Program Overview

 

 

 

SESSION TYPE

LENGTH

MONDAY MAY 18

TUESDAY MAY 19

WEDNESDAY MAY 20

Pre-event Hangout, Orientation and Exhibit Hall

11:00am – 12:00pm ET

 

Locations: Lobby, Premier Exhibit Hall, Exhibit Hall, Networking Lounge

 

 

 

 

Available 60 min before live event

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enter the Virtual environment to chat with others, complete your profile, explore the Virtual Exhibit Hall, Learning Lounges, and other areas.

Mainstage/Plenary

12:00pm – 1:30pm ET

 

Location of Plenaries: Theater

90 min

 

Day 1 Plenary: Build Back Better

-Ralph Moore

-Ted Howard

 

Moderated Conversation

 

Day 2: Plenary

-Jonathan Foley, Project Drawdown

-Sr. Simone Campbell, NETWORK

 

Climate Action Conversation

Moderated by George Hodge of CDP

 

-Anand Narasimhan, Microsoft

-Marisa Buchanan, JP Morgan Chase

-Lisa Brady, Cisco

 

 

SPLC Member Meeting & Non-Member Programming

 

SPLC members – join us for our first annual Summit SPLC Member Meeting!

 

Member Meeting Location: Networking Lounge

Not an SPLC member? Use this time to learn more about an SPLC Membership at the SPLC Booth, listen to a breakout session recording from earlier in the week, visit the Exhibit Halls, and/or compete in our Games selections for a prize!

 

 

Exhibit Hall Break

1:30pm – 2:00pm ET

 

Location: Premier Exhibit Hall & Exhibit Hall

 

30 min

 

 

 

 

Visit the Virtual Exhibit Hall to learn about sustainable suppliers’ goods and services, live chat with exhibitors, watch informative pre-recorded presentations, and more!

 

Breakout Sessions

2:00pm – 3:30pm ET

Choose one track, or change tracks at the break between panels

 

Location: Theater

 

90 min

(5 min break at 40 min)

SDGs

SUPPLY CHAIN

GREEN BUILDING

The SDGs and Sustainable Procurement: Making the Connection

SDGs and Procurement – from Alignment to Execution

Go Farther Together: Leveraging Industry Collaboration to Accelerate Sustainable Purchasing

Leveraging supply chain data/transparency to identify, avoid, and mitigate risk

Buildings & Sustainable Purchasing Policies from an Owner’s Perspective

Closing the Transparency Loop

Inspiration from the Built Environment to Sustainable Procurement in Laboratories

CLEANING

FOOD

CLIMATE

Maintaining Sustainability in a Public Health Crisis

The Next Wave of Green Cleaning Procurement

Institutions as Conscious Food Consumers: Proven strategies to increase your purchase of local, sustainable food

The Case for Leading on Long Term Sustainability in Food Serviceware and Packaging

Quantifying Embodied Carbon

WORKER IMPACT

SUPPLIER DIVERSITY

SHAPING STANDARDS

Real Impact: Changing Lives Through Supply Chain Responsibility

Paving a High Road for Promotional Apparel

 

Analytics + Intentional Relationships: A Formula for Diversifying Suppliers

Reinventing Supplier Diversity by Focusing on Community-Building and the Health of the Small Business Ecosystem

How to Shape Sustainability Standards and Ecolabels to Meet Purchaser Needs: Purchaser Perspectives

Maximizing Purchaser Influence on Sustainability Standards: Considering Future Approaches

COVID19 KEYNOTE CONVERSATION

CIRCULAR PROCUREMENT

PUBLIC SECTOR

Build Back Better: Keynote Speaker Conversation

 

Location: Topical Discussion Lounge

Measuring and verifying circularity in purchasing

Circular Procurement of IT – how can we get from theory to practice?

Success stories from local government sustainability leaders

Achieving sustainable purchasing success through training and education

 

Exhibit Hall Break

3:30pm – 3:45pm ET

 

Location: Premier Exhibit Hall & Exhibit Hall

 

15 min

 

 

 

 

Visit the Virtual Exhibit Hall to learn about sustainable suppliers’ goods and services, live chat with exhibitors, watch informative pre-recorded presentations, and more

Multi-Choice Sessions

3:45pm – 4:45pm ET

 

Location of Workshops: Interactive Workshop Lounge

60 min

Innovation Accelerator Roundtables

 

Location: Innovation Hall

 

 

Circular Procurement Learning Circle Chat

 

Location: Topical Discussion Lounge

 

 

Workshop: Sustainable Purchasing 101: What exactly is sustainability and sustainable purchasing?

Workshop: Setting Sustainable Purchasing Goals and Metrics

Workshop: The Power of Procurement: Engaging and activating critical allies for climate action

Workshop: PG&E Supplier Diversity Prime Supplier Program

Workshop: The UN SDGs are 10 years away, what can you do to contribute?

 

Workshop: Healthier, Safer Foodware Options: Solutions to Toxic Chemicals and Waste

 

Workshop: Leveraging the Buying Power of Universities for Sustainable Procurement and Market Transformation

 

Live Reception

4:45pm – 5:45pm ET

 

60 min

 

 

Grab a refreshment of your choice and return to the conference space for a number of great choices to end your day!

 

  • Continue Breakout Session discussions with peers in a live, Zoom-based discussion in the TOPICAL DISCUSSION LOUNGE
  • Relax in a live, Zoom-based informal gathering by attending the Virtual Reception in the NETWORKING LOUNGE
  • Visit the exhibit booths you may have missed earlier in the day in the PREMIER EXHIBIT HALL AND EXHIBIT HALL  
  • Or simply listen to recordings from earlier in the day in the THEATER or INNOVATION HALL