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2016 Summit Agenda
June 19-24, 2016
- 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 submit to change.
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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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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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Snowmass Village Mall
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| 6:30 pm | Taj Mahal Trio Concert Contemporary Blues & Jazz FREE Click here for more information. |
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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.