SB'19 Detroit Program Topics

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Track

• Brand Influence & Engagement
• Governance
• Operations & Supply Chain
• Product & Service Innovation
• Purpose
• Sustainable Event Professional Certificate Program

Topic

• Brands Taking Stands
• Breakthrough Leadership
• Circular Economy
• Collaboration
• Consumer Engagement
• Consumer Insights
• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
• Employee Engagement
• Ingredients & Materials
• Packaging
• Plastics
• Regeneration
• Science
• Storytelling
• Technology
• Zero Waste

Day

• Monday, 3 June, 2019
• Tuesday, 4 June, 2019
• Wednesday, 5 June, 2019
• Thursday, 6 June, 2019

Audience

• Brand / Marketing
• Communications
• Supply Chain / Operations
• Sustainability

Event Type

• Brand Events
• Breakout Session
• Breaks/Meals
• Innovation Expo
• Keynote Session
• Special Event
• Workshop

Breakthrough Leadership

The Breakthrough Leadership topic
is sponsored by Kohler

Monday, 3 June, 2019

10:30 to 12:30	Workshop Room 251BC How to Set Science-Based Goals with Respect to Carbon and Water Track: Operations & Supply Chain Breakthrough Leadership Collaboration Science Christina Copeland Senior Manager, Water Security CDP North America Bridget Schrempf Regional Lead, Commit to Action CDP North America
10:30 to 12:30	Workshop Room 140FG New Models for Urban Sustainability and Collaboration: The Power of Uncommon Partners and Digital Storytelling Track: Purpose Breakthrough Leadership Collaboration Storytelling Technology Andy Brownell VP Newsy Brand Studio Jeremy Faust Assistant Vice President and Environmental Sustainability Leader Fifth Third Bank Connie Lilley Director Detroit 2030 District Joey Maiocco Producer Newsy Brand Studio Marie Perriard Brand Strategy for Sustainable Leadership Sustainable Brands Tremaine Phillips Director Cincinnati 2030 District
10:30 to 12:30	Workshop Room 252AB Putting Mission, Purpose, Impact and Engagement into Practice through the Principle of Single Organizing Idea Track: Purpose Breakthrough Leadership Neil Gaught Author, "Core: How A Single Organizing Idea Can Change Business For Good" Neil Gaught & Associates
10:30 to 12:30	Workshop Room 142C Scaling the Living Building Challenge: How Big Brands are Leveraging Regenerative Principles to Transform Real Estate Portfolios Track: Product & Service Innovation Breakthrough Leadership Circular Economy Ingredients and Materials Regeneration Science Technology Zero Waste Jacob Arlein Principal stok James Connelly VP, Products & Strategic Growth International Living Future Institute Andreas Gyr REWS Sustainability Program Manager Google
10:30 to 12:30	Workshop Room 141 The State of Gender Equality and Inclusion Inside Companies Track: Governance Breakthrough Leadership Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Employee Engagement Soon Mee Kim Global Diversity and Inclusion Leader Porter Novelli Anna Blue Co-Executive Director Girl Up Lisa Kenney Executive Director Gender Spectrum Valérie Martin Vice President, Communications, Culture & CSR ALDO Group Lora Picini Vice President, Equity, Strategic Policy & Regulatory Affairs Caesars Entertainment Claudya Arana Sanchez Global Diversity and Inclusion Manager Ford Motor Company
10:30 to 12:30	Workshop Room 250A Transformational Leadership: Scaling a New Leadership Paradigm Track: Governance Breakthrough Leadership Collaboration Employee Engagement Science Nicole Miller Managing Director Biomimicry 3.8 Leith Sharp Director & Lead Faculty of Executive Education for Sustainability Leadership Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
13:30 to 15:30	Workshop Room 250A Innovation Inspired by Nature: Design Principles and Applications of Biomimicry Track: Product & Service Innovation Breakthrough Leadership Circular Economy Collaboration Ingredients and Materials Regeneration Science Zero Waste Nicole Miller Managing Director Biomimicry 3.8 Prasad Boradkar Design Lead Google
13:30 to 15:30	Workshop Room 260 (Portside Ballroom) Results of the Pull Factor Project: A New Toolkit to Shape Culture and Behavior toward Sustainable Lifestyles Track: Brand Influence & Engagement Breakthrough Leadership Consumer Engagement Consumer Insights Michael Abata Purpose-Driven Marketing Sr. Strategist, Brand Marketing Target Raphael Bemporad Co-Founder and Principal BBMG Tamay Kiper Associate Director, Member & Advisory Services Sustainable Brands Marion Klausmann Associate Brand Director, Global Sustainability Procter & Gamble Company Emanuele Madeddu Executive Vice President, Global Brand Strategy National Geographic
13:30 to 15:30	Workshop Room 251A The SB Brand Transformation Roadmap: How to Take Your Sustainability Journey to the Next Level Track: Governance Breakthrough Leadership Circular Economy Collaboration Employee Engagement Kevin Hagen Vice President, Environment, Social & Governance Strategy Iron Mountain Dimitar Vlahov Director, Knowledge & Insights Sustainable Brands
16:35 to 16:50	Keynote Session Grand Riverview Ballroom Leadership and Activism in Times of Crisis: Lessons on Working with the Next Generation Breakthrough Leadership Collaboration Consumer Insights "Little Miss Flint" Mari Copeny Activist & Philanthropist
17:25 to 17:40	Keynote Session Grand Riverview Ballroom Leveraging the Power of Technology and a Broad Ecosystem of Innovators to Catalyze Systemic Change Breakthrough Leadership Collaboration Technology Maggie Buggie Global Head of Innovation Services and Solutions SAP
18:10 to 18:25	Keynote Session Grand Riverview Ballroom Unsafe Thinking: How to be Nimble and Bold When You Need It Most Breakthrough Leadership Jonah Sachs Author Unsafe Thinking

