Hi folks - sorry, I didn't realize that Mark's blurb only mentioned the roundtable's time in his note to me....
--------------------- Hi Gay, I am writing to ask if you would help me get word out about next week's roundtable discussion, *Green Innovation: Challenges & Opportunities*, with 2009 Iskol Lecturer Bill McDonough, author of *Cradle to Cradle*. The discussion will take place 10:30am - 12:00pm in 423 ILR Conference Center. A description of the panel is below. This is an excellent opportunity for students, faculty, and staff to engage with McDonough in a more intimate setting. Any encouragement you could give your students and colleagues for attending the session would be appreciated. Any and all are welcome! Please note that attendees may choose to submit their questions prior to Tuesday to me [email protected]. Thanks, Mark Mark B. Milstein, PhD Director, Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise │ Lecturer of Strategy, Innovation & Sustainable Global Enterprise Johnson Graduate School of Management │ Cornell University 405 Sage Hall │ Ithaca, NY 14853 Tel. 607.255.4982 │ Fax 607.255.5057 │ [email protected] Roundtable Title: *Green Innovation: Challenges & Opportunities* Location: *423 ILR Conference Center, Cornell University* Moderator: Mark Milstein, Director Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise, Johnson School Panelists: William McDonough, William McDonough + Partners Professor Anil Netravali, College of Human Ecology Professor Sheila Danko, College of Human Ecology Roundtable Description: As opposed to past years where forums like this were cast as a debate or point/counterpoint, we are striving to cultivate an interactive dialogue between panelists as well as the audience. The focus of the roundtable discussion will be the implementation and scaling challenges of designing and commercializing ideas and technologies within the sustainability context. A key question to consider is: how do we get there from here? Incumbent technologies, embedded assets, even heuristics and biases often impede progress toward developing more effective approaches for dealing with our most difficult issues, including climate change, ecosystem degradation, and poverty. Each panelist brings a slightly different perspective and set of experiences with which to explore this topic. Themes likely to be touched upon during the discussion will include: - The adoption and diffusion processes of ideas as well as technologies - The nature of effective leadership and personal growth - The role of values in entrepreneurial ventures - The impact of organizational size on innovation and creativity - Future trends in design and clean technologies - The role of a systems framing of sustainability problems in the design process - Challenges or opportunities in today's economic climate -- ---------------------------------------------------- Gay Nicholson, Ph.D. 607-533-7312 (home office) 607-220-8991 (cell) 1 Maple Avenue Lansing, NY 14882 [email protected] Sustainable Tompkins Program Coordinator www.sustainabletompkins.org _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins Questions about the list? ask [email protected] free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
