The Sustainable Economy

Events marked with an asterisk are those we are co-sponsoring or actively participating in. Scroll down for listings of past events. ( To see a list of all past Event postings, click here.)

Upcoming Events

*Oct. 14, 2009 – SBI/Rothman/NJEN Lunch: “Green Tech Angel and Venture Financing,” Lenfell Hall, 12-2 p.m. Keynote Speaker: Caren Franzini, CEO, NJ Economic Development Authority; Panelists: Gina Tedesco (JumpstartNJ), Larry Chaityn (Kieretsu Forum), Kathleen Coviello (Director of the Technology & Life Sciences Division, NJEDA), and possibly someone from Dickstein & Shapiro (invited), someone from SJF Ventures (invited), and someone from Greencore Capital (invited). More information at http://sustainablebusinessincubator.com/?p=240. To register, please visit NJEN.com.

*Oct. 16, 2009 – BREAKFAST SEMINAR/WEBINAR, “BEYOND GDP : Operationalizing Indicators of Sustainability and Quality of Life” , Lenfell Hall, 7:30 – 9:30 a.m. Speaker: Hazel Henderson; Discussants: Frank Werner, Fordham University and Fern Jones.

Past Events

*Sept. 16, 2009 – Ralph Nader, Innovation Leaders to Speak at FDU, for Rothman Institute’s Social Innovation Conference, Lenfell Hall, 7:15 a.m. Innovation leaders including consumer advocate Ralph Nader will make presentations at the 2009 Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Conference sponsored by Fairleigh Dickinson University’s Rothman Institute of Entrepreneurial Studies. The Sept. 16 half-day intensive seminar will start with registration and breakfast at 7:15 a.m. at Hennessy Hall (The Mansion) at FDU’s College at Florham. Cost of attending the conference is $145; to pre-register, call the Rothman Institute at 973-443-8842. FDU’s College at Florham is at 285 Madison Ave., Madison, N.J. For more information, visit http://www.fdu.edu/innovation.

*Sept. 16, 2009 – U.S.-Israel Cleantech Conference, Meadowlands Environment Center, Two Dekorte Park Plaza, Lyndhurst, NJ, 8:00 am – 6:00 pm. Israel has over 50 years of experience in water management and solar energy technologies and is second to the U.S. in startup companies pursuing more innovative sources of renewable energy. This conference will gather the region’s most influential cleantech professionals and provide a forum for exploring business opportunities and targeted networking. For more information, and to register, see http://www.state.nj.us/state/nj-israel/invite-091609.html

*Sept. 18, 2009 – Sustainability and the Obama Stimulus Agenda: Engaging and Connecting with Government, Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School, Robertson Hall, 8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. ~ SORRY REGISTRATION IS CLOSED ~ For more information see http://www.princeton.edu/prior/events/conferences/sustainability-and-the-ob/index.xml

*”Jumpstarting the New Green Economy”

Spring Green Ventures Conference Announced (see our Conference Planning Site for more details)

Please save May 20, 21 and 22, 2009 for our next green ventures conference, Jumpstarting the New Green Economy.

Our goal with the conference this year is to use it to power a movement to launch dozens of new companies to grow a different sort of economy – an economy that genuinely is socially, environmentally, and economically sustainable. Our present economy has proven that it is none of these.

Here are some ways we plan to bring this about:

The conference will include a much larger Green Expo and a Green Jobs Fair, a separate Green Invention 2 Venture Workshop, and a Best Green Practices Awards Luncheon, as well as a number of conference tracks dealing with various aspects of the new green economy, from local food to local currencies, from green venture investing to reinventing capitalism. We hope to bring together over 400 people, including state and federal policymakers, venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, leading thinkers, and community activists to “think together” about what’s needed and how to achieve it.

Leading up to the conference in May will be a number of meetings and events co-sponsored with other individuals and organizations, including special ISE Breakfasts, roundtable discussions, and more.

We also have the opportunity to publish a book on the topic – dealing with the very practical issues involved in making the transition from traditional businesses and careers to more sustainable ones, and with the more challenging ones of reinventing the economic system so as to include both environmental externalities and social needs.

If you would like to become a sponsor, have a table at the event, or assist us in other ways, and use it to build or expand your own network of green contacts, please let us know. We have already set up a functioning conference planning web site, which we will be updating as things develop, and will make publicly available to those who wish to be involved in the planning process. Please send us your thoughts, interests, and ideas for the event.

