July 10: Resilience: The Imperative and Opportunity of Our Time
1:00pm: Welcome
The Wood River Valley & Resilience
Around the world resilience is being embraced as a critical priority to deal effectively with shocks and our rapidly changing times and the increasing risks we face from greater economic interdependence and environmental disruptions. The concept of resilience is receiving great attention from individuals, businesses, communities and nations alike. The Wood River Valley community is prioritizing resilience to strengthen the area’s ability to bounce back from harm to the local economy, whether from wildfires, poor snowfall or global economic conditions. Addressing these risks—including from energy insecurity, water scarcity, food availability and costs, and by investing in greater resilience through critical infrastructure such as for energy, communications and housing—is key to preserving the region’s quality of life.
SPEAKERS:
Aimée Christensen, Sun Valley Institute
Nina Jonas, Mayor of Ketchum
Afternoon Theme: Resilience - The Imperative for Action & the Opportunities for All
Global agreement to the Paris climate accord and the UN Sustainable Development Goals challenge world leaders to act urgently while also presenting a great opportunity: to make our economies more healthy, equitable, and prosperous. The Forum’s opening day will start with the vision of where we are, where we need to be, and the exciting opportunities for how we can get there. From finance to business strategy, to America’s economic, political and military positioning, our speakers will share the specific ways in which we can make this transformation and what it will mean to all of us, as citizens, philanthropists, investors and corporate leaders.
1:15pm: Afternoon Session I
SPEAKERS:
Paul Hawken, Project Drawdown and SVI Advisory Board
Nancy Pfund, DBL Partners
Rob Bernard, Microsoft
Rick Saines, Baker & McKenzie
3:15pm - 3:30pm: Break
Afternoon Session II
SPEAKERS:
Dana Lanza, Confluence Philanthropy
Peter Knight, Generation Investment Management
Collin O’Mara, National Wildlife Federation
Joel Makower, GreenBiz and SVI Advisory Board
Colonel Mark “Puck” Mykleby, Case Western Reserve University
5:00pm: Reception with the Speakers
Location: The Warfield roof deck (280 N. Main Street, Ketchum)
7:00pm: Resilience Film Festival: Time to Choose
Location: nexStage Theatre
Followed by Q&A with Executive Producer, Tom Dinwoodie and cast member,
Nancy Pfund, DBL Partners
July 11: Investing in, Protecting and Enhancing Resources for Resilience
Morning Theme: Investing for Resilience
9:00am: Morning Session I
What is Investing for Resilience?
Building resilience requires massive shifts in how capital is being deployed. Fortunately there are now opportunities across geographies, asset classes, and risk and return profiles to meet any investor’s needs. Join leading investment innovators to hear how they are investing for good, benefiting society and communities and the bottom line.
SPEAKERS:
Raúl Pomares, Sonen Capital and SVI Advisory Board (Session Host)
THE MANAGERS:
Brooks Preston, Overseas Private Investment Corporation and SVI Advisory Board
Lila Preston, Generation Investment Management and SVI Board
Silda Wall Spitzer, NewWorld Capital
Glen Yelton, SNW
THE INVESTORS:
Ann Davlin, Co‐Chair of the NY State Micro‐grid Energy Prize Competition
Dana Lanza, Confluence Philanthropy
Julie Shafer, Bank of the West
11:15am: Morning Session II
Local Investment Innovations for Resilience
Investing locally places resources directly in the hands of communities. Hear how going local benefits investors, local economies and is scaling to make impact far beyond the places pioneering these approaches.
SPEAKERS:
Ali Long, Local Food Alliance and SVI Board Vice Chair (Series Host)
Michael Shuman, Author of The Local Economy Solution and SVI Advisory Board
Oran Hesterman, Fair Food Network
Viraj Puri, Gotham Greens, TED Fellow and Wild Gift Fellow
Stephanie Gripne, CO Impact Days and Impact Finance Center
12:30pm: Lunch
Location: Forest Service Park (131 E. River Street, Ketchum)
Afternoon Theme: Protecting and Enhancing America’s Resources Land and Energy
2:00pm: Afternoon Session I
A Conservation Agenda for the 21st Century: Balancing Resource Use, Restoring Ecological Integrity, and Building Climate Resilience
The United States in unique among nations in maintaining a large portion of its land base in public ownership. However, as pressures on the public lands of the Western United States increase, so, too, do the challenges of sustaining the health of these lands and resources and the goods and services that they provide. Anthropogenic stressors, including climate change, are further impacting these lands and resources manifest in increased drought, more frequent and intense wildfires, and the loss of native species of flora and fauna. Reversing this trend will require a new conservation agenda for the 21st century – one that is focused on a reevaluation of land use practices, more targeted use of natural resources, and a reinvestment in these landscapes to restore their ecological integrity. This, in turn, can help reduce CO2 emissions, improve carbon sequestration, and restore landscape health, enhance biodiversity, and build climate resilience.
