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Global Warnings: Solutions for the Climate Change Challenge
Terry Tamminen, Special Policy Advisor on the Environment to the Governor of California and author, Lives Per Gallon: The True Cost of Our Oil Addiction

Greening a Community: Lessions Learned from Santa Monica
Dean Kubani, Sustainability Manager, City of Santa Monica, California

Rebuilding Greensburg, Kansas: Re-envisioning a Community Destroyed by a Tornado
Mayor Bob Dixon, City of Greensburg, Kansas

LEED 101
Doug Widener, Executive Director, US Green Building Council
Lisa Elkins, LEED AP, Co-Principal, 2 Point Perspective
James Maher, LEED AP, Project Engineer
Mike Behm, Vice President, Leopardo Construction

Sustainable Land Development Practices: Introduction to LEED ND and the Challenges of Creating a Sustainable Community
Chuck Hanlon, Principal, Land Vision, Inc.

Food Residuals Diversion and Composting
Geoff Rathbone, City of Toronto

Restoring the Outdoor Landscape: How Ecological Restoration Can Benefit More than the Environment
Jack Pizzo, Senior Ecologist and Landscape Architect, Pizzo & Associates, Ltd.
Steve Barker, Senior Ecologist, JFNew

Redeveloping Communities Along the River: Restoring the Calumet River Corridor for Man and Nature
Rick Hitchcock, President, Hitchcock Design Group
Reggie Greenwood, Director of Economic Development, South Suburban Mayors and Managers Association

Burnham’s Grand Vision: From Chicago to Aurora
Emily Harris, Chicago Metropolis 2020/Burnham Plan Centennial Committee
Hubert Morgan, Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning
Stephane Phifer, Planning Director, City of Aurora

Biking and Walking: Lessons Learned from State and City Planning Initiatives
Rob Sadowsky, Executive Director, Chicagoland Bicycle Federation
Ray Irvin, President, Ray R. Irvin & Associates and Former Director of Greenways and Bikeways for the Indiana Department of Transportation
Ed Barsotti, League of Illinois Bicyclists

Locally Grown Food for School Lunches
Anupama Joshi, Director, National Farm to School Program
Bob Bloomer, Regional Vice President, Chartwells-Thompson Hospitality
Greg Davis, Merchandiser, Fox River Foods

Green Procurement: Policies and Strategies for Municipalities and Businesses
Abby Corso, The Delta Institute
Scot Case, Vice President, TerraChoice Environmental Marketing

How Great Design Sustains Greener Towns]
Carol Ross Barney, Ross Barney Architects
Robert Benson, 4240 Architecture
John Clark, AIA, LEED AP, Principal, Cordogan Clark & Associates

Community Sustainable Energy Strategies
Val Jensen, Vice President, ComEd
Bill Haas, Energy Division ILDCEO
Anne Evens, Energy Director, Center for Neighborhood Technology

Examining the Crossroads: Green Building and Low-Income Housing
Barry Mullen, Vice President Real Estate Development, Mercy Housing Lakefront
Scott Pratt, Project Architect, Murphy/Jahn Architects
Larry McCarthy, Regional Vice President for Property Management, Mercy Lakefront Housing

Conserving Our Region’s Water: New Directions for the 21st Century
Joyce O’Keefe, Openlands
Martin Felson, UrbanLab