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Speakers SXSW ECO Ron Finley Elizabeth Fleming Marya Fowler Head Provocateur, RON FINLEY PROJECT GameChanger, SHELL TECHNOLOGY Senior Education Manager, NATIONAL Ron Finley is an artist and designer who had a vision for a healthy, accessible "food forest" in South Central LA which led him to start lagreengrounds.org, a company that plants gardens at low-income homes in the Los Angeles area as a part of a recovery system to transform neighborhoods. Ron Finley Opening Remarks Keynote: Nothing in Nature is Straight MON, 10/7 9:30AM, LEVEL 1, Ballroom A VENTURES WILDLIFE FEDERATION/ECO-SCHOOLS USA Liz is a GameChanger in Shell's open innovation group, seeking and sponsoring early concept energy projects with high potential. Recent positions include CO2 Manager leading early efforts to mitigate CO2 emissions; Program Manager revitalizing New Orleans postKatrina; and Global IT Manager initiating standards globally. Startup Showcase: Greentech TUE, 10/8 9:30AM, LEVEL 1, Ballroom BC Startup Showcase: Greentech TUE, 10/8 10:15AM, LEVEL 1, Ballroom BC As NWF Senior Education Manager, Marya is focused on the advancement of NWF's schoolbased programming, including EcoSchools USA, Schoolyard Habitats, and global warming education and literacy. She emphasizes on integrating these programs at the state and school district levels and promoting environmental education as a means to improving student academic performance. Green STEM: Preparing the C21st Workforce WED, 10/9 4:30PM, LEVEL 3, MR 8C Chuck Flink Heather Frambach Food in the City: Designing a Healthy Food Future TUE, 10/8 3:15PM, LEVEL 3, MR 9AB Val Fishman VP Corporate Partnerships, BONNEV- President, ALTA/GREENWAYS INC Director of Urban Ag, CITY OF AUSTIN Val is VP of Corporate Partnerships at BEF, an entrepreneurial nonprofit that provides sustainability solutions to meet energy, carbon and freshwater challenges. Her work is focused on creating partnerships that advance environmental restoration and education. She's a LEED® green associate and a board member of the Green Sports Alliance. Keeping Rivers Flowing: Innovative Strategies TUE, 10/8 3:15PM, LEVEL 3, MR 5ABC Chuck Flink, FASLA, is an award-winning author, planner and landscape architect, widely regarded as one of America's leading greenway and trail designers. Chuck has completed work in 36 states and 235 communities and consulted in eight international countries. Chuck co-authored Greenways A Guide to Planning, Design and Development and Trails for the Twenty First Century. Private Conservancies and Public Spaces MON, 10/7 4:30PM, LEVEL 3, MR 8C Heather is a Bay Area-based food justice activist and planner. In Austin, she was formerly the community outreach manager for HOPE Farmers Market, an organizer with Real Food Challenge, and the Interim Director of Austin's Urban Agriculture program, where she played a key role in updating Austin's urban farm code. The Future of Urban Farming: Grow More with Less TUE, 10/8 4:30PM, LEVEL 3, MR 8AB Pliny Fisk III Liz Forkin Bohannon Founder/Creative Director, METROPOLI- ILLE ENVIRONMENTAL FOUNDATION Co-Director, CENTER FOR MAXIMUM POTENTIAL BUILDING SYSTEMS Pliny Fisk III co-directs the oldest research/educational organization in the US covering a spectrum of sustainable development efforts from prototype to protocol to policy initiatives. He retired in 2011 as a fellow and signature faculty at Texas A&M University, and has served in similar positions at five other universities. Pliny Fisk III: A Maximum Potential Life TUE, 10/8 3:15PM, LEVEL 3, MR 6AB 86 Founder/Co-CEO, SSEKO DESIGNS Since 2008, Liz has grown the Ugandan Sseko Designs from three women making sandals together under a mango tree to an international footwear company that provides employment, educational opportunities and entrepreneurial training to women in East Africa. She is passionate about social justice and compassionate consumerism. Startup Showcase: Social Impact TUE, 10/8 12:00PM, LEVEL 1, Ballroom BC SXSW Eco | October 7-9, 2013 | sxsweco.com Eric Friedenwald-Fishman TAN GROUP Eric is an impact branding expert and the founder and creative director of Metropolitan Group, one of the nation's leading social impact marketing firms. He is the author of Marketing That Matters and numerous articles on social impact communication strategy. The Power of Voice: Engaging Influencers to Spread the Word TUE, 10/8 10:45AM, LEVEL 3, MR 10AB