*”Growing the Next Generation of Green Ventures”

Sustainable Entrepreneurship Symposium and Expo

An NCIIA Invention to Venture Workshop
for faculty, students, and the business community

Friday, May 2, 2008, 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Followed by a networking reception 4 p.m. – 6 p.m.
and Green Enterprise Showcase

Fairleigh Dickinson University’s Silberman College of Business
College at Florham, 285 Madison Avenue, Madison, NJ

In association with the New Jersey Institute of Technology, the Rothman Institute of Entrepreneurial Studies, and the Institute for Sustainable Enterprise and Our Other Sponsors and Institutions

For the latest information on the program, and to register, please visit

http://invention2venture.org/greenventures08

If you are interested in participating as a sponsor, speaker/facilitator, or exhibitor please contact Jonathan Cloud at 908-306-9075 or contact us through this site.

For Community Green events, click here.

*Demystifying Carbon Markets – Friday, March 14, 2008, 7:30 – 10 a.m.

The Sustainable Business Incubator and
ISE/CHRMS at the College at Florham campus of
Fairleigh Dickinson Universityinvites you to a Special Presentation on
Friday, March 14, 2008 7:30 – 10:00 a.m.
Lenfell Hall, the Mansion (Hennessy Hall)
Fairleigh Dickinson University
Madison, NJ “Demystifying Carbon Markets”
Featuring Speaker:
Lawrence Pratt
Associate Director of the Latin American Center for Competitiveness
& Sustainable Development (CLACDS)
Professor, Masters Degree and Executive Education Programs
INCAE University, Costa Rica

Presentation Highlights

• How carbon markets work
• Innovative Approaches
• Concerns about carbon markets
• Future of carbon markets

For more information: Pratt Event Flier

Please reserve a space on or before 3/10/08 by: Registering online (select “Special Event”), or calling ISE/CHRMS at 973-443-8577, or faxing the completed flyer to ISE/CHRMS at 973-443- 8506, or by emailing your rsvp to pniewski@fdu.edu

FEE: $35**
Breakfast will be served

**Note: Current employees of ISE/CHRMS “Corporate Partner” companies and ISE/CHRMS “Individual” and “Breakfast” Partners, members of FDU faculty and administration, and current matriculated students are allowed free admittance. Anyone who is not an ISE/ CHRMS partner is subject to the $35 admittance fee which is used to cover the cost of food. Non- partners accompanying those listed above will also be charged the $35 admittance fee.

Non-partners are subject to the $35 admittance fee if they register but change plans and do not cancel their reservation by March 10, 2008.

Sustainability and Society’s Priorities – Monday, February 25, 2008, 11:30 am – 1:00 pm

Jon Plaut
President, Global Learning, Inc.
NJIT Campus Center Ballroom – see http://tsf.njit.edu/

Green Trends & Technology Predictions 2008 – Monday, February 25, 2008, 3 – 7 PM

NJTC and Rutgers EcoComplex are partnering to bring together experts in the fields of energy, environmental and engineering. The experts will highlight current trends and make predictions for 2008, identifying attractive areas for innovation and investment. The program will begin with workgroups comprised of thought leaders from academia, industry and government. The annual Environment, Energy and Engineering Industry Forecast will be presented followed by panel discussions in investing trends and technology predictions for 2008.

3:00 – 3:10 – Registration & Welcome

3:10 – 4:10 – WorkGroups – These WorkGroups provide researchers and executives with an opportunity to share their work and promote the growth of collaborative efforts on future projects.

WorkGroup I: Bio-Energy Technologies
WorkGroup II: Energy Efficiency and Information Software
WorkGroup III: Alternative Energy

4:15 – 4:30 – Environment, Energy and Engineering Industry Forecast – NJTC’s and Montclair State University Industry Forecast. Results presented by Michael A. Kruge, Ph.D., Associate Dean, College of Science & Mathematics, Montclair State University

4:30 – 5:00 – Green Investing Trends 2007-2008. State of the energy/environmental/engineering technologies in the region
Moderator: Patrick Regan, Sr. Correspondent Science & Technology, New Jersey Network (NJN)
Panelists: William D. Lese, Managing Director, Braemar Energy Ventures
John J. McKenna, Chairman & CEO, Hamilton Clark & Co.
Tracy Warren, General Partner, Battelle Ventures
Mike Winka, Director, Office of Clean Energy, NJ Board of Public Utilities

5:10 – 6:15 – Top Ten Technology Predictions for 2008 – Leaders in various industry segments will propose their predictions for 2008.

