For
the third successive year Jackson Lake
Lodge in Grand
Teton National
Park
hosted the annual conference of the Yellowstone Business Partnership.
Held May
22nd
through the 24th,
the conference was linked
with the
2006 Greater Yellowstone Power of Place Conference sponsored by the
Jackson
Hole Chamber of Commerce, the National Park Conservation Association,
and The
Charture Institute. The joint conference theme was
“Dimensions of
Regional
Leadership”, with sessions designed to explore how businesses
may
assume
leadership roles in addressing regional challenges.
Click here to
see some photos of the conference
View the
agenda from the conference here
Power Point Presentations:
Click on the links below download some of the the power-point
presentations in pdf format.
Keynote
Speech:
"Leading Toward Sustainable Capitalism" by Jed Emerson -
Plenary
Response Panel - "How
businesses can make the 'tripple bottom line' a higher regional
priority".
Laurie Francis, Executive
Director, Community Health Partners -
Jim Hanna, Manager,
Environmental Affairs, Starbucks Coffee Company -
Plenary
Panel - "Affirming Our
Regional Identity: The Biophysical Connections".
Dr. Rob Van Kirk,
Idaho State University -
Dr. Andy Hansen, Montana
State University -
Dr.
Joel Berger, The Wildlife Conservation Society -
Speaker
Notes
Follow the links below to read speaking notes for some of our
conference speakers.
Banquet speaker John
Turner
Former Assistant Secretary
of
State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs
"Leadership
from a Global Perspective"
Plenary Panelist
Suzanne Lewis
Superintendent of
Yellowstone
National Park
Affirming
Our Regional Identity: The
Socioeconomic Connections
We appreciate the
generous support of
these conference
benefactors and exhibitors:
Jackson
Hole Chamber
of Commerce –
Conference Organizer
National Parks Conservation
Association - Conference
Organizer
The Charture Institute
- Conference Organizer
Grand Teton Lodge Company
– Conference Benefactor
The Conservation Fund –
Conference Benefactor
The Town of Jackson -
Conference Benefactor
Teton County, Wyoming
- Conference Benefactor
Boyd Coffee Company
– Conference Exhibitor
US Food Service
– Conference Exhibitor
High Country Linen Service –
Conference Exhibitor
J Bar L Ranch –
Conference Exhibitor
Kellerstrass Oil / West
Central
–
Conference Exhibitor
Powder
Mountain
Press – Conference
Materials Design
Greater Yellowstone
Coalition –
Conference Host
Lower
Valley
Energy – Conference
Host
Xanterra
Parks
& Resorts –
Conference Host
Idaho
National
Laboratory –
Conference Host
The Idaho
Cleanup Project (CH2M-WG)
– Conference Host
Thanks to our facilitation
team:
Wendy
Green Lowe - P2 Solutions - Idaho Falls, ID
Patty Bean - Insights, Etc. - Bozeman, MT
Tim O'Donoghue - Jackson Hole Chamber of Commerce - Jackson, WY
Tim Young - National Parks Conservation Association - Jackson, WY
Thanks to the raffle
basket donors:
Julianne
Anderson
Cody Country Chamber of Commerce
Jerry Frazell
Grand Teton Lodge Company
Jackson Hole Chamber of Commerce
Raymond James / Mark Young
Dave Schaub
Starbucks Coffee Company / Jim Hanna
and
thanks to Carolyn Hawxhurst
for her help with registration.
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