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DETAILED PRESS SCHEDULE
Schedule is subject to change, please contact the press office at the Lincoln Room at the Essex House for updates and information.
For Planning Purposes Only—Subject to Change
***NOT FOR PUBLICATION OR BROADCAST***
Contact: (212) 843-9224 or nycclimatesummit@rubenstein.com.
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Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
| TIME |
EVENT |
| 9:15-10:45 am |
Welcome
(OPEN PRESS VIA CLOSED CIRCUIT FEED, 2nd Floor Essex House, POOL TV & PHOTO, live telecast in the viewing room (lincoln room))
Location: Grand Salon, Essex House, 1st Floor
- Daniel L. Doctoroff, Deputy Mayor for Economic Development and Rebuilding, City of New York
- Ken Livingstone, Mayor of London & Chair of the C40
- Jean-Pascal van Ypersele, Vice-Chair, Working Group II, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
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| 9:45-10:45am |
Plenary 1—The Economic Case for Climate Action
(OPEN PRESS VIA CLOSED CIRCUIT FEED, 2nd Floor Essex House, POOL TV & PHOTO, live telecast in the viewing room (lincoln room))
Location: Grand Salon, Essex
House, 1st Floor
This opening plenary will focus on the broad themes of the
summit, including the threats and costs associated with
climate change and the benefits to
business and the economy that can result from taking action now. Examples
from cities
and businesses will show how taking action on climate change can lead to
new business opportunities, cost savings through efficiency gains, procurement
benefits,
and job creation.
Moderator:
– George David, Chairman & CEO,
United Technologies Corporation
Panelists:
– David Miller, Mayor of Toronto
– Richard M. Daley, Mayor of Chicago
– Charles Prince, Chairman & CEO, Citigroup Inc. |
| 11:00-12:15pm |
Panel 1: Transport
Beating Congestion & Surviving Your Next Election
(POOL TV & PHOTO, LIMITED PRESS ACCESS TBD- RSVP ONLY, AUDIO PODCASTS AVAILABLE AFTER 24 HOURS)
Location:
Central Park Room, Essex House, 2nd Floor
This panel will focus on cities that took bold action to
reduce congestion and emissions, and as a result were rewarded
at the polls.
Facilitator:
– Kathryn S. Wylde, President & CEO,
Partnership for New York City
Panelists:
– Ken Livingstone, Mayor of London
– Beto Richa, Mayor of Curitiba
– Gavin Newsom, Mayor of San Francisco
Panel 2: Energy
The Energy Revolution
(LIMITED PRESS ACCESS TBD- RSVP ONLY, AUDIO PODCASTS AVAILABLE AFTER 24 HOURS)
Location: Tivoli
Room, Essex House, 2nd Floor
This panel will focus on decentralized energy and whether
it is a leapfrog technology that will allow cities to revolutionize
the way they power their grids.
Facilitator:
– Nicky Gavron, Deputy Mayor of London
Panelists:
– Vincent de Rivaz, CEO, EDF Energy
– Ivo Opstelten, Mayor of Rotterdam
– Ritt Bjerregaard, Lord Mayor of Copenhagen
– Kevin Burke, Chairman, President & CEO, Con Edison
Panel 3: Water
Keeping the Tap Running without Running the Well Dry
(POOL TV & PHOTO, LIMITED PRESS ACCESS TBD- RSVP ONLY, AUDIO PODCASTS AVAILABLE AFTER 24 HOURS)
Location: Borghese
Room, Essex House, 2nd Floor
This panel will focus on how
cities can make water systems more efficient.
Facilitator:
– Emily Lloyd, Commissioner, New York City Department of Environmental
Protection
Panelists:
– Shintaro Ishihara, Governor of Tokyo
– Amos Masondo, Mayor of Johannesburg
– Clover Moore, Lord Mayor of Sydney
– Syed Mustafa Kamal, Mayor of Karachi |
| 12:30-1:45pm |
Plenary Lunch
New York City’s Plan to be the Greenest City
in the U.S.A.
