This year’s summit will highlight beneficial legislation and engage the private sector in ongoing and new ideas regarding how to support business and sustainability. Our invited Keynote speaker, Senator Barbara Boxer, Chair of the Committee on Environment and Public Works will provide a dense synopsis of various legislation including the Federal Stimulus, the Highway Act and others aiming to offer incentives for green tech innovation. The summit will also feature several state legislators and key officials, such as California State Senator Alex Padilla, Chair, Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications, California State Assemblyman Bob Blumenfield, Chair, Subcommittee on Information Technology and Transportation, Alan Rothenberg, President, Board of Airport Commissioners, Los Angeles World Airports, Richard Katz, Board Member, METRO, David Nahai, General Manager, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power and Michael Peevey, President, California Public Utilities Commission, who are working towards positing California and Los Angeles as the central hub for green tech and innovation.

Our business leaders will play a central role in the summit by providing keynotes and private sector solutions to sustaining business through the adoption of environmental standards. This year we have invited Rory DeJohn, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Turner Construction Company, Inc., Claire Bonham-Carter, Regional Director, Sustainable Development Group, AECOM, Scott Lyle, Senior Vice President of Operations, Arden Realty, Inc, and Larry Eisenberg, Executive Director, Facilities, Planning and Development, Los Angeles Community Colleges District who are successfully demonstrating gains in profits while remaining steadfast to high standards of sustainability

We are also proud to have the municipal and business support of Arden Realty; AECOM; Gibbs, Giden, Locher, Turner & Senet LLP; Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency; Metropolitan Water District; National ITC Corporation; NBC-Universal; Servicon Systems, Inc.; Turner Construction Company; Unisource Solutions; Los Angeles Department of Water and Power; Waste Management of Los Angeles; AC Martin Partners, Inc.; Cedar Sinai; City of Vernon; Forest City Residential West; Jones Lang LaSalle; Los Angeles Community College District; Los Angeles Convention Center; Parsons Brinkerhoff; Sempra Energy Utilities; Sony Pictures and other industry leaders and stakeholders are also helping to create and inspire successful outcomes of this year’s summit.