NEW YORK, March 6, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Wall Street Journal announced today that California Governor Jerry Brown will be a featured participant at the Journal's upcoming ECO:nomics conference, which brings together leading CEOs, entrepreneurs, policymakers and industry experts who work at the intersection of business and the environment. The fifth annual conference will take place March 21-23 at the Bacara Resort & Spa in Santa Barbara, Calif.
ECO:nomics brings together nearly 300 leading influencers to address the opportunities and risks that are rapidly emerging amid new innovations in clean tech; the aftermath of the disasters in the Gulf and in Japan; the upcoming elections and their impact on the regulatory front; and other urgent topics that influence business.
California has long pursued some of the most aggressive environmental policies in the world. On the final day of ECO:nomics, Robert Thomson, Managing Editor of The Wall Street Journal, will lead a discussion with Gov. Brown about how aggressive environmental policies are affecting the state's economy.
Other featured participants include: Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft; Robert McDonald, chairman, president and chief executive officer, The Procter & Gamble Company; Frances Beinecke, president, National Resources Defense Council; David Rubenstein, managing director, The Carlyle Group; J. Craig Venter, chairman and president, J. Craig Venter Institute; Elon Musk, founder, Tesla Motors; David Steiner, president and chief executive officer, Waste Management and other experts.
ECO:nomics is hosted by editors of The Wall Street Journal, including Alan Murray, deputy managing editor and executive editor, online; Kimberley Strassel, editorial board member; Jennifer Forsyth, national news editor; Russell Gold, energy/oil and gas/renewables reporter; and Joe White, senior editor. Findings from the conference will be published in a worldwide special report in The Wall Street Journal and on WSJ.com.
The Wall Street Journal ECO:nomics conference is sponsored by Shell and FedEx. For more information, please go to http://economics.wsj.com/">http://ECOnomics.wsj.com/.
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