WHAT:   

State officials will join with school administrators, architects, and celebrities to discuss the importance of furthering Governor Schwarzenegger's green building initiative to California classrooms.  The first annual conference will cover a range of issues involved in creating a "green" school. The conference will include 75 educational presentations, half day workshops and more than 200 exhibitors.
 
WHEN: 

December 5 – 6, 2007
 
WHERE: 

Pasadena Conference Center
300 East Green Street
Pasadena, CA 91101

WHO: 

Opening Session – 9 a.m., December 5, 2007, Pasadena Civic Auditorium

Included in the opening session are remarks by:

Rosario Marin, Secretary, State and Consumer Services Agency
Ed Begley, Jr., Actor & Environmentalist
Dr. David Long, California Secretary for Education
Timothy Simon, Commissioner, California Public Utilities Commission
David Thorman, California State Architect
  
Workshop – Creating Grid-Neutral Schools – 2 p.m., December 5, 2007, Room 107

David Thorman, California State Architect
Rob Cook, Executive Officer, Office of Public School Construction
Roy McBrayer, Program Manager, Governor Schwarzenegger's Green Action Team

Closing Session – 2 p.m., December 6, 2007, Pasadena Civic Auditorium

Included in the closing session are remarks by:

Laurie David, Producer of An Inconvenient Truth
Cambria Gordan, author of The Down-to-Earth Guide to Global Warming
Bill Nye the Science Guy 

  
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