{"id":8176,"date":"2016-07-08T17:18:01","date_gmt":"2016-07-08T17:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idsunmedia.com\/?p=8176"},"modified":"2016-07-08T17:18:01","modified_gmt":"2016-07-08T17:18:01","slug":"sun-valley-forum-on-resilience-to-feature-global-innovators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/2016\/07\/08\/sun-valley-forum-on-resilience-to-feature-global-innovators\/","title":{"rendered":"Sun Valley Forum On Resilience To Feature Global Innovators"},"content":{"rendered":"

Speakers include business leaders, authors, government officials, investors & entrepreneurs<\/i><\/span><\/h2>\n

By Weekly Sun Staff<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cWhat do a NASCAR driver, an ultra-distance athlete water advocate, a visionary entrepreneur and author of \u201cThe Ecology of Commerce,\u201d a top clean tech venture capitalist, a corporate environmental innovator, and a former Pentagon strategist all have in common?\u201d asked Sun Valley Institute Executive Director Aimee Christensen.<\/p>\n

Presented by the Sun Valley Institute, the second annual Sun Valley Forum on Resilience, July 10-12, will be held at the nexStage Theatre in Ketchum. The Forum gathers leaders from government, business, academia and advocacy, who are evolving some of the world\u2019s most complex environmental and social challenges. The Forum will explore the opportunities and solutions that are redefining business as usual.<\/p>\n

New this year, the Institute will also host a Resilience Film Festival, with a new film each night at the nexStage.<\/p>\n

The Forum is presented in association with Confluence Philanthropy, an impact investor network representing over $130 billion under management, and GreenBiz, a green\u00a0business events and media company.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Institute is pleased to bring global innovators to Sun Valley and showcase local leadership for resilience as well,\u201d Christensen said. \u201cFollowing global agreement last year to both the Paris climate change accord and the United Nation Sustainable Development Goals, leaders in government, business and communities are working to accelerate the transformation to clean, healthy, and more resilient economies.\u201d<\/p>\n

Forum Schedule<\/b><\/p>\n

The Forum\u2019s audience includes investors, policymakers, business owners, communications professionals, nonprofits, academics, and local leaders, visitors and residents.\u00a0It will be aired live online.<\/p>\n

July 10: Resilience: The Strategic Opportunity of Our Time. An inspiring, informative introduction to resilience, with speakers from business, security, investment and philanthropy perspectives.<\/p>\n

July 11: Investing In, Protecting and Enhancing Resources for Resilience. From the global to the local, speakers will outline investment opportunities across resilience, including energy, food, water, land and forests \u2013 including in our own communities.<\/p>\n

July 12: Engaging Society: We\u2019re All In This Together. This is our opportunity to learn from the experts and practitioners how best to communicate with and support the public in taking action.<\/p>\n

Forum Will Include 33 Speakers<\/b><\/p>\n

Paul Hawken<\/b>, visionary, entrepreneur, environmentalist and author of four national bestsellers, including \u201cNatural Capitalism, Blessed Unrest and The Ecology of Commerce,\u201d executive director of Project Drawdown, a social profit organization identifying the 100 most substantive, rigorously researched solutions to climate change.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rob Bernard<\/b>, environmental leader who as chief environmental strategist at Microsoft rolled out the first-of-its-kind internal carbon fee across the company and leveraged technology to build Microsoft\u2019s own \u201cCity of the Future\u201d on the Puget Sound Campus.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Mina Guli<\/b>, ultra-distance athlete who earlier this year ran across seven deserts in seven weeks on seven continents \u2013 40 marathons, five per week \u2013 to raise awareness about the global freshwater crisis.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bob Hemphill,<\/b> co-founder of global energy firm AES and former CEO of AES Solar on the great energy transformation underway<\/span><\/p>\n

Oran Hesterman<\/b>, president and CEO, Fair Food Network and author of \u201cFood: Growing a Healthy, Sustainable Food System for All.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Peter Knight<\/b>, partner (and co-founder with Al Gore and David Blood) of pioneering sustainability investment firm, Generation Investment Management; president of Generation Investment Management U.S.<\/span><\/p>\n

Joel Makower<\/b>, chairman & executive editor,\u00a0GreenBiz,\u00a0and creator of\u00a0GreenBiz.com, host of annual GreenBiz forums and VERGE events, author of the annual State of\u00a0Green\u00a0Business report and more than a dozen books, including \u201cThe New Grand Strategy: Restoring America\u2019s Prosperity, Security and Sustainability in the 21st Century.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

Leilani M\u00fcnter<\/b>, biology graduate, professional race car driver and environmental activist whom Discovery\u2019s \u201cPlanet\u00a0Green\u201d named the No. 1 eco athlete in the world.<\/span><\/p>\n

Colonel Mark \u201cPuck\u201d Mykleby<\/b>, former special strategic assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, former member of U.S. Special Operations Command developing strategy for Special Operations Forces, an F\/A-18 pilot who executed numerous land-based and ship-borne deployments to the European, Pacific, and Southwest Asian theaters, a founder and co-director of the Strategic Innovation Lab at Case Western Reserve University, and co-author of \u201cThe New Grand Strategy: Restoring America\u2019s Prosperity, Security and Sustainability in the 21st Century.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Nancy Pfund<\/b>, founder and managing partner, DBL Partners, pioneering investor in consumer companies (Tesla, Nest, SolarCity).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Brooks Preston,<\/b> vice president for Investment Funds, Overseas Private Investment Corporation\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Lila Preston<\/b>, partner, Generation Investment Management.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Viraj Puri,<\/b> co-founder and CEO, Gotham Greens, TED Fellow (2011), Wild Gift Fellow (2005).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Rick\u00a0Saines<\/b>, partner, Baker & McKenzie, head of the North American team of the Global Climate Change & Clean Energy Practice. <\/span><\/p>\n

Julie Shafer,<\/b> head of Strategic Philanthropy & Purpose Investments, Bank of the West\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Michael Shuman<\/b>, author of \u201cThe Local Economy Solution.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

Silda Wall Spitzer<\/b>, senior advisor, NewWorld Capital, and former First Lady of New York State, where her initiatives promoted green\u00a0buildings, alternative energy, and local food sources.<\/span><\/p>\n

The\u00a0film festival\u00a0features \u201cTime to Choose\u201d\u00a0with executive producer Tom Dinwoodie and cast member Nancy Pfund, and \u201cRacing Extinction\u201d\u00a0with Oscar-winning director Louie Psihoyos and cast member Leilani M\u00fcnter. As well, there will be the Sun Valley premiere and sneak peek of the Tony Robbins documentary film \u201cI Am Not Your Guru,\u201d which will be released on Netflix on July 15. The film was directed by Joe Berlinger, with video introduction by Tony Robbins.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Conference and day passes are available to the public for purchase at www.sunvalleyforum.com. Scholarships are also available. Films will screen each night at 7 p.m. at the nexStage followed by a Q&A with the film directors, producers and cast members. The films are free and open to the public with a suggested donation of $10. For more information and for passes, www.sunvalleyforum.com.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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