Presenters include:
Kelly Gratz, President, inVentiv Health
Shane Hallen, Regional VP of Sales, PaeTec Communications
Shreekanth Mandayam, Chair, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Rowan University (Electronics)
Charlie McFadden, VP of Business Development, SAMR (Environment)
Kenneth Smyth, VP, IT Solutions, Tekmark Global Resources (IT)

6:15 – 7:00 – Wine & Cheese Reception – Sponsored by Rutgers University

NJTC Members: $20 – Non-Members: $60 – Students: $5
To register and for directions visit www.njtc.org

*Official SBI Launch and Press Event – Wednesday, January30, 2008

Launch of New Sustainable Business Incubator and Introduction of First Client – HydroCoil Power, Inc. See media coverage here.

The state of New Jersey has set ambitious goals in response to the climate crisis. These goals offer opportunities for the development of technologies and businesses. The Sustainable Business Incubator will foster start-up and early-stage high-growth ventures in the areas of alternative energy, the environment, waste reduction, urban agriculture, transportation and business information related to sustainable development.

The focus is to help new companies, or freestanding initiatives within existing companies, that offer specific solutions to the challenges of sustainable economic growth.

When: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 at 11 a.m.
Where: FDU’s College at Florham (Room location TBA)
285 Madison Avenue, Madison, NJ

This event is hosted by Fairleigh Dickinson University’s Silberman College of Business, the Institute for Sustainable Enterprise and the Sustainable Business Incubator. Media coverage is welcome.
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*ANJEC’s 34th Annual Statewide Environmental Congress

THE HEAT IS ON….
What to do now?
A day of discussion and workshops on energy and climate change strategies for New Jersey

Friday, October 12, 2007
9 am- 4 pm
The Conference Center at Mercer County College
West Windsor

Keynote Speakers
Anthony Broccoli, PhD, Acting Director
Center for Environmental Prediction,
Rutgers University
Dennis Canavan, Senior Director Global Energy
Johnson & Johnson

Featured Speakers
President Jeanne Fox
New Jersey Board of Public Utilities
Director Jeanne Herb
Planning Policy and Science
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection

To register, visit http://www.anjec.org/html/workshops.htm#congress

*NJ Bioenergy Forum – October 23, 2007

October 23, 2007
7:30 am ET – 6:00 pm ET
Hyatt Regency of New Brunswick, NJ
Two Albany Street
New Brunswick, NJ 08901

New Jersey is a “perfect storm” for bioenergy development – urban density, abundant transportation and shipping infrastructure, land available for sighting plants, and ready access to a large market. Feedstocks from municipal and commercial wastes – such as food & fiber waste, wood, restaurant grease, even yard wastes – can provide efficient, clean-burning energy and fuels.

This full day forum will provide an overview of opportunities for biofuels & bioenergy in New Jersey. For information and registration visit www.thegreeneconomy.com or call (609) 520-0056.
Sponsor and exhibitor opportunities still available – see website for more details. The Green Economy bioenergy program is produced in partnership with EBA-NY, CEEP, and Einstein’s Alley.

Click for Details and Registration Information

*New Jersey Clean Energy Conference and Leadership Awards

September 27 & 28
Hyatt Regency, New Brunswick

This year’s conference offers information on clean energy strategies for businesses and municipalities and includes a Municipal Track, a day (9/27) devoted to providing municipalities with tools and information specific to their needs. The second day includes awards, keynote address by Ted Turner and workshops on some of the following topics:

• New Jersey’s Energy Master Plan
• Clean Energy Project Financing
• Renewable Energy Certificate Markets
• Combined Heat & Power and Demand Side Management
• Green Building Design
• Clean Energy Strategies to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint

For more information, please visit: www.njcleanenergy.com/~/conference-and-leadership

*Global Warming, Telling the Local Story

Thursday September 20, 8:30 am -12 pm
Trenton Marriott, 1 West Lafayette Street, Trenton

Shrinking your town’s carbon footprint depends to a large degree on successfully working with the press to inform, engage, educate and persuade the public about how to address the issues.

To help you do that, ANJEC and the New Jersey Press Association (NJPA) will bring together New Jersey journalists, environmental commissions and municipal officials for a special half-day workshop featuring an all-star panel of experts and a keynote presentation by Governor Jon Corzine (invited).

