September 19, 2007
"Greening The Highway" Leadership Forum

(SEE BELOW FOR POST-EVENT UPDATE, including links to Cascadia's "Greening The Highway" discussion brief, plus radio and TVW coverage)

In partnership with Athena Institute, Discovery Institute's Cascadia Center is organizing a "Greening the Highway" leadership forum in Seattle on Weds. Sept. 19 to address the challenges of developing alternative fuels, electrification, and reducing diesel emissions on the I-5 corridor from British Columbia to Baja California. It is designed for policymakers, NGOs, key agencies and businesses.

PROGRAM DETAILS: "Greening the Highway" leadership forum agenda. Moderator: Bruce Agnew, Director, Cascadia Center For Regional Development.

In addition, there will be a related panel discussion including the role of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Tues. Sept. 18. See "Emerging Solutions To The Transportation Puzzle," here. Moderator: Steve Marshall, Senior Fellow, Cascadia Center for Regional Development.

HOURS/LOCATION: The "Greening The Highway" leadership forum runs from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Weds. Sept. 19, as part of Athena Institute's "Discover Brilliant" Conference + Expo at the Sheraton Seattle, 1400 6th Ave., Mon. Sept. 17-Weds. Sept. 19.

"DISCOVER BRILLIANT" CONFERENCE OVERVIEW: Sustainability leaders, transportation executives, policymakers, key vendors and others are coming together at Discover Brilliant to look at innovative approaches to leveraging transportation solutions, power supply options, grid advances, building innovations, and sustainable business practices that are more economically valuable, environmentally sound, and secure.

OVER 45+ SESSIONS, 60+ SPEAKERS and HUNDREDS OF GREAT IDEAS

Mon. Sept. 17 - Plenary sessions covering directions in policy, markets and technology.

Tues. Sept 18 - Multiple tracks in buildings, business, utilities, transportation and communities.

Weds. Sept 19 - Individual Summits on Greening the Highway, Renewables+SmartGrid, Investor Landscape, Climate Solutions Showcase and more.

REGISTRATION: Register here for one, two or three days of Discover Brilliant.

MORE INFO ON "GREENING THE HIGHWAY" FORUM: If you have any questions regarding "Greening The Highway" please contact Cascadia Center's Jennifer Zucati at 206.292.0401 x157 or jenniferz@discovery.org.

POST-EVENT UPDATE

The Green Highways leadership forum was held as planned Sept. 19 in Seattle and gave participants a range of perspectives on alternative fuel infrastructure and green car development; diesel fuel emission reduction programs; and related West Coast collaborative strategies. We expect to be providing - on this same page - a number of the PowerPoint presentations, as soon as we have pdf file versions available. We also anticipate completion of a Cascadia Center white paper on the topic, in coming months, which we will make available on our Web site's Research page, and through other means.

In the meantime, here's our discussion brief on the initiative, and a related radio story (and transcript) featuring Cascadia Director Bruce Agnew.

TVW coverage. Washington state's government and public affairs channel, TVW, taped and broadcast the entire "Greening The Highway" program of Sept. 19, 2007. Here are the three video segments as they aired on TVW. You will need to have either Windows Media or Real Player installed on your computer to view. For any additional playback tips, go to TVW's Streaming Help Page.

"Greening The Highway," Segment 1 - Bruce Agnew, Cascadia Center; Sharon Banks, Cascade Sierra Solutions; Matt Rosenberg, Cascadia Center.
LINK: Segment 1.

"Greening The Highway," Segment 2 - Peter Murchie, U.S. EPA; Allison Seton, Hydrogen + Fuel Cells Canada; Jeff Doyle, WSDOT; Allison Hamilton, ODOT.
LINK: Segment 2.

"Greening The Highway," Segment 3 - Colette Brooks, BioBling/Big Imagination Co./SoCal Biodiesel Co-op; Paul Landry, B.C. Trucking Assn.; Janet Ray, AAA Washington.
LINK: Segment 3.