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Speakers SXSW ECO Jo Confino Brad Copithorne Kyle Datta Executive Editor, THE GUARDIAN Energy & Financial Policy Specialist, Partner, ULUPONO INITIATIVE Jo Confino is an executive editor of The Guardian, chairman and editorial director of Guardian Sustainable Business and sustainability consultant to parent company Guardian Media Group (GMG). He was Wall Street correspondent for the Daily Telegraph and subsequently the finance and business news editor for The Guardian. B the Change: Redefining Success in Business MON, 10/7 10:45AM, LEVEL 3, MR 6AB ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND Brad has 20 years experience in investment banking at Salomon Brothers/Citi and Morgan Stanley. Most recently, he worked at Morgan Stanley covering the enterprise hardware and technology supply chain industries. At EDF, Brad is focused on creating markets to finance energy efficiency and renewable generation projects. No Money Down: Financing a Clean Energy Retrofit Through Your Utility Bill TUE, 10/8 3:15PM, LEVEL 3, MR 8C Kyle Datta is general partner of Ulupono Initiative, which invests in making Hawai'i more sustainable through locally produced food, renewable energy and waste reduction. Kyle was CEO of U.S. Biodiesel Group; Managing Director of Rocky Mountain Institute; and a Managing Partner of Booz Allen Hamilton's U.S. Utility practice. Defining Whole-System Sustainability in Hawai'i MON, 10/7 3:15PM, LEVEL 3, MR 8AB Geoff Daniels Nancy Daves Executive VP and GM, NAT GEO WILD Senior Fisheries Officer, NOAA FISHERIES Leila Conners founded Tree Media Group in 1996 with the mission to tell inspiring stories that support and sustain civil society. Leila's first feature-length documentary, The 11th Hour, was co-created with Leonardo DiCaprio. Currently, Leila is writing and directing We the People 2.0 and Into Eden. Sustainability Goes Viral: Future360 Short Video Competition MON, 10/7 3:15PM, LEVEL 1, BALLROOM BC Geoffrey Daniels, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Nat Geo WILD, helms a television channel committed to providing extraordinary wildlife programming. Daniels annually commissions more than 170 hours of original content and led WILD to three straight years of ratings increases, making it one of the fastest growing channels in cable. Cause an Uproar: A Global PublicAwareness Campaign to Save the Big Cats WED, 10/9 3:35PM, LEVEL 3, Austin Suite Nancy K. Daves coordinates international cooperation and assistance for Latin America and the Caribbean for the NOAA Fisheries Service. She established the NOAA Fisheries' program on the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), leading efforts to use this treaty to regulate international trade in marine species. Are There Really Plenty of Fish in the Sea? WED, 10/9 4:30PM, LEVEL 3, MR 9C Mark Cooper Isha Datar Family Business: The Light at the End of the Tunnel TUE, 10/8 12:00PM, LEVEL 3, MR 6AB Leila Conners President, TREE MEDIA GROUP Senior Research Fellow for Economic Analysis, VERMONT LAW SCHOOL Mark Cooper is a Senior Research Fellow for Economic Analysis at the Institute for Energy and the Environment; his current project is Energy Assessment. Mark holds a PhD from Yale University and is a former Yale University and Fulbright Fellow. Pandora's Pathway: The Road to a Nuclear Future TUE, 10/8 12:00PM, LEVEL 3, MR 9AB 82 Director, NEW HARVEST Isha Datar is the Director of New Harvest, the non-profit organization largely responsible for advancing cultured meat development. She has personally published research in this area and is currently acting as a hub for the worldwide community of cultured meat researchers. Hunger Solutions: Feeding 10 Billion People MON, 10/7 4:30PM, LEVEL 3, MR 9C SXSW Eco | October 7-9, 2013 | sxsweco.com