Conference Program - American Public Power Association

8–10 a.m.
Presentation of Awards
Climate Change:
Options and Strategies for
Successful Organizations
Fred Krupp, President, Environmental
Defense, New York, N.Y.
Climate change issues are
here to stay and will impact
all of corporate America, but perhaps most
prominently the electric utility industry. How to think
about and plan for your organization’s future given the
complexities of this issue are challenges Fred Krupp is
thinking about head-on. Hear and discuss the options
open to utilities and how other organizations are dealing
with this long-term conundrum.
Environmental Defense is a national nonprofit organization
that links science, economics, law and innovative
private-sector partnerships to create breakthrough
solutions to the most serious environmental problems.
Recently named one of America’s “10 Best CEOs” by
U.S. News and World Report, Fred Krupp has been influential
in developing market-based solutions such as
the acid rain reduction plan in the 1990 Clean Air Act
and the U.S. proposal to achieve least-cost greenhouse
gas reductions in the Kyoto Protocol.
Krupp was a member of the President’s Advisory
Committee on Trade Policy and Negotiations in the
George W. Bush and Clinton administrations, and
served on the commissions on the environment established
by Presidents Clinton and George H.W. Bush.
day, June 25
The Changing World and Its
Impact on the Health of Our
Communities
Richard Karlgaard, Publisher,
Forbes Magazine, San Francisco,
Calif.
In the last year or so, we’ve all
learned how connected and
interchangeable our economy
and workforce are with traditional
and emerging economies around
the globe. The publisher of the na-
Tuesday, June 24
3–4 p.m.
tion’s leading
business magazine
will provide
his perspective
on what
this change
means for American
businesses, cities and workers.
Richard Karlgaard is the publisher
of Forbes, one of the world’s
most popular business and financial
magazines and read by 4.5 million
High Performance Leadership in
the New Business Environment
Jason Young, President,
LeadSmart, Inc., Dallas, Texas
Leaders develop, motivate, and empower people
to achieve extraordinary results by providing
vision and guidance. Truly smart leaders know
this is more than a mere statement of fact, but rather a
personal and professional challenge to be met every
day. Jason Young will discuss the new definition of becoming
a person of influence, and how that applies to
everyone in an organization. He will explain how organizing
talent to build effective teams creates a high-performance
workplace culture, and how applying successful
coaching skills will help your teams excel.
As a former senior level manager at Southwest
Airlines, Jason Young learned the value of a successful
workplace culture. During his 10 years with the airline,
consistently rated #1 in customer service and employee
satisfaction, he was a key driver in creating and developing
the company’s innovative training programs for its
successful leadership and a customer service culture
that have become renowned in the business world
today.
As president of LeadSmart, Inc.,
Young shares his vision in developing
successful corporate cultures and
workplace environments with companies
including Starbucks, Coca Cola,
Radio Shack and Tyson Foods, to
name just a few.
people per issue. In addition to covering
financial and technology subjects
worldwide, in his Digital Rules
column, Karlgaard writes about
technology, entrepreneurship, regional
and economical development,
and the future of business
and work. He frequently lectures on
these subjects and is a regular
guest on the Fox News Channel’s
Forbes on Fox.