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Green Technology and Economic
Revitalization in Michigan
Friday, March 25, 2011 • 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
100 Hutchins Hall • 625 S. State St.
Sponsored by the University
of Michigan Law School
A Michigan Telecommunications and
Technology Law Review Symposium
www.mttlr.org
Volume 17 2010-2011
Michigan Telecommunications
and Technology Law Review
Editor-in-Chief
G.S. Hans
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Travis Rimando
Peter J. Sauer
Note Editors
Matthew L. McHale
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Symposium Editors
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Naomita Yadav
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Welcome to the Michigan Telecommunications and Technology Law Review’s 2011 symposium on Green Technology and Economic Revitalization in Michigan. We conceived
of this symposium as a way to discuss issues that are vital
to our state and reflected across the nation at a time when
America is poised to shape its green economy for the coming century. Michigan is in a unique position to confront the
realities and possibilities of the new industrial world. Startup
businesses based around sustainable technologies bring with
them new ideas and approaches, some of which will surely
become driving forces in our economy. Established companies
are employing sustainable technologies in a wide variety of
arenas. Many argue that our very livelihoods hinge on sustainable technological development; whether this proves true or
not, the American economy and the Michigan economy will
look a lot different in twenty years. Sustainability will be a significant component, most likely at the center, of what happens
between then and now.
We are honored to welcome our distinguished panelists
and guests, from the private and public sectors, and would like
to extend our gratitude to them for participating in this exciting discussion about the present and future of Michigan’s sustainable economy. We are very thankful for the support and
participation of the University of Michigan Law School, and
the University of Michigan Ross School of Business, through
the Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise and the Zell
Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies. We are also very
thankful for the support and participation of Michigan Law’s
Environmental Law Society and Environmental Law and Policy
Program; the symposium provides a unique opportunity for
two exciting fields of legal scholarship within the law school
to interact. Finally, we would like to thank the student body of
the University of Michigan Law School, and the University as
a whole, as well as the Michigan community, for their support
and enthusiasm regarding our symposium. We are honored to
present this event for that community.
Regards,
G.S. Hans
Jillian McFarland
Naomita Yadav
Editor-in-Chief
Symposium Editor
Symposium Editor
Michigan Telecommunications and Technology Law Review
Symposium Agenda
All events held in 100 Hutchins Hall unless otherwise noted
8:30 AM
Continental Breakfast
9:00 AM
Opening Remarks
Outside 100 Hutchins Hall
Evan Caminker
Dean, University of Michigan Law School
9:15 AM to Industries for a Sustainable Future
10:45 AM
Green Technology and
Big Business in Michigan
Moderator: David Uhlmann
Director, University of Michigan
Environmental Law and Policy Program
Panelists:
Chuck Conlen
Tom Lyon
10:45 AM
Director, Renewable Energy, Detroit Edison
Director, Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise
University of Michigan Ross School of Business
Mark Wagner
Vice President of Government Relations
Johnson Controls, Inc.
