We invite you to join us for WEST 2014 (Water, Energy, Smart Technology) on the afternoon of Wed., Nov. 19, 2014 in Palo Alto. This year's theme is "Net Positive: A Call to Action," and will focus on how businesses and cities in the Valley can aim for a net positive future, generating more renewable energy than we use, sequestering more carbon than we emit and using local water resources.
Speakers:
• Mayor R. Rex Parris of Lancaster, CA, a community that is creating one of the first "Net Zero Cities" in the world
• Neil Duffy, Co-Chair of the Sustainability Subcommittee of the Local Host Committee for Super Bowl 50
• Steve Hipskind, Chief of Earth Science Division at NASA - Ames
• Gil Friend, the City of Palo Alto's Chief Sustainability Officer
• Andrew "Drew" Clark, Director of Strategy at IBM Venture Capital Group and a top strategist for IBM's key business imperatives including Energy & Environment
Sponsors: The growing list includes City of Palo Alto, Bay Area Air Quality Management District, Santa Clara University, SAP, Google, Silver Springs Networks, RideShare, along with Acterra, Clean Tech Open, USGBC (Northern California) and GreenFestival as community partners.
Host: Sustainable Silicon Valley (SSV) is pursuing Net Positive, an action-oriented initiative to build a regenerative region by 2050. The goal is to create a framework that sparks a common vision and to catalyze profound systemic change in advancing regional sustainability. The conference will launch steps toward reaching this goal.
Don't forget to hashtag #SSVWEST
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Speakers:
• Mayor R. Rex Parris of Lancaster, CA, a community that is creating one of the first "Net Zero Cities" in the world
• Neil Duffy, Co-Chair of the Sustainability Subcommittee of the Local Host Committee for Super Bowl 50
• Steve Hipskind, Chief of Earth Science Division at NASA - Ames
• Gil Friend, the City of Palo Alto's Chief Sustainability Officer
• Andrew "Drew" Clark, Director of Strategy at IBM Venture Capital Group and a top strategist for IBM's key business imperatives including Energy & Environment
Sponsors: The growing list includes City of Palo Alto, Bay Area Air Quality Management District, Santa Clara University, SAP, Google, Silver Springs Networks, RideShare, along with Acterra, Clean Tech Open, USGBC (Northern California) and GreenFestival as community partners.
Host: Sustainable Silicon Valley (SSV) is pursuing Net Positive, an action-oriented initiative to build a regenerative region by 2050. The goal is to create a framework that sparks a common vision and to catalyze profound systemic change in advancing regional sustainability. The conference will launch steps toward reaching this goal.
Don't forget to hashtag #SSVWEST
We invite you to join us for WEST 2014 (Water, Energy, Smart Technology) on the afternoon of Wed., Nov. 19, 2014 in Palo Alto. This year's theme is "Net Positive: A Call to Action," and will focus on how businesses and cities in the Valley can aim for a net positive future, generating more renewable energy than we use, sequestering more carbon than we emit and using local water resources.
Speakers:
• Mayor R. Rex Parris of Lancaster, CA, a community that is creating one of the first "Net Zero Cities" in the world
• Neil Duffy, Co-Chair of the Sustainability Subcommittee of the Local Host Committee for Super Bowl 50
• Steve Hipskind, Chief of Earth Science Division at NASA - Ames
• Gil Friend, the City of Palo Alto's Chief Sustainability Officer
• Andrew "Drew" Clark, Director of Strategy at IBM Venture Capital Group and a top strategist for IBM's key business imperatives including Energy & Environment
Sponsors: The growing list includes City of Palo Alto, Bay Area Air Quality Management District, Santa Clara University, SAP, Google, Silver Springs Networks, RideShare, along with Acterra, Clean Tech Open, USGBC (Northern California) and GreenFestival as community partners.
Host: Sustainable Silicon Valley (SSV) is pursuing Net Positive, an action-oriented initiative to build a regenerative region by 2050. The goal is to create a framework that sparks a common vision and to catalyze profound systemic change in advancing regional sustainability. The conference will launch steps toward reaching this goal.
Don't forget to hashtag #SSVWEST
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Speakers:
• Mayor R. Rex Parris of Lancaster, CA, a community that is creating one of the first "Net Zero Cities" in the world
• Neil Duffy, Co-Chair of the Sustainability Subcommittee of the Local Host Committee for Super Bowl 50
• Steve Hipskind, Chief of Earth Science Division at NASA - Ames
• Gil Friend, the City of Palo Alto's Chief Sustainability Officer
• Andrew "Drew" Clark, Director of Strategy at IBM Venture Capital Group and a top strategist for IBM's key business imperatives including Energy & Environment
Sponsors: The growing list includes City of Palo Alto, Bay Area Air Quality Management District, Santa Clara University, SAP, Google, Silver Springs Networks, RideShare, along with Acterra, Clean Tech Open, USGBC (Northern California) and GreenFestival as community partners.
Host: Sustainable Silicon Valley (SSV) is pursuing Net Positive, an action-oriented initiative to build a regenerative region by 2050. The goal is to create a framework that sparks a common vision and to catalyze profound systemic change in advancing regional sustainability. The conference will launch steps toward reaching this goal.
Don't forget to hashtag #SSVWEST
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