ECOngress 2010

ONE GOOD WORLD ECOngress: Legal Wood Sourcing & Building Green Markets

Sunday, January 31, 2010, World Market Center Las Vegas, Building C, 8th Floor C-888

11:30	1:00	1. Green Policy: A Changing World
		Issues related to deforestation, illegal logging, government policy and effects of legislation
	Presenter	Background	Presentation
	Richard Somerville	Professor Emeritus, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Lead Coordinating Author of IPCC 4th Assessment
	Linda Kramme	Manager, World Wildlife Fund's Global Forest & Trade Network
	Karen Steer	Project Manager, Forest Stewardship Council
	Elinor Colbourn	Prosecuting Sr. Attorney, Lacey Act, US Department of Justice
	Ben Cashore	Professor, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
1:00	2:00	LUNCH
2:00	3:30	2. Forests to Factories: Supplying Sustainability
		Manufacturing challenges and successes in sourcing materials and developing products
	Presenter	Background	Presentation
	Scott Poynton	Executive Director, The Forest Trust
	Mark Hayes	Market Development Manager, Weyerhauser Hardwoods
	Antonio Larosa	Chair, Furniture Design, Savannah College of Art and Design
	Roger Jones	VP, Global Logistics, Century Furniture
3:30	3:45	BREAK
3:45	5:15	3. Factories to Markets: Selling Sustainability
		Marketing challenges in sourcing products and presenting them to consumers
	Presenter	Background	Presentation
	Chris Knowles	Associate Professor, Oregon State, Forest Products Marketing
	Jeff Hiller	Founding BOD and President, Sustainable Furnishings Council
	Christina Nicholson	Director of Sustainable Development, Williams-Sonoma Inc.
	Kari Foster	Partner, Associates III Interior Design, ASID with green focus
	Jeff Petersen	Former Executive Director, Architectural Digest
5:15	5:45	4. VIDEO: Celebrate What's Right with the World
	Presenter	Background	Presentation
	DeWitt Jones	Award-winning freelance photographer, National Geographic
5:45	6:30	COCKTAIL Meet and Greet