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Wednesday March 4, 8:30 a.m.
Welcoming Remarks

Wednesday March 4, 8:45 a.m.
Plenary Session 1: Ecofluence and Sustainable Food

Will Allen, Farmer, Founder and CEO, Growing Power
Dr. Mark Felsheim, Vice President, MATC Oak Creek, Co-Chair, 2015 Sustainability Summit & Exposition
Adam Hammes, Best-Selling Author, Speaker & Consultant

Wednesday March 4, 10:00 a.m.
Plenary 2 Speakers: Sustainable Energy - Innovation and Transformation

Jeff Anthony, Director, Energy Innovation Center (EIC) M-WERC
Tyler Huebner, Executive Dirctor, RENEW Wisconsin
Gary Radloff, Director of Midwest Energy Policy Analysis, Wisconsin Energy Institute
Dr. Gong Ping (G.P.) Yeh, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory of the US Dept. of Energy

Wednesday March 4, 11:00 a.m.
Plenary 3 Speakers: Clean Power Plan

Wednesday March 4, 12:15 p.m.
Plenary 4 Speakers: Carbon and Climate - Challenge of the Century

Jane Elder, Executive Director, Wisconsin Academy
Bill McKibben, Video Created by Bill McKibben
Clay Nesler, Vice President for Global Energy and Sustainability, Johnson Controls
Jacqui Patterson, Director of Climate Justice, National NAACP

Thursday March 5, 8:35 a.m.
Plenary 5 Speakers: Fresh Water: Life’s Fundamental Requirement

David Garman, Founding Dean, UWM School of Freshwater Science
Dr. Owen McIntyre, Senior Lecturer and Director of Research Faculty of Law, University College Cork
Linda Reid, Water Business Program Coordinator, UW-Whitewater
Michele Wucker, Vice President of Studies, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs

Thursday March 5, 10:00 a.m.
Plenary 6 Speakers: Sustainable Food Supply and Public Health

Thursday March 5, 11:00 a.m.
Plenary 7 Speakers: Regional Economic Development

John Dickert, Mayor, City of Racine
Rocky Marcoux, Commissioner, Department of City Development, City of Milwaukee
Jim Paetsch, Vice President, Milwaukee 7
Alan Perlstein, CEO, The Mid-West Energy Research Consortium (M-WERC)
Carmel Ruffolo, Director for Corporate Engagement and Regional Development, UW-Milwaukee & UW-Parkside

Thursday March 5, 12:15 p.m.
Plenary 8 Speakers: Education for a Sustainable Future

Ed Begley, Jr., Actor/Author of Living Like Ed, Spokesperson for AO Smith Corporation
Johannes Britz, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, UW-Milwaukee
Dr. Michael R. Lovell, President, Marquette University
Dr. Vicki J. Martin, President, MATC
Lee Rasch, Ed.D., President, Western Technical College
Debra Rowe, President, U.S. Partnership for Education for Sustainable Development

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