PM Insights Foster City
Driving towards a Net Positive Future
*** Our apologies - this event has been cancelled ***
Driving towards a Net Positive Future
In a world of a changing climate, drought and severe storms, what are the implications for managing risk in your supply chain, helping customers cope with uncertainty and building organizational and community resilience?
Sustainable Silicon Valley’s Net Positive Bay Area initiative helps companies and communities set stretch goals to ensure long term preparedness and nimbleness in response to new economic and societal realities.
What are the benefits for making systemic change? How can you sell this approach in a company that demands short-term results? Hear case studies of what others are doing and engage in lively discussion of how you might apply these tools and perspectives to your own work.
• Understand the Net Positive Bay Area goals and program
• Discover the costs and benefits of preparing for uncertainty
• Share your stories of success
• Get insight into how to overcome the challenges of change
About the Instructor:
MARIANNA GROSSMAN leads Sustainable Silicon Valley (SSV), a consortium of more than 100 businesses, governments, research and civic organizations founded in 2000, bringing the ingenuity of Silicon Valley to create a more sustainable region and world. Under her leadership, SSV delivers programs that inspire action. SSV’s Net Positive initiative is catalyzing action towards a common vision of a resilient region that generates surplus renewable energy, sequesters more carbon than emitted and uses local water resources by 2050. Ms. Grossman’s previous roles include Partner for Sustainability and Innovation at Minerva Consulting; investor in high tech start-ups; and corporate roles in the automotive, computer and semiconductor industries. She serves on the Board of Transportation Choices for Sustainable Communities, the Sustainability Committee of the SF Bay Area Super Bowl 50 Host Committee, the advisory council for the sustainability and climate action plan for the City of Palo Alto and the California Congress of the International Living Future Institute. Ms. Grossman has published white papers and articles on sustainability in Environmental Leader, the International Journal of Innovation Sciences and total quality management (IEEE book on case studies in Total Quality Management). She earned an MBA from Yale University and a BA, cum laude, with distinction in Policy Studies from Dartmouth College.
Meeting Leader: Karol Jurado
PDU Info: 1.5 - Category A
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6:00 PM - Sign In and Networking
6:30 PM - Featured Speaker
8:00 PM - Meeting Adjourn
Food: Complimentary snacks and non-alcoholic beverages
Online Registration
PMI Silicon Valley Members: $10
Non-Members: $20
Full-time Student: $5 (online only; contact Meeting Leader for the discount code. Please bring Student ID card to the event)
At-the-Door Registration
A limited number of registrations can be accepted at the door on a first-come, first-served basis. Once this limit has been reached, the event will be closed to additional attendees.
PMI Silicon Valley Members: $20
Non-Members: $30
(Only Check or Cash accepted; make checks payable to "PMI Silicon Valley")
Cancellation Policy
This event is a professional society meeting, held for the benefit of its members. The Plan Ahead registration fee paid is based on the registrant's ability to commit to attendance, ahead of time. The Plan Ahead registration fee will not be refunded for any reason, other than event cancellation, after normal business hours (5:00 PM, Pacific) on the registration deadline day. The PMI - Silicon Valley Chapter reserves the right to make last minute changes to program content and speakers, as circumstances dictate.