(OPEN PRESS VIA CLOSED CIRCUIT FEED, 2nd Floor Essex House, POOL TV & PHOTO, live telecast in the viewing room (lincoln room))
Location: Grand Salon, Essex House, 1st Floor
– Michael R. Bloomberg, Mayor of New York City
– Introduced by Seth Waugh, CEO, Deutsche Bank Americas |
| 1:45-2:30pm |
Press Conference with Mayor Bloomberg (OPEN
PRESS)
Location: Central Park, Central Park South 7th Ave. |
| 2:30-4:00pm |
Plenary 2 – The Business of
Climate Change: Job Creation & Development
(OPEN PRESS VIA CLOSED CIRCUIT FEED, 2nd Floor Essex House, POOL TV & PHOTO, live telecast in the viewing room (lincoln room))
Location: Grand Salon, Essex House, 1st Floor
This plenary
will focus on climate-friendly economic development strategies
and their impact on city job markets and the
growth of developing economies. The
session will answer the following questions: How can cities take up the
challenge of climate change mitigation and adaptation, remain
competitive, and achieve
economic growth? What can be done to position climate innovation at the
heart of job creation? How can city-related green procurement
create new jobs?
Moderator:
– Michael Hastings, Lord of Scarisbrick CBE & International Director,
Corporate Citizenship, KPMG LLP
Panelists:
– Oh Se-hoon, Mayor of Seoul
– Lorraine Bolsinger, Vice President, Ecomagination, GE
– Gilberto Kassab, Mayor of São Paulo
– Kevin Parker, Global Head of Asset Management, Deutsche Bank |
| 4:30-6:30pm |
Panel 4: Buildings
Creating Green Skylines
(OPEN PRESS VIA CLOSED CIRCUIT FEED, 2nd Floor Essex House, POOL TV & PHOTO, live telecast in the viewing room (lincoln room))
Location: Grand Salon, Essex House, 1st Floor
This panel
will focus on how cities can provide incentives for high-performance
building in new and existing commercial
and residential construction to change
the face of city built environments.
Facilitator:
– Rohit T. Aggarwala, Director, Office of Long-term Planning and Sustainability,
City of New York
Panelists:
– Greg Nickels, Mayor of Seattle
– Bill White, Mayor of Houston
– John So, Lord Mayor of Melbourne
– Mohammad A. Zaidi, Executive Vice President —Market Strategy, Technology,
and Quality, Alcoa |
| 7:00–10:00 p.m. |
DINNER
(CLOSED PRESS)
Preparing for Climate Change: Big Cities/Big Challenges
Location: American Museum of Natural History, 81st Street between Central Park West & Columbus Avenue
6:30 p.m., Essex House,
58th Street Entrance
- Jamie Dimon, Chairman & CEO, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
- C. Ray Nagin, Mayor of New Orleans
- Marcelo Ebrard Casaubon, Mayor of Mexico City
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Wednesday, May 16, 2007
| TIME |
EVENT |
| 9:15-10:30am |
Plenary 3 — Communicating Change & Ensuring
Action
(OPEN PRESS VIA CLOSED CIRCUIT FEED, 2nd Floor Essex House, POOL TV & pHOTO, live telecast in the viewing room (lincoln room))
Location:
Grand Salon, Essex House,
1st Floor
This plenary will focus on the fact
that for leaders to take action on global warming, they must have the tools
to create a mandate for change. In order to
create change, leaders must demonstrate political courage, create thoughtful
communications strategies, develop metrics for measurement, engage their
stakeholders, and cooperate with public and private entities.
This plenary ultimately asks,
once a city or business decides to build sustainability into its decision-making
process, how can it also build it into its brand identity?
Moderator:
– Anjali Rao, Anchor/Correspondent, CNNI Asia Pacific
Panelists:
– Shiela Dikshit, Chief Minister of Delhi
– James Murdoch, CEO, BSkyB
– Shintaro Ishihara, Governor of Tokyo |
| 10:45-12:00pm |
Panel 5: Transport
Fuelling Urban Transit Alternatives
(LIMITED PRESS ACCESS TBD- RSVP ONLY, AUDIO PODCASTS AVAILABLE AFTER 24 HOURS)
Location: Grand Salon, Essex House, 1st Floor
This panel will focus on the costs
and benefits of various fuel types and aims to assist participants in making
strategic choices for the future development
and management of urban transit systems.
