Featuring a special presentation by: Stephen O. Andersen Director of Strategic Projects Climate Protection Partnerships Division U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and ACCO Technical Advisor ACCO Advisory Board Members invited to attend include: Daniel M. Kammen, Professor of Energy and Founding Director of Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley James Strock, Former Secretary of Environmental Protection, California To learn more about ACCO's advisory board members, please click here.

Please join us in forming
the first organization dedicated to
advancing climate change officers
in the private and public sectors.

Friday, February 13, 2009
1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. (PST)

At the offices of
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
2475 Hanover Street
Palo Alto, California 94304-1114

ACCO is inviting a select group of industry leaders to discuss formation of the organization, priorities and goals.  From this group, ACCO will identify charter members, who, working with guidance from ACCO’s Advisory Board, will form the inner circle of the organization, discussing key issues to launching the organization, including:

• Establishing the structure and core mission of ACCO;
• Identifying the key organizational goals and tasks for ACCO (such as establishing a set of carbon reduction measurement tools, and developing a professional training and certification program); and
• Developing standards and benchmarks for climate change professionals.

Being early stage supporters involved in the formation of ACCO will provide an opportunity to shape the organization and to stake out a position on the most important front in the debate on climate change and energy: the individuals tasked with responding to emerging climate change and energy policies and mandates.

Who Should Attend?

Executives and board members of publicly traded and large private corporations, institutions, non-profit groups and government, and consultants with expertise in climate and energy related disciplines.

Representatives from the following corporations, institutions and organizations have already confirmed they will be in attendance:

     Applied Materials
     Bayer Healthcare
     The Brownfields Foundation
     CB Richard Ellis
     Silicon Valley Leadership Group
    University of California, Berkeley

No financial commitment is necessary to attend the meeting. However, during the February 13 meeting, the final fees for charter and sponsor membership, as well as the payment schedule, will be set. For information on the financial model that will be proposed at the meeting, please click here.