Andy Lipkis, Founder and President of TreePeople, describes how this organization has pioneered an integrated approach to managing urban ecosystems as watersheds in the Los Angeles region. This involves strategic tree planting, tree-mimicking technologies, and community engagement to generate multiple solutions to the environmental threats facing our cities, including ensuring a sustainable water supply, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, preventing water and air pollution, fostering stronger neighborhoods, and creating jobs. For a summary of TreePeople’s six demonstration projects that are now collecting 1.25 million gallons of water every time it rains 1″ in Los Angeles, visit www. treepeople.org. Video Going to Green: Planting Seeds of Change with Community Forestry produced by the Media & Policy Center Foundation for PBS.

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Calestous Juma, Professor, Harvard Kennedy School; shares insights on Entrepreneurship and Globalization: Challenges and Opportunities Series: Technology Management Program [5/2009] [Business] [Show ID: 15974]

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Dan Smith, Senior Manager, Solution Consulting and Engineering, GTSI. Next-Generation Business Continuity—Moving From Disaster Recovery to Constant Availability, GTSI Technology Leadership Series, August 2008.

The GTSI Technology Leadership Series brings government leaders, industry innovators and IT analysts together in a lively forum that examines key technology issues facing government today.

GTSI helps government agencies proactively manage their enterprise technology infrastructure, using a Technology Lifecycle Management (TLM) approach. GTSI provides deep technical expertise to assess, acquire, implement, support, refresh, and dispose of technology. GTSI’s certified engineers and project managers leverage strategic partnerships with technology providers and use proven, repeatable processes to deploy, manage, and support solutions through each phase of the technology lifecycle

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David Edborg, Senior Technical Marketing Engineer – Data Protection Business Unit, NetApp. Next-Generation Business Continuity—Moving From Disaster Recovery to Constant Availability, GTSI Technology Leadership Series, August 2008.

The GTSI Technology Leadership Series brings government leaders, industry innovators and IT analysts together in a lively forum that examines key technology issues facing government today.

GTSI helps government agencies proactively manage their enterprise technology infrastructure, using a Technology Lifecycle Management (TLM) approach. GTSI provides deep technical expertise to assess, acquire, implement, support, refresh, and dispose of technology. GTSI’s certified engineers and project managers leverage strategic partnerships with technology providers and use proven, repeatable processes to deploy, manage, and support solutions through each phase of the technology lifecycle.

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Daniel Mintz , CIO, U.S. Department of Transportation. Next-Generation Business Continuity—Moving From Disaster Recovery to Constant Availability, GTSI Technology Leadership Series, August 2008.

The GTSI Technology Leadership Series brings government leaders, industry innovators and IT analysts together in a lively forum that examines key technology issues facing government today.

GTSI helps government agencies proactively manage their enterprise technology infrastructure, using a Technology Lifecycle Management (TLM) approach. GTSI provides deep technical expertise to assess, acquire, implement, support, refresh, and dispose of technology. GTSI’s certified engineers and project managers leverage strategic partnerships with technology providers and use proven, repeatable processes to deploy, manage, and support solutions through each phase of the technology lifecycle.

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