NEW YORK, March 11, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- The Wall Street Journal's first annual "ECO:nomics -- Creating Environmental Capital" conference will provide a CEO-level view of the rapidly developing relationship between the environment and the bottom line. ECO:nomics, with its prominent lineup of leading chief executives, politicians and thought leaders, will be held March 12-14 at Bacara Resort and Spa in Santa Barbara, Calif.
The exclusive sponsors of this year's ECO:nomics conference include DWS Scudder, General Motors, Hewlett Packard and Intel.
"The Wall Street Journal's ECO:nomics Conference is set to accomplish its objective -- provide an open dialogue among business leaders to exchange ideas and offer insight on how to balance concerns about the environment and the bottom-line demands of shareholders," said Alan Murray, online executive editor of The Wall Street Journal and a host of the event.
The conference will be hosted by Mr. Murray along with The Wall Street Journal's Jeffrey Ball, environmental news editor, and Kimberley Strassel, editorial board member.
ECO:nomics will focus on the impact of environmental issues on the CEO, bring together the leaders who are shaping environmental regulations, policies and business strategies, uncover the most compelling new opportunities and cut through the hype to deliver the bottom line on business and the environment.
The 2008 Wall Street Journal's ECO:nomics -- Creating Environmental Capital conference will feature the following leaders:
* Ed Begley, Jr., actor and activist
* John E. Bryson, chairman, president and chief executive officer,
Edison International
* Red Cavaney, president and chief executive officer, American
Petroleum Institute
* Jack D. Cogen, president and chief executive officer, Natsource
* Dr. Peter H. Diamandis, chairman and chief executive officer,
X Prize Foundation
* John Doerr, partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers
* Miles George, chief executive officer, Babcock & Brown Wind
Partners
* Hal Harvey, environment program director, William and Flora
Hewlett Foundation
* Jeffrey R. Immelt, chairman and chief executive officer, General
Electric
* Abyd Karmali, managing director and global head of carbon
emissions, Merrill Lynch
* Vinod Khosla, managing partner, Khosia Ventures
* Fred Krupp, president, Environmental Defense
* Anne Lauvergeon, chief executive officer, Areva
* Andrew N. Liveris, chairman, president and chief executive
officer, The Dow Chemical Company
* Mindy S. Lubber, president, Ceres and director, Investor Network
on Climate Risk
* Robert Lukefahr, president, BP Alternative Energy, North America
* Robert A. Lutz, vice chairman of global product development,
General Motors
* Steven J. Milloy, managing partner, Action Fund Management
* T. Boone Pickens, chairman, BP Capital Management
* T.J. Rodgers, president and chief executive officer, Cypress
Semiconductor
* James E. Rogers, chairman, president and chief executive officer,
Duke Energy
* Arnold Schwarzenegger, governor, State of California
* H. Lee Scott, Jr., president and chief executive officer, Wal-
Mart Stores Inc.
* Dr. Zhengrong Shi, chairman and chief executive officer, Suntech
Power Holdings Co., Ltd.
* Fred L. Smith, Jr., president, The Competitive Enterprise
Institute
* Patricia Woertz, chairman, president and chief executive officer,
Archer Daniels Midland
* Daniel Yergin, chairman, Cambridge Energy Research Associates
(CERA)
* Dieter Zetsche, chairman of the Board of Management, Daimler
For more information about The Wall Street Journal ECO:nomics -- Creating Environmental Capital conference, please go to http://economics.wsj.com.
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