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Dr. Portney at the West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum, Grand Rapids, Michigan - May 8, 2006

Dr. Portney is one of the preeminent speakers in the area of sustainability. He is available to join your meeting as a keynote speaker, guest speaker, symposium or panel participant. His services are also available on a daily consultative basis (schedule permitting).

Here are some of his recent engagements:

Invited Speaker, “Taking Sustainable Cities Seriously: How Cities Choose Their Pathways to Sustainability,” talk given to the West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum, May 8, 2006, Grand Rapids, MI.

Keynote Speaker, “Taking Sustainable Cities Seriously: How Grand Rapids Compares to other Cities,” talk given to the Community Sustainability Partnership Summit, May 10, 2006, Grand Rapids, MI.

Invited Speaker, “The Challenges of Developing Sustainable Cities Programs,” talk given for the New York Academy of Sciences, April 26, 2006.

Invited Speaker, “Taking Sustainable Cities Seriously: An Update with Special Reference to Los Angeles,” talk given for the Sustainable Development for the 21st Century speaker series sponsored by the Department of Urban Planning, the Institute of the Environment, and the Political Science Department, UCLA, June 2, 2005.

Invited Closing Plenary Speaker, “Taking Sustainable Cities Seriously: An Update,” presented at the 2004 BELL Conference, Building a Sustainable City through Sustainable Enterprise, July 23, 2004, Chicago. Co-sponsored by the World Resources Institute and the Stuart Graduate School of Business at the Illinois Institute of Technology, in collaboration with Institute for Environmental Science and Policy--University of Illinois at Chicago and Kellogg School of Management—Northwestern University.

Invited Keynote Speaker, “Taking Sustainable Cities Seriously: Some New Findings,” presented at the Conference on Milwaukee’s Urban Environment: Cultivating the Ecological City, the City of Milwaukee and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Center for Urban Initiatives and Research, May 26, 2004.

Invited Speaker, “Taking Sustainable Cities Seriously: An Update,” presented to the Urban Ecology Program, University of Washington, Seattle, April 16, 2004.

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