SPEAKER:
Jim Lyons, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management, U.S. Department of the Interior, and Lecturer and Research Scholar Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
2:45pm: Afternoon Session II
The Great Energy Transformation
The way we make, transport, and consume energy is in the midst of massive disruption. Dramatic cost reductions and new business models are driving new opportunities for individuals to have greater control over their energy choices. What does this mean for our energy prices, reliability and environmental impact? We’ll hear from a pioneer in global energy and a panel of women leading the way in energy across investment, power generation and innovation.
SPEAKER:
Bob Hemphill, AES
This panel is produced in collaboration with The Hawthorn Club, a global network of women leaders in energy. This is a uniquely exciting time in the energy industry, as it is poised to face a multitude of opportunities and challenges in the coming decades, and women are particularly well suited to address these. Ms. Harris will ask the distinguished panel of women from the political, technological and financial sectors to discuss the role that they see their organizations playing in this transition.
SPEAKERS:
Meade Harris, the Hawthorn Club (Panel Host) with:
Aimee Barnes, Allotrope Partners
Leslie Biddle, Serengeti Asset Management
Kathleen Brown, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips
Sydney McNiff Johnson, Dentons
Nancy Pfund, DBL Partners
4:00 – 5:30pm: Free time
5:30 – 7:00pm: Evening Reception hosted by Nina Jonas, Mayor of Ketchum
7:00pm: Dine Around Town Dinners
Location: Tables of 6 reserved around town
7:00pm: Resilience Film Festival: Racing Extinction
Location: nexStage Theatre
Followed by Q&A with race car driver and environmentalist Leilani Münter
July 12: We’re All in This Together: Engaging Society
Morning Theme: Engaging Society and Community
9:00am: Morning Session I
Engaging Society: Do People Care? Can They? Can We Make a Difference?
To meet the speed and scale of the opportunity to transform our economies, all of us must be informed and active. We’ll hear how our speakers are doing just that, from a race car driver using her car as a billboard to faith leaders engaging their congregants, to activating kids in our schools, to musicians firing up their fans and helping those in the criminal justice system, this morning’s speakers share their strategies and lessons learned so we can see what we all can do.
SPEAKERS:
Leilani Münter, environmentalist and race car driver
Bob Perkowitz, ecoAmerica
Dianna Cohen, Plastic Pollution Coalition
Douglas Gayeton, Lexicon of Sustainability
11:00am: Morning Session II
Communities Under Threat – Place-Based Innovations
Mountain communities are at great risk from fire, drought, power outages and snowfall changes. This session will explore how those risks can be taken on and turned into opportunities.
SPEAKERS:
Michelle Stennett, Idaho State Senator (Session Host)
Chris Bray, Institute for Translational Research in Children’s Mental Health
Philip Cook, Policy Analysis Group, College of Natural Resources, University of Idaho
Jae Hill, Community Development Director, City of Sun Valley
Zach Knight, Blue Forest Capital
12:30pm: Lunch
Location: Town Square and the Ketchum Farmer’s Market
Afternoon Theme: The Power of Landscape
2:00pm: Afternoon Session I
The Seven Deserts Run for Freshwater
It made it into the Guinness Book of World Records: running across seven deserts on seven continents in seven weeks. Mina Guli completed 40 marathons – 5 marathons a week – across the world’s great deserts to draw attention to the global water crisis. Witness her incredible accomplishment and hear the urgency of her call to action for the world’s freshwater resources.
SPEAKER:
Mina Guli, Ultra Distance Athlete, Thirst
2:45pm: Afternoon Session II
The Nation’s Newest Wilderness Area: The White Clouds
SPEAKERS:
Rocky Barker, Idaho Statesman
Rick Johnson, Idaho Conservation League
Matt Leidecker, author of Exploring the White Clouds
3:45pm: Close
7:00pm: Resilience Film Festival: TONY ROBBINS: I AM NOT YOUR GURU
Sun Valley premiere and sneak peak of the documentary to be released on Netflix July 15th. From acclaimed director Joe Berlinger, with video introduction
by Tony Robbins