ICLEI Southeast Regional Workshop

Join us for a workshop designed to take your energy, climate and sustainability efforts to the next level.

Oct. 12-13
Jamestown Conference Center, Atlanta, GA

ICLEI's Southeast Regional Workshop will bring you tested solutions you can use to save time and money by learning proven sustainability practices from your peers. The Workshop is your opportunity to network with leading local government colleagues in the Southeast

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What the Workshop Offers

• Concrete tips, from elected and staff leaders, on making sustainability a consideration in decision making throughout your local government organization.
  
• Experts and local government peers sharing an overview and specific examples of internal and external financing mechanisms for creating financially stable sustainability projects.
  
• International perspective: A special session on the German story of greenhouse gas emissions reductions, economic development and local sustainability.

Travel Scholarships Still Available

A few travel and registration scholarships are still available to ICLEI Members or Regional Affiliates in the Southeast. Act quickly; register now to reserve yours! Scholarships are made possible through the generous support of the Embassy of the Federal Republic of  Germany. Learn more about scholarships.

Agenda

October 12

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm   Registration

1:00 pm - 1:30 pm   Welcome and Networking

• Consul General Gorgens, German Consulate General
• KC Boyce, CFO/COO, ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability USA
• Carolee Williams, Project Manager, City of Charleston, SC

1:30 pm - 3:00 pm   Sustainable Financing

• Moderator: Maribel Feliciano, Broward County, FL
• Speakers:
  
  • Jeff Hughes, Director, UNC Environmental Finance Center
  • David Weiss, Vice-Chairman, NAESCO
  • Jill Maness, Program Manager, Austin Energy, (via webinar)

3:00 pm - 3:15 pm   Afternoon Break

3:15 pm - 4:45 pm   Heidelberg, Germany

• Dr. Raino Winker from the City of Heidelberg, Germany

4:45 pm - 5:15 pm   Milestone Awards

6:00 pm - 9:00 pm   Wednesday Networking Dinner (Optional)

8:00 am - 9:00 am   Registration and Breakfast

9:00 am - 10:30 am   Green Business Engagement Programs

• Moderator: Carolee Williams, Charleston, SC
• Speakers:
  Kim Brokhof, Green Business Challenge Project Manager, ICLEI USA
  Howard Dakoff, Partner,  Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC
  Kelly Zonderwyk and Sarah O’Connell, Environmental Services,  Arlington County, VA

10:30 am - 12:00 pm   Communications

• Moderator:  Mary Pat Baldauf, Environmental Services, Columbia, SC
• Speakers:
  
  • Jeff Fleming, Assistant Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services, Southeast Region
  • Natalie Pawelski, Vice President, Cater Communications
  • Aaron Bastian, Communications and Project Manager, Atlanta, GA

 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm   Lunch

• Graciously sponsored by the City of Tallahassee

 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm    Institutionalizing Sustainability

• Moderator:  Susanna Sutherland, Sustainability Program Manager, Knoxville, TN
• Speakers:
  
  • Kay Love, City Administrator, Roswell, GA
  • Commissioner Alice Kinman, Athens-Clarke County, GA
  • Eli Yewdall, Senior Program Officer, ICLEI USA

 2:30 pm - 4:15 pm   Networking

 4:15 pm - 4:30 pm   Closing session