Tuesday, 4 June, 2019

9:15 to 9:30	Keynote Session Grand Riverview Ballroom A Bold New Vision for the Collection, Processing, Circularity and Productivity of Plastic Waste Breakthrough Leadership Circular Economy Ingredients and Materials Packaging Plastics Science Technology William McDonough Chief Executive McDonough Innovation
9:32 to 9:47	Keynote Session Grand Riverview Ballroom Dignity through Identity: Applying Blockchain to Create Economic Identities for Underserved Communities Breakthrough Leadership Collaboration Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Technology Ashish Gadnis Co-Founder & CEO BanQu, Inc.
9:49 to 10:04	Keynote Session Grand Riverview Ballroom Saving the World’s Forests: It’s Everybody’s Business Breakthrough Leadership Regeneration Science Linda Walker Director of Forests World Wildlife Fund
10:13 to 10:28	Keynote Session Grand Riverview Ballroom Harnessing AI for the Greater Good: Female Intuition and the Lost Vector of Business Growth Breakthrough Leadership Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Science Technology Heidi Dangelmaier Founder Girlapproved
11:00 to 12:30	Breakout Session Room 250A Biomaterials: Evolution, New Markets, Future Prospects Track: Product & Service Innovation Breakthrough Leadership Circular Economy Ingredients and Materials Packaging Plastics Science Technology Zero Waste Dimitri Deheyn Marine Biologist, Ecotoxicologist, Biomimicry Researcher Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego Brooke Gast Business Development Sustainable Brands Renee Henze Global Marketing Director DuPont Joe Jankowski Commercial Bio-based PE Braskem Damien Perriman Senior Vice President, Specialty Products Genomatica
11:00 to 12:30	Breakout Session Room 142AB Exploring the Progress and Promise of Detroit's Social and Environmental Innovators Track: Product & Service Innovation Breakthrough Leadership Collaboration Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Ingredients and Materials Nia Batts CEO & Co-Founder Detroit Blows Ali VanOverbeke Co-Founder Genusee Tyson Gersh President & Co-Founder The Michigan Urban Farming Initiative Anthony Hatinger Co-Founder Detroit Ento Timothy Jackson Co-Founder & Executive Director Detroit Hives Pashon Murray Co-Founder Detroit Dirt
11:00 to 12:30	Breakout Session Room 141 Inspiring Consumer Desire and Demand for a Circular Economy Track: Brand Influence & Engagement Breakthrough Leadership Circular Economy Collaboration Consumer Engagement Technology Zero Waste Lisa Boyd Senior Director, Corporate Responsibility Target Briana Quindazzi Head of Strategy BBMG Shalima Bhalla Pre -Sales Consultant Cisco Carmen Gama Renew Designer EILEEN FISHER
11:00 to 12:30	Breakout Session Room 251A Looking into Quickly Evolving Technologies Shaping the Future of Supply Chain Transparency and Traceability Track: Operations & Supply Chain Breakthrough Leadership Collaboration Science Technology Dr. Leonardo Bonanni Founder & CEO Sourcemap Pete Girard Co-Founder & CEO Toxnot Tara O'Shea Director, Forests & Land Use Planet Mia Overall Principal Consultant Overall Strategies David Potere Head of GeoInnovation Indigo Jamie Tomkins Marketing Director Oritain
11:00 to 12:30	Breakout Session Room 140FG Prioritizing and Scaling Corporate Action on the UN SDGs Track: Purpose Breakthrough Leadership Collaboration Consumer Engagement Consumer Insights Employee Engagement Science Sue Allchurch Chief of Participant Relations, Fund Raising and Communication United Nations Global Compact Daniella Foster Senior Director, Global Corporate Responsibility Hilton Muireann Gibbons-Neff Senior Manager South Pole Adam Gordon Engagement Director UN Global Compact Marilyn Johnson Chief Operations Officer Brand VO2 Jon Stahl Senior Director, Product Management, Philanthropy Cloud salesforce.org John Stewart Corporate Engagement, BSA Sustainability Director Boy Scouts of America
11:00 to 12:30	Breakout Session Room 142C The Change Generation: Understanding How to Approach, Engage and Collaborate with Gen Z and Millennials Track: Brand Influence & Engagement Breakthrough Leadership Collaboration Consumer Engagement Consumer Insights Employee Engagement Meredith Ferguson Managing Director DoSomething Strategic Allison Alt Executive Director Social Impact 360 Kehkashan Basu Founder & President Green Hope Foundation Katherine Jeffrey Chief Marketing Officer and Co-Founder Causegear Jane Spencer Deputy Editor and Head of Strategy, North America Guardian News & Media Etienne White Founder & CEO Possible
13:30 to 15:00	Breakout Session Room 140FG Power Reduction Agreements: A Greener, Cheaper, Faster Way to Meet Sustainability Goals Track: Purpose Breakthrough Leadership Circular Economy Valerie Brader CEO Rivenoak Consulting & Rivenoak Law Paula Gardner Digital Content Strategist | Editor | Reporter MLive Jeffrey Hansbro Strategy & External Partnerships Director, Performance Building Solutions DuPont Joel Howrani Heeres Director, Office of Sustainability City of Detroit
