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The University of Oregon School of Law and Lundquist College of Business is organizing a two-day symposium focusing on strengthening the American business model.  This event, which will take place on February 9th and 10th, will feture the following keynote speakers:

• **Dr. Stuart Graham, Chief Economist for the United States Patent and Trademark Office
• **Andrew Kassoy, Co-Founder of B Lab, a nonprofit organization dedicated to using the power of business to solve social and environmental problems

Panel Topics Include:

• Legal Entities for Social Enterprise
• FTC Green Guides and Green Certifications
• Intellectual Property and Economic Development
• Realignment of Capital for a more Sustainable Economy

Featured Panelists and Moderators:

• Drew Markham, Attorney at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
• Jeff Wolfstone, Shareholder at Lane Powell
• Leslie Christian, President and CEO at Portfolio 21 Investments
• William Clark, Jr., Partner at Drinker Biddle and Reath and Author of Model Benefit Corporation Legislation
• Danica Noble, Attorney at Federal Trade Commission
• Heidi McCloskey, Senior Director of Communications and Resource Development at Textile Exchange
• Jay Eckhardt, Attorney at Stoel Rives LLP
• Kent Snyder, Attorney at Snyder & Associates P.C. and Chairman of EPEAT
• Evan Mueller, Clean Technology Investment Banker at Pacific Crest Securities
• Evan Reynolds, Assistant General Counsel at Nike Inc.
• Jacqueline Stone, Director of Green Tech Pilot Program at United States Patent and Trademark Office
• Wally Van Valkenburg, Partner at Stoel Rives & Member of Oregon Innovation Council
• William Rauchholz, Partner at Banner & Witcoff
• Aaron Berg, President at Blue Tree Strategies and CFO at Clean Energy Works Oregon
• Brooke Randall, Principal at Equilibrium Capital
• Carsten Henningsen, Director at Portfolio 21
• Paul Dickson, Principal at Starlight Investments

Details:
Location: White Stag Block, 70 NW Couch Street, Portland, OR
Date: February 9^th and February 10^th, 2012
For more information and to register, click here

The 2011 Net Impact Conference, held in Portland, OR this October 27-29, explores the many unexpected places where good works. With more than 100 innovative sessions and 300+ speakers, the conference is the largest and most inspiring event in CSR and sustainability. This year, Net Impact is featuring special Portland Impact workshops, in which local area organizations will crowdsource innovative strategies and ideas from a pool of 2,600 MBA and professional attendees. Learn more and grab a ticket here.

KEY DETAILS

What: 2011 Net Impact Conference
When: October 27-29, 2011
Where: Oregon Convention Center in Portland
How: Click here

GoGreen ’11 Portland is a one-day statewide sustainability conference for business in Portland on Tuesday, October 4th, 2011.  GoGreen is built to inspire, educate and motivate business owners and professionals to deepen the commitment to sustainable practices at their organizations.  As an action-oriented, collaborative conference, GoGreen ’11 Portland teaches best practices on how to “green” your business and provides actionable next steps on sustainability for attendees.

Attendees learn from real-world success stories and participate in panel discussions geared to provide solid takeaways to make any size of business the most sustainable that it can be. The GoGreen Conference will feature over 50 business leader speakers and 15 different sessions on how to build sustainability into your business.

OBA President Ryan Deckert will be moderating a session called Our Carbon Future: State Business Leaders on Economic Impact, which will include panelists from Pacific Power, Intel, and SolarWorld.

DATE: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4th 2011
TIME: 8:30am-5:00pm
5:00pm Networking Reception
PLACE: The Gerding Theater | 128 NW Eleventh Avenue, Portland, OR 97209
REGISTER

*Oregon Business Association Members receive $25 off to attend. Use the Discount Code OBA when registering*

Presented by Northwest Environmental Business Council, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, and U.S. EPA – Region 10, the Business & the Environment Conference is an event for today’s environmental & operations managers.

While regulatory compliance is the cornerstone of environmental management, other operational elements such as energy efficiency, waste minimization, and product stewardship not only benefit the environment but also directly contribute to reducing costs, improving profitability, and enhancing competitiveness.

This conference brings these elements together to help companies thrive in today’s economy. Sessions will cover: Regulatory Updates, Managing Cleanup, Managing Energy, Managing Water, Managing Wastes, Money & the Environment, Markets & the Environment, and People & Processes.

$50 registration discount for friends of the Oregon Business Association (use discount code: OBA11). Full information can be found here.

Now that the Oregon Legislature has adjourned, we want to extend an invitation to join us on Tuesday, July 12th for OBA’s annual All Members Breakfast Meeting, where we will be recapping a remarkable 2011 Legislative Session.

From education redesign to health care transformation, OBA entered the session with an ambitious agenda.  This meeting will provide us an opportunity to report on what was accomplished, what wasn’t, and what comes next for many of the critical issues facing our state.

At the end of the meeting, we’ll present a separate panel with Labor, Environment, & Trade Association leaders to represent different perspectives on the 2011 Session.  The panelists are:

Art Towers, Executive Director, Oregon SEIU
SEIU’s mission is to improve the quality of life through worker empowerment and a progressive labor movement.

Andrea Salinas, Legislative Director, Oregon Environmental Council
The Oregon Environmental Council advances innovative, collaborative solutions to Oregon’s environmental challenges for today and future generations.

Jon Chandler, President and CEO, Oregon Home Builders Association
The Oregon Home Builders Association is the unified voice for the home building industry and the housing consumer.

Details below:
OBA All Members Meeting
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
8:00 – 9:30 am
NW Natural Community Room
220 NW 2nd Ave.
Portland, Oregon  97209

If you are an OBA member and would like to attend this meeting, please RSVP to Patti Winter by Tuesday, July 5th at: patti@oba-online.org / 503-641-0990.

We look forward to seeing you there!

As the Oregon Legislature considers a courageous package of education reforms, OBA has teamed up with Governor Kitzhaber to secure U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan as the keynote speaker at OBA’s 11th Annual Statesman Dinner on Wednesday, October 12, 2011.

OBA has been tirelessly advocating for a statewide package of bills that will marry educational resources with results in Oregon’s classrooms and lecture halls, and we are excited to have Secretary Duncan speak to us about his efforts on the national level.  This will be Secretary Duncan’s first visit to Oregon.

This year’s dinner will be a unique opportunity to hear from a true reformer working to address critical education issues facing our country.  Be sure to save the date — preliminary details are below:

2011 OBA Statesman Dinner
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Oregon Convention Center
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
*Additional details TBA*

OBA organized a luncheon last week with Congressman Kurt Schrader and members of the business community.

This event, the latest in a series of OBA meetings with the Oregon Congressional Delegation, provided a great opportunity for Congressman Schrader to receive feedback from business leaders on multiple issues facing Congress, including government regulation, economic recovery, trade issues, and the national debt.

We thank the Congressman for taking time out of his schedule to have a conversation with OBA members.

Special thanks to OBA member Ater Wynne for hosting the luncheon.