NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--President Bill Clinton, actor and environmentalist Don Cheadle, and the Founder of the Rocky Mountain Institute Amory Lovins, are set to appear at the 2012 Sustainable Operations Summit, which is bringing the brightest minds in business and sustainability to NYC to exchange economical solutions to address energy and the environment.
The summit will also feature a series of guided tours and receptions that will showcase ‘Sustainability in Action’ in New York City, including the World Trade Center site, the High Line and LEED Platinum Bank of America Tower at One Bryant Park. The opening night reception will take place on the 61st floor of the recently retrofitted Empire State Building. In addition, attendees will be able to network on a cruise aboard the greenest ship in the nation, The Hornblower Hybrid, which runs on renewable power generated by hydrogen fuel cells, solar panels and wind turbines. The Title sponsor of the summit is Dyson Airblade.
WHO:
President Bill Clinton; Don Cheadle, actor and UN
Environment Program Goodwill Ambassador; Amory Lovins, Founder of the
Rocky Mountain Institute; Robert Hammond, Co-founder, Friends of The
Highline; Tom Hicks, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Energy of the US
Navy; Anthony Malkin, President, Malkin Holdings; Andreas Schierenbeck,
President of Siemens Building Technologies; Trudie Styler, Co-Founder of
the Rainforest Foundation; renowned Climate Scientist Michael E. Mann;
NYC Department of Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan; and
Alex Knox, Industrial Design Director of Dyson. For a full list of
speakers, please visit sustainablesummit.com.
What:
The 2012 Sustainable Operations Summit
Where:
The Hilton New York
1335 6th Avenue
New
York, NY 10019
When:
April 17-19, 2012
Press Contact:
Mark Pasetsky
Mark Allen & Company
212.699.3756
mark@markallenco.com
About The Sustainable Operations Summit
Launched in 2006, the Sustainable Operations Summit is the premier forum for leading organizations to exchange best practices that benefit both the environment and the bottom line. The 2012 summit will bring together leadership from the world’s most influential organizations to demonstrate how sustainable initiatives offer enormous economic opportunities, including creating jobs and making businesses more efficient. There are limited registration opportunities available via the Sustainable Operations Summit web site: sustainablesummit.com.