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PBLN 4th Annual Massachusetts CEO Summit on Business Leadership and Public Policy

Inventing of a More Sustainable,
Competitive Economy:

The Products, Practices and Public Policy
of Urgent Innovation


Friday, October 8, 2010
Bentley University, La Cava Center
Waltham, MA


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Agenda
Draft – all times and sessions are subject to change

7:45 – 8:30 a.m.Registration & Breakfast
8:30 – 8:50Introduction to PBLN - the Summit and Beyond
Speakers:
Thomas D Dretler, President & CEO, Eduventures & PBLN President
Andrew H. Tarsy, PBLN Executive Director
Gloria Larson, Bentley University President & PBLN Board Member

8:50 – 9:15Opening Remarks
Jeffrey Mullan, Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation
Ian Bowles, Massachusetts Secretary of Energy & Environmental Affairs

9:15 – 9:55Keynote Address
Gary Hirshberg, CEO, Stonyfield Farm

9:55 – 10:00Break/Transition to Blue Sky Sessions

10:00 – 11:30Small Group Sessions: What Products, Practices & Public Policies will Drive Invention of a More Sustainable and Competitive Economy?

Energy/Environment: What Makes a Market for Energy Innovation?
Roger Freeman, Managing Director, Solventerra
Tim Healy, CEO EnerNoc
George Matouk, CEO Matouk and Co.
Trish Karter former CEO Dancing Deer Baking Co.
David Szymanski, Assistant Professor of Natural & Applied Science, Bentley University
Marcy Reed, Senior Vice President, National Grid, Inc.*
Ian Bowles, MA Secretary of Energy/Environment

Healthcare: Can Innovation + Payment Reform = Cost Containment?
Winston Henderson, SVP/General Counsel, Surface Logix,
Mark Benjamin, CEO Galenea*
Geoff Mackay, CEO, Organogenesis
Mari Ryan, CEO Advancing Wellness
Valerie Fleishman, Executive Director, New England Healthcare Institute
David Morales, Massachusetts Commissioner of Healthcare Finance and Public Policy

Education: Can Education Really Drive Workforce Development?
Andrea Silbert, President, Eos Foundation
Michael Muldowney, CFO, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Donna Cupelo, Regional President, Verizon*
Paul Sagan, CEO Akamai Technologies
MA State Rep. Marty Walz, Co-Chair, MA Joint Education Committee*

Economic Development: What if Start-Ups Grew Up and Stayed Put?
Scott Kirsner, Boston Globe Innovation Economy Journalist
Jeff Bussgang, General Partner, Flybridge Capital Partners
Jon Carson, CEO cMarket/BiddingforGood
Tina Brooks, Undersecretary, Economic Development, Massachusetts

11:30 – 12:00 p.m.Break/Transition to Executive Dining Room

12:00 – 1:30Lunch Session
“The All-Economy” Panel
Can Business and Government Partner in the Invention of a More Sustainable and Competitive Economy?

Moderator:
Barry Bluestone, Dean, Northeastern School of Public Policy &
Urban Affairs, Dukakis Center for Urban & Regional Policy

Panelists:
Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Professor, Harvard Business School
Greg Bialecki, Massachusetts Secretary of Housing &
Economic Development
Raj Sisodia, Bentley University Professor of Marketing
& Chairman, Conscious Capitalism Institute
Marie St. Fleur, Chief of Advocacy & Strategic Investment,
Office of Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino*
Edward Dugger III, President & CEO, UNC Partners*
Diane Hessan, CEO Communispace

1:30 – 1:45Short Break/Transition to Gubernatorial Candidates Forum

1:45 – 3:00Massachusetts Gubernatorial Candidates Forum
Introduction:
David Belluck, Managing Director, Riverside Partners
Moderator:
Martha Bebinger, Journalist, WBUR Radio and WBUR.org

Speakers:
Republican Charlie Baker*
Independent Massachusetts Treasurer Tim Cahill
Democrat Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick
Green-Rainbow Party Jill Stein*

3:00 – 4:00 p.m.Reception with all Speakers and Participants
* invited

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