Hill Heat

A private, off-site dinner sponsored by NRG Energy.

By inspiring consumers to be passionate about how we use and produce energy, we can spur a consumer-led movement that compels a clean energy future. Through collaboration and solutions driven by a shared purpose, we can create positive environmental and economic outcomes unprecedented in scale and ambition—securing the futures of people, the economy, and the planet. Challenged to shift our mindsets toward achieving this goal through creative cooperation at last year’s Annual Meeting, this dinner will bring together corporate leaders to accelerate the race to a clean energy future and fight our generation’s greatest challenge: climate change.

PARTICIPANTS:

• David Crane, President and CEO, NRG Energy, Inc.
• Peter H. Diamandis, Chairman and Founder, X PRIZE Foundation

22/09/2014 at 07:45PM

A private, off-site dinner sponsored by Monsanto.

Over the next 50 years, societies around the world will have to generate more food than they did in the past 10,000 years combined in order to meet the needs of the growing global population. And this food will need to be produced in ever-evolving environments that are facing some serious challenges, from extreme weather to the availability and sustainability of natural resources. No single entity can solve these issues alone, and it is imperative for farmers, corporations, NGOs, and government agencies to work together to develop creative solutions. This dinner will feature a compelling panel discussion exploring ways to improve sustainable food production in the face of climate change, population growth, and resource constraints.

REMARKS:

Hugh Grant, Chairman and CEO, Monsanto Company

MODERATOR:

Marc Gunther, Editor-at-Large, Guardian Sustainable Business US

PARTICIPANTS:

• Robb Fraley, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Monsanto Company
• Peter Seligmann, Chairman and CEO, Conservation International Foundation

22/09/2014 at 07:45PM

Presidential spouse and contender Hillary Clinton has a busy agenda at the Clinton Global Initiative this year. She will open the conference on Monday and close it on Wednesday, with several appearances in between. Below is her public agenda:

Sunday, September 21

• 6-8 PM Clinton Global Citizen Awards

Monday, September 22

• 12 PM Opening Plenary: opening conversation with Jim Yong Kim, President, World Bank Group and Ginni Rometty, Chairman, President, and CEO, IBM

Tuesday, September 23

• 5 PM Plenary on job training: remarks on the commitment announcements

Wednesday, September 24

• 8:45 AM Plenary on equality for girls on women: opening conversation with Bill Gates’ wife Melinda Gates
• 1:30 PM Breakout session: Filmed conversation with Sanjay Gupta on “investing in babies’ minds” with John McCain’s wife Cindy McCain, Dr. Nadine Burke Harris, Children Television Workshop’s Rosemarie T. Truglio, Harlem Children’s Zone’s Geoffrey Canada
• 3:30 PM Closing Plenary: with Bill Clinton, astronauts Cady Coleman and Reid Wiseman, X PRIZE billionaire Peter H. Diamandis, Nelson Mandela widow Graça Machel

(President Barack Obama is scheduled to deliver brief remarks at approximately 2 PM on Tuesday, the day of the UN Climate Summit.)