Greg Kats
Recent speaking engagements:

Guest Speaker, LaSalle Bank, "Building Green: Sustainable Design & Construction," Chicago, September 25, 2006

Keynote Speaker, National Greening Education Conference, Haverford College, PA, May 17, 2006

Speaker, United States Conference of Mayors, Winter Meeting, Washington DC, January 25-27, 2006

Speaker, National Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine, “Green Healthcare Institutions: Health, Environment, and Economics”, Washington DC, January 10-11, 2006

Keynote Speaker, District of Columbia Building Industry Association, Green Building Conference, National Press Club, Washington DC November 17, 2005

Convener and Speaker, “Anticipating and Managing the Risk of Green Design: Legal Liability and Surety Issues,” GreenBuild Conference, Atlanta, Nov 6-12, 2005 

Keynote Speaker, Trendlines Real Estate Conference, Chicago, November 10, 2006

Congressional Briefing on clean energy technology to House Members and staff, Washington DC, October 26, 2005

Speaker and Moderator, Cleantech Venture Capital Forum, Oct 24-26, 2005, Washington, DC

Institutional investor briefing, “Real estate risk and investment trends in green real estate”, Investor Network on Climate Risk, a coalition of several dozen large institutional investors, telephonic, October 5, 2005

Keynote Speaker (with Rear Admiral Vitale), “Securing our Energy Future,” 2005 Pacific Coast Electrical Association Conference & Expo, Hawaii, September 27-29, 2005

Speaker, “Pension Funds and Beyond: The Institutional Investment Environment for Green Buildings,” Environment and Energy Policy Advisory Committee meeting, The Real Estate Roundtable, Washington, DC, June 17, 2005

Speaker, American Bar Association, Environment, Energy and Resources Section, “Growth of On-site Renewables Energy and Other Distributed Generation,” June 15, 2005, New York 

Keynote Speaker (with Mayor White), “Green Buildings, Green Technologies and Gulf Coast Green,” Houston, TX, April 27-29, 2005 http://www.aiahouston.org/cote/gulfcoastgreen/GCGFlyer042605.pdf

Keynote Speaker (with Mayor Daley), “Green Technologies, Buildings and Emerging Markets,” American Builders and Contractors Association, Chicago, IL, Feb 16-17, 2005

Speaker, Strategic Briefing on the Environmental Technology and Green Building Industry trends, Construction Marketing Research Council, Washington, DC, November 26, 2004

Keynote Speaker, “Green Building Technologies: Costs and Trends,” 2004 Syracuse Symposium on Environmental and Energy Systems, Syracuse, NY, October 25- 26, 2004 

Speaker, “Cents and Sustainability: The Ripple Effects of Integrated Design,” American Institute of Architects/SBIC, Washington, DC, October 13, 2004   

Keynote Speaker, “The Real World Cost of Green Buildings” Symposium, Columbus, OH, October 1, 2004 

Lecture, “Green Buildings and Technologies: Costs and Trends,” National Building Museum, Washington, DC, September 28, 2004

Expert Testimony, New York City Council Hearings on green buildings and regulatory incentives (accelerated permits and mandatory requirements for new public buildings), New York, NY, September 27, 2004.   Enacted September 2005 (anticipated to drive $12 billion in green construction). 

Keynote Speaker, Environmental Awareness Week, “Trends in Green Technologies and Construction,” Chicago, IL, September 23, 2004

Keynote Speaker, “Green Buildings Opportunities Summit,” Toronto, Canada, September 22-23, 2004

Speaker, US Green Building Council First Annual CEO Roundtable,” A Review of Trends, Costs and Financial Benefits,” September 10, 2004

Keynote Address, Engineering Green Building Conference, “Reconsidering the Built Environment,” the first national conference for facility mangers and engineers, Cleveland, July 20-22, 2004 

Keynote Speaker, “Clean Technology Trends and Implications” CoreNet Global, Atlanta Chapter, Atlanta, GA, July 16, 2004

Speaker and Panel Moderator, Renewable Energy Finance Forum – Wall Street Report, New York, NY June 23-24, 2004

Speaker, Society for College and University Planning, “Understanding the Costs and Financial Benefits of Green Buildings,” Telephonic, May 26, 2005

Keynote Speaker, Building Solutions Summit, BOMA/IFMA, “Capitalizing on Better Building Performance,” Pittsburgh, PA, May 18-19, 2004

Speaker, WWF 4^th Annual Corporate Energy Management and Climate Change Symposium, Washington, DC, May 18, 2004

Keynote Speaker, Sustainable Arkansas, “Conference for Energy and Resources Conservation in Buildings,” Little Rock, AK, May 13-14, 2004 (Launch of Arkansas green building chapter)

Keynote Speaker, Field Museum, Green Architecture Symposium, Chicago, IL, April 22, 2004

Keynote Speaker, 3^rd Annual Municipal Green Buildings Conference & Expo, Los Angeles, CA, March 31-April 1, 2004

Keynote Speaker, Green Conference, “Dollars and Sense: The Other Side of Green Design and Construction,” Philadelphia, PA, March 9-10, 2004

Address to Board of Directors of Massachusetts Technology Corporation, “Emerging Strategic and Financial Issues in the Green Building Industry,” Boston, MA, December 18, 2003

Speaker, Cleantech Investment Forum II, “Opportunities in Clean Tech Investing,” New York, NY, October 21-23, 2003

Speeches at universities including Columbia, Harvard, Princeton, Stanford and UNC Chapel Hill

Selected Earlier Speeches and addresses:

• Chairman, Metering America 2003, Chicago, IL, May 4-8, 2003   
• Speaker, Second Annual Green Trading Summit: Emissions, Renewables & Megawatts, New York, April, 2003  
• Speaker, USGBC Federal Green Building Summit, Washington DC, April, 2003  
• Speaker, Credit Suisse First Boston Energy Technology Conference, “Critical Drivers for Clean Energy Technologies,” Oakland, CA, October, 2001  
• Speaker, Merrill Lynch Global Energy Technology Conference, “Energy Technologies: Financial Drivers,” New York, NY,  June, 2001   
• Co-Chair, The World Bank International Emissions Measurement and Verification Workshop, Washington, DC, May, 1998  
• Speaker, Columbia University Conference “From Kyoto to Buenos Aires: Technology Transfer and Emissions Trading,” New York, NY, April, 1998  
• Speaker, Energy Buildings Economics and the Environment Conference, “Measurement and Verification: A Key to Greener and More Cost Effective Buildings,” New York, NY, April 1998  
• Speaker and Co-Chair Finance Panel, White House Environmental Technologies Conference,  Denver, CO, 1996  
• Speaker and Chair of Finance Panel, US Green Building Council Conference,  San Diego, CA, 1996  
• Speaker, World Bank Conference on Energy Financing, “New Forms of Energy Financing,” Washington, DC, 1995  
• Administration Presenter on Global Warming, World Energy Conference, Vancouver, Canada, 1994  
• Television and BBC World News interviews on financial, economic and environmental impact of energy options for Eastern Europe (1991, 1992)  
• Expert Testimony on Energy and Efficiency Strategies and Opportunities, Economic and Environment Committees of the Hungarian Parliament, Budapest, Hungary, 1991  
• Expert Seminar on Energy Technologies for Reducing Emissions of Greenhouse Gases, OECD/IEA, Paris, France, 1989  
• Keynote Speaker, ICDA Workshop on Environmental Impact of Development, Brussels, Belgium, 1989