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Heather Venhaus Jennifer Walker Steve Wanta Principal, RED Water Resources Coordinator, SIERRA Global Program Director, WHOLE PLANET Heather is the principal of Regenerative Environmental Design, a sustainable design-consulting firm that strives to connect natural and built systems in mutually beneficial ways. She is a contributing author to the Sustainable Sites Handbook and author of Sustainable Site Design: Integrated Design Strategies for Small Scale Sites and Residential Landscapes. City Solutions: Upcycling Our Urban Ecosystems WED, 10/9 12:00PM, LEVEL 3, MR 8AB CLUB LONE STAR CHAPTER FOUNDATION Jennifer Walker is the Water Resources Coordinator for the Lone Star Chapter, Sierra Club. She works on the Texas Living Waters Project where she focuses on statewide water policy issues with an emphasis on water planning, water conservation and drought response, groundwater policy, and bay and estuary protection issues. Keeping Rivers Flowing: Innovative Strategies TUE, 10/8 3:15PM, LEVEL 3, MR 5ABC As the Global Program Director for Whole Foods Market's foundation, Whole Planet Foundation, Steve is responsible for overseeing a portfolio of microfinance projects spanning 55 countries. Before joining the Foundation, he served in the Peace Corps working alongside rural Guatemalan farmers in an effort to improve their livelihoods. Startup Showcase: Social Impact TUE, 10/8 12:00PM, LEVEL 1, Ballroom BC Charlotte Vick Karen Thompson Walker Director of Strategic Partnerships, MISSION BLUE/SEALLIANCE Charlotte Vick is Strategic Partnership Director of Sylvia Earle Aliiance/Mission Blue and Curator, Explore the Ocean in Google Earth. Affiliations: Boards of Savannah Ocean Exchange, Blue Ocean Film Festival and TARA Expeditions. Steering committees for the Sargasso Sea Alliance, High Seas Alliance & the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition and many others. Ocean Conservation through Social Innovation MON, 10/7 10:45AM, LEVEL 3, MR 9AB Pedro Vieira VP of Sustainability & Ratings, GOODGUIDE Pedro creates tools to help people live healthier and more sustainable lives. A very active member of the tech startup community, he's a founding member of GoodGuide. His work has received awards in Europe and the US. The tools he help build are used by millions of users and companies worldwide. The Elegant Connection: Reaching Consumers through Health for the Environment MON, 10/7 12:00PM, LEVEL 3, MR 9C Claire Wathen Director, Corporate Prog & Comm, SAN Author DIEGO ZOO GLOBAL Karen is the author of The New York Times bestselling novel, The Age of Miracles, which was a finalist for the Barnes & Noble Discover Award and was published in 30 languages. Her writing has appeared in The Wall Street Journal and Real Simple. She gave a TED talk about fear and the imagination at TEDGlobal 2012. The Age of Miracles: Climate Change Fiction WED, 10/9 12:00PM, LEVEL 3, MR 6AB Claire is responsible for corporate programs at San Diego Zoo's Centre for Bioinspiration. Her role is to facilitate corporate innovation workshops and collaborations between San Diego Zoo Global staff and external partners. She also organizes the Zoo's Annual Bioinspiration Conference, to be held November 6-7, 2013. Telecom & the Armadillo: a Biomimicry Story TUE, 10/8 10:45AM, LEVEL 3, MR 8AB Bryan Walsh Larry Weis Senior Editor, TIME MAGAZINE GM, AUSTIN ENERGY Bryan Walsh is a senior editor for TIME. He also writes the Going Green column for TIME and TIME.com and runs TIME.com's award-winning environmental blog, Ecocentric. A former Tokyo bureau chief for TIME, Walsh was named senior editor in April 2012 and is based in New York. His most recent cover stories include A World Without Bees and The Future of Oil. He is on Twitter@ BryanR Walsh Together We Stand TUE, 10/8 9:50AM, LEVEL 1, Ballroom A Larry Weis is the General Manager for Austin Energy, one of the nation's largest publically-owned electric utilities. Weis has been at the helm of the electric power and water utility industries for more than 20 years and is a proven leader in achieving aggressive renewable energy goals and innovating robust energy efficiency programs. The Impact of Changing Dynamics on the Future of the Electric Utility Industry WED, 10/9 12:20PM, LEVEL 3, Austin Suite SXSW Eco | October 7-9, 2013 | sxsweco.com 111