NEW YORK, Jan. 13, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Wall Street Journal's fourth annual ECO:nomics conference will bring together leading CEOs, entrepreneurs, policymakers and industry experts who operate at the intersection of business and the environment. The conference will be held March 2-4 in Santa Barbara, Calif., at Bacara Resort & Spa.
ECO:nomics participants – including William Clay Ford, Jr., executive chairman of Ford Motor Company; Zhengrong Shi, chairman and CEO of Suntech Power Holdings; Ellen Kullman, chair and CEO of DuPont; Andrew Liveris, chairman, president and CEO of The Dow Chemical Company; and additional executives and experts – will assess the risks and opportunities emerging across sectors and countries at this time of rapid change. The opening night session will focus on the rise of China as a center of clean tech innovation, featuring a discussion with Louis Chênevert of United Technologies and Zhengrong Shi of Suntech Power Holdings.
Against a backdrop of regulatory and economic uncertainty, bursts of innovation are creating the potential for new efficiencies and new markets in myriad industries — but they raise high-stakes questions for decision-makers. In candid discussions and focused breakout sessions, the participants at ECO:nomics will uncover valuable insights on a variety of issues and topics, such as the future of carbon-emissions policy, the fallout from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, electric cars, emerging technologies and government studies affecting the environmental marketplace.
Participants in this year's ECO:nomics conference include:
- Michael Brune, executive director, Sierra Club;
- Louis R. Chênevert, chairman and chief executive officer, United Technologies;
- William Clay Ford, Jr., executive chairman, Ford Motor Company;
- Brian Harrison, president and chief executive officer, Solyndra;
- Vinod Khosla, managing partner, Khosla Ventures;
- Ellen J. Kullman, chair and chief executive officer, DuPont;
- Ray Lane, managing partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers;
- Andrew N. Liveris, chairman, president and chief executive officer, The Dow Chemical Company;
- John Mackey, co- chief executive officer, Whole Foods Market;
- Michael G. Morris, chairman, president and chief executive officer, American Electric Power;
- Nathan Myhrvold, chief executive officer, Intellectual Ventures;
- J. Larry Nichols, executive chairman, Devon Energy;
- Rajendra K. Pachauri, chairman, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change;
- T. Boone Pickens, chairman, BP Capital Management;
- Roger A. Pielke, Jr., professor of environmental studies, University of Colorado;
- William K. Reilly, founding partner, Aqua International Partners;
- George R. Roberts, co-chairman and co-chief executive officer, KKR;
- Matthew C. Rogers, former senior advisor to the Secretary for Recover Act Implementation, U.S. Department of Energy;
- Michael Shellenberger, president, Breakthrough Institute;
- Zhengrong Shi, chairman and chief executive officer, Suntech Power Holdings;
- Bill Sims, president and chief executive officer, Joule Unlimited;
- Tulsi R. Tanti, chairman and managing director, Suzlon Energy;
- Cynthia (C.J.) Warner, president, Sapphire Energy.
ECO:nomics will be hosted by editors of The Wall Street Journal, including Alan Murray, deputy managing editor and executive editor, online; Kimberley Strassel, editorial board member; and Jeffrey Ball, environmental news editor. The findings from the ECO:nomics conference will be published in a worldwide special report in The Wall Street Journal and on WSJ.com.
For more information about The Wall Street Journal's 2011 ECO:nomics conference, please go to http://ECOnomics.wsj.com/.
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