Green Cities™ Florida Program & Schedule

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Thank you to our Government Hosts (Orange County and The City of Orlando), the Sponsors, Speakers, Partners in Education, and Attendees for making Green Cities Florida a success!

Speaker powerpoints for most speakers are now available on this website at Resources.

Green Cities™ Florida was held May 20-21, 2009 at the Orange County Convention Center South Concourse Building, and offered a highly interactive, outcome-based portfolio of workshops presented with practical steps and specific plans for participating in the growing $400 billion green economy.

State and national experts in green government, business, and technology provided practical tools, case studies, and resources. Speakers' shared vital information that is driving today’s new green economy and moving Florida towards a sustainable future.

Program Tracks & Session Topics

Wednesday, May 20 — Schedule

8am - 9am	Organic Juice and Smoothie Bar Power Breakfast in the Green Cities™ Showcase
8:30am Room 222	Grand Opening and Dedication of Orange County's new Climate Change Education Center - Orange County Mayor Richard Crotty
9am - 10:30am Room 310A-C	Flipping the Swith on Orange County's new 1 Megawatt Solar System - Orange County Mayor Richard Crotty, Senator Lee Constantine; John Lushetsky, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency; Katie Porta- OUC Board President; Ray Gilley - President, Metro Orlando Economic Development Commission Solar Cities Announcement - City of Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer Opening Plenary Address - Dr. Brian Nattrass
Track	Growing Florida's Green Economy	Greening Your Business A-Z	Greening Government	Green Cities™: Planning, Design and Construction	Understanding & Responding to Climate Change	Wise Business Choices in a Changing Economy	Green Hospitality, Events, and Facilities	Training Course
Room	310D	310E	310F	310G	310H	312	311	319
11am - 12pm	Economic Crisis and Targeting a Green Recovery for Florida - Kathy Baughman McLeod	What Makes a Business Green - Alisa Gravitz	Introduction to Green Governance - Alex Hinds	California's Hot New Financing Tool: A Model for Florida? - Paul D'Arelli	Understanding the Global Carbon-Climate-Human System - Dr. Penelope Canan	Green Information and Communications Technology - Matt Bauer	Event Greening: Creating Sustainable Solutions - Georgia Malki	Standards for Green Homes by the Florida Green Building Coalition - 6 hours (6 CEU) - Jennifer Languell
12pm - 1pm	Local Organic Lunch Break - Demonstration in Green Cities™ Showcase Room 320
1pm - 2pm	The Color Of Green: The Next Inconvenient Truth - Jerome Ringo	How Green Business Can Set Your Company Apart While Changing the World - Marci Zaroff	Federal to Local - Translating the Stimulus Package for Local Governments - Jordanna Rubin	The Bridges: Sustainable Community Design - Martin Black	Surviving and Thriving from Natural Disasters - Dea Corns	Capital Market Partnerships: Green Building Underwriting Standards - Mike Italiano	Resource Recovery and Eco-product replacement - Georgia Malki	FGBC Green Building Training (continued)
2pm - 2:30pm	Local Organic Juice & Maté Bar Break located in the Green Cities™ Showcase Room 320
2:30pm - 3:30pm	Building Florida's Clean Tech Economy - John Adams	The Truth About Green Business - Gil Friend	Urban Re:Vision - Eric Corey Freed	Transit Oriented Design and Central Florida's Sustainable Future - Phil Laurien	Achieving Climate Neutrality: The LACCD Sustainability Plan - Larry Eisenberg	Venture Capital and Financing the Green Economy - Michael Whelchel, Cody Nystrom, Ken LaRoe	Sustainable Lodging: In Search of the Low Hanging Fruit - Peter Goren	FGBC Green Building Training (continued)
4pm - 5:30pm Panels	Sustainability in Manufacturing Operations - Dr. Demitri Nikitin, Ross Leonard	Green Media, Marketing, and Public Relations - Ian Bryan, Sunny Lewis, Eamon Martin, Trish Michaels	Leadership in Florida's Green Local Governments - Lori Cunniff, Devesh Nirmul, Shannon Staub	Renewable Energy Policy and Programs Panel - Charlie Hemmeline, Jennifer Szaro, Michael Dobson	Effective Actions for Addressing Climate Change - Susan Glickman, Michael Wallander, Mickey Lee	Planning Central Florida: Integrating Growth and Conservation - Jim Yawn, Walt Thomson, Jeff Jones, Victoria Colangelo	Energy Management and Solar PV at the OCCC: A Case Study - Jerry Daigle	FGBC Green Building Training (continued)
5:30 - 7pm	Networking Reception — Take a short walk to the Orlando Peabody Hotel for beverages and hors d’oeuvres with our guest speaker who will address sustainable education.

