8:30-9:00 a.m.

9:00-9:50 a.m.

Dell Technologies and Our Journey Towards a More Sustainable Technology Future

Room KB 401

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10:00-10:50 a.m. - Track A (Room KB 405)

Learning by Doing: Learning Sustainability at UVU

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10:00-10:50 a.m. - Track B (Room KB 401)

Government Opportunities to Leverage Citizen Engagement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11:00-11:50 a.m. - Track A (Room KB 405)

Learning by Doing: Doing Sustainability at UVU

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11:00-11:50 a.m. - Track B (Room KB 401)

Sustainability in Business: What's Next for the Business Case

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12:15-1:30 p.m. - Starting point Room KB 401

Campus Sustainability Tour & Networking

 

 

Breakfast  - for the first forty guests & Information tables in Room KB 403; Check-in at Room KB 401

Welcome by President Astrid S. Tuminez

Keynote address by Danielle Rourke, Dell Technologies

Danielle Rourke is a Dell Technologies Senior Higher Education Strategist and brings extensive leadership and technology skills, having worked in a variety of disciplines and industries. Prior to joining Dell Technologies, Danielle served as an Associate Director of Information Technology for the University of Colorado Boulder, where she championed new and innovative methods of utilizing technology to make education more accessible to under-served student populations. A technologist and analyst at heart, Danielle's true passion is helping broker technological solutions to help students, staff, and faculty across the globe engage more fully in the power of education.

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This panel highlights the many different ways in which you can learn about sustainability at UVU.

Panelists   (speaker information) 

Jessi Hill, PhD Director of Project-Based Learning within the Innovation Academy

Weihong Wang, PhD, FHEA, Associate Professor & Chair, Earth Science

Thomas Bretz, PhD, Associate Professor, Philosophy and Humanities, co-director environmental studies, environmental ethics fellow at UVU’s Center for the Study of Ethics

Valentina Ramirez, UVU student (environmental studies), winner of Design for Impact

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Enjoy an interactive session with representatives from city staff and citizen sustainability committees in Provo, Orem, and Lehi. Learn how these Utah County cities have strategically leveraged the interest and expertise of their citizen volunteers.

Panelists  (speaker information)

Provo City: Don Jarvis, Mayor's Sustainability Advisor & Hannah Salzl, Sustainability Coordinator/Planner

Orem City: Sarah Bateman, Natural Resources Stewardship Committee (NRSC) Founder & Quinn Mecham, NRSC Chair

Lehi City - Todd Munger, Environmental Sustainability and Recovery Director & Susan Wilson, Environmental Sustainability Committee Chair

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This panel highlights the many different ways in which you can practice sustainability at UVU.

Panelists  (speaker information)

Kaile Akina-Schiess, Program Director – Outreach, Center for Social Impact

Gabriel Toscano, UVU alumnus, sustainability in technology

Jeremiah Harrison, Director of Excellence and Innovation at the Innovation Academy

Michael Stevens, PhD, Professor of Biology & Director, Capitol Reef Field Station

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What's next for sustainability in business? Join us for a conversation with a panel of experts from Adobe, BanQu, Dell, Nature's Sunshine, and the Utah Sustainable Business Coalition (USBC) to discuss the future of sustainability in business, how to evaluate and use a stakeholder framework to build your business case, and what you can do to further integrate sustainability into core operations and employee mindsets. The panel is hosted by the Utah Sustainable Business Coalition, a growing organization of business partners, community partners, and sustainability practitioners dedicated to advancing sustainable business practices and developing a community of skilled sustainability professionals here in Utah.

Panelists  (speaker information)

Pert Eilers, Sustainability Champion, Adobe-Lehi 

Katelyn Thacker, Chief of Staff, BanQu

Danielle Rourke, Senior Higher Education Strategist, Dell Technologies

Trent McCausland, Vice President of Global Sustainability and Transparency, Nature's Sunshine

Moderator: Deven Patten, USBC Board

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The Campus Sustainability Tour will kick off at the Keller Building and end at the GRIT Garden at the North end of Main Campus. Along the way we will hear from UVU operations specialists discussing energy (efficiency, geothermal, and solar), water & landscaping, transportation & air quality, waste reduction & recycling, and community-building. The half tour will end at the Student Life Center (approximately 0.35 miles). The full tour is approximately 0.65 miles (one way) and will finish with a take-home souvenir from the garden. The tour is ADA accessible.

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