Fee for ANJEC members $35, non members $40

Half price special:
50% off your registration if you
attend with a credentialed journalist

To register, call ANJEC at 973-539-7547 or email: info@anjec.org

Atlantic County Environmental Conference

September 15, 2007
8:30 to 4:00

The Richard Stockton of New Jersey, Pomona

Featuring panel discussions on:
- Emerging environmental issues
- Protection of water resources
- How to live an environmentally conscious lifestyle
- Alternative energy trends
- Ecotourism opportunities and challenges
- Green architectural design and management

For more information:

609-343-2223 www.environment2007.aclink.org

*FREE AMA WEBCAST: Sustainability: An Evolving Business Paradigm

September 11, 2007
12:00 – 1:00 p.m. EDT

People – Planet – and Profits is rapidly becoming the new mantra of the 21st century business person. Business leaders and managers are challenged as never before to address a myriad of issues that go far beyond the single profit motive. People issues ranging from worker health and safety, employee morale and engagement, as well as societal issues of entrenched poverty are rising to the fore as core business issues. Environmental issues affecting the entire planet, such as global warming threaten to affect the very survival of the planet and create an urgent call for action.

Given the enormous complexity and challenges before us, what can business managers and leaders do? Regardless of your role, function, position or company, what can you do? How can business leaders and managers create a better balance between the needs of people, the planet, and profit in both the short- and long-term?

As a step forward on the journey to a more sustainable world, an ever increasing number of organizations are beginning to move towards a new “sustainability” business paradigm – one that focuses on creating a better balance between social, environmental, and economic factors for short- and long-term performance. In more and more cases, businesses are adopting sustainability-related values, principles, strategies and practices.

Join this complimentary Webcast where we’ll discuss the findings from a recent global survey on Sustainability sponsored by the American Management Association, and conducted by the Human Resource Institute in collaboration with the Institute for Sustainable Enterprise at Fairleigh Dickinson University.

For an hour, you’ll explore:

• The significant gap between how much employees in companies personally care as compared to how much they think their companies care about sustainability-related issues

• The relationship between sustainability and company performance

• The twelve most widely used sustainability-related practices

• The business factors driving greater focus on sustainability, as well as factors hindering its progress, both today and as we look forward into the next ten years

• How the most sustainable companies create a foundation, traction and broad stakeholder engagement for sustainability

Presenters:

• Jeana Wirtenberg, President, Jeana Wirtenberg & Assoc. LLC; Co- Founder, Institute for Sustainable Enterprise, Fairleigh Dickinson University
• Jay Jamrog, Executive Director, Human Resource Institute/ Institute for Corporate Productivity
• Ed Reilly, CEO, American Management Association

Best practices from such sustainability leaders as:

• Ray Anderson, Chairman and Founder from Interface, Inc., and
• Govi Rao from Philips Lighting, and now CEO, LED Effects

(See attached Flyer: AMA Webcast Flyer)

REGISTRATION: (Reservations are required)
Meeting Number: 17587-00007
Tel: 1-800-262-9699
Register online: http://www.amanet.org/events/hri-sustainabilty/

Be sure to reference code XA51 when registering

Sustainable Business Networking Event

Friday, August 24, 2007
8:00 to 10:30 a.m.

The Orangerie, Fairleigh Dickinson University Library, The College at Florham (Madison Campus).

Hosted by the Institute for Sustainable Enterprise and its new Sustainable Business Incubator. Featuring a mini-seminar on sustainable business, and opportunities to network with Morris and Somerset County businesses. Members of the Somerset Hills Business Network, and the Gateway Regional Chamber of Commerce, will be using this as their monthly networking meeting. For more information, contact Kate Conroy (kateconroy@gatewaychamber.com) or call 908-352-0900.

Webinar featuring Dr. David Cooperrider
Becoming a Green Company for Profit and Value
11 a.m. EST
Tuesday, August 21
Advancing Your Organization’s Sustainability Journey With Appreciative Inquiry

Read the full Webinar description and register now.

Creating the Sustainable Business Incubator at FDU

Wednesday, July 18, 2007
7:45 to 2:00

Fairleigh Dickinson University, Madison Campus

We are inviting a spectrum of potential stakeholders, from business, government, and academia to help move us forward in this effort.

The meeting will be held in the Orangerie at the FDU Library on the FDU Madison Campus, and we will provide complimentary breakfast and lunch with a variety of information and discussion sessions to present our ideas to you and get your feedback, suggestions, and indications of interest. Invited guests include representatives of venture firms, other New Jersey incubators, NJEDA, NJTC, and other organizations, as well as several experienced entrepreneurs, corporate executives, and business school faculty members.