Coffee Break
11:00 AM to Fostering Economic Development
12:30 PM
through Green Technology
Sustainable Startups in Michigan
Moderator: Tim Faley
Managing Director, Zell Lurie Institute for
Entreprenurial Studies, University of
Michigan Ross School of Business
Panelists:
Gil Pezza
Max Shtein
Director, Water Technology Initiative
Michigan Economic Development Corporation
Associate Professor, University of Michigan
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Knut Simonsen
President, DTE Energy Ventures
Friday, March 25, 2011
12:30 PM
to 1:30 PM
Lunch Served
1:00 PM
Featured Address
1:45 PM to
3:15 PM
Policy Roundtable
Reconciling Environmental
and Economic Values
Outside 100 Hutchins Hall
Skip Pruss
Principal, 5 Lakes Energy
Efficiency and Renewables Advisory Committee
U.S. Department of Energy
Moderator: Sara Rollet Gosman
Water Resources Attorney, National Wildlife Federation
Adjunct Professor, University of Michigan Law School
Panelists:
Howard Learner
Executive Director
Environmental Law and Policy Center
Adjunct Professor, University of Michigan Law School
Skip Pruss
Principal, 5 Lakes Energy
Efficiency and Renewables Advisory Committee
U.S. Department of Energy
Kate Zyla
Director of Research and Policy Analysis
Georgetown Climate Center
3:15 PM
Closing Remarks
3:30 PM
Reception
Tom Lyon
Director, Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise
University of Michigan Ross School of Business
Lawyers’ Club Lounge
Biographies
Evan Caminker
Dean
Branch Rickey Professor of Law
University of Michigan Law School
Evan H. Caminker, who was named dean of the Law School
in 2003, writes, teaches, and litigates about various issues of
American constitutional law. His scholarship and professional
activities focus on matters concerning individual rights, federalism, and the nature of judicial decision making. Dean Caminker came to Michigan from the UCLA Law School, where he was
a faculty member from 1991 to 1999. Caminker received his
B.A. in political economy and environmental studies, summa
cum laude, from the University of California at Los Angeles,
and his J.D. from the Yale Law School. He clerked for Justice
William Brennan at the Supreme Court and for Judge William
Norris of the Ninth Circuit. Dean Caminker also practiced law
with the Center for Law in the Public Interest in Los Angeles
and with Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering in Washington, D.C.
As an undergraduate student, Dean Caminker earned the
Outstanding Senior Award, the Phi Beta Kappa Top Junior at
UCLA Award, and two national championship school debate
awards. In law school, he was a senior editor of the Yale Law
Journal and a Coker Fellow, and he was awarded the Benjamin Scharps Prize for Excellence in Legal Writing. A gifted
classroom teacher, Dean Caminker has received the ACLU Distinguished Professors Award for Civil Liberties Education. He
has taught in the fields of constitutional law, civil procedure,
and federal courts, and he has lectured widely before various
professional, scholarly, and student audiences. He has published articles in the Michigan Law Review, Yale Law Journal,
Columbia Law Review, Stanford Law Review, and the Supreme
Court Review. His most recent work includes an inquiry into
the nature of voting on multi-member courts. From May 2000
through January 2001, Dean Caminker served as deputy assistant attorney general in the Office of Legal Counsel, U.S.
Department of Justice.
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Chuck Conlen
Director, Renewal Energy, Detroit Edison
Chuck Conlen is director of Renewable Energy for Detroit Edison, an electric utility serving 2.2 million customers in
Southeastern Michigan. Detroit Edison is one of three major
business units of DTE Energy (NYSE: DTE), a Detroit-based
diversified energy company involved in the development and
management of energy-related businesses and services nationwide. Mr. Conlen is responsible for planning and executing all renewable energy development activities for Detroit
Edison, including business planning and financial modeling;
regulatory filings and other communications; portfolio strategies; supplier contracting; and project development for utilityowned renewable generating resources.
Mr. Conlen joined DTE Energy in 2005 in its Strategy and
Mergers & Acquisitions group where he led numerous strategic initiatives across all of DTE’s business lines. Prior to joining
DTE, Mr. Conlen was a vice president of investment banking
where he structured and oversaw over $25 billion in debt and
equity capital markets transactions and led over $15 billion in
mergers and acquisitions in the power/energy, diversified industrials and multinational financial services industry sectors.
Mr. Conlen earned a bachelor of science degree in Marine Power Engineering from Kings Point, the United States Merchant
Marine Academy, and a master of business administration degree from the University of Michigan. Mr. Conlen is a national
speaker for the Nuclear Energy Institute’s Clean Energy for
America program.
Tim Faley
Managing Director, Zell Lurie Institute for
Entrepreneurial Business Studies, University
of Michigan Ross School of Business
Dr. Timothy L. Faley is the Managing Director of the Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies
and Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Ross School
of Business, University of Michigan. He is responsible directing
the creation and implementation of the Institute’s practiceoriented student programs, managing the Institute’s staff and
Biographies
budget, and developing and teaching innovative graduatelevel entrepreneurship courses, including cross-disciplinary
courses with the College of Engineering. From 2003 through
2006, Dr. Faley was the faculty advisor and managing director for the $5 million Wolverine Venture Fund—an early-stage
student-managed venture capital fund.
