Carbon Economy Summit

Andrew Bowerbank
President and Chief Strategy Officer at EC3 Initiative

Andrew Bowerbank is President and Chief Strategy Officer at EC3 Initiative. Andrew is a respected authority on green buildings, industrial design, and low-carbon economics. As Executive Director of the World Green Building Council (2007-09), Andrew worked with international leaders to establish green building networks across Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin & South Americas. For the past few years Andrew has also had the opportunity to work as a member representative for the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP). With a specific goal to deliver a framework for major carbon reductions globally, the focus of UNEP has been about buildings and infrastructure forming a key part of a new global climate deal to succeed the Kyoto Protocol.

Elisabeth DeMarco
Partner, Macleod Dixon

Elisabeth DeMarco is Partner with Macleod Dixon. She has 10 years of experience in the law relating to emissions trading, the Kyoto Protocol and the evolving area of environmental finance. As head of Macleod Dixon’s Toronto energy practice, she represents several leading energy clients in a wide variety of natural gas and electricity matters before regulatory agencies and the Ontario Energy Board.

Gwynne Dyer
Journalist, Broadcaster and Author

Gwynne Dyer is is a freelance journalist, columnist, broadcaster and lecturer on international affairs. He is known internationally for his twice-weekly syndicated column on international affairs, which appears in 175 papers in 45 countries. Gwynne's last three books, all best-sellers, have dealt with the strategies of terrorism, the blundering Western responses to 9/11, and the unfolding disasters in the Middle East and beyond. His ground-breaking new book, Climate Wars, examines how nations will respond to the food shortages and massive refugee flows that will accompany global warming.

Ron Hulse
Vice-President, B2B and Digital Convergence, Samsung

Ron Hulse is Vice-President, B2B and Digital Convergence with Samsung Electronics Canada.

Patricia Koval
Partner, Torys LLP

Patricia Koval is a Partner with Torys LLP. She is repeatedly recognized as a leading corporate and M&A lawyer in Canada. Pat's practice focuses on corporate and securities law, with emphasis on corporate finance (including investment funds) and mergers and acquisitions. Pat regularly acts for issuers and investment dealers in structuring international, cross-border and domestic public and private financings of equity, debt and other securities, and in the design of enhanced or new financial products and services. She has extensive experience in acting for sponsors, managers and distributors of listed closed-end funds, ETFs, REITs and income trusts, principal-protected and other notes, mutual funds, pooled funds, hedge funds, carbon funds and other structured products. With her integrated expertise, Pat is also active in all corporate law, securities law, infrastructure and M&A aspects of the developing area of climate change. Pat co-founded and is co-chair of the firm’s interdisciplinary Climate Change and Emissions Trading Practice and the India Group.

Steve Leffin
Director, Global Sustainability, UPS

Steve Leffin is Director, Global Sustainability for UPS. He is responsible for managing all sustainability initiatives and strategies. Leading a cross-functional team from various business units throughout the company, Steve has worked to implement numerous sustainability initiatives at UPS. Steve joined UPS 28 years ago and has held various positions within the company. As a graduate engineer with a postgraduate masters, he was promoted through several levels of management and has served as a mechanic, supervisor, project engineer, facilities engineer, district plant engineering manager, operations division manager, region plant engineering manager and regional engineering manager. Steve is active with many agencies and organizations focused on advancing sustainability practices around the world.

Nicholas Parker
Co-Founder, Cleantech Group

Nicholas Parker is the Executive Chairman of the Cleantech Group. Previously Nicholas accumulated over 15 years experience starting and investing venture funds worldwide through limited partnerships, family offices, corporate funds and endowments. During this time, he pioneered the first "sustainability" driven private equity funds and participated in one of the first solar IPOs. In the 1990s, he also founded, built and sold an environmental finance firm. He has served as an advisor to multilateral agencies and major corporations.

Gerry Rocchi
CEO, Green Power Action Inc.

Gerry Rocchi is a Co-founder and Principal of Green Power Action Inc. He is a director of the Investment Industry Regulatory Association of Canada and a member of the Independent Review Committee of Burgundy Asset Management. He was Chief Executive Officer of Barclays Global Investors Canada from 1997 to late 2004. He has served as a director of the Investment Counsel Association of Canada, and as a member of the Standard & Poor’s/TSX Index Advisory Panel, the Investment Funds Council advising the Ontario Securities Commission on fund regulation, the Rules Advisory Committee of Market Regulation Services Inc., and the Regulatory Committee of the Investment Funds Institute of Canada.

Tom Rand
Advisor and Practice Lead, Cleantech, MaRS (Toronto)

Tom Rand, cleantech practice lead advisor at MaRS Discovery District (Toronto). Rand is an engineer, venture capitalist and philosopher, with one main mission—getting the world to kick the fossil fuel habit. Described as edgy and direct, Rand is all about finding the promise in renewable energy; helping Canadian companies develop, finance and commercialize clean technologies for the low-carbon economy. Rand focuses on carbon mitigation and is active in cleantech venture capital, technology incubation and public advocacy.

