HOW GREEN JOBS CAN REBUILD CALIFORNIA
Santa Rosa Junior College, Bertolini Hall, Santa Rosa, CA
Friday, March 1, 2013
Guest Speaker- Congressman Mike Thompson(D-CA)
To Register: http://greenjobsevent.com/register.shtml
CONFERENCE AGENDA
8am-9am- Registration
9am- Welcome: Scott Conrad, Director, Information Technology/SRJC, Jessica Jones/SRJC Student Body President
9:15am-10:30am- The Green Economic Imperative
Introduction: Stas Margaronis, Rebuild the United States
U.S. Congressman Mike Thompson, ‘Climate Change and Green Jobs’
Ben Tripousis, Meg Cederoth, California High Speed Rail Authority
Al Davies, Wind Stream Properties
Questions
10:30am-10:45am- BREAK
10:45am-12:15pm- Northern California Green Job Creators
Introduction: Jennifer Hayworth, Sonoma County Job Link
John Nemeth, SMART Train
Cordel Stillman, Sonoma County Water Agency
Justin Real, PG&E
Willard MacDonald, President, Solmetric Corporation
Questions
12:30pm-1:30pm- LUNCH
Introduction: Frank Chong/President, SRJC, Sonoma County Supervisor, Mike McGuire,
Tom McLoughlin, Union Bank of Switzerland(UBS) “Challenges to the U.S. & California Economy”
Questions
1:45pm-3pm- Green Job Training and Support
Introduction: Jane Elias- Energy Independence Program, Sonoma County
Stella Ursua, Southern California Green Economic Council
John Lloyd, ECO-Consulting
Andrea Okelshen, Kinetics Systems
Questions
3pm-3:15pm- BREAK
3:15pm-4:30pm- New Strategies and Old
Kostas Pimanolis, SRJC (retired) Federalism’s Success:Roosevelt’s New Deal
Stas Margaronis , Rebuild theUnited States
Jessica Jones, SRJC Student Body President
Scott Conrad, SRJC, Thank You and Close