Over three days in February 2009, the 2009 Good Jobs, Green Jobs National Conference was an extraordinary event, featuring a wide variety of keynote speakers, plenary sessions, workshops and the 2009 Green Jobs Expo.
Check out the 2009 Conference Journal.
| Wednesday, February 4, 2009 | |
| 9:00 - 9:30 a.m. | Welcome and Opening Remarks |
| David Foster, Executive Director, Blue Green Alliance | |
| Leo W. Gerard, International President, United Steelworkers | |
| Donald Kennedy PhD, Campaign Chair Climate Recovery Partnership, Sierra Club | |
| 9:30 - 10:00 a.m. | Opening Keynote |
| Achim Steiner, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Executive Director, United Nations Under-Secretary General | |
| Larry Cohen, President, Communications Workers of America (CWA) | |
| 11:00 - 11:45 a.m. | Keynote |
| Denise Bode, CEO, American Wind Energy Association | |
Peter Lehner, Executive Director, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) U.S. Congressman Keith Ellison, Minnesota |
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| 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. | Workshop Session 1 |
| 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. | Workshop Session 2 |
| Thursday, February 5, 2009 | |
| 8:15 a.m. | Keynote |
| Margie Alt, Executive Director, Environment America | |
| Richard Trumka, Secretary-Treasurer, AFL-CIO | |
| Sharon Beard, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences | |
| Terence M. O’Sullivan, General President,
Laborers’ International Union of North America (LIUNA) |
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| 9:30 – 10:45 p.m. | Workshop Session 3 |
| 11:00 a.m. | Keynote |
| Rhone Resch, President, Solar Energy Industries Association | |
| U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow of Michigan | |
| Cathy Zoi, CEO, Alliance for Climate Protection | |
| 1:30 p.m. | U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota |
| 1:45 p.m. | Plenary Panel |
| Lois Quam, Piper Jaffray | |
| U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio | |
| James P. Hoffa, General President,
International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) |
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| Jared Bernstein, Economic Policy Adviser to Vice President Joe Biden | |
| 3:00 – 4:30 p.m. | Workshop Session 4 |
| Friday, February 5, 2009 | |
| 8:00 a.m. | Plenary Panel |
| Winona LaDuke, Executive Director, Honor the Earth | |
| Robert Morales, Director of Solid Waste and Recycling Division; Secretary-Treasurer, Local 350, International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) | |
| Van Jones, President, Green For All | |
| Fred Redmond, International Vice President, United Steelworkers | |
| 9:25 a.m. | Phil Angelides, Chairman, Apollo Alliance |
| 9:45 – 11:00 a.m. | Workshop Session 5 |
| 11:15 a.m. | Keynote |
| George Martin, NewPage Corporation | |
| Governor Martin O’Malley of Maryland | |
| 11:35 a.m. | Closing Keynote |
| Lisa P. Jackson, U.S. EPA Administrator | |
| 12:00 p.m. | Adjourn |
| Leo W. Gerard, International President, United Steelworkers | |
| Allison Chin, President, Sierra Club | |
| David Foster, Executive Director, Blue Green Alliance |