14:00 to 15:00	Workshop Room 142C The SB Brand Transformation Roadmap: How to Take Your Sustainability Journey to the Next Level Track: Governance Breakthrough Leadership Circular Economy Collaboration Employee Engagement Dimitar Vlahov Director, Knowledge & Insights Sustainable Brands
15:30 to 16:30	Breakout Session Room 140FG America’s Got Hidden Talent: Bringing Purpose to Your Workforce Strategy Track: Governance Breakthrough Leadership Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Employee Engagement Kimberly Shin Associate Director, Talent Rewire FSG Allie Barwise Manager, Gap Foundation The Gap, Inc. Carly Huey HR Manager for Retail and Corporate Employees Patagonia Genevieve Martin Executive Director Dave’s Killer Bread
15:30 to 16:30	Breakout Session Room 142AB Blockchain Applications Enabling New Marketplaces, New Digital Relationships and Other Opportunities for Positive Impact Track: Product & Service Innovation Breakthrough Leadership Collaboration Consumer Engagement Science Technology Mary Ellen Bridges Purchasing Manager: Supply Chain Sustainability - Human Rights & Working Conditions Ford Motor Company Lina Constantinovici Founder Innovation 4.4 Jason Libersky CTO Xpansiv Atlanta McIlwraith Senior Manager Community Engagement Timberland Diane Pham Partnerships Manager Kiva
15:30 to 16:30	Breakout Session Room 140D Harnessing AI for the Greater Good: Female Intuition and the Lost Vector of Business Growth Track: Product & Service Innovation Breakthrough Leadership Collaboration Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Technology Heidi Dangelmaier Founder Girlapproved
15:30 to 16:30	Breakout Session Room 251A In Pursuit of Breakthrough Innovators: Getting Ahead by Incentivizing, Funding, Incubating, Accelerating and Acquiring Purpose-driven Startups Track: Product & Service Innovation Breakthrough Leadership Circular Economy Collaboration Ingredients and Materials Science Technology Zero Waste Phillip Clawson Managing Director CSR Lab Alicia Enciso Chief Marketing Officer Nestlé USA Marcius Extavour Senior Director, Energy & Resources XPRIZE James Sullivan Head, Global Sustainability Innovation Accelerator SAP Mitchell Toomey Director of Sustainability BASF
15:30 to 16:30	Breakout Session Room 251BC Integration and Harmonization of Purpose Journeys after Mergers and Acquisitions Track: Purpose Breakthrough Leadership Collaboration Consumer Engagement Employee Engagement Storytelling Emily Allbritten Strategic Initiatives, Athleta The Gap, Inc. Anne Laraway CEO Happy Family Organics Annie Longsworth Executive Managing Director RFB|Siren Monique Oxender Chief Sustainability Officer Keurig Dr Pepper
15:30 to 16:30	Breakout Session Room 260 (Portside Ballroom) Lessons from Brands Taking a Stand: Setting an Authentic Tone, Navigating Backlash, Picking Channels and More Track: Brand Influence & Engagement Brands Taking Stands Breakthrough Leadership Consumer Engagement Sasha Calder Director of Sustainability Beautycounter Carol Cone CEO Carol Cone On Purpose Elizabeth Douglass SVP, Client Consulting Nielsen Consumer Neuroscience
15:30 to 16:30	Breakout Session Room 250BC Materiality Assessment is Broken: Here's How We Can Fix It Track: Operations & Supply Chain Breakthrough Leadership Collaboration Science Daniel Aronson Founder Valutus Gil Friend Founder & CEO Natural Logic Cassandra Garber Global Sustainability Leader 3M Rose Perkins Sustainability Strategy Leader DuPont
15:30 to 16:30	Breakout Session Room 252AB New Research Insights and Case Studies on the ROI and Other Benefits of Leading with Purpose Track: Purpose Breakthrough Leadership Consumer Insights Employee Engagement Lewis Goldstein Executive Vice President of Marketing Organic Valley Lisa Boyd Senior Manager of Social Impact Lyft Alison DaSilva EVP Porter Novelli/Cone Communications Kevin Thompson General Manager GOOD Worldwide Inc & Upworthy
15:30 to 16:30	Breakout Session Room 142C The Anatomy of an Effective Sustainability Leader Track: Governance Breakthrough Leadership Employee Engagement Erin Meezan Chief Sustainability Officer Interface Josh Prigge Founder and CEO Sustridge Bruno Sarda President CDP North America Dave Stangis Chief Sustainability Officer Campbell Soup Company
17:05 to 17:55	Keynote Session Grand Riverview Ballroom Avoiding Unintended Consequences of Scaling AI, Automation and Gene Editing in Business Breakthrough Leadership Science Technology Curtis Brainard Managing Editor Scientific American Lina Constantinovici Founder Innovation 4.4 John Frey Senior Technologist, IT Efficiency and Sustainability Hewlett Packard Enterprise Roy Singh Partner Bain & Company Mitchell Toomey Director of Sustainability BASF
18:00 to 19:00	Special Event Innovation Expo SB Brand Transformation Roadmap Office Hours Breakthrough Leadership Circular Economy Collaboration Employee Engagement Dimitar Vlahov Director, Knowledge & Insights Sustainable Brands