Robert Peterman
Senior Manager, Global Clean Technology, Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) and TSX Venture Exchange (TSXV)

Robert Peterman is Senior Manager, Global Clean Technology for Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) and TSX Venture Exchange (TSXV). He’s responsible for global strategy efforts for the exchange around the clean technology sector. TSX and TSXV are home to 123 clean technology companies, which raised more than $1.8 billion during 2009. The sector is attracting increasing interest from the US, Europe and China.

Scott Riesebosch
President and founder, CRS Electronics (TSXV: LED)

Mr. Riesebosch has a degree in electrical engineering from McMaster University and has been designing and manufacturing high output LED lighting since 1998 when the first high output LEDs came to market. He is the President of CRS Electronics (TSXV: LED), an Energy Star and Lighting Facts partner. CRS is an electronic contract manufacturer that specializes in LED sub-assemblies, LED MR16 and PAR lamps. Mr. Riesebosch has been a speaker at a number of conferences including the US Department of Energy Workshop on solid state lighting, Illumination Engineering Society, IIDEX, Strategies In Light, LEDs 2008, International Association of Lighting Designers Conference, ArchLED, Energy Star Lighting Partner Meeting and more, educating businesses and consumers in an effort to assist them in making better and informed purchasing decisions regarding LED technology. He conducted a webcast entitled “Essentials for Designing LED Luminaires” on behalf of LEDs Magazine, which drew an audience of approximately 600 LED industry professionals. He has been a guest on the popular “Powerlines” radio show in Toronto hosted by Peter Love, chief conservation officer for the Ontario Power Authority. Lighting applications in which Mr. Riesebosch has been involved include military, aviation, medical, retail signage, automotive, flashlights, emergency vehicles, architectural, underwater, theatrical, street lighting, and halogen lamp replacements

Rick Huijbregts
Vice-President of Cisco Canada’s Smart + Connected Communities practice

Prior to joining Cisco, Huijbregts was executive director of the Center for Design Informatics at the Harvard Design School. He was also cofounder and CEO of Edificium Inc. and consulted for international clients AEW Capital, McGraw-Hill Construction, Aukett Architects, and Capital Planning Technologies. Huijbregts holds a bachelor’s degree in construction management from the Tilburg Polytechnical University in the Netherlands; a master’s degree in real estate development and project management from Delft University in the Netherlands; and a doctorate from Harvard University with a specialization in real estate technology and investment management.

Sheryl Keller
Senior Manager, Strategic Marketing, Philips Lighting

Sheryl Keller is Senior Manager, Strategic Marketing at Philips Lighting, a division of Philips Electronics Limited, in charge of brand, marketing communications, and product management. Sheryl is responsible for leading the corporation’s strategic focus on bringing lighting innovation to Canada in both B2B and B2C markets.

Mark Lichtblau
Corportate Vice-President, El-En Packaging Co. Ltd./ Haremar Plastic Mfg. Ltd.

Since 1997, Mark Lichtblau has been the Corporate Vice President of El-En Packaging Company a leading manufacturer of retail garbage bags and Haremar Plastic Manufacturing a manufacturer of polyethylene films for packaging. He has focused his efforts on the optimization and maximization of company resources. Mr. Lichtblau holds a B.B.M. from Ryerson University in accounting and Finance and a M.B.A. from Clarkson University in Business Strategy. He is also active in various industry associations such as the Plastic Film Manufacturers of Canada and Canadian Plastics Industry association. As well Mr. Lichtblau is an active member of several community groups.

Graham Campbell
Associate Director, Energy, Environment and Technology, Conference Board of Canada

Graham Campbell is Associate Director, Energy, Environment and Technology at the Conference Board of Canada, leading the Board’s networks and research in energy sustainability, climate change adaptation, corporate carbon disclosure and clean energy. Graham is the CBoC’s lead for the Carbon Disclosure Project 2009 Canada 200 Report which highlights the results and insights from the annual survey of Canada’s 200 largest corporations. Graham manages the CBoC’s Business Council on Sustainability, a national network of sustainability practitioners. With respect to adaptation to climate change, Graham manages the Conference Board's Leadership Roundtable on Climate Change Adaptation. Graham also manages the new Centre for Clean Energy, which was launched in October 2009 and is the lead author on many recent CBC publications concerning climate change and sustainability.

Scott Deugo
Senior Vice President
Design, Marketing and Sustainable Development, Teknion

Scott Deugo is Senior Vice-President of Design, Marketing and Sustainable Development at Teknion, responsible for worldwide product design and corporate marketing. He also leads the corporation’s strategic focus on reducing environmental impacts towards the goal of sustainable development.

Bruce Dudley
Senior Vice-President, the Delphi Group

Bruce offers high-level strategic advice to clients on various aspects of sustainable development. He also leads Delphi's public services practice area where his role is focused on the environmental policies of government and the application of smart regulation and other regulatory and non-regulatory approaches to effect change in corporate and public behaviour. Bruce joined the Delphi Group with over 20 years of experience in the healthcare sector and is recognized as one of Canada's leading experts in the strategic integration of health and environmental issues.

Sasha Jacob
President and CEO, Jacob Securities Inc.

