Marty will talk about low-to-no-cost activities that can be profitable for any business. Marty's lively and informative welcome will give you 5 easy ways to create value in your business through materials reuse.

This panel will discuss why you should be a LEED Accredited Professional and the benefits associated with LEED Certification for your building or tenant premises. Case studies of successful LEED certified projects will be presented, including green tenant spaces within non green buildings. We will explore what options these successful businesses considered and learn why they chose the improvements they did. If you are thinking about greening your building or your leased premises to a LEED standard, this panel of experts is not to be missed. This session will also discuss mandatory green building laws for new construction and renovation in Maryland, including Baltimore City, Howard County, Montgomery County and Annapolis. We will also give you the most current information on the yet to be released Baltimore City regulations. This session will also discuss the cost and benefit to green building to reveal surprising actual returns on investment. Facilitated by Stuart Kaplow, this expert panel includes, Ed LeBard from 3 Design Consulting, Dave Wooley from the Green Building Institute, and Jim Camp from Gensler Architects, Baltimore.

After engaging morning panel sessions join your colleagues in the atrium and see what local businesses are offering in the exhibit area.

As the costs of raw materials, energy, and water increase, businesses are looking for ways to be more efficient with these resources. This panel, facilitated by Kenneth B. Chodnicki from Winston & Reed Associates, will present an overall picture of energy costs and usage today, as well as where we need to be in the face of diminishing resources and rising costs in the near future. Wayne Hudson from Ecologic, Michael Dorsch from Hallaton and Mike Goodrich from Electrawall will discuss energy audits, retrofits and improvements, and alternative technologies, such as solar, wind, and geothermal and where you should invest your time and funds to get the best payback. This session will include new energy regulations and laws from the Federal, state and local governments and how they affect your business. What is on the horizon for the coming year? Specifically, we will hear about tax laws, credits for retrofits and improvements, and carbon credits.

Enjoy a delicious lunch while hearing from our keynote speaker, Will Phillips, Sustainability Director of Baltimore's own successful company, Under Armour. Mr. Phillips will discuss how Under Armour strives to make all athletes better through passion, science and the relentless pursuit of innovation while employing sustainable practices.

After lunch, head to the atrium for dessert and networking with our featured keynote speakers and other business associates before the afternoon panel sessions begin.

Learn how local businesses are getting ahead and succeeding with sustainability. This panel, lead by David Carroll from the Baltimore County Sustainability Office, will bring together sustainability experts from local communities and governments to address what services they provide and how they can help you move forward in making your business sustainable. Is there funding for improvements? Is there free technical assistance to help me make the best investments? On what areas of my business should I focus first? This panel, including Sarah Zaleski from the Baltimore City Sustainability Office, Geoff Stack from Stack Coordination, Barry Williams from the Baltimore County Business Development Office, and Joshua Feldmark from the Howard County Office of Sustainability, will answer these and more of your questions.

This session will address how the principles of LEAN, when applied to "green and clean" are good for business. Successful projects that will be discussed include the areas of: energy, water, materials, packaging, and recycling. This is an interactive discussion that offers real life, common sense solutions from McCormick, Mercy Hospital and several small companies in the Baltimore region. Expert panelists include: Jeff Blankman from McCormick Spice Company, Rachael Demunda from Mercy Hospital, Michael Rothmeier from the TIME Center and Simple Solutions. The facilitator is Mike Galiazzo, Ph.D., President, Regional Manufacturing Institute.

Take this opportunity to connect with business associates. Talk to the exhibitors about their services and products. Plan an informal meeting with peers for the afternoon.

This session, facilitated by Joe Scarpa from Green Paradigm Realty, will provide specific practical take home tools, tips and best practices on how small, medium and large businesses and industry can save money and resources by greening their businesses and advertising it. This session will also include information about how to market your businesses' green practices in an era of transparency. Employee management challenges will also be discussed, including how to engage employees in the greening of the workplace, and the cultural changes necessary to become a successful green business. Come interact with Julie Gabrielli from Go for Change, Bill Griffith from Reduction in Motion, and Lisa Ferretto from Hord Coplan Macht, to learn how to market your greening efforts.

Hosted by Greendrinks. Greendrinks is a growing grass roots network for environmental professions that curreently exists in almost 600 communities world-wide. This session will discuss how Greendrinks and local businesses are working together to help the Chesapeake Bay and all businesses in the region. Session Leaders: Lynne Forsman, Green Drinks Annapolis Greener Results Consulting/eCruisers Elvia Thompson, Green Drinks Annapolis Stellar Presentations Teris Pantazes, Green Drinks Baltimore Seven Seas Energy, LLC