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Jim Hodson Doug Hollett Rob Hopkins Safety and Public Affairs Manager, Director, Geothermal Technologies Office, US DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Outreach Manager, TRANSITION Doug is Director of the Geothermal Technologies Office at the US Department of Energy, where he drives the strategy and execution of cutting-edge applied R&D in geothermal energy. He is passionate about solving challenges in renewable energy and subsurface engineering and using targeted research and good science to inform policy. Between a Hot Rock and Hard Places WED, 10/9 12:00PM, LEVEL 3, Austin Suite Rob is regarded as the originator of the Transtion process and the co-founder of the Transition Network. He is author of The Transition Handbook: From Oil Dependence to Local Resilience and more recently of The Transition Companion: Making Your Community More Resilient in Uncertain Times. The Art of Resilience: Communities in Transition WED, 10/9 4:30PM, LEVEL 3, MR 6AB ALCOA FOUNDATION Jim Hodson has worked 44 years for Alcoa Inc. at several facilities across the US and in a variety of disciplines including engineering, maintenance, production, environmental, safety, public affairs and governmental affairs within mining, power generation and aluminum production. He holds a BS in Civil Engineering - University of Iowa and MA Applied Behavioral Science - Bastyr University. Sparking Climate Interest & Action in Communities WED, 10/9 10:45AM, LEVEL 3, MR 8C Jon Hoekstra Chief Scientist, WORLD WILDLIFE FUND Jon Hoekstra is Chief Scientist for World Wildlife Fund, leading WWF's Conservation Science Program to apply innovative science to the challenge of saving nature in a rapidly changing world. Jon is lead author of the Atlas of Global Conservation, numerous scientific publications and frequent speaker on the future of conservation. Technology and Conservation: It's Not Just for People Anymore TUE, 10/8 3:55PM, LEVEL 3, Austin Suite James Hoggan President & Founder, HOGGAN & ASSOCIATES James Hoggan is the President and Owner of the Vancouver PR firm Hoggan & Associates. A law school graduate with a longstanding passion for social justice, Jim also serves as chair of the David Suzuki Foundation and as a Trustee of the Dalai Lama Center for Peace and Education. Adaptation: Managing the Unavoidable and Avoiding the Unimaginable Presented by Bloomberg BNA TUE, 10/8 4:30PM, LEVEL 3, MR 9C Pablos Holman Inventor, INTELLECTUAL VENTURES "Pablos is like a spy that we send to our own future to find out what they know and help us catch up. When you have to pick five people to bring with you into a bunker until the fallout subsides, pick Pablos & four other people just like him. But there's no one like him." Kevin Slavin Hunger Solutions: Feeding 10 Billion People MON, 10/7 4:30PM, LEVEL 3, MR 9C Martha Honey Co-Director, CENTER FOR RESPONSIBLE TRAVEL Martha is the CREST Co-Founder and Director in Washington, DC. She worked for 20 years as a journalist reporting for leading media outlets in the US, Britain and Canada. She is a former Executive Director of the International Ecotourism Society. Martha holds an MA from Syracuse University and PhD from the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Sustainable Travel: Moving to an Industry Standard TUE, 10/8 3:15PM, LEVEL 3, MR 8AB NETWORK Laura Huffman Director, Urban Strategies Lead for North America & Texas State, THE NATURE CONSERVANCY As head of The Nature Conservancy's Urban Strategies initiative and state director of the Conservancy in Texas, Laura Huffman helps support cities as they integrate natural solutions into planning and development. With numerous national articles to her credit, she is a leading voice on urban conservation, freshwater and Gulf Coast protection. How to Futureproof Cities MON, 10/7 4:30PM, LEVEL 3, MR 9AB Thilmeeza Hussain Founder, VOICE OF WOMEN Thil served as Deputy Permanent Representative to the Permanent Mission of Republic of Maldives to United Nations in November 2009 until a military coup deposed the freely elected President Nasheed in 2012. She is the co-founder of Voice of Women, a Maldives-based NGO that promotes gender equality and mutual respect. Climate Wise Women: Global Leadership from the Grassroots TUE, 10/8 10:45AM, LEVEL 3, MR 6AB Awakening the Hope: Dialogue on Climate Change WED, 10/9 4:30PM, LEVEL 3, MR 8AB SXSW Eco | October 7-9, 2013 | sxsweco.com 91