Register online at http://www.fdu.edu/forms/chrmsregister.html (select “Special Event”)

For more information, call Jonathan Cloud at 908-306-9075.

Managing Responsibilities as an Entrepreneur

July 13, 2007, 9-11 a.m. - Free

Kean University SBDC / PNC Community Education Center, Plainfield

UNION, N.J. ––– The Small Business Development Center of Kean University will offer a free workshop, titled Transitioning from Employee to Employer, on Wednesday, July 13, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the PNC Community Education Center, located at 209 West Second Street in Plainfield, N.J.

This seminar, conducted by Jeffrey Dunn, founder of the Business Incubator and Amalgamated Business Consultants in Plainfield, N.J., will discuss balancing the freedoms and responsibilities of self-employment. Dunn provides a unique perspective on entrepreneurship not as a job, but as a lifestyle filled with challenges, independence and adventure. Guests will have the opportunity to view this adventure/mystery from the comforts of the workshop.

This workshop is one of six offered as part of the Free Summer Small Business Series. Held from July 13 through August 17 at the education center, the series features weekly seminars for aspiring business owners on a wide range of business topics. Those participants who attend at least four of the workshops will receive a certificate recognizing their achievements.

Co-sponsors of the series include SCORE®, The Incubator One-Stop Service in Plainfield, N.J.; City of Plainfield, N.J.; Plainfield, N.J., Chamber of Commerce; UCEDC; the U.S. Small Business Administration; N.J. Commerce and Economic Growth Tourism Commission; and the Union County Workforce Investment Board.

Special arrangements for people with disabilities can be made upon request. Be sure to bring business cards and brochures for networking purposes.

For further information or to register for the workshop, please contact Tyra Addison at (908) 737-5950.

Emerging Leaders | Emerging Solutions

July 11-12, 2007

The New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark

Emerging Leaders, Emerging Solutions will highlight emerging strategies, leaders and ideas in response to global warming and climate change. The conference will explore solutions from a variety of sectors, including non-profit, business, policy, and community-based leaders. Speakers and panelists will share their model efforts, and participants will discuss ways to combine efforts to collectively address greenhouse gas emissions. Particular attention will be paid to issues such as: the appropriate balance of market-based and regulatory approaches to climate policy, issues of equity and justice in the formulation of climate policies, and the role of a wide range of solutions and policies from energy consumption and emissions reductions to alternative energy development, transportation and land use planning.

http://www.elpnet.org/climate_change/conference.php

Are you a member of the press interested in covering this event? Please call 202.332.3320 and ask for Morgan.

NJ Green Design Guideline Working Groups

June 14, 2007
9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Student Center, NJIT, Newark, NJ

NJHEPS will be hosting the first of several Working Groups focused on the use of the newly revised Sustainable Design Guidelines. Bill Bobenhausen from Sustainable Design Collaborative will go through sections of the Design Guidelines in detail and address any questions attendees may have. AIA/CEU credits will be offered.

Please register at the following link: www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaID=133958

NJ Business Incubator Network Meeting

June 14, 2007
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Hosted by Michel Bitritto, NJIT Enterprise Development Center, 211 Warren Street, Newark, NJ (by invitation – we are on the list)

NJ Green Business in Einstein’s Alley

June 14, 2007
6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Location: Sante Fe Grille – Upstairs Private Room

Michael C. Trachtenberg, Founder & CEO , and John Marciszewski, COO of Carbozyme Inc. (www.carbozyme.us). Carbozyme is completing development of a state-of-the-art, high efficiency, low energy, liquid membrane system designed to capture and separate carbon dioxide (CO2) from a wide variety of gas streams.

Artur P. Suckewer, CEO & Founder, Knite Inc. (www. Knite.com) Knite is commercializing the Kinetic Spark Ignitition system (KSI™), technology invented at Princeton University to bring to market a better spark plug that will improve engine performance while significantly reducing emissions.

Thomas H. Pyle, Chairman of the Board, and Tom Szaky, Founder and CEO, of Terracycle, Inc. Terracycle’s flagship product, TerraCycle Plant Food™, is an all-natural, all-organic, liquid plant food made from waste (worm poop) and packaged in waste (reused soda bottles)!

– and us!

Suggested Contribution: $15 per person for room, appetizers, soft drinks + tax and tip provided by restaurant. If you plan to attend please RSVP via email ASAP to sgeorges3@comcast.net