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)