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2026 Council of Members Meeting

30 June 2026

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Schaumburg, Illinois | September 22-23, 2008

NOTE:  All presentations are downloadable PDFs 


INEMI Overview
Jim McElroy, CEO/Executive Director, INEMI

Summit Introduction/Overview
Bob Pfahl, VP, INEMI


Keynote:  Leading Change in Industry
Session Chair:  Mostafa Aghazadeh, VP, Intel

Leading Change in Industry
Nasser Grayeli, VP, Intel


Sustainable Innovation and ECOMOTO
Bill Olson, Director, Motorola


Caring for the Environment, Transforming Communications for a Sustainable Planet
Marc Benowitz, Director, Alcatel-Lucent


Our Sustainability Journey:  Past, Present and Future
Catherine T. "Katie" Hunt, Director, Rohm & Haas


Materials Session
Chair:  Mike Toben, Director, Rohm & Haas

Legal and Market Drivers of Sustainable Material Choices for Electronic Products
Holly Evans, President, Strategic Counsel, LLC


Environmentally Friendly Materials
Hamid R. Azimi, Sr. Manager, Intel


Electronics Sustainability:  A Plastic Manufacturer’s View
Robert McKay, Manager, SABIC


Sustainable Materials Management
Lauren Heine, Sr. Advisor, Clean Production Action


Energy Session
Chair:  Marc Benowitz, Alcatel-Lucent

Power Management for Networked Systems
Sylvia Ratnasamy, Senior Researcher, Intel


Energy Management in Wireless Systems
Tom Okrasinski, Technical Manager, Alcatel-Lucent


New Technologies for Lighting & Generating Power
Marc Chason, Founding Partner, Quantum Solar


Eco-Design Session
Chair:  Bob Pfahl, INEMI

Eco Design and the Organization of Firms
Bob Pfahl, VP, INEMI


Lifecycle Assessments of Telecom Products – Process and Results
Tom Okrasinski, Technical Manager, Alcatel-Lucent


Eco-Design – Multi-Attribute Environmental Standards for Electronics
Wayne Rifer, Green Electronics Council


ICT & the Environment – A Look Back and Path Forward
Todd Brady, Director, Intel

Day 1 Wrap Up


Dinner Speaker

The Practice of Technology in the Anthropocene
Professor Brad Allenby, Arizona State University


Reuse, Recycling and End of Life Session
Chair:  Alan Rae, NanoDynamics

Reuse, Recycling, and End of Life
Alan Rae, VP, NanoDynamics


Electronics Recycling Laws
Jason Linnell, Executive Director, National Center for Electronics Recycling (NCER)


Electronics Recycling in a Nutshell
Mandy Hale, V.P., Sims Recycling Solutions


EPA’s End-of-Life and Sustainability Programs
Chris Newman, Environmental Scientist, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5


Sustainability Session
Chair:  Carol Handwerker, Purdue University

Sustainability
Carol Handwerker, Professor, Purdue University


Life Cycle of Nanostructured Materials
Thomas L. Theis, Director, University of Illinois at Chicago 


Sustainability for Small and Medium Manufacturers
William F. Hoffman III, Director, Chicago Manufacturing Center


Roadmap for Reducing Carbon Emissions
Beth Kujan, Executive Officer, Carbon Disclosure Project


Sustainability Through Collaboration and Innovation
Mark Brillhart, VP, Cisco


Day 2 Wrap Up

Breakout Group's Summary Reports

Summit Results and Next Steps

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