From Innovation to Practice: Scaling solutions for the world’s food, energy, and water systems
Above: The Yale School of Management’s Evans Hall
YESS 2015 will take place November 6-7 at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies and the Yale School of Management.
The Yale Environmental Sustainability Summit (YESS) will engage Yale alumni, faculty, staff and students, as well as world-renowned experts, practitioners and scholars in the environmental realm, on new techniques and technologies to transform our use of Food, Energy and Water.
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Many YESS sessions will be live-streamed: please see below for links
Friday, November 6
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9:00 - 11:00 | Various Locations |
Early Bird Campus Tours: Explore some of the exciting work going on at Yale around sustainability and innovation For full descriptions of the campus tours, please follow this link for tour details. Please note that pre-registration is required |
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11:00 |
Evans Hall First Floor |
Registration Opens | ||||||||
11:00 - 1:00 |
Evans Hall Second Floor |
Welcome Immersion: Student hosted exhibition showcasing a variety of food, energy and water innovations and themes | ||||||||
11:30 - 1:00 |
Evans Hall Second Floor |
Lunch Reception | ||||||||
1:00 - 2:10 |
Zhang Auditorium |
Fireside Chat
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2:10 - 2:15 |
Zhang Auditorium Evans Hall |
Remarks by YESS Lead Sustainability Sponsor, Lynn R. Fusco, President, Fusco Corporation | ||||||||
2:15 – 3:15 |
Zhang Auditorium |
Introductory Keynote: Richard Kauffman, Chairman of Energy & Finance for New York (Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo), Chair of the NYSERDA Board |
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3:15 – 3:30 | Break | |||||||||
3:30 – 4:30 |
Zhang Auditorium |
Innovation for the Future: How do we identify the ripest areas for scalable ideas in energy, food and water? Moderator: Andrew Winston, author The Big Pivot, co-author Green to Gold
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4:45 - 6:00 |
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6:15 |
New Haven Lawn Club |
Welcome Reception | ||||||||
6:50 – 7:30 |
New Haven Lawn Club |
Remarks by Fred Krupp, President, Environmental Defense Fund (Introduction: Sir Peter Crane, Dean, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies) |
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7:30 - 9:00 | New Haven Lawn Club | Dinner and Networking Social |
Saturday, November 7
8:00 - 8:30 |
Kroon/Sage/Evans | Continental Breakfast | ||||||||||||||||
8:30 – 9:30 |
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9:45 – 10:15 |
Zhang Auditorium |
Shifting Thought into Action- Campus as Your Canvas: How is Yale leading the way in institutional sustainability, and what more can be done to actualize new ideas?
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10:20 – 11:15 |
Zhang Auditorium |
Plenary Keynote: How do we scale-up investment in sustainability-driven companies?
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11:15 – 11:30 | Break | |||||||||||||||||
11:30 – 12:30 |
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1:00 – 2:00 |
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2:30 - 3:15 |
Burke Auditorium |
Preparing for Paris: Cassie Flynn, Climate Change Advisor, United Nations | ||||||||||||||||
3:20 – 3:45 |
Burke Auditorium |
Wrap-Up & Closing Remarks
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4:00 - 6:00 |
Burke Auditorium |
“Speed Pitches” and Farewell Reception |
Below: Kroon Hall, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies