OctoberBest Keynotes
Breakfast Keynote
Technology vs. Technique: the Needed Quantum Leap in Sustainability
Ralph DiNola - LEED AP & LEED Faculty, Green Building Services
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Ralph DiNola, a principal with Green Building Services, will review an emerging understanding of what is needed for humankind to take the next significant step in our approach to sustainability and getting beyond our current limitations and incremental improvement in performance.
Join us for this inspiring presentation focused on building green technologies and learn easy ways to make our current structures "more green".
Lunch Keynote
The sun rises over the Silicon Forest- An overview of Solarworld's investment in Oregon's 21st century growth with emphasis on green technology and employment.
Ben Santarris - Public Affairs Manager, SolarWorld Industries America
Ben Santarris went to work at the Hillsboro headquarters of SolarWorld Industries America as public affairs manager in late 2008. He worked the previous eight years as a business journalist at The Oregonian, the last several years as business editor. He previously worked in various news editing and reporting roles in Bellingham, Wash., Seattle, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Boston. He earned masters degrees in business administration at Western Washington University and print journalism at Boston University. He majored in French literature at Williams College in Massachusetts. Ben grew up near Corvallis. He now lives in Southwest Portland with his wife, Marietta, and two teen-age kids, Rochelle and Nino.