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THE SPEAKERS OF CLEAN TECH 2008

Chicago CleanTech 2008 will feature a diverse roster of speakers from industry, government and policy organizations from the US and Europe —all of them experts in their fields. Speakers and topics confirmed to date are:

  • Welcome
    • Sadhu Johnston, Chief Environmental Officer, City of Chicago
  • Keynote Speakers
    • James Warren Evans, Environment Department Director, The World Bank
      • Introduced by: Ana Maria Guevara, U.S. Alternate Executive Director, The World Bank
    • Mary Armstrong, Vice President of Environment, Health & Safety, The Boeing Company
  • Economics & Public Policy Panel
    • Dr. William Testa, Vice President and Director of Regional Programs, Chicago Federal Reserve
    • Mathew Wessels , Business Development, Carbon Solutions Group
    • David Widawski, Associate Director, Center for Environmental Innovation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  • Science & Commercialization Panel
    • Moderator - David Gulley, Associate Vice President, Technology & Economic Development, University of Illinois
    • Alan Dines, Midwest Research Universities Network (MRUN), University of Wisconsin – Madison, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF)
    • Seth Snyder, Energy Systems Division, Argonne National Laboratory
    • William (Bill) Delphos, Managing Director, Delphos International
  • Sustainable Water & Land Management Breakout Session
    • Richard Lanyon, General Superintendent, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District
    • Dan Williamson, President & Co-Founder, In-Pipe Technology
    • David Mullan , Regional Manager, Shaeffer International
    • Dr. Kimberly Gray, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northwestern University
    • Ders Anderson, Greenways Director, Open Lands Project
  • Solid Waste & Recycling
    • Jenni Cawein, Manager of Corporate Environment, Health and Safety, Baxter Healthcare Corporation
    • Kimberly Peterson, Director, Environmental Services, Altivity Packaging
    • Henriette Bersee, Environmental Counselor, Netherlands Embassy, Washington D.C.
  • Architecture & Design
    • Elise Zelechowski, Project Manager, Merchandise Mart LEED program, Delta Institute
    • Thomas Rau, RAU Architects, Amsterdam
    • Martha Carney, Principal, Outsourced Innovations
    • Jay Wrobel, Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (MEEA)
  • Renewable & Alternative Energy
    • Mike Maley, Senior Vice President - International Business Development & Project Execution, Fuel Tech Inc.
    • Kevin Borgia, Executive Director, Wind for Illinois
    • Sanjay Bishnoi, Vice President - Investment Strategy, GE Financial Services
    • Dr. L. D. Chen, Chair, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Iowa College of Engineering
  • Biomaterials & Green Manufacturing
    • Giancarlo Losma, President, UCIMU: Association of Italian Manufacturers of Machine Tools, Robots, Automation Systems and Ancillary Products
    • Charlie Keuhmann, President & CEO, QuesTek Innovations
    • Dr. Ram Sriram, NIST Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory
    • Brad Nemeth, Director of Sustainability & Environmental Services, USG Coproration