Shanfeng Dong – Chief Planner, Shanghai International Investment Company, (SIIC), Shanghai, China
Shanfeng Dong started his career as a chief architect and developer, and has become a recognized project leader in Beijing. After initiating several sustainability projects in China in 2002, he began work on the first Eco-city, Dongtan, with SIIC just as the project was beginning. Shanfeng now manages 5 Eco-city projects for SIIC in China. He has established a multi-disciplinary team for both project management and research during the city development experience. He is greatly interest in delivering and incorporating culture and philosophy into the city environment and consequently set up a Cultural Planning team to research and implement those findings in Eco-cities.
Shanghai International Investment Company: www.siic.com
Steve Pinetti, Senior Vice President, Kimpton Hotels and Rstaurants
Steve Pinetti, as the Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants, oversees sales, marketing, advertising, public relations and commerce activities for the hotel and restaurant management company. Kimpton Hotels and Restaurants, based in San Francisco, currently manages 46 hotels and 46 fine dining chef-driven restaurants in the U.S. and Canada. Throughout his career, Pinetti has been responsible for the strategic planning and openings of more than 50 hotels restaurants throughout the country. He has taught business classes at the University of San Francisco, San Francisco State University, San Francisco City College and Golden Gate University.
Mathis Wackernagle, Global Footprint Network, Oakland, CA
Mathis Wackernagel, Ph.D., is Executive Director of Global Footprint Network, the NGO highlighted in the eighth Ecocity World Summit 2008 Update. Mathis is co-creator of the Ecological Footprint, has worked on sustainability issues for organizations in Europe, Latin America, North America, Asia and Australia, and has lectured internationally. Mathis previously directed the Centre for Sustainability Studies / Centro de Estudios para la Sustentabilidad in Mexico. He has authored or contributed to over fifty peer-reviewed papers, numerous articles and reports. His recent books include Our Ecological Footprint: Reducing Human Impact on the Earth, Sharing Nature’s Interest, and WWF International’s Living Planet Report.
Greg Koch is Chairman and CEO of Stone Brewing Company, founded in 1996 and now one of the fastest growing beer brewing companies in the United States, winner of several international prizes. His experience in the arts and business of brewing and his perspectives on the effects of biofuels on brewing relate directly to the push of feeding cars from the soil – which is making the beer brewing more difficult as barley prices rise rapidly in competition with road fuel production. Interestingly, Greg is also a music lover and founder and owner of Downtown Rehearsal, a 167 unit music rehearsal studio complex in downtown Los Angeles.
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