All-City Summit of  Sustainability Leadership Forum (In-person Only)

Oct. 12 – Oct. 13, 2023

Theme: Challenges of Climate Resilience

Registration Cost, Timing, Location, Hotels, Logistics
Registration Price $675.  Limited Enrollment. 
Registration limited to SLF members and/or prospective SLF Members
Act quickly, as registration will close when capacity limit reached.
Click here to register  
Registration deadline Sept. 28, 2023
Location: IHG HQ Three Ravinia Drive, Suite 100 Atlanta, GA 30346
Hotels at Discounted Rates
Parking and Public Transportation

Wednesday, Oct. 11

• 5:30pm – 8:30pm    Pre-meeting Networking Mixer, Spice & Sky Rooftop Restaurant, 4401 Chamblee Dunwoody Rd, Chamblee, GA

Thursday, Oct. 12

• 8:00am – 9:00am     Coffee, Pastries & Networking
• 9:00am – 9:15am      Welcome & Introductions
• 9:15am – 10:30am     Opening Keynote followed by Panel on Drawdown Georgia
  • • • • • • Howard Sharfstein, Co-Founder & President, Kulshan Carbon Trust
            • Dr. Marilyn Brown, Professor of Sustainable Systems, Georgia Tech
            • James Marlow, President Southface
• 10:30am-10:45am    Break
• 10:45am – 11:45am    Panel on Addressing ESG Backlash
  • • • • • • Arnaud Brohe, Founder & CEO Agendi
            • Cigdem Oktem, US Central Region Center for Board Matters, EY
            • Bryan Kuppe, Director, American Chemistry Council
• 11:45am- 12:45pm     Lunch
• 12:45pm – 1:45pm  Roundtable on Addressing ESG Backlash
• 1:45pm – 2:00pm       Break
• 2:00pm – 3:00pm      Panel on Biodiversity
  • • • • • • Colleen Corrigan, Ph.D., Sr. Sustainabilty Advisor, Pure Strategies
            • Patrick Ramage, Sr. Director, Outreach & Program Director, International Fund for Animal Welfare
            • Dr. Cornelia Cho, M.D. Pediatrician & President of Mushroom Club of Georgia
• 3:00pm – 3:15pm      Break
• 3:15pm – 4:15pm      Roundtable on Biodiversity
• 4:15pm – 4:25pm      Break
• 4:25pm                        Closing Comments and Evening Logistics
• 6:00pm to 9pm         Dinner and Networking  – National Center for Civil and Human Rights, 100 Ivan Allen Jr. Blvd, Atlanta, GA 
  • • • • • • Welcome and Comments Blake Longstaff, CFO of  Summit Sponor and Host IHG
            • Comments by Doug Shipman, Atlanta City Council President and Founding CEO of the National Center for Civil and Human Rights

Friday, October 13

• 8:00am – 9:00am     Coffee, Pastries & Networking
• 9:00am – 9:15am      Day 1 Recap
• 9:15am – 10:15am     Panel on Climate Justice 
  • • • • • • Anjali Balakrishna, Energy & Environmental Justice Manager, Microsoft
            • Rabin Valluri, Consultant, Agendi
• 10:15am – 10:30am    Break
• 10:30am – 11:30am    Roundtable on Climate Justice
• 11:30am – 12:00pm    Networking break,  grab lunch, find table
• 12:00pm – 12:45pm    Closing Keynote speaker over lunch
  • • • • • • John Loudermilk, CEO, Birla Carbon
• 12:45pm – 1:00pm     Closing Comments, feedback