Dr. Faley was the founding director of the University of
Michigan’s College of Engineering Office of Technology Transfer and Commercialization. In this position, Dr. Faley was responsible for coordinating technology transfer activities within the College, which ranged from technology assessment and
patenting through licensing and new business formation. He
came to the University of Michigan from The Dow Chemical
Company where he worked in research, new business development, venture capital, and technology licensing.
Dr. Faley had also previously been a chemical engineering faculty member at North Carolina A&T State University. Dr.
Faley has earned B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Chemical Engineering in addition to his MBA. He has been associated with
over twenty new ventures throughout his career.
Sara Rollet Gosman
Water Resources Attorney, National Wildlife Federation
Adjunct Professor, University of Michigan Law School
Sara Gosman is an adjunct professor at the University of
Michigan Law School, where she teaches classes on environmental justice, toxic substances, and recent Supreme Court
decisions on environmental issues. Professor Gosman is also a
legal advisor to the National Wildlife Federation on water resource issues, particularly implementation of the Great LakesSt. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact.
As a member of the State of Michigan’s Environmental
Justice Working Group from 2008 to 2010, she helped to develop an environmental justice plan for the State. The plan
was finalized in December of 2010. Professor Gosman earned
an A.B. with high honors in 1996 from Princeton University
and a J.D., cum laude, in 2001 from Harvard Law School. She
also received a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from
the John F. Kennedy School of Government of Harvard University.
Biographies
Howard Learner
Executive Director, Environmental Law and Policy Center
Adjunct Professor, University of Michigan Law School
Howard A. Learner is an experienced attorney who serves
as the Executive Director of the Environmental Law and Policy
Center — the Midwest’s leading public interest environmental legal advocacy and eco-business innovation organization. Professor Learner is responsible for the overall strategic
leadership, policy direction and financial platform for ELPC’s
successful work promoting clean energy development solutions to climate change problems, improving environmental
quality, and preserving natural resources and heritage. ELPC
core premise is that environmental progress and economic
development can be achieved together, and ELPC’s multidisciplinary professional staff puts that policy principle into practice. Professor Learner previously served as General Counsel
for Business and Professional People for the Public Interest,
specializing in complex environmental, energy, economic development and civil rights litigation and policy advocacy.
Much of Professor Learner’s work has concentrated on
developing and advocating new directions on environmental
policy issues, including: developing clean renewable energy
and energy efficiency resources to avoid global warming and
other pollution from conventional power plants; designing
“smart growth” transportation and land use strategies and
leading national and regional efforts to develop a high-speed
rail network that can produce complementary environmental
quality, economic development and employment benefits; and
protecting the Midwest’s wild and natural forests, waterways
and biodiversity. Professor Learner received his law degree
from Harvard Law School (1980), and a B.A. (Honors) from the
University of Michigan (1976). He is an (Adjunct) Professor at
Northwestern University Law School and at the University of
Michigan Law School, teaching advanced seminars on energy
law and climate change policy, and on environmental law and
sustainable development. He is married to Lauren Rosenthal,
an attorney, and with their three children, they live in the Edgewater neighborhood of Chicago.
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Tom Lyon
Director, Erb Institute for Global Sustainable
Enterprise; Dow Professor of Sustainable Science,
University of Michigan Ross School of Business and
Schoolof Natural Resources and Environment
Thomas P. Lyon is the Director of the Erb Institute for
Global Sustainable Enterprise at the University of Michigan.
He holds the Dow Chair of Sustainable Science, Technology
and Commerce, with appointments in both the Ross School
of Business and the School of Natural Resources and Environment. Professor Lyon is a leader in using economic analysis
to understand corporate environmental strategy and how it
is shaped by emerging government regulations, non-governmental organizations, and consumer demands. His book Corporate Environmentalism and Public Policy, published by Cambridge University Press, is the first rigorous economic analysis
of this increasingly important topic. Professor Lyon earned his
bachelor’s degree at Princeton University and his doctorate at
Stanford University. His current research focuses on corporate
environmental information disclosure, greenwash, the causes
and consequences of renewable energy policy, and voluntary
programs for environmental improvement.