Thursday, May 21 — Schedule

8am - 9am	Organic Juice and Smoothie Bar Power Breakfast in the Green Cities™ Showcase
Track	Growing Florida's Green Economy	Greening Your Business A-Z	Greening Government	Green Cities™	The Built Environment	Protecting Florida's Water Quality and Supply	Renewable Energy Innovations	Training Course
9am - 10am	Transitioning Florida's Agriculture to Organics - Marty Mesh	Greening Your Business During Tough Economic Times - Terry Gips and Gil Friend	Greening Local Governments: Setting a Course of Action - Steve Nicholas, Alex Hinds, Walter Kulash, Robin Cape	The SMART Solution for U.S. Cities to Reduce Wastes, Curb GHGs and Save Money - Janice Canterbury	Green Roofs, Living Walls, and buildings as Green Space - Josiah Cain	Preserving Florida’s Water Supply and Quality with LID Practices - Dr. Pierce Jones	Alternative Energy Innovations - John Lushestsky, Colin Read, Jamie Schlinkmann, David Smith, Tom Mueller	SMaRT Training - Mike Italiano
10:30am - 11:30am	Greening Your Local Economy - Mary Annie Bowie			Self-sufficient Urbanism: Contraction of the American City - Jaime Correa	Greening America’s Schools, New & Existing, through LEED - Robert Van Der Like	Optimizing Water Demand Management Goals with Implementation, Evaluation, and Performance - David Bracciano		SMaRT Tranining Part 2 - Mike Italiano
11:30 - 12:30pm	Local, Organic, and Live Foods Light Lunch in Green Cities™ Showcase
12:30pm - 1:30pm	Plenary Address - MOVING TOWARD A SUSTAINABLE FLORIDA - PEOPLE-PLANET-PROSPERITY- Lt. Governor Jeff Kottkamp & Tim Center Room 310 A-C
1:30pm - 2:00pm	Open Space Workshop Planning - What's Important to You? Be sure to participate in this interactive forum designed to explore your topics of interest in greater detail. - Facilitated by Steve Cochran, CEO of The National Center for Sustainability
2:15pm - 4pm	Open Space Interactive Workshops - Workshops and breakout groups to explore topics presented by participants/attendees. Refreshments provided in the Sustainable Solutions Showcase.
4pm - 4:30pm	Wrap-up and Closing Ceremony Room 310 A-C
5pm	Green Cities™ Showcase closes

Training Courses

Standards for Green Homes by the Florida Green Building Coalition - 6 hours (6 CEU): May 20, 2009 11am - 5pm; taught by Jennifer Languell, President of Trifecta Construction

This training course covers a general introduction to green building, the Florida Green Building Coalition (FGBC), the green home certification process and provisions, the eight categories contained in the green certification standard, and the FGBC exam required to qualify as a Florida Green Home Certifying Agent. Note: the exam is not administered as part of this class.

SMaRT Sustainable Products Standard Education: May 21, 2009, 9am - 11:30am; taught by Mike Italiano, President of Market Transformation to Sustainability.

SMaRT is a transparent, consensus-based sustainable product standard used for city purchasing. It is the leading standard in the market and has the most adoptions.

SMaRT is part of the Capital Markets Sustainable Investment Initiative and its Green Building Underwriting Standard. The US Conference of Mayors supports the Initiative and calls for 2.8 million green and climate neutral buildings, and 1.2 million certified sustainable products by 2015 to stimulate the economy and halt dangerous and irreversible climate change.

SMaRT is approved for LEED green building credit. Independent and legally binding third party certification and global auditing is required.