Is it Easy Being Green? Sustainable Development and the Law

Breakfast

Introduction

Going Green: The What and the Why

• Moderator: Gregory Sharp '78, Partner, Murtha Cullina LLP and Adjunct Lecturer in Environmental Law, University of Connecticut School of Law
• Daniel C. Esty, Hillhouse Professor of Environmental Law and Policy, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies; and Clinical Professor of Law, Yale Law School
• Veronica Eady Famira, Associate General Counsel, New York Lawyers for the Public Interest
• Bharat Patel, Senior Vice President, HOK; Chair, U.S. Green Building Council, L.A. Chapter

Break

The Economics of Green Building

• Moderator: Sara C. Bronin, Gallivan Research Professor of Law, University of Connecticut School of Law
• Stockton Williams , Chief Strategy Officer , Enterprise Community Partners
• Bryan Garcia, Program Director, Center for Business and the Environment at Yale
• Barry J. Trilling, Partner and Head of Climate Change and Sustainable Development Inter-Disciplinary Practice Group, Wiggin and Dana LLP

Keynote Address

• Douglas Foy, Founding Partner, Serrafix

Green Building in Connecticut

• Moderator: Jennifer Janelle, Partner, Shipman & Goodwin LLP
• Curt Johnson '89, Program Director & Senior Attorney, Connecticut Fund for the Environment
• Amey W. Marrella, Deputy Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
• William M. Leahy, Chief Executive Director for Operations, Institute for Sustainable Energy, Eastern Connecticut State University