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Wednesday, August 27, 2008 8:30am - 1:00pm

A growing wave of technology companies in all sectors are embracing

environmentally safe practices and saving hundreds of millions of dollars.

Attend this half-day conference and learn from leading experts how your company

can lower operating costs, increase worker productivity and reduce your carbon footprint.

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How Green Are You?

Find out how green your company is compared to others - click here for a self-assessment tool* to help you determine how 'green' your company is and where there are opportunities for improvement. The tool measures your responses** against other companies. So far, over 500 companies have taken the survey.

*Developed by the Bathwick Group in partnership with IBM

**Your privacy is maintained; all company information is removed from comparison results

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Rapidly escalating energy costs and emerging environmental issues have taken a front row seat among the concerns of business and governmental leaders. In response, the high tech industry is innovating new options for energy consumption, and AeA's National Green Technology platform provides local and international knowledge exchange opportunities.

Experts from UTD, IBM, EarthPeople and Intel will discuss technological developments designed to lower your company's carbon footprint, optimizing energy efficiency while facilitating the ever-increasing demand on worker productivity. You will also hear about European advances which will effect environmental regulations and the development of Green Technology here at home in the U.S.

Don't miss this opportunity to learn about new Green Tech opportunities your company can take advantage of now, and what leading companies are working on that will change the way business uses energy forever.

Agenda

8:30 - 9:00am	Registration
9:00 - 9:15	Welcome and Opening Remarks Dr. Bryan Hobson Wildenthal, Executive Vice President and Provost, The University of Texas at Dallas
9:15 - 10:00	Business Sustainability: *Why Should Companies Care?* Dr. Francisco Szekely, Sustainability Expert, UTD School of Management; Former Minister of Environment, Mexico Business sustainability provides companies with an opportunity to: * Develop a global competitive advantage * Promote innovation based on present and future consumer and regulatory trends * Capture new market and financial opportunities Sustainable development is key to long-term business success and stability. Companies can take sustainable development a step further by proactively innovating products and services which incorporate the principles of sustainability, and by controlling risks and social costs associated with their activities and by innovating and developing new products and processes that can lead to competitive advantage and benefit the environment and society.
10:00 - 10:30	Find the Gold in Green IT: Optimize Efficiency and Reduce your Environmental Impact Ric Telford, Vice President, Integration & Development, IT Optimization, IBM As Vice President of Autonomic Computing, Ric Telford is responsible for defining and delivering the architecture, technology and standards for IBM's most advanced, self-managing systems. Read more about Telford here.
10:30 - 11:00	*The ROI of Going Green: A CEO's Rationale for Adopting Sustainability* Anna Clark, President & CEO, EarthPeople If you think your business is too small to benefit from going green, or you're waiting for the hype about green and sustainability to die down, then you're missing an opportunity to chart an upward course for your company.
11:00 - 11:25	The Eco Efficiency Opportunity: Why Intel Now Delivers Sustainability in Everything They Do Brian Dietrich, Enterprise Account Manager, SLED, State of Texas and High Education, Intel Americas
11:25 - 11:50	Why Green Is Good Business for Texas Instruments Chris Schairbaum, Director, Clean Technology Strategy, Worldwide Strategic Marketing, Texas Instruments
12:00 - 1:00pm	Networking Lunch with green/clean company displays