Wednesday, 5 June, 2019

10:10 to 10:50	Keynote Session Grand Riverview Ballroom Overcoming the Intent-to-Action Gap: Launching the Next Phase of the #BrandsForGood Initiative Breakthrough Leadership Collaboration Consumer Engagement Storytelling Raphael Bemporad Co-Founder and Principal BBMG Yumi Clevenger-Lee Chief Marketing Officer Nestlé Waters North America Emanuele Madeddu Executive Vice President, Global Brand Strategy National Geographic Marc Pritchard Chief Brand Officer Procter & Gamble Company KoAnn Skrzyniarz CEO Sustainable Brands
10:50 to 11:05	Keynote Session Grand Riverview Ballroom The Hero Trap: How Great Brands Win by Putting People in Charge of Their Own Meaning and Happiness Breakthrough Leadership Collaboration Consumer Engagement Storytelling Thomas Kolster Author & Marketing Activist Goodvertising
11:10 to 11:25	Keynote Session Grand Riverview Ballroom Innovating Together: Embedding Personal Wellbeing, Ecosystem Health and Strong Community Values in All Aspects of Product Development Breakthrough Leadership Circular Economy Collaboration Ingredients and Materials Packaging Regeneration Science Shane Wolf Founder, SEED PHYTONUTRIENTS L'Oréal USA
11:30 to 11:45	Keynote Session Grand Riverview Ballroom Superfoods with Super Partners: Lessons in Building an Ethical, Fair and Sustainable Supply Chain Breakthrough Leadership Collaboration Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Ingredients and Materials Ryan Black CEO & Founder Sambazon
11:50 to 12:05	Keynote Session Grand Riverview Ballroom When Purpose-Driven Engagement Goes Viral: Behind the Success of #Strawless and Exciting New Steps in Tackling Plastic Pollution Breakthrough Leadership Collaboration Consumer Engagement Ingredients and Materials Packaging Plastics Storytelling Dune Ives Executive Director Lonely Whale
12:12 to 12:27	Keynote Session Grand Riverview Ballroom The State of Supplier Diversity: Myths, Challenges and Opportunities Breakthrough Leadership Collaboration Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Ron Busby President & CEO U.S. Black Chambers, Inc.
13:00 to 15:00	Breakout Session Room 250A Putting the Pull Factor Tools into Practice: Shifting Behavior Around Recycling Track: Brand Influence & Engagement Brands Taking Stands Breakthrough Leadership Consumer Engagement Consumer Insights Pia Baker Group Marketing Manager Nestlé USA Raphael Bemporad Co-Founder and Principal BBMG Tamay Kiper Associate Director, Member & Advisory Services Sustainable Brands Maddy Kulkarni Global Marketing, Sustainability and Portfolio Transformation, Sr. Manager PepsiCo Nicole Pontes Senior Strategist BBMG
14:00 to 15:00	Breakout Session Room 140D Creating Long Term Value for Stakeholder Success, Sponsored Breakout hosted by EY Breakthrough Leadership Collaboration Sheffield Goodrich Senior Manager, Climate Change and Sustainability Services EY Chris Hagler Executive Director, Climate Change and Sustainability Services EY
14:00 to 15:00	Workshop Room 142C The SB Brand Transformation Roadmap: How to Take Your Sustainability Journey to the Next Level Track: Governance Breakthrough Leadership Circular Economy Collaboration Employee Engagement Dimitar Vlahov Director, Knowledge & Insights Sustainable Brands
15:30 to 16:30	Breakout Session Room 142AB Embedding Personal Wellbeing, Ecosystem Health and Strong Community Values in All Aspects of Product Development Track: Operations & Supply Chain Brands Taking Stands Breakthrough Leadership Circular Economy Collaboration Ingredients and Materials Packaging Science Danielle Azoulay Head of CSR & Sustainability L'Oréal USA Julie Corbett President & Founder Ecologic Brands Ken Greene Co-Founder Hudson Valley Seed Shane Wolf Founder, SEED PHYTONUTRIENTS L'Oréal USA
