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PBLN 2010 Events - September

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February 19, 12:00 - 1:30pm
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Working Group meeting

Hosted by Tufts Health Plan
March 4, 8:00 - 9:30am
Housing & Economic Development
Working Group meeting

Hosted by Gensler
March 16, 5:30 - 8:00pm
PBLN Board Meeting
Hosted by Sustainability Roundtable, Inc.
May 11
PBLN Summit on
Business Leadership and Public Policy

Capitol Hill, Washington DC
May 27, 9:00 - 11:00am
Energy & Environment
Working Group meeting

June 3, 8:00 - 9:30am
Housing & Economic Development
Working Group meeting

June 15, 5:30 - 8:00pm
PBLN Board Meeting
Hosted by Sustainability Roundtable, Inc.
June 22, 8:00 - 10:00am
Education Working Group meeting
June 28, 1:00 - 3:00pm
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Working Group meeting

July 20, 8:00 - 10:00am
Education Working Group meeting
Featuring Massachusetts Secretary of Education Paul Reville
September 17, 8:00 - 9:45am
Energy & Environment
Working Group meeting

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September 20, 8:00 - 10:00am
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Working Group meeting

October 8, 7:45am-5:30pm
PBLN Fall Summit
Hosted by Bentley University
October 21, 8:00 - 9:45am
Housing & Economic Development
Working Group meeting

November 4, 8:00 - 11:00am
PBLN Special Forum: Impact of the Election

Intersects all four Working Groups
November 12, 12:00 - 2:00pm
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Working Group meeting

September 17
Energy & Environment Working Group meeting
8:00 - 9:45am
EnerNOC
Featuring: MA Secretary of Energy & Environmental Affairs Ian Bowles, EnerNOC CEO Tim Healy, and Ceres President Mindy Lubber. U.S. Senator Scott Brown (R-MA) has also been invited and will participate if available.

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At this quarterly meeting, PBLN's Energy & Environment Working Group will discuss current challenges and opportunities regarding business practices and public policy related to energy efficiency, climate change and the clean economy. Speakers and specific topic are TBD.

Chaired by Mitch Tyson, CEO of Advanced Electron Beams, Inc. in partnership with Coordinator Roger Freeman, Principal, Solventerra Energy, in the past this group has addressed the impact of buildings on the environment, and increasing energy access and affordability. Their current focus is the urgency of putting a price on carbon emissions, and the role business can play in addressing climate change as a matter of sound energy, environmental and economic policy and practice.

If you are interested in joining this working group or attending this meeting, please contact PBLN Director of Operations Aaron Chalek at aaron@pbln.org or (978) 337-8210.

September 20
Healthcare & Life Sciences Working Group meeting
8:00 - 10:00am
Host TBD
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At this quarterly meeting, PBLN's Healthcare & Life Sciences Working Group will discuss issues surrounding national and Massachusetts healthcare reform efforts, and at strategies for sustainable development of the life sciences as both social/health innovators and as a source of economic growth. Speakers and specific focus is TBD.

The Healthcare & Life Sciences Working Group is co-chaired by Jim Roosevelt, President & CEO of Tufts Health Plan, and Joshua Boger, former President & CEO of Vertex Pharmaceuticals and coordinated by Valerie Fleishman, Executive Director of the New England Healthcare Network (NEHI), and Brian Carey, Partner with the law firm Foley Hoag LLP.

If you are interested in joining this working group, please contact PBLN Director of Operations Aaron Chalek at aaron@pbln.org or (978) 337-8210.

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For more information contact
Aaron Chalek, PBLN Director of Operations
aaron@pbln.org | (978) 337-8210