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Program
7:30 AM - Registration
8:30 AM - Opening and Welcome
- Mike Belliveau, Executive Director, Environmental Health Strategy Center
- Welcome, Mark Dobrovolny, Director of Product Supply, Tom’s of Maine
8:45 AM - Growing Maine’s Innovative Green Economy
- Governor John Baldacci
- Introduced by Sharon Tisher, Alliance for a Clean and Healthy Maine
9:15 AM - Green Chemistry: Economic Engine for Environmental Sustainability
- John Warner, President and Chief Technology Officer, Warner-Babcock Institute of Green Chemistry
- Introduced by David Littell, Commissioner, Department of Environmental Protection
10:15 AM - Panel Discussion: Sustainable Biomaterials – Opportunities and Challenges
- Stacie Beyer, Corporate Environmental Manager, InterfaceFABRIC, Inc.
- Jonathan Rubin, Research Associate, Margaret Chase Smith Center for Public Policy; Associate Professor, Resource Economics & Policy, University of Maine
- Russ Libby, Executive Director, Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association
11:15 AM - Coffee Break
11:30 AM - Panel Discussion: The Real World – Business Applications for Green Chemistry
- Introduced by Thaxter Trafton, Deputy Commissioner of the Maine Department of Economic and Community Development
- Gary Cohen, Principal, Green Harvest Technologies
- Paul Gelardi, Chief Executive Officer, Sagoma Technologies
- Dr. Yu Shi, Director of Advanced Technology, Colgate Palmolive
- Lee Kane, Environmental Coordinator, Whole Foods Market, Inc.
- Ellen McDevitt, Oral Care Champion, Tom’s of Maine
- Tamara Risser, Continuous Improvement Manager, Poland Spring Bottling
12:45 PM - Lunch
1:45 PM - Break-Out Sessions
Technology Development
- Dr. Hemant Pendse, Professor and Chair, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering; Managing Director, forest Bioproducts Project, University of Maine (facilitator)
Cluster Enhancement: Potatoes to Plastics in Maine
- Stan Eller, Economic Development and Green Chemistry Coordinator, Alliance for a Clean and Healthy Maine (facilitator)
- Stacie Beyer, Environmental Manager, InterfaceFABRIC, Inc.
- Don Flannery, Executive Director, Maine Potato Board
- Michael Bilodeau, Director, Process Development Center, University of Maine
Product Development
- Mark Dobrovolny, Director of Product Supply, Tom’s of Maine (co-facilitator)
- David Levine, Principal, Green Harvest Technologies (co-facilitator)
Sustainability — Principles and Guidelines
- Dr. Mark Rossi, Research Director, Clean Production Action (facilitator)
Workforce Development
- Garret Oswald, Director, Maine Jobs Council
2:45 PM - Coffee Break
3:00 PM - Groups report to plenary
3:15 PM - Panel: Funding and Investment
- Nancy Smith, State Representative; House Chair, Business, Research and Economic Development Committee (opening remarks and facilitation)
- Elizabeth Crabtree, Seed Grant Program Manager, Maine Technology Institute (MTI)
- Jake Ward, Executive Director, Office of Research and Economic Development, University of Maine
- Gary Cohen, Principal, Green Harvest Technologies
- Nat Henshaw, President, Coastal Ventures
4:30 PM - Closing Remarks
Mike Belliveau, Executive Director, Environmental Health Strategy Center
5:30-7:00 PM - Reception (separate admission)
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