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NAC / GACApril 27, 2005 Business Roundtable on Environmental Capacity Meeting Agenda

Sponsored by
The U. S. National and Governmental Advisory Committees

Washington Terrace Hotel
1515 Rhode Island Ave. N.W
Washington, DC 20005
Tel: 202-232-7000 Fax: 332-8436

AGENDA

Terrace Ballroom

Wednesday, April 27, 2005

8:30 am Registration
9:00 am Welcome, Introductions
John Knox, Chair of the National Advisory Committee
Stephen Mahfood, Chair of the Governmental Advisory Committee
Aldo Morell, NAC Private Sector Representative
 
9:10 am Opening Remarks, U.S. Alternate Representative
Jerry Clifford, Deputy Assistant Administrator, International Affairs, EPA
9:30 am The Role of the CEC
William Kennedy, Executive Director, CEC Secretariat
9:45 am Break

10:00 am

Private Sector Models
Case studies of environmental capacity initiatives in developing countries
Moderator: Rich Guimond

DuPont, Aldo Morell - Developing process safety management regulations
Colgate-Palmolive, Bill Faraday – Capacity Partnerships in Mexico
Kodak, Carlos Perez - Capacity Building Models in MX & Brazil
Motorola, Rich Guimond - Global initiative in supply-chain management in both environmental and social performance
3M, Sara Ethier – Environmental Capacity Building Models in Mexico and Brazil
Holcim Inc. , Erika Guerra –Environmental Partnerships in Latin America Abbott Laboratories, Robert Accarino -Medical Waste Management in Tanzania
12:00 pm Lunch
1:30 pm Non-Governmental Organization Partnerships
Moderator: John Mizroch
U.S.-Mexico Chamber of Commerce, Al Zapanta --Cleaner Production Program in the automotive, chemical, hospital, and tanning sectors
World Environment Center, John Mizroch - Greening the Supply Chain in MX
U.S.-Mexico Foundation for Science, Hon. Jaime Oaxaca - Successful U.S.-Mexico Environmental Partnerships
Delphi, Abelardo Jimenez – P2 initiatives along the U.S.-MX Border
 
3:00 pm Break
3:15 pm

Multilateral & Government Partnerships
Moderator:
Dolores Wesson
Mexico Regulatory Development Agency, Luz Ortiz - Regulatory Partnerships

U.S. AID, Roopa Karia – New Model for private/public partnerships
Mark Oven - Energy and Clean Production projects in Mexico
Elizabeth Ramirez – Overview of USAID's TIES Partnership
Jennifer Sisane – Case Studies of Environmental Partnerships in MX
 
World Bank, Horacio Terraza – Successful Environmental Partnerships Models
Organization of American States, Richard Huber – Capacity Building Models in Latin America

 
4:45 pm Public Comment Period
5:00 pm Adjourn

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