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Green-Tech & Sustainability Conference at the U.N. - October 7, 2009 Print E-mail
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Organized by UN-GAID and AIT Global


Video produced by CIOZone.com

Partners: CIOZone.com, WITI, SIM NY Chapter, CIO Executive Council

Co-Sponsors: Cisco, Symantec, EMC Corporation, and Dell Corporation

9:00 - 9:30 Official Opening and Welcome Remarks:
H.E. Sylvie Lucas, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Luxembourg to the UN, President, ECOSOC
Sarbuland Khan, Executive Coordinator, UN-GAID
David W Hsieh, Vice President, Solutions Marketing, Emerging Technologies, Cisco Systems, Inc.
Jeff Nick, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, EMC Corporation
Tod Arbogast, Director, Dell Sustainable Business
Mike Lackey, President, AIT Global
9:30 - 10:00 Sarbuland Khan, Executive Coordinator, UN-GAID
Sarbuland will discuss, The UN-GAID's Goals in GreenTech & Sustainability
10:00 - 10:30 David W Hsieh, VP, Solutions Marketing, Emerging Technologies, Cisco Systems, Inc.
David will discuss, Networked Sustainability
“By deploying innovative information technology and using the network as a platform for 21st century sustainability, we can have a significant impact on GhG reductions by accelerating our customers’ green goals. Attendees will learn how Cisco is using information technology to respond to climate change by creating new models to address the complex global environmental challenges of our time.”
10:30 - 11:00 Jeff Nick, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, EMC
Jeff will discuss, Information Infrastructure: A Key to Sustainability
“Information is one of the most valuable and renewable resources for improving health care, energy, finance, and other aspects of global development. Vast volumes of information must be efficiently and effectively mined, refined, and delivered. Attendees will learn how the emerging global information infrastructure supports this objective.”
11:30 - 11:45 Tod Arbogast, Director, Dell Sustainable Business
Tod will discuss, A Holistic Approach to Measured Environmental Action
“Increasingly, organizations are implementing sustainable practices throughout their businesses. Attendees will learn how Dell is taking a holistic approach to increasing customer value, reducing resource requirements and lowering costs, while making a positive measured difference towards our shared planet.”
11:45 - 12:00 Dr. Cheemin Bo-Linn, Board Member WITI; CEO, Peritus Partners, Inc.
Cheemin will discuss, Economic Prosperity through Green Sustainability
”Attendees will learn how innovative practices can help business and government improve their economic and social development.”
12:00 - 12:30 Expert Panel: Moderator, Bill Gerneglia, COO, Professional Social Networks; Managing Editor, CIOZone.com
Topic: Innovative Green Strategies A discussion of the impact of Green IT on an organization’s bottom line and global carbon footprint
Panel Members: Edmund B. Richards, Director of WW Business Development, Cisco Systems Emerging Technologies Group
Kathrin R. Winkler, Sr. Director, Chief Sustainability Officer, EMC Corporation
Jeff Seigel, B.S., J.D.; VP, AIT Global; LEED AP; Adjunct Professor, NYU-Poly
Dr. Cheemin Bo-Linn, Board Member WITI; CEO, Peritus Partners, Inc.
12:30 - 12:50 Endnotes: Executive Overview of the Morning Proceedings This summary will recap what CIO Magazine and the CIO Executive Forum consider the morning’s “take-a-ways.”
Moderator, Gary Beach, Publisher Emeritus, CIO Magazine
Edmund B. Richards, Director, WW Business Development, Cisco
Kathrin R. Winkler, Sr. Director, Chief Sustainability Officer, EMC Corporation
2:30 - 2:45 Welcome Back: H.E. Ghazi Jomaa, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of Tunisia to the United Nations
Sarbuland Khan, Executive Coordinator, UN-GAID
David Thompson, Group President and Chief Information Officer, Symantec Services Group
Mike Lackey, President, AIT Global
2:45 - 3:15 David Thompson, Group President and Chief Information Officer, Symantec Services Group
David will discuss, Enabling Sustainability through Software
“Many companies today are focused on how to minimize their environmental footprint, but how can they utilize software and services to meet their goals in a cost effective manner? Attendees will learn how companies, including Symantec, are enabling sustainability through the implementation of technology solutions that allow them to reduce their carbon footprint, increase energy efficiencies and reduce cost.”
3:15 - 3:35 Jeffrey S. Seigel, B.S., J.D.; LEED AP; V.P., AIT Global; Adjunct Professor, NYU-POLY
Green Building’s Impact on Global Warming; Global Green Building Code
“Attendees will learn about affordable, practical and immediate solution to effectively reduce Global Warming, including overviews of fossil fuels, green house gases, sustainability, green building technologies, and LEED.”
4:00 - 4:30 Expert Panel: Moderator, Judy Arteche-Carr, Chairperson, Society for Information Management (SIM), New York Chapter
Topic: Sustainable Environment Actions The panel will discuss sustainable business practices and technologies aimed at reducing carbon footprints and operating costs.
Panel Members: Jose Iglesias, Vice President, Global Solutions, Symantec
Tod Arbogast, Director, Dell Sustainable Business
Roger Green, Contributing Editor, CIOZone.com; and, a former CIO, CTO, and COO
Carol Baroudi, Research Director, Green IT and Sustainability, Aberdeen Group, author “Green IT for Dummies”
 
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