ACCO Defense, National Security and Climate Change: Building Resilience and Identifying Opportunities Related to Water, Energy and Extreme Events

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ACCO Defense, National Security and Climate Change: Building Resilience and Identifying Opportunities Related to Water, Energy and Extreme Events
Event Information
Location:
The Grand Hyatt, 100 H Street NW, Washington, DC 20001
Time:
From : Monday, 25 June 2012 09:00
Until : Tuesday, 26 June 2012 18:45
(UTC -05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada), Bogota, Lima
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Event Details

June 25-26, 2012 | Washington, DC
Hosted at the Grand Hyatt
1000 H Street NW, Washington, DC 20001

To register, visit: 
http://www.cvent.com/d/7cqpnp/4W

Download the latest program agenda at:
http://www.ACCOonline.org/ccls/ACCO-CCLS-Defense-June2012-Agenda.pdf

For the latest information about this program, including speaker and agenda announcements:
http://www.ACCOonline.org/ccls/defense-june2012.html


FEATURED KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
- Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont)
- Hon. Sharon Burke - Assistant Secretary of Defense for Operational Energy Plans & Programs, U.S. Department of
Defense
- Addison (Tad) Davis, IV - Command Executive Officer, U.S. Army Reserve Command 
- Dr. Dorothy Robyn - Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (I&E), U.S. Department of Defense
- Jonathan Pershing - Deputy Special Envoy for Climate Change, U.S. Department of State

ABOUT THE PROGRAM

U.S. defense and intelligence communities are increasingly focusing resources on the operational and national security implications of climate change, water and energy. With the most recent quadrennial report identifying climate change as a global destabilizing force for the first time, an intelligence community assessment related global water security, Executive Order 13514 on sustainability across the Federal agencies, and an uncertain and unstable energy market, the challenges before American defense and national security communities to address water, energy and extreme events related risks and opportunities, as well as establish a leaner, more effective operational force in a down economy.

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

- Hear insights from senior Federal officials in the Department of Defense, intelligence organizations and other Federal agencies on existing mandates, operational strategies and opportunities for collaboration
- Participate in roundtable sessions with peers across sectors on topics including:
+ Exploring strategies for addressing water problems (shortages, quality and extreme events) and conducting related vulnerability assessments,
+ Developing clean energy infrastructure throughout installations and forward operations, 
+ Identifying new technologies for usage in the theater and in U.S. installations,
+ Overcoming barriers to modernizing facilities management and green design in defense installations,
+ Operationalizing supply chain programs and modernizing procurement paradigms, 
+ Stakeholder engagement, external relations, and workforce education/training, and
+ Addressing national security implications both domestic and abroad.
- Examine implications of the recent Global Water Security assessment, Executive Order 13514 and other recent Congressional and Executive mandates on Department of Defense operations and the national security community
- Explore opportunities for cross-sector working groups

For the latest information about this program, including speaker and agenda announcements:
http://www.ACCOonline.org/ccls/defense-june2012.html

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