Professor Lyon has been a visiting professor at the University of Chicago and at the University of Bonn, and a Fulbright
Scholar at the Scuola Sant’Anna in Pisa, Italy. He spent the academic year 2002/2003 as a Gilbert White Fellow at Resources
for the Future in Washington, DC, and 2003/2004 as a visiting
economist in the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of
Justice. Professor Lyon serves on the editorial boards of the
Journal of Economics and Management Strategy and the Journal of Regulatory Economics. His teaching experience includes
energy economics and policy, environmental governance,
non-market strategy, regulation, managerial economics, business and government, game theory, business strategy, and the
management of innovation.
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Gil Pezza
Director, Water Technologies Initiative
Michigan Economic Development Corporation
Gil Pezza is recognized both locally and internationally as
a valued member of Michigan’s economic development team.
As Director of the MEDC’s Water Technologies Initiative, Mr.
Pezza is responsible for positioning Michigan to become a
center of excellence for the development, advancement and
commercialization of needs-driven water technologies and
management systems. Prior to becoming involved in economic development, Mr. Pezza was an attorney in private practice
with the Business Law and International, Immigration and Customs practice groups of Butzel Long in Detroit.
Mr. Pezza’s qualifications and experience are strongly
multi-functional and multi-cultural. His most recent position
within the MEDC was Manager of the New Markets Research
Unit, which was responsible for the planning and design of
the cluster-based economic development approach adopted
in 2007 by the MEDC. In this position, he was also instrumental
in the planning, design and implementation of the MEDC’s alternative energy clusters focused on Cellulosic Ethanol, Wind
Energy and Solar Energy. Prior, Mr. Pezza held positions of increasing responsibility at the MEDC, including: Vice President
of the International Development Unit where he was primarily
responsible for attracting foreign direct investment and promoting the export of Michigan products; Director of Program
Review for the Legal Affairs Unit where he worked closely with
MEDC’s General Counsel on a variety of complex programmatic, legal, and legislative issues; and Director of Special Projects,
working on key initiatives, including, for example, developing
the SmartZone program, as well as working and on surplus
property, real estate, and OEM-related projects. He also served
as Director of International Business Development, and Director of Europe/Middle East Africa Operations with the Michigan Jobs Commission. Mr. Pezza holds a Juris Doctor Degree
magna cum laude from the Detroit College of Law, and graduate and undergraduate degrees from Wayne State University
in Detroit.
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Skip Pruss
Principal, 5 Lakes Energy
Member, Efficiency and Renewables Advisory
Committee, U.S. Department of Energy
Former Director of Michigan Department of
Energy, Labor and Economic Growth
Former Chief Energy Officer of Michigan
Stanley “Skip” Pruss, a graduate of the University of Michigan and Wayne State University Law School, is a principal in
5 Lakes Energy LLC, a clean energy technology consultancy
focusing on enabling and accelerating Michigan’s clean energy
economy. Until August 2010, Mr. Pruss was the Director of the
Department of Energy, Labor and Economic Growth and Michigan’s Chief Energy Officer, where he was responsible for designing and implementing Michigan’s clean energy economy
diversification efforts.
Mr. Pruss also served as Governor Jennifer Granholm’s
Special Advisor for Renewable Energy and the Environment
and Chair of the Great Lakes Offshore Wind Council. Prior to
that, he was the Deputy Director of the Michigan Department
of Environmental Quality. Until 2003, Mr. Pruss served as the
Assistant Attorney General in Charge of Michigan’s Consumer
Protection Division where he was also Chair of the Department of Attorney General’s Public Protection Practice Group.
Earlier in his career, Mr. Pruss practiced environmental protection and natural resource law and participated in the development, review and analysis of environmental legislation. Mr.
Pruss litigated and brought to successful conclusion one of
the largest natural resource damage cases in the country and
established the nation’s first comprehensive brownfield reclamation program. He was also the legal advisor to the Michigan
Natural Resources Commission and the Michigan Department
of Natural Resources.
