Prime Minister Trudeau to Address GLOBE 2016. |
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Dear Friends, We are thrilled and honoured to share with you that The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, will deliver a keynote address to open the GLOBE 2016 Leadership Summit and Innovation Expo in Vancouver on March 2, 2016. “The future belongs to countries and businesses that become leaders of clean technologies, innovation, and sustainability. Canada is building the partnerships and making the investments necessary to take advantage of the growing opportunities in these markets,” said Honourable Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada. As the first major North American business event to follow COP21, GLOBE 2016 will host hundreds of leaders from industry, government, and civil society to discuss how best to maximize the economic opportunities presented by the Paris Agreement. The Prime Minister’s remarks will set the tone for these important conversations. |
We look forward to seeing you at GLOBE 2016. Sincerely, Mike Gerbis, Chief Executive Officer Nancy Wright, Chief Operating Officer Chris Henderson, Chairman GLOBE Series |
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More than 200 speakers will join Prime Minister Trudeau at GLOBE 2016, including: |
| Fariba Alamdari, Vice President, Marketing, Boeing Commercial Airplanes James Alexander, Head of the Finance and Economic Development Initiative, C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group Ger Baron, Chief Technology Officer, City of Amsterdam John Battelle, Founder & CEO, NewCo Joey Bergstein, Chief Marketing Officer, Seventh Generation Yvo de Boer, Director General, Global Green Growth Institute Michelle Edkins, Managing Director, Global Head of Investment Stewardship, BlackRock Yves Desjardins-Siciliano, President & CEO, Via Rail, Canada David Gilford, Vice President & Director, Innovation & Sustainability, New York City Economic Development Corporation Wolfgang Grosse Entrup, Senior Vice President, Bayer AG Martin Grosskopf, Vice President & Portfolio Manager, Sustainable Investing, AGF Investments Inc. Deb Frodl, Global Executive Director, ecomagination, GE Brian Geller, Senior Vice President, Corporate Sustainability, Citi Judy Glazer, Global Head, Product & Service Sustainability, HP Frank Jensen, Lord Mayor, City of Copenhagen Erika Karp, Founder & CEO, Cornerstone Capital Group Michael Kobori, Vice-President, Sustainability, Levi Strauss & Co. Linda Kuhn, Senior Vice President, Sustainability & Public Affairs, Maple Leaf Foods Amory Lovins, Co-Founder & Chief Scientist, Rocky Mountain Institute Wen Pei Mao, Deputy Director, Shanghai Environmental Protection Bureau Richard Mattison, Chief Executive Officer, Trucost Plc Richard Michos, Chief Marketing Officer, IBM Tim Mohin, Senior Director, Corporate Responsibility, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Steve Polski, Senior Director, Sustainability, Cargill Michael Porter, Bishop William Lawrence University Professor, Harvard Business School Thomas Odenwald, Overseas Business Development Partner, COMACO & Former Senior Vice President for Sustainability Strategies and Business Innovation, SAP Curtis Ravenel, Global Head of Sustainability, Bloomberg LP Gregor Robertson, Mayor of Vancouver Glenn Schmidt, Vice President, Government and External Affairs, BMW Arnaud Soirat, President & CEO, Primary Metal at the Aluminium Group, Rio Tinto Alcan Stefan Sjöstrand, President, IKEA Canada Wayne Smith, Chairman & CEO, BASF Nelson Switzer, Chief Sustainability Officer, Nestle Waters North America Terry Tamminen, President & Founder, 7th Generation Advisors Trisa Thompson, Vice President, Corporate Responsibility & Talent and Capabilities, Dell Inc. Scott Vaughn, President & CEO, International Institute for Sustainable Development Harry Verhaar, Head of Global Public & Government Affairs, Philips Lighting Jonathan Weisgall, Vice President Government Relations, Berkshire Hathaway Lorie Wigle, Vice President, General Manager of IOT Security Solutions, McAfee, Part of Intel Security Steve Williams, President & CEO, Suncor Energy Liz Yee, Vice President of Strategic Partnerships and Solutions, 100 Resilient Cities |