15:30 to 16:30	Breakout Session Room 251BC How to Succeed Together: Best Practices in Stakeholder Engagement, Partnership Building and Catalytics Track: Governance Breakthrough Leadership Collaboration Consumer Engagement Employee Engagement Daniel Aronson Founder Valutus Phillip Clawson Managing Director CSR Lab Rebecca O'Neill Director & Head of the SustainAbility Transparency Network SustainAbility Sally Uren Chief Executive Forum for the Future
15:30 to 16:30	Breakout Session Room 252AB Managing Detroit’s 'New' Brand, while Respecting Its People and History Track: Purpose Breakthrough Leadership Collaboration Storytelling Abir Ali Director of Design & Culture the Platform Kerry Duggan Partner, Sustainability RIDGE-LANE Limited Partners Aaron Foley Chief Storyteller City of Detroit Natasha T. Miller Founder The Artists Inn
15:30 to 16:30	Breakout Session Room 140E Navigating the Transition to Regenerative Agriculture at Scale Track: Operations & Supply Chain Breakthrough Leadership Collaboration Ingredients and Materials Regeneration Science Technology Sara Allan Sustainability Analyst, Triple Bottom Line Operating Unit General Mills Deanna Bratter Senior Director of Public Benefit and Sustainable Development Danone Christian Shearer CEO Regen Network Darcy Shiber-Knowles Senior Quality, Sustainability & Innovation Manager Dr. Bronner's Etienne White Founder & CEO Possible
15:30 to 16:30	Breakout Session Room 251A Revolutionizing Access to Renewable Energy: Exploring the Potential of the Newly-Launched Green Power Pass Track: Operations & Supply Chain Breakthrough Leadership Collaboration Technology Kevin Hagen Vice President, Environment, Social & Governance Strategy Iron Mountain Mark Porter Director Renewable Energy Buyers Alliance
15:30 to 16:30	Breakout Session Room 250A The Future of Packaging: An Inside Look at the Loop Reusable Packaging Scheme Track: Product & Service Innovation Breakthrough Leadership Circular Economy Collaboration Consumer Engagement Packaging Plastics Zero Waste Alicia Enciso Chief Marketing Officer Nestlé USA Brooke Gast Business Development Sustainable Brands Virginie Helias Vice President and P&G Chief Sustainability Officer Procter & Gamble Company Simon Lowden President, Global Snacks Group PepsiCo Anthony Rossi VP, Global Business Development TerraCycle, Inc.
15:30 to 16:30	Breakout Session Room 250BC When Purpose-Driven Engagement Goes Viral: Behind the Success of #Strawless and Exciting New Steps in Tackling Plastic Pollution Track: Brand Influence & Engagement Breakthrough Leadership Collaboration Consumer Engagement Ingredients and Materials Packaging Plastics Storytelling Zero Waste Ned Duggan SVP BACARDÍ Rum Kelsey Issel Artistic Director The Midway Creative Complex Dune Ives Executive Director Lonely Whale Kirk Myers Director of Sustainability Alaska Airlines Jane Prior EVP Global Brand Strategy and Development Vita Coco
17:10 to 17:25	Keynote Session Grand Riverview Ballroom Advancing Systemic Social Change: Taking Bold Action through the Power of Brand Influence Breakthrough Leadership Consumer Engagement Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Employee Engagement Matthew McCarthy CEO Ben & Jerry's
17:30 to 17:50	Keynote Session Grand Riverview Ballroom Unlikely Collaboration for the Win: Building Bridges and Healing Communities through Purpose-Driven Entrepreneurship Breakthrough Leadership Collaboration Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Employee Engagement Khalilah Olokunola VP of Human Resources TRU Colors Brewing Press Brewery Operations TRU Colors Brewing George Taylor Chairman TRU Colors Brewing
18:00 to 19:00	Special Event Innovation Expo SB Brand Transformation Roadmap Office Hours Breakthrough Leadership Circular Economy Collaboration Employee Engagement Dimitar Vlahov Director, Knowledge & Insights Sustainable Brands

