech: Economic, Safe and Reliable? Klaus Lackner Center for Negative Carbon Emissions Chrisoph Gebald ClimeWorks |
| 3:00 pm | Armchair Conversation Pricing Carbon: Driving the Economics of Emissions Reduction Moderator: Chip Comins AREI Richard Eidlin ASB Council Catrina Rorke R Street Institute |
| 3:30 pm | Keynote Address Happy Birthday Clean Tax Cuts (CTC)! One Year and Eight Charrettes Older (& Wiser) Rod Richardson Grace Richardson Fund |
| 3:45 pm | Panel Discussion Simple, Practical, High-Impact: New CTC Proposals and the Race Ahead to Clean Capitalism Moderator: Rod Richardson Grace Richardson Fund Hutch Hutchinson Rocky Mountain Institute Travis Johnson ASU LightWorks Travis Holland Anadarko Petroleum Corporation Aaron Berger Nexus Working Group on Climate Change |
| 4:30 pm | Panel Discussion Moving One Step In: Oil and Gas Best Practices Moderator: Wiley Rhodes One Step In Frederick Lemond The Lemond Consortium, LLC Zane Rhodes Flash Gas Control, LLC Travis Holland Anadarko Petroleum Corporation |
| 5:15 pm | Closing Remarks Chip Comins AREI Sally Ranney AREI |
Evening Program
The Nest Restaurant, Viceroy Hotel
| 7:00 pm | AREI Networking Reception The Nest Restaurant, Viceroy Hotel Appetizers and Cash Bar |
Wednesday, June 22nd
Grand Ballroom, Viceroy Hotel
Morning Theme: THE ESSENTIAL SHIFT: 100% RENEWABLES by 2050
Host for the Morning: Jennifer Broome, Broadcast Meteorologist
AREDAY Registration 8 am – 6 pm
| 7:00 am | Continental Breakfast |
| 7:55 am | Opening Prayer Rabbi Michael Cohen, Friends of the Arava Institute |
| 8:00 am | Opening Remarks Chip Comins, AREI Sally Ranney, AREI |
| 8:15 am | Opening Address The Challenges of Communicating Climate David Fenton, Fenton Communications |
| 8:30 am | Panel Discussion Activating Americans: What Works and What Doesn’t Moderator Bob Perkowitz, ecoAmerica Celinda Lake, Lake Research Partners Ed Maibach, Center for Climate Change Communications Cheri Anderson, SRIC-BI |
| 9:15 am | Keynote Address Solar Valley: Solar Everything! Huang Ming, Himin Solar |
| 9:45 am | Panel Discussion Light the World with Sun Energy Geoff Greenfield, Third Sun Solar Mat Elmore, Microgrid Energy Erica Mackie, GRID Alternatives Steve Katsaros, Nokero Solar |
| 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 Discussion The DC Project at the Alliance for Sustainable Colorado Moderator: John Powers, Alliance for Sustainable Colorado Denise Dihle, 360 Engineering Bern Gallagher, PVI CM Sandra Vanderstoep, Alliance for Sustainable Colorado |
| 11:45 am | Keynote Address Energy Security and US Prosperity Kevin Knobloch, Department of Energy |
Afternoon Theme: SOCIAL INNOVATIONS AND CLEAN TECH SOLUTIONS
Host for the Afternoon: Leilani Münter, Carbon Free Girl
| 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, University of Denver |
| 1:00 pm | Luncheon Networking |
| 1:15 pm | Keynote Address Moving Beyond Fossil Fuels: Ready for 100% Michael Brune, Sierra Club |
| 1:45 pm | Keynote Address The Intersection of Policy and Politics Alice Madden, Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources |
| 2:00 pm | Keynote Address Waste to Energy: Landfill to Grid Mike Hart, Sierra Energy |
| 2:15 pm | Panel Discussion Emissions Reduction: The Carbon Opportunity Moderator: Chip Comins, AREI Jennifer Holmgren, LanzaTech Mike Hart, Sierra Energy Klaus Lackner, Center for Negative Carbon Emissions |
| 3:00 pm | Armchair Conversation Soil, Climate Change and Drought: Evolving Biochar Technology Moderator: Alison Burchell, Natural Terrestrial Solutions Group James Gaspard, Biochar Now, LLC Bill Beierwaltes, Biochar Now, LLC |
| 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 Wealth Management 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 The Determination of Coal Mike Phillips, 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 |
Evening Program
Grand Ballroom, Viceroy Hotel
| 6:30 pm | Start-Up Green Evening Showcase Join us to hear pitches from cleantech entrepreneurs, network and interact with Startup Green participants. The top 3 teams from the Showcase will give final presentations to the AREDAY Summit audience on June 23rd at 11:30am. Cocktails compliment of Marble Distillery. Sponsored by Renewable Energy World Magazine. Click here for more information. |
| 8:30 pm | Film Screening American Epic: Out Of the Many, The One Director: Bernard MacMahon Executive Producers: T Bone Burnett, Robert Redford, Jack White Creators: Bernard MacMahon, Allison McGourty, Duke Erikson This special preview screening will feature an introduction by the filmmakers, and will be followed by a Q&A with musician Taj Mahal and the filmmakers. |
Thursday, June 23rd
Grand Ballroom, Viceroy Hotel
Morning Theme: CONSERVATION, POPULATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Host for the Morning: Peter Hans Ward, Humble Plum
AREDAY Registration 8 am – 6 pm
| 7:00 am | Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00 am | Opening Prayer Rev. Mitchell Hescox, Evangelical Environmental Network |
