Council VP Joins National Leaders for Sustainability Summit, Live Webcast

WASHINGTON—Susan Rochford, vice president for the Council’s Energy Security, Innovation & Sustainability (ESIS) Initiative, will participate in the Arizona State University Sustainability Solutions Summit, September 17. Michael Crow, president of ASU and a member of the ESIS Steering Committee, will also participate in the panel discussion.

Join the live webcast of the event, where a panel of some of the nation's best and brightest leaders in business, government, advocacy and academia will address the most serious sustainability problems. The Summit will provide a lively discussion moderated by journalist Aaron Brown of what the leaders from key sectors are doing—and should be doing—to ensure the planet will be able to continue to sustain life in the future.

Among the issues the panel will discuss are the steps that need to be taken today to achieve future goals of improving automobile fuel efficiency and developing alternative energy sources; reducing waste in manufacturing and packaging; improving water quality; reducing carbon emissions in the United States and abroad; and the role that government, industry and individuals can and should play in that effort.

This program is aimed at anyone interested in issues and solutions to today's environmental challenges. Students, faculty, sustainability coordinators, administrators and others interested in environmental issues are especially encouraged to attend.

This panel discussion will take place in front of a live audience and be streamed live from Washington.

Confirmed Panelists Include:

• Francis Beinecke, President, Natural Resources Defense Council
• Brad Casper, President and CEO, The Dial Corporation
• Anthony Cortese, President, Second Nature
• Michael Crow, President, Arizona State University
• William Ford, Executive Chairman, Ford Motor Company
• John Hofmeister, Former President, Shell Oil Company, President, Citizens for Affordable Energy
• US Representative Edward Markey (D-MA)
• Governor Tim Pawlenty (R-MN)
• Susan Rochford, Vice President, Energy & Sustainability Initiatives, Council on Competitiveness
• US Representative Fred Upton (R-MI)
• Rob Walton, Chairman of the Board, Wal-Mart

Moderated By:

• Aaron Brown, former CNN News Anchor; Professor, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication; Host, PBS' Wide Angle

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