Thursday, 6 June, 2019

9:15 to 9:30	Keynote Session Grand Riverview Ballroom Putting Humanity Back into Marketing: How Danone Is Changing the Story Breakthrough Leadership Collaboration Employee Engagement Storytelling Valérie Hernando-Presse CMO Danone
9:57 to 10:12	Keynote Session Grand Riverview Ballroom Creation Care: Lessons on Faith, Environmentalism and Reaching across the Aisle Breakthrough Leadership Collaboration Storytelling Dr. Matthew Sleeth Founder and Author, Reforesting Faith Blessed Earth
10:13 to 10:28	Keynote Session Grand Riverview Ballroom Sports as a Platform for Raising Young People to be the Sustainability Leaders of Tomorrow Breakthrough Leadership Storytelling Ovie Mughelli President & Founder Ovie Mughelli Foundation
11:00 to 12:30	Breakout Session Room 251A Advancing on the Brand Transformation Journey by Building Capacity and Maturity across the Organization Track: Governance Breakthrough Leadership Collaboration Employee Engagement Paula Alexander Director, Sustainable Business Burt's Bees Eunice Heath Global Director, Environment Health Safety and Sustainability Dow Rachel Kaufman Worldwide Director, Sustainability Engagement Johnson & Johnson Virginie Helias Vice President and P&G Chief Sustainability Officer Procter & Gamble Company Etienne White Founder & CEO Possible
11:00 to 12:30	Breakout Session Room 142AB Cultivating the Business Leadership Required for a More Sustainable, Inclusive and Equitable Economy Track: Purpose Breakthrough Leadership Collaboration Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Employee Engagement Wendy Bagnasco Sustainability & Responsible Business Manager Caesars Entertainment John Lanier Author Mid-Course Correction Revisited Eric Martin Managing Director and Senior Leadership Advisor Adaptive Change Advisors David Rice Chairman Organization of Black Designers Marina L. Shoemaker Director, Global Diversity and Inclusion Strategies General Motors
11:00 to 12:30	Breakout Session Room 140E Democracy Is Good for Business: The Business Case for Political Reform Track: Governance Brands Taking Stands Breakthrough Leadership Collaboration Darren Beck Vice President, Corporate Member Network Sustainable Brands Sarah Bonk Founder Business for America Jena Griswold Colorado Secretary of State Mark Stevens District Environmental Coordinator Patagonia
11:00 to 12:30	Breakout Session Room 251BC How to Engage People on Your Sustainability Adventure: Facilitating Understanding, Getting Buy-In and Empowering Smarter Choices Track: Brand Influence & Engagement Breakthrough Leadership Collaboration Consumer Engagement Employee Engagement Robin Connell Sr. Manager, Corporate Communications and Sustainability Del Monte Foods, Inc. Amanda Martin Head of Sustainability Communications Quantis International Katrina Shum Sustainability Officer, North America LUSH Fresh Handmade Cosmetics Annabelle Stamm Senior Sustainability Consultant Quantis International