Sasha Jacob is President and CEO of Jacob Securities Inc. an independent investment bank focused on the renewable power, cleantech and energy sectors. Jacob Securities’ principals have managed more renewable financings than any other Canadian investment bank. Sasha brings over 14 years of experience in the power sector, including founding and leading the power sector practice at a leading Canadian investment bank, as well as several years in senior political positions as Special Assistant to the Ontario Minister of Energy. He has managed and structured over 40 transactions in the renewable sector in the last five years, and has participated in renewable financings valued at more than $2 billion. Sasha was recognized by Institutional Investor as one of the “5 Most Influential Emerging Players in Renewable Energy”.

Michael Krzus
Partner, (Public Policy and External Affairs Group), Grant Thornton LLP

Michael Krzus is a Partner with Grant Thornton LLP in the Public Policy and External Affairs Group. Michael is Grant Thornton’s global expert on improving corporate reporting, and has represented his firm in U.S. and international business reporting initiatives. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants’ Assurance Services Executive Committee; and co-author of One Report: Integrated Reporting for a Sustainable Strategy.

Wendy Potomski
Vice-President, LLP’s Sustainable Business Solutions & Climate Change Services practice, PricewaterhouseCoopers

Wendy Potomski is a Vice-President with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP’s Sustainable Business Solutions and Climate Change Services practice in Toronto. Wendy is a Charter Financial Analyst (CFA) charter holder within PwC’s Advisory Services practice and has followed closely the issue of climate change and the developments within Ontario's energy industry since 2000.

Susan Sheehan
Director, Sustainability Marketing and Business Development

Susan Sheehan is the Director of Client Business and Sustainability with motumb2b. Susan is a strategic thinker and tactical consultant. She has worked extensively in both B2B and B2C industries, with a particular focus on technology-based and environmental-related businesses over the past 19 years. She has delivered strategy, marketing and operations expertise to financial institutions (CIBC, Monarch Wealth), educational institutes (Queen's School of Business, Rotman School of Business), as well as to heavy industry, technology, manufacturing and government organizations.

Luc Robitaille
Corporate Manager, Environment, Holcim Cement

Luc Robitaille is the Corporate Director of Environment for St Lawrence Cement, the Canadian subsidiary of Holcim of Switzerland, selected for the past three years as leader of the materials and construction supersector of the Dow Jones Sustainability Index. He has been the chair of the environmental committee of the Cement Association of Canada since 2006.

Karen Clarke-Whistler
Chief Environment Officer, TD Bank Financial Group

Karen Clarke-Whistler, chief environment officer for TD Bank Financial Group is responsible for developing and implementing an environmental strategy that meets TD’s stated goal of becoming the environmental leader in the banking industry in North America. A respected environmental scientist, prior to joining TD Karen worked as an environmental consultant on projects around the globe relating to sustainable development of the natural resource and energy sectors.

Chris Conway
President & Chief Staff Officer, BOMA GREATER TORONTO AREA

Prior to joining BOMA Toronto, Chris was vice-president, government relations at the Real Property Association of Canada. He has been a member of joint government/industry groups and industry-wide advocacy coalitions and prepared detailed policy submissions on matters of concern for the commercial real estate sector.

Steve Koles
President and Chief Executive Officer, Hemisphere GPS

Prior to joining Hemisphere GPS in September 2006, Steve was most recently Vice-president and General Manager at AOL Canada Inc. where he led the Internet Services Business in Canada including the AOL, Netscape, and Compuserve portfolios. Prior to AOL Canada, Steve has also held executive management positions at R4 Management Group, Windypoint Capital, Group Telecom, and TELUS Corporation. In addition, he has served on boards and in advisory capacities with such organizations as Route1 Inc., the Canadian Association of Internet Providers, and WURCnet/Netera Alliance. He is a graduate from the Faculty of Management at the University of Alberta, and the Executive Management Program at the University of Western Ontario’s Richard Ivey School of Business.

Bruce M. Kahn
PhD, Director. Senior Investment Analyst for DB Climate Change Advisors: New York

Joined the Company in 2008 with 20 years of experience in environmental research, most recently as it relates to investments. Prior to joining Deutsche Bank, he managed assets for high net-worth and institutional investors at CitiSmith Barney's Private Wealth Management Group. Previous experience includes investment and market research for IC Value Inc (previously Center for Sustainable Systems Studies, Miami University of Ohio), management consulting and corporate sustainability strategist for Cameron-Cole, LLC and environmental research positions for the University of Wisconsin, Madison, The Ecological Society of America and Auburn University, and service in the US Peace Corps as an agricultural agent and provincial representative.

Phillip Ludvigsen
Ph.D, Director, Carbon Advisory Services, KPMG Canada

Phil has over 25 years of environmental engineering, finance, risk and carbon management experience. He is currently Director, Carbon Advisory Services for KPMG Canada where he is focused on Greenhouse Gas (GHG) reporting, verification and entity carbon accounting. Phil provided senior technical review for the first regulatory offsets to be sold in North America and advisory services to a variety of industry and government concerns. His clients including major electric utilities, oil & gas companies, energy companies, and large international manufactures as well as various Canadian Provinces and the US EPA.