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Innovation and Environmental Sustainability
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9:00AM-9:45AM EST Opening Keynote: "Sustainability as a Driver of Innovation"
Tensie Whelan, Clinical Professor of Business and Society
Director, Center for Sustainable Business
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9:45AM-10:45AM EST Panel: "Decarbonizing Our Cities"
Moderator, Laura Fox, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Streetlife Ventures
Shabazz Stuart, Founder and CEO of Oonee
Jeff Prosserman, Founder and CEO at Voltpost
Daria Siegel, Vice President at New York City Economic Development Corporation
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10:45 AM-11:30 AM EST Keynote: "Innovating for a Circular Carbon Economy"
Dr. Jennifer Holmgren
Chief Executive Officer, LanzaTech
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11:30AM-12:00PM Break
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12:00PM-12:45PM EST Practitioner Panel: "Innovations in Carbon Capture and Utilization"
Raphael Carty, Moderator, Adjunct Associate Professor of Management and Organizations, NYU Stern School of Business
David Wakerley Co-Founder and CTO of Dioxycle
Brian Asparro COO of CarbonQuest
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12:45PM-1:45PM EST Keynote: "How Entrepreneurs Can Tackle the ‘Energy Transition"
Shon R. Hiatt, Associate Professor of Business Administration
Director of Business of Energy Transition initiative
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Melissa Schilling: Welcome and Closing Remarks
Fubon Center Director of the Technology & Innovation Initiative
Herzog Family Professor of Management
Professor of Management & Organizations
Deputy Chair of the Management & Organizations Department
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J.P. Eggers
Emcee
Professor of Management and Organizations
Vice
Dean, MBA & Graduate Programs
Catherine & Peter Kellner Professor of Entrepreneurship