Facilitator:
– Göran Carstedt, Senior Director —
Large Cities Initiative, Clinton Climate Initiative
Panelists:
– Apirak Kosayodhin, Governor of Bangkok
– Ken Fisher, Senior VP of Strategy & Portfolio, Shell International
Petroleum Co. Ltd.
– Luis Eduardo Garzón, Mayor of Bogotá
– John Street, Mayor of Philadelphia
Panel 6: Energy
Adopting Renewable Energy Systems
(LIMITED PRESS ACCESS TBD- RSVP ONLY, AUDIO PODCASTS AVAILABLE AFTER 24 HOURS)
Location: Tivoli Room, Essex House, 2nd Floor
This panel will focus on how to catalyze the swift uptake of renewable energy
resources into city power systems.
Facilitator:
– Jan Hartke, Consultant, Clinton Climate Initiative
Panelists:
– Klaus Kleinfeld, President & CEO, Siemens AG
– Birhane Deressa, Mayor of Addis Ababa
– Robert B. Catell, Chairman & CEO, KeySpan
– Kadir Topbas¸, Mayor of Istanbul
Panel 7: Waste
Wealth from Waste
(LIMITED PRESS ACCESS TBD- RSVP ONLY, AUDIO PODCASTS AVAILABLE AFTER 24 HOURS)
Location: Borghese Room, Essex House, 2nd Floor
This panel will focus on how cities
and their private sector partners can transform waste into energy and use recycling
systems to reduce city waste streams.
Facilitator:
– Mark Watts, Chief Climate Change Advisor to the Mayor of London
Panelists:
– Shubha Umesh Raul, Mayor of Mumbai
– Ahmed Tinubu, Governor of Lagos State
– Rocky Anderson, Mayor of Salt Lake City
– Anthony Pratt, Chairman, Pratt Industries |
| 12:15-1:45pm |
Plenary Lunch
Risks & Economics of Climate Change
(OPEN PRESS VIA CLOSED CIRCUIT FEED, 2nd Floor Essex House, POOL TV & pHOTO, live telecast in the viewing room (lincoln room))
Location: Grand Salon, Essex House,
1st Floor
(Simultaneous Translation: Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Turkish)
– Antonio Villaraigosa, Mayor of Los Angeles
– Roger W. Ferguson, Jr., Member of the Executive Committee, Head of Financial
Services & Chairman, Swiss Re America Holding Corporation
– Klaus Kleinfeld, President & CEO, Siemens AG |
| 1:45-2:30pm |
Break |
| 3:30-4:15 p.m. |
PRESS CONFERENCE with Former President William Jefferson Clinton
(OPEN PRESS)
Location: Waldorf Astoria, 301 Park Ave. (East 49th) |
| 2:30-4:00pm |
Plenary 4 – Cities Can Thrive in a Low Carbon Economy
((OPEN PRESS VIA CLOSED CIRCUIT FEED, 2nd Floor Essex House, POOL TV & PHOTO, live telecast in the viewing room (lincoln room))
Location: Grand Salon, Essex House, 1st Floor
This plenary will look at creative
financing mechanisms for sustainable infrastructure, such as clean energy
and energy efficiency projects in cities. It will broadly
examine how capital markets are responding to climate change and how cities
and
businesses can work with these developments to maximize benefits and opportunities.
Moderator:
– Steve Howard, CEO, The Climate Group
Panelists:
– Blythe Masters, Global Head of Currencies & Commodities,
JPMorgan
Chase & Co.
– Marcelo Ebrard Casaubon,
Mayor of Mexico City
– Klaus Wowereit, Mayor of Berlin |
| 4:30–6:00 p.m. |
General Assembly of the C40 Cities
(CLOSED PRESS)
Location: Grand Salon, Essex House,
1st Floor
(Simultaneous Translation: German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish) |
| 7:00-10:00pm |
Dinner
(CLOSED PRESS)
Location: Time Warner Center,
1 Time Warner Center on 58th
Street,
between 8th & 9th
Avenues
(Simultaneous Translation: German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Turkish)
– Richard D. Parsons, Chairman & CEO, Time Warner
– William Jefferson Clinton, 42nd President of the United States of America |
Thursday, May 17, 2007
| TIME |
EVENT |
| 8:00-10:00am |
Breakfast & Press Availability
(OPEN PRESS)
Location: Petit & Grand Salon,
Essex House, 1st Floor |
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