PLENARY

Welcome to SB’22 San Diego: ‘Recenter & Accelerate’

As we stand in this challenging time, we must slow down and connect the dots again. The challenges we have overcome in the past have made us collectively more resilient. We must draw on this wisdom of the past, learn from our successes and failures, and move forward together, stronger. Together, we must 'Recenter & Accelerate'. Our welcome plenary will lay the foundation for this new paradigm of moving forward to a regenerative future.

Welcome, and a Call to Community
5:00 PM - 5:20 PM
Featured Speakers
Founder/Chief Executive
Sustainable Brands
Sustainable Brands
Global Lead - Purpose & Impact
Porter Novelli
Porter Novelli
Poetic Speech: The ReGeneration of Life
5:15 PM - 5:20 PM
Featured Speakers
Chief Poetic Officer
The Ink Of The Future
The Ink Of The Future
Chief Sustainability Officer
Procter & Gamble
Procter & Gamble
From Cradle to Cradle - Regrounding in First Principles on the Path to Remaking the Way we Make and Do Everything.
5:22 PM - 5:42 PM
Moderator
Founder/Chief Executive
Sustainable Brands
Sustainable Brands
Featured Speakers
Chief Executive
McDonough Innovation
McDonough Innovation
The Way Out is In
5:40 PM - 5:55 PM

After serving for many years as founding Editor-in-Chief at Guardian Sustainable Business, Jo began to realize that the journey to change the world begins with our own ability to look within and change ourselves. His own personal journey took him to Plum Village where he studied with Thích Nhất Hạnh, known as the "father of mindfulness" and widely recognized as the main inspiration for engaged Buddhism. Jo returns to SB’22 to share what he has learned, offering key insights into how to remain joyful and walk a steady path in this time of chaos and uncertainty..

Featured Speakers
Journalist, Zen Mindfulness Practitioner, and Partner
Leaders' Quest
Leaders' Quest
The Rationality of Hope
5:55 PM - 6:15 PM

Nature is the mother of reinvention, resilience and restoration. This conversation will remind us that there is reason to hope, even in the midst of mounting disruption from all sides.

Featured Speakers
Co-Founder
Biomimicry 3.8
Biomimicry 3.8
Founder/Chief Executive
Sustainable Brands
Sustainable Brands
Connecting the Dots: The Power of a Serendipity Mindset
6:15 PM - 6:30 PM

Author and PhD, Christian Busch shares with us insights from his extensive research on how we can each leverage the power of serendipity. Using unpredictability to our advantage by building the capacity to connect the dots, Christian challenges each of us to use SB’22 as a chance to begin to build this new practice.

Featured Speakers
Bestselling Author, The Serendipity Mindset & NYU Professor
New York University
New York University
Monday 17th October
5:00 PM - 6:40 PM