Mr. Pruss has received numerous public service awards and
citations including being named Leader of the Year in 2010
by the Great Lakes Renewable Energy association, Guardian
of the Great Lakes in 2009 by Clean Water Action, Conservationist of the Year by Michigan United Conservation Clubs and
selection by the American Bar Association as a recipient of the
Mary C. Lawton Award for Outstanding Government Service.
Biographies
Max Shtein
Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
University of Michigan
Professor Max Shtein received his Ph.D. from Princeton
University in 2004, and his B.S. from University of California,
Berkeley in 1998. He is currently Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Applied
Physics, Macromolecular Science and Engineering, and Art and
Design at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. His research
group at the University of Michigan focuses on the physics and
technology of organic optoelectronic materials and devices.
Professor Shtein is the co-founder of a recent start-up in the
area of efficient, high quality solid state lighting. Prof. Shtein’s
awards include: the 2001 Materials Research Society graduate
student Gold Medal Award, the 2004 Newport Award for Excellence and Leadership in Photonics and Optoelectronics, the
2007 Holt Award for Excellence in Teaching, the 2007 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, and
the 2009 MSE Department Achievement Award.
Knut Simonsen
President, DTE Energy Ventures
Knut A. Simonsen, is vice president of strategy and corporate development at DTE Energy (NYSE: DTE), a Detroit-based
diversified energy company involved in the development and
management of energy-related businesses and services nationwide. In this position, Mr. Simonsen leads strategy, M&A
and new business growth for DTE Energy, which includes DTE
Energy Ventures — a clean technology investment group.
Key areas of responsibility includes; leading corporate M&A
transactions, supporting utility investments, and growing nonutility business, particularly gas midstream and renewable
segments. Mr. Simonsen joined DTE Energy from McKinsey &
Company’s Dallas, Texas office. At McKinsey, he was a management consultant specializing in the energy industry serving leading firms among gas and electric utilities and major oil
companies. Areas of primary focus were merger and acquisitions, growth and restructuring strategies, wholesale trading
and performance management.
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Prior to McKinsey, Mr. Simonsen worked in Texaco’s Alternative Energy division based in New York. As a Project Manager at Texaco, Simonsen led power development teams in
North America, Europe and Latin America. Alternative energy
efforts focused on clean coal and waste gasification. Renewable energy efforts included wood, plastics, tires and sewage
sludge. Previously, Mr. Simonsen was an Assistant Treasurer in
the Project Finance group of Den Norske Bank in New York,
with responsibility for project financings in wind, wood, and
gas fired power projects. Mr. Simonsen earned a bachelor of
science degree in petroleum engineering from Texas A&M University, and a master of business administration degree from
Columbia University in New York with a concentration in finance.
David Uhlmann
Director, Environmental Law and Policy Program
Jeffrey F. Liss Professor from Practice
University of Michigan Law School
David M. Uhlmann is the Jeffrey F. Liss Professor from Practice and the Director of the Environmental Law and Policy Program at the University of Michigan Law School. His research
and advocacy interests include criminal and civil enforcement
of environmental laws, worker endangerment, and efforts to
address global climate change. Since joining the Michigan faculty in 2007, Professor Uhlmann has published articles in the
Stanford Environmental Law Journal, the Utah Law Review,
the Environmental Law Forum, the New York Times, and the
American Constitution Society’s Issue Briefs series. He is also
the author of a forthcoming article in the Michigan Law Review
regarding the Gulf oil spill. Professor Uhlmann has testified before Congress, appeared on national news programs, including
CNN, Frontline, and NPR, and lectured widely about environmental crime and sustainability issues.
Prior to joining the faculty, Professor Uhlmann served for
17 years at the U.S. Department of Justice, the last seven as
Chief of the Environmental Crimes Section, where he was the
top environmental crimes prosecutor in the country. He led
an office of approximately 40 prosecutors responsible for the
prosecution of environmental and wildlife crimes nationwide.
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Professor Uhlmann coordinated national legislative, policy,
and training initiatives regarding criminal enforcement and
chaired the Justice Department’s Environmental Crimes Policy
Committee. He also served as vice chair of the annual ABA
Environmental Law Conference and on the planning committee for the ALI-ABA Criminal Enforcement of Environmental
Laws Seminar. His work as lead prosecutor in United States v.