| 8:05 am | Opening Remarks Chip Comins, AREI Sally Ranney, AREI |
| 8:15 am | Opening Address Rainforest Conservation and Global Warming Brett Byers, Million Acre Pledge |
| 8:30 am | Armchair Conversation Conservation and Climate Larry Schweiger, PennFuture Mark McGuffie, International Union for Conservation of Nature |
| 9:00 am | Panel Discussion African Trade and Wildlife Moderator: Louie Psihoyos, Oceanic Preservation Society 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 | Keynote Address Water Energy Nexus Ken Neubecker, American Rivers |
| 10:45 am | Armchair Conversation The Snowmass Story Tom Cardamone, Snowmass Discovery Bill Madsen, Snowmass Village Town Council Alyssa Shenk, Snowmass Village Town Council |
| 11:15 am | Keynote Address At Scale and Everyone Plays: Can Big Cities Really Be Sustainable? Jerry Tinianow, City and County Denver |
| 11:30 am | STARTUP GREEN Top Three Teams Presentations |
Afternoon Themes:
LEADERSHIP AND LEVERAGING CLIMATE URGENCY IN THE 2016 ELECTIONS
Host for the Afternoon: Austin Rosenbaum, University of Denver
| 12:00 pm | Break for Lunch |
| 12:30 pm | Luncheon Keynote Address Reinventing Fire: The U.S. China Nexus Amory Lovins, Rocky Mountain Institute |
| 1:00 pm | Luncheon Networking |
| 1:15 pm | Armchair Conversation Media Moves the World Moderator: David Fenton, Fenton Communications Jennifer Broome, Broadcast Meteorologist Duncan Campbell, Journalist |
| 1:45 pm | Armchair Conversation Culture, Climate and the Global Brain Moderator: Paul Miller, The Global Brain Natalia Vega-Berry, The Global Brain Michael Tracy, The Global Brain |
| 2:15 pm | Panel Discussion IMPACT FILM Moderator: Chip Comins, AREI Steve Michelson, Lobitos Creek Ranch Greg Reitman, Blue Water Entertainment John Quigley, Spectral Q |
| 2:45 pm | Panel Discussion Leadership: Women at the Front Moderator: Osprey Orielle Lake, Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network Janice Hall, Natural Network International Joanie Klar, Media Producer Leanne Wheeler, Wheeler Advisory Group Leilani Münter, Carbon Free Girl |
| 3:15 pm | Armchair Conversation Greenest Village in America Moderator: Chip Comins, AREI Richard Goodwin, Goodwin Foundation |
| 3:25 pm | Keynote Address Powering Forward: What Everyone Should Know About America’s Energy Revolution Gov. Bill Ritter, Center for the New Energy Economy Book Signing to Follow |
| 3:45 pm | Keynote Address Paris to the US Polls Sen. Tim Wirth, United Nations Foundation |
| 4:00 pm | Keynote Address How to Make a Lasting Difference in a Divided America Maggie L. Fox, Alliance for Climate Protection |
| 4:15 pm | Armchair Conversation SHOW UP! STAND UP! SPEAK UP!: Millennial’s in the 2016 Election Courtlyn Carpenter, bridgeUSA Patrick Kearney, bridgeUSA Leigh Francia, bridgeUSA |
| 4:45 pm | Keynote Address Mission Blue Dr. Sylvia Earle, Mission Blue |
| 5:15 pm | Keynote Address Stepping Up to the Plate: Winning 2016 to Protect Colorado’s Values! Sen. Gail Schwartz, Former Colorado Senator |
| 5:30 pm | Closing Panel From Paris to The Polls Sally Ranney, AREI Chip Comins, AREI |
Snowmass Village Mall
| 5:45 pm | Opening Remarks Greg Poschman, Moving Media, Inc. |
| 6:00 pm | Opening Remarks Gail Schwartz, Former Colorado Senator |
| 6:15 pm | Opening Remarks Michael Brune, Sierra Club |
| 6:45 pm | Musical Performance Michael Fitzpatrick |
| 7:00 pm | Taj Mahal Trio Concert Contemporary Blues & Jazz FREE Click here for more information. |
Friday, June 24th
Rocky Mountain Institute Innovation Center
22830 Two Rivers Rd, Basalt, CO 81621
| 10:00 am | Wildlife Hike Meet in the lobby of the Viceroy for a wildlife flower hike with local plant ecologist Lisa Tasker. Wear comfortable hiking/walking shoes, sunscreen, a sun hat, and bring a water bottle and your curiosity! |
| 3:00 pm | Tours of RMI Innovation Center (30 min.) |
| 4:00 pm | Reception |
| 5:00 pm | Screening of Time to Choose White Steyer Impact Studio Director: Charles Ferguson |
| 6:30 pm | Discussion and Q & A Amory Lovins, Rocky Mountain Institute Sally Ranney, AREI |
Sunday, June 19th
IMPACT FILM™
Solution-Oriented Action Based Films
Base Village Conference Center, Snowmass Village • 10am-10pm
AREDAY Registration 10-6 Base Village Conference Center
IMPACT FILM is a solutions oriented film festival, featuring documentary and environmental focused films.
IMPACT FILM Hosted by
Michael Cain, M3 Films
Greg Reitman, Blue Water Entertainment
| 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 | Breath of Life (1 hr 23 min) | Susan Kucera |
| 2:30 pm | Wildways: Corridors of Life (56 min) | James Brundige |
| 4:00 pm | Written on Water (58 min) | Merri Lisa Trigilio |
| 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 | We the People 2.0 (1 hr 30 min) | Leila Conners |
All-Day IMPACT FILM Pass $35
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 about IMPACT FILM.
Agenda subject to change.
Any questions please contact us.
