Event – Sustainability Professionals Summit: Visioning for Accelerated Impact

NJ Sustainability Professionals’ Summit: Visioning for Accelerated Impact will take place on April 23-24, 2013 at Princeton University. This first-of-its-kind meeting will engage leadership, chief sustainability officers and sustainability professionals from various NJ economic sectors in a discussion of the current state of sustainability in New Jersey higher education.

Within the context of New Jersey’s unique status as the ecological crossroads that produced the “Garden State”, this gathering will explore the potential partnerships with and within NJ higher education to foster a network of collaborations that transcends the education sector and advances our collective sustainability impact across the state.

Co-Keynote Addresses: Dr. Henry Horn-Professor Emeritus, Princeton University, Dept of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Dr. Anthony Cortese–Founder of Second Nature, American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment (ACUPCC), American Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE), and the Higher Education Associations Sustainability Consortium (HEASC).

Sessions and panels include: “Engaging Executive Leadership in Sustainability-how do you make this happen/how others made it happen.” – Sustainability Collaborations and Partnerships with New Jersey’s Higher Education Community Sectors/issues addressed include: Sustainability policy; clean energy/ technology; talent development, careers and entrepreneurship; curriculum/education, supply chain/ resource management, change management within/across institutions.

For more information or to register click here.

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