Elias was chronicled in the book The Cyanide Canary. Professor Uhlmann received a J.D. from Yale Law School and a B.A. in
history with high honors from Swarthmore College. Following
law school, Professor Uhlmann clerked for U.S. District Court
Judge Marvin H. Shoob in Atlanta, Georgia.
Mark Wagner
Vice President, Government Relations
Johnson Controls, Inc.
Mark Wagner is Vice President of Government Relations
for Johnson Controls, Inc., a Fortune 100 company and a global leader in energy efficiency for buildings, building automation systems, advanced automotive batteries, and automotive
interiors. Mr. Wagner’s areas of expertise include energy policy, federal sites that showcase energy efficiency, renewable
energy, and electronic security systems, as well as advanced
battery technology for hybrid electric vehicles.
During his 15 years with Johnson Controls, Mr. Wagner has
been instrumental in developing programs with the federal
government, including Energy Savings Performance Contracting and other public-private partnerships. Before he joined
Johnson Controls, Mr. Wagner served in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, working on defense policy matters involving base closings, industrial issues, competitive sourcing, and
privatization. Prior to his work at DOD, Mr. Wagner was the Executive Director of the Wisconsin Procurement Institute, overseeing a statewide federal procurement assistance program for
more than 1,500 Wisconsin companies. He also has served as a
Congressional staff member for Representative Les Aspin, U.S.
Senator Birch Bayh, and Representative John Brademas. Mr.
Wagner received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Indiana University in 1975 and his law degree from
the Indiana University School of Law at Bloomington in 1983.
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Kate Zyla
Director of Research and Policy Analysis
Georgetown Climate Center
Kathryn Zyla is the Director of Research and Policy Analysis for the Georgetown Climate Center, where she oversees
work on state and federal climate, energy, and transportation
policy. Ms. Zyla previously served as a Senior Associate in the
Climate and Energy Program at the World Resources Institute,
where her work focused on greenhouse gas emissions markets, energy security, and state-federal roles in climate policy.
Prior to that, she was Senior Research Fellow for Domestic
Policy at the Pew Center on Global Climate Change. Ms. Zyla
holds a Master of Environmental Management degree from
Yale University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from Swarthmore College.
With Support From:
University of Michigan Law School
University of Michigan Ross School of Business
University of Michigan Erb Institute
for Global Sustainable Enterprise
University of Michigan Zell Lurie Institute
for Entrepreneurial Studies
University of Michigan Law School
Office of Student Affairs
University of Michigan Environmental
Law and Policy Program
The Environmental Law Society
The Intellectual Property Students Association
Dean David Baum
Professor Edward R. Becker
Professor Rebecca S. Eisenberg
Rozona Kelemen
Diane Nafranowicz
Ken Nisbet
Sean Patrick
Professor David L. Uhlmann
and especially Maureen Bishop
Notes
Notes
Agenda in Brief
8:30 AM
Continental Breakfast
9:00 AM
Opening Remarks
9:15 AM to
10:45 AM
Industries for a Sustainable Future
Green Technology and
Big Business in Michigan
Moderator: Professor David Uhlmann
Panelists: Chuck Conlen,
Professor Tom Lyon, Mark Wagner
10:45 AM
Coffee Break
11:00 AM to
12:30 PM
Fostering Economic Development
through Green Technology
Sustainable Startups in Michigan
12:30 PM
to 1:30 PM
Lunch Served
1:00 PM
Featured Address
1:45 PM to
3:15 PM
Policy Roundtable
Reconciling Environmental
and Economic Values
Outside 100 Hutchins Hall
Dean Evan Caminker
Moderator: Professor Tim Faley
Panelists: Gil Pezza
Professor Max Shtein, Knut Simonsen
Outside 100 Hutchins Hall
Skip Pruss
Moderator: Professor Sara Rollet Gosman
Panelists: Professor Howard Learner
Skip Pruss, Kate Zyla
3:15 PM
Closing Remarks
3:30 PM
Reception
Professor Tom Lyon
Lawyers’ Club Lounge