Online
Registration Form
The University of
Wisconsin
Law
School,
The Business, Environment, and Social
Responsibility Program at the Wisconsin School of Business, and The
Wisconsin Sustainable
Business
Council together with
Godfrey
&
Kahn, S.C.
Announce a Special
Symposium
Climate Change and Green Jobs: Helping
Businesses Prepare for New Expectations and New
Rules
Friday, September 18, 2009
8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.The Edgewater
Hotel
Madison, Wisconsin
. . .We need to consider
adopting the 21st century way of doing business if we are to excel
and that includes balancing economic, environmental, and social
strategies and practices with lean principles.
Those organizations that understand this will survive and
thrive for generations. . .
Paul Linzmeyer, OECD
Conference Trento, Italy June 2009
The
Challenge
Governor Jim Doyle
May 2008
The
Presentations
The symposium features intensive and
interactive presentations by senior sustainability leads and legal
professionals on:
• Responding to
changing expectations with respect
to carbon
emissions and climate change
• Elevating
concerns about climate change, green jobs
and
energy efficiency
in the strategic decision making
process
• Mitigating
losses and maximizing opportunities
from government
policy changes
• Setting goals
and delivering a strategic response
to energy
efficiency and climate change
Who Should Attend
• Private and
Public Sector Attorneys
• In House
Counsel
• Sustainability
Coordinators
• Regulators and
Government Officials
• Management
Consultants
• Students
Interested in Climate Change
•
Educators
Symposium Planning
Chairs
• Arthur
Harrington, Godfrey
& Kahn, S.C.
• Paul Linzmeyer,
ISO International, LLC
• Scott Minter,
University of Wisconsin Law School
Symposium
Faculty
Jeffrey
Crawford
Attorney
General
Forest County
Potawatomi
Community
Andrew
DeGuire
Vice
President
Strategy
&
Acquisitions
Johnson
Controls
Thomas
Eggert
Associate
Director
Business, Environment,
and
Social Responsibility
Program
Wisconsin School of Business
Al
Fish
Associate
Vice-Chancellor
University of
Wisconsin-Madison
John
Fojut
Vice President of
Corporate
Sustainability
Kohl’s
Corporation
Arthur
Harrington
Shareholder, Environmental Team
Chair
Godfrey & Kahn, S.C.
Dr. Joseph J.
Jacobsen
Associate
Dean
Environmental
Studies
Milwaukee Area Technical College
Dana
LaFontsee
Corporate
Development
&
Sustainability
University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Continuing
Education
Howard
Learner
Executive
Director
Environmental Law and
Policy Center
Paul
Linzmeyer
General
Partner
ISO International,
LLC
Michelle
Mason
Managing
Director
American Society of
Quality
Joe
Muehlbach
Sustainability
Director
Quad/Graphics,
Inc.
Thad
Nation
Executive
Director
Clean, Responsible
Energy
for Wisconsin’s Economy (CREWE)
Murray
Sim
National Practice
Director,
Energy Management
Services,
Titus
Registration
Information
Date: Friday, September 18, 2009.
Location: The Edgewater
Hotel, 666 Wisconsin
Avenue, Madison, WI 53703.
Phone:
608-256-9071 or 800-922-5512; Fax:
608-256-0910
Schedule: Registration
from 8:00 - 8:30
a.m.
Instruction from 8:30 -
11:45 a.m. and from
12:45 to 4:00 p.m. There will be a
15-minute break during the morning and afternoon
sessions. A box lunch is included in the
program. Please check on the registration
form if you require a vegetarian box lunch.
Program
Fee: $200.00 per registrant before September 11, 2009; $250.00 after September 10, 2009. Fee includes course
materials, box lunch, and refreshment breaks.
Please make checks payable to the UW Law
School.
UW-Madison
Students: Student enrollment is
free and encouraged, but limited to the first 50
students. Students must pre-register to
ensure space is available. Please contact Scott Minter at
scminter@wisc.edu
Materials: Materials for this
program can be ordered separately for $59.00 plus applicable sales
tax. Please see the enrollment form for the
amount due, including sales tax. Check the
appropriate box on the enrollment form and include a check made
payable to the UW Law School.
Materials will be sent out after the
program.
Refund
Policy: Refunds will be paid
in full if requested before September 14, 2009.
