PBLN Summit Agenda

Business Leadership and Public Policy: Inventing a More Sustainable Economy
Friday, November 20, 2009│Boston, MA

9:00 – 10:00am	Registration (Smith Hall Foyer)
10:15 – 10:25am	Welcome (Smith Hall) Thomas D. Dretler, President & CEO, Eduventures, Inc. & President, PBLN
10:30 – 11:30am	"Blue Sky" Roundtable Sessions (Smith Hall) Small group-brainstorming sessions where the “blue sky” is the only limit on your ideas. Each is led by a pair of facilitators from the worlds of business and policy. The purpose is to focus on a specific challenge and how it can be addressed by business leaders as part of “inventing a more sustainable economy”. Roundtable #1 How can we Foster Economic Development that links Housing Markets and Job Growth? Edith Silva (Partner, Next Street Financial), and Tina Brooks (Massachusetts Undersecretary of Housing and Economic Development) Roundtable #2 How Can we Effect Change in the Corporate Carbon Footprint? Janet Kraus (CEO, Spire), Mark Shirman (President & CEO, Glasshouse Technologies), and Patti Prairie (CEO, Brighter Planet) Roundtable #3 Can we Afford True Innovation in Education? Winston Henderson (Vice President & General Counsel, Surface Logix), and Noah Berger (Executive Director, Massachusetts Budget & Policy Center) Roundtable #4 Can We Offer Zero Taxes for Zero Net-Energy Buildings? James F. Boyle (President & CEO, Sustainability Roundtable, Inc.), and Mark Gallagher (Massachusetts District Director, Congressman Ed Markey)* Roundtable #5 What Makes a Healthy Life Sciences Cluster? Matthew Henshon (Founding Partner, Henshon Parker LLC), and Glen Comiso (Executive Director, Massachusetts Life Sciences Collaborative) Roundtable #6 How Can We Build More Homes People Can Actually Afford to Buy? Thomas N. O’Brien (Managing Director, The HYM Investment Group, LLC.), and Brenda McKenzie (Director of Economic Development, Boston Redevelopment Authority) Roundtable #7 How should we Message Energy Efficiency? Laura Bartsch (Principal, Millville Partners) & Susan Kaplan (Marketing Coordinator, Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources) Roundtable #8 Can we have both a Progressive Tax Policy and an Innovation Economy? Jay Kaufman (Massachusetts State Representative) and Jeffrey J. Bussgang (General Partner, Flybridge Capital Partners) Roundtable #9 Can we Shift the Public/Private Focus from Healthcare Coverage to Healthy People? Rebecca Onie (Co-founder & CEO, Project HEALTH) and Philip Edmundson (CEO, William Gallagher Associates) Roundtable #10 Can we Rein in Wall Street and Protect Financial Markets from Disaster? Robert Kuttner (Co-founder & co-Editor, The American Prospect) and Justin Dangel (CEO, Consumer United)
11:30 – 12:00pm	Networking Break
11:45pm	Lunch
12:15 – 1:30pm	PBLN Working Group panel sessions Health Reform and Cost Containment: The Next Frontier (Smith Hall) Chairs: James R. Roosevelt, Jr. (President & CEO, Tufts Health Plan), and Joshua Boger, Ph.D., (Founder & President, Vertex Pharmaceuticals – ret.) Moderator: James R. Roosevelt, Jr. Panelists: Dr. JudyAnn Bigby, Massachusetts Secretary of Health & Human Services Robert Kuttner, Founder & Co-Editor, The American Prospect Paul F. Levy, President & CEO, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Philip Edmundson, President & CEO, William Gallagher Associates & Chair, Mass ACT (Affordable Care Today) Coalition Dr. Gene Lindsey, President and CEO, Atrius Health Richard Pops, President & CEO, Alkermes Innovation for All Students: Transforming K-12 Educational Opportunity (Dave Powers Room) Chair: Gloria Cordes Larson (President, Bentley University) Moderator: Paul Sagan (President & CEO, Akamai Technologies) Panelists: Paul Reville, Massachusetts Secretary of Education Anne Wass, President, Massachusetts Teachers Association Christopher Gabrieli, Chairman, Massachusetts2020 Foundation Paul Grogan, President & CEO, The Boston Foundation Jonah Edelman, co-Founder &CEO, Stand for Children Putting a Price on Carbon: The Business of Climate Change (Atlantic Room) Chairs: Mitchell G. Tyson, (CEO & Director, Advanced Electron Beams), and Thomas N. O’Brien (Managing Director, The HYM Investment Group, LLC.) Moderator: Mitchell G. Tyson Panelists: Martin Madaus, President & CEO, Millipore Corporation Patti Prairie, President & CEO, Brighter Planet Jay Kaufman, Massachusetts State Representative Nick D’Arbeloff, Executive Director, New England Clean Energy Council
1:30 – 1:45pm	Networking Break
1:45- 2:45pm	Discussion with Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick (Smith Hall) Introduction by Paul Egerman, Co-Founder & former CEO, eScription
2:45 – 3:15pm	Networking Break
3:15 – 4:30pm	U.S. Senate Candidates Forum Introduction:  Jack Manning, President & CEO, Boston Capital Corporation Moderator: Robert Kuttner, Co-Editor, The American Prospect* Candidates: Michael Capuano, U.S. Congressman (D - MA) Stephen Pagliuca, Managing Partner, Bain Capital, & Co-Owner, Boston Celtics Alan Khazei, Co-Founder, City Year, & CEO, Be the Change, Inc. Jack E. Robinson, General Counsel, Benistar
4:30 – 4:40pm	Concluding Remarks (Smith Hall) Presenter: Jeffrey J. Bussgang, General Partner, Flybridge Capital Partners
4:45 – 6:00pm	PBLN CEO Leadership Cocktail Reception with remarks by Special Guest Congresswoman Niki Tsongas (Smith Hall Foyer) Introduction by Stephen E. Smith, Jr., Founding Partner, KSS Realty

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