Sustainable Innovation 06
Global challenges, issues and solutions

Day 1

9.00 Registration

9.30 Welcome and introduction
Martin Charter, Director, The Centre for Sustainable Design, UK
John Paul Kusz, Director, CES, IIT, US
Sadhu Johnston , Commissioner, City of Chicago Department of Environment, US

10.00 Sustainable Innovation – Global Dimensions
Martin Charter, Director, The Centre for Sustainable Design, UK

10.20 Keynote: Sustainable Innovation – New Perspectives
Professor Fred Steward, Director: ESRC Sustainable Technologies Programme, Innovation & Entrepreneurship, BRESE, Brunel University, UK

10.50 Public Procurement as a Driver for Sustainable Innovation
Chris O'Brien, Director, Center for a New American Dream, US

11.25 Coffee and networking

11.50 Design for Global Resilience
Joseph Fiksel, Co-Director, Center for Resilience, The Ohio State University, US

12.25 Sustainable Innovation: New Perspectives
Hunter Lovins, President, Natural Capitalism Solutions, US

1.00 Lunch

2.00 Integrated Sustainable Innovation
David Douglas, Vice President, Eco-Responsibility, Sun Microsystems, UK

2.40 Human Development through the Market - Contributing to the Millennium Development Goals.
Michael Kuhndt, Head, UNEP/Wuppertal Centre for Sustainable Consumption & Production ( SCP ), Germany

3.20 Coffee and networking

3.40 A New Business Model for Social Innovation
Nick Hughes, Head of Social Innovation, Vodafone Group, UK

4.20 Case study
Ciro Fusco, Innovation Lead, Innovation Kitchen, Nike, US

5.00 Managing Sustainable Innovation
John Bradford, Vice President, Research & Development, Interface , UK

5.40 Summary
Martin Charter, Director, The Centre for Sustainable Design, UK

6.00 Drinks + Entertainment

7.30 Close

8.00 Conference dinner

Day 2

Chair: Graham Tubb, Chief Sustainability Advisor, South East England Development Agency (SEEDA)

8.30 Registration

9.00 Introduction
Martin Charter, Director, The Centre for Sustainable Design , UK

9.05 Keynote: Innovative Low Carbon Technologies
Dr Michael Walsh, Vice President, Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX), US

9.30 Refereed papers

12.30 Report-back and discussion

1.00 Lunch

2.00 "Outing Carbon": The Carbon Footprint We Don't See
John-Paul Kusz, Director, CES, IIT , US

2.25 Low Carbon Solutions: Opportunities for Innovators, Designers and Entrepreneurs
Panel Discussion

4.25 Conference Summary
Martin Charter, Director, The Centre for Sustainable Design , UK

4.45 Close