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Speakers SXSW ECO Jasmine Aarons Farshid Arman Ross Baird CEO/Founder, VOZ APPAREL Director of Energy Technologies, Executive Director, VILLAGE CAPITAL Jasmine oversees design, production and management of VOZ, a fair trade fashion business. She was featured as one of 2013's emerging fashion designers by Elle, and has been awarded fellowships from Start Up Chile, GirlTank and the Designers Fund. Her background is in Product Design and Mechanical Engineering from Stanford's d.school. Startup Showcase: Social Impact TUE, 10/8 12:00PM, LEVEL 1, Ballroom BC SIEMENS TTB Ross is the Executive Director of Village Capital, building peer groups of entrepreneurs to solve major problems worldwide.Village Capital has launched twenty programs on five continents, supporting over 350 enterprises; entrepreneurs have served 4 million customers, created 5,000 jobs and leveraged $80 million in capital. Optimus PRI: Making Transformative Investments TUE, 10/8 4:30PM, LEVEL 3, MR 8C Brianna Almaguer Sandoval NRDC's 2013 Growing Green Award Winner - Young Food Leader, THE FOOD TRUST Brianna Almaguer Sandoval, Senior Associate at Healthy Corner Store Initiative, oversees this citywide initiative working with over 600 stores, suppliers, residents and community groups to increase the availability of healthy food in corner stores through social marketing, store owner training, strategic investments in store layout and development of food procurement options. Food in the City: Designing a Healthy Food Future TUE, 10/8 3:15PM, LEVEL 3, MR 9AB Casey Anderson North American Wildlife Expert, NAT GEO WILD Wildlife Expert Casey Anderson hosts Nat Geo WILD's popular series, America the Wild. This November he will host Man v. Cheetah, featuring a race between an NFL player and cheetah which kicks off Nat Geo WILD's fourth annual Big Cat Week, seven nights of programming highlighting Big Cats. The Great Nature Project: A Worldwide Celebration of the Planet Through Photography WED, 10/9 3:15PM, LEVEL 3, Austin Suite Farshid Arman is a renewable energy leader at Siemens' TTB in Berkeley, California. Responsible for external innovation for Siemens' renewables and smart grid divisions, he is building and expanding Siemens' offerings, investments and relationships with startup companies in the space. He has a PhD in Electrical Engineering from UT Austin. Financing Capital-Intensive Energy Businesses MON, 10/7 10:45AM, LEVEL 3, MR 9C Sarah Baird Director of Outreach and Comm, THE CENTER FOR A NEW AMERICAN DREAM Lucia Athens Chief Sustainability Officer, CITY OF AUSTIN/OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY Lucia Athens is Chief Sustainability Officer for the City of Austin and has served as a leader in the green building movement for two decades. She is author of the book, Building an Emerald City: A Guide to Creating Green Building Policies, published in 2010 by Island Press. Collaborative Communities: Share, Build & Create TUE, 10/8 12:00PM, LEVEL 3, MR 8AB Sarah Backhouse Sarah is Director of Outreach and Communication for the Center for a New American Dream. She also served as Deputy Chief-ofStaff for the Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky and Press Secretary to the Governor of Kentucky. She has advised elected officials and candidates nationwide through her consulting firm, Bread and Circuses Media. Collaborative Communities: Share, Build & Create TUE, 10/8 12:00PM, LEVEL 3, MR 8AB Founder, FUTURE360 Matthew Banks Sarah Backhouse is Founder and CEO of Future360.tv – an online video platform showcasing sustainable innovation. As a TV host and environmental journalist, Sarah has credits on CNBC, BBC, PBS, Fine Living, Discovery Channel and Planet Green, and is a recurring host on Al Gore's 24 Hours of Reality. Sustainability Goes Viral: Future360 Short Video Competition MON, 10/7 3:15PM, LEVEL 1, Ballroom BC For more than a decade Matt has worked to reduce the carbon footprint of companies. By working methodically sector by sector, Matt and his team help companies and industries overcome big obstacles and set aggressive carbon reduction goals. The 3% Solution: Driving Profits Through Carbon Reductions MON, 10/7 5:10PM, LEVEL 3, Austin Suite Senior Program Manager - Energy & Climate, WORLD WILDLIFE FUND SXSW Eco | October 7-9, 2013 | sxsweco.com 77