Continuing Legal Education
Credit: Up to 7.0 hours of
Wisconsin CLE credit may be earned through attendance at this
program. Members of bars in other mandatory
CLE states are requested to contact the CLEW office for information
on obtaining credit in their states.
For More
Information: Please call (608)
262-3833 or (800) 355-5573
or fax (608) 263-3472; or visit
www.law.wisc.edu/clew/
Program
Attorney: Scott C. Minter
(scminter@wisc.edu)
Program Manager: Lynn F. Thompson (LFThomp1@wisc.edu)
Continuing Legal Education
for Wisconsin (CLEW) refers to the continuing education
activities of the University of Wisconsin Law School
and
University
of
Wisconsin
Extension.
Climate Change and Green
Jobs:
Helping Businesses Prepare for New
Expectations and New Rules
Theme:
Customer
and investor expectations, as well as supply chain and regulatory
initiatives, are providing some of the most dramatic changes since
the advent of Earth Day in the way that businesses view energy and
environmental strategies in the marketplace.
No one can doubt that change is on the way.
As with all change, though, there
will be “winners” and “losers” as business responds to this
change. Businesses need to plan now to
strategically take advantage of the opportunities and mitigate the
losses that are likely to result from these dramatic policy
changes. Attorneys in both the private and
public sectors will need to recognize the opportunities and
challenges for their clients and provide skilled counsel as
business strategies are developed and regulatory responses are
chosen.
This symposium will provide an
overview of some of the opportunities and challenges that
businesses will face over the next year. The
goal of the symposium is to foster the development of business
strategies to take maximum advantage of the new generational shifts
in the marketplace and within regulatory and oversight
organizations.
Sponsors
The University
of Wisconsin Law School
The Business, Environment,
and Social Responsibility Program at
the
Wisconsin School of Business
The
Wisconsin Sustainable Business
Council
Godfrey
&
Kahn, S.C.
Agenda:
The Structure for the Symposium
8:00 - 8:30
a.m.
Registration
8:30 - 9:00
a.m.
Setting the Stage: The
Importance of
Integrating the Impact of Climate Change
into Your
Immediate and Long-term Operational Goals
Thomas
Eggert
Paul
Linzmeyer
9:00 - 9:45
a.m.
Implementing the Recommendations from
the
Governor’s Task Force on Global
Warming
and Implications for
Wisconsin
Businesses
Thad
Nation
9:45 - 10:00
a.m.
Break
10:00 - 10:45
a.m.
Overview of the Federal Legislation:
Business
Opportunities for Sustainability
Strategies Arising
from Federal and State Regulatory
Initiatives
Jeffrey
Crawford
Andrew
DeGuire
10:45 - 11:45
a.m.
Overview of State & Federal Climate Change and
Renewable
Energy Initiatives and Business
Opportunities/Challenges
Arthur
Harrington
Howard
Learner
11:45 - 12:45
p.m.
Lunch (Box lunches provided)
12:45 - 1:45
p.m.
Charter Street Coal Plant Conversion Case
Study:
The Challenges and Benefits of Converting
a Coal Plant
to Alternative
Fuels
Al
Fish
Murray
Sim
1:45 - 2:00
p.m.
Break
2:00 - 3:00
p.m.
Green Jobs: What They Are,
Who Needs Them,
and Who’s Doing the
Training?
Dr. Joseph
Jacobsen
Dana
LaFontsee
Michelle
Mason
3:00 - 4:00
p.m.
Business Strategies for Reducing Business Risks
and
Maximizing Opportunities on
the
New Environmental/Energy Policy
Initiatives
John
Fojut
Joe
Muehlbach
The University of Wisconsin
provides equal opportunities in employment and
programming, including Title IX requirements.
Please advise the CLEW office at the time of registration
if you are handicapped and desire special
accommodations. Your request will be kept
confidential.
HOW TO
REGISTER
ONLINE: You can register
online
using a credit card.
MAIL: Please print the
online
registration form. Complete the registration
form and mail with payment to CLEW-Climate Change
and Green Jobs Symposium, Law School Building, 975 Bascom
Mall, Room 2348, Madison, WI
53706.
FAX: Complete the registration
form and fax with payment information to
608-263-3472.
PHONE: Register by phone using a
credit card, by calling 800-355-5573 or
608-262-3833.