11:00 to 12:30	Breakout Session Room 252AB Nurturing Environmental and Social Entrepreneurship through Purpose-Driven Mentorship Track: Product & Service Innovation Breakthrough Leadership Collaboration Sammi Bennett Student Entrepreneur Jordan Cox Student Entrepreneur University of North Carolina Amanda Mahaffey Environmental Writer, Communicator, and Organizer The Ecology Center Reyanne Mustafa Student Entrepreneur San Diego State University Caelan Wisont Student Entrepreneur University of Washington
11:00 to 12:30	Breakout Session Room 140FG Nurturing Healthy Masculinity: How Men Can be Better Forces for Good Track: Brand Influence & Engagement Brands Taking Stands Breakthrough Leadership Consumer Engagement Employee Engagement Ilan Srulovicz CEO Egard Watch Company Phillip Clawson Managing Director CSR Lab Neill Duffy CEO Purpose + Sport Alexa Hassink Director of Communications Promundo - US John Izzo Co-Founder The Men's Initiative Tolu Lawrence Founder Tolu + Co.
11:00 to 12:30	Breakout Session Room 250BC Pooling World-Class Expertise, Innovation and Creative Partnerships to Solve a Range of Water Challenges Track: Operations & Supply Chain Breakthrough Leadership Collaboration Ingredients and Materials Plastics Regeneration Science Technology Eric Hoek Co-Founder & CEO Water Planet Greg McPartlin Co-Founder Parjana Jan Peelan Attaché for Infrastructure & Water Management Netherlands Embassy, Washington D.C. Julianna Smoot Board Member Obama Foundation Bryan Stubbs Executive Director Cleveland Water Alliance Matt Welch Director of Operations Circle of Blue
11:00 to 12:30	Breakout Session Room 260 (Portside Ballroom) Tackling Inequality and Sparking Opportunity by Helping Traditionally Underserved Communities Track: Brand Influence & Engagement Breakthrough Leadership Collaboration Consumer Engagement Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Regeneration Laura Fruitman Co-Founder & GM, The Right To Shower Unilever Talia Arbit Associate Director, Product Strategy & Marketing, Live Events Sustainable Brands Laura Grannemann VP of Strategic Investments Quicken Loans Heidi Magyar Director of Corporate Giving General Motors Andrea Wood Head of Social Impact Best Buy
13:30 to 14:30	Breakout Session Room 250BC Grappling with the ‘War on Purpose’: An Exploration of Efforts to Undermine Brand Purpose Track: Purpose Brands Taking Stands Breakthrough Leadership Consumer Engagement Dimitar Vlahov Director, Knowledge & Insights Sustainable Brands
15:05 to 15:55	Keynote Session Grand Riverview Ballroom Dancing with the Future: The Science and Art of Human Cooperation Breakthrough Leadership Collaboration Storytelling Gloria Benedikt Project Leader Science and Art International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis Jessie Jeanne Stinnett Co-Artistic Director Boston Dance Theater Hannah Kickert Dancing with the Future Piotr Magnuszewski Program Leader Center for Systems Solutions Mimmo Miccolis Choreographer Washington Ballet Henoch Spinola Dancer Metropolitan Opera