Past talks and publications
Selected talks and publications
“The Global Aspirations of COP26” Horasis Asia Meeting, November 25, 2021 (panelist)
“Circular Economy: Decoupling Prosperity from Consumption” Horasis Global Meeting, June 8, 2021 (session chair)
“A Net-Zero America: The Path to De-Carbonization” Princeton Tiger Entrepreneurs Conference, May 21, 2021 (panel moderator)
“Free Enterprise to Solve Climate Change” Horasis Extraordinary Meeting on the USA (virtual summit), March 18, 2021
“The Circular Economy: Creating the World We Want” North American Association for Environmental Education, (webinar), July 16, 2020
“Social Impact: Positive Momentum” Princeton Tiger Entrepreneurs Conference, New York, NY, November 8, 2019 (panel moderator)
“Corporate Innovation Models for Success” Princeton Tiger Entrepreneurs Conference, Sunnyvale, CA, April 11, 2019 (panel moderator)
“Arts Entrepreneurship in Film and Entertainment” Princeton Tiger Entrepreneurs Conference Workshop, San Francisco, CA April 13, 2019 (workshop leader)
“The Business of the Sustainable Development Goals” Horasis Global Meeting, Cascais, Portugal, April 7, 2019 (with Brice Lalonde, Rio+20 chairman)
“Reinventing the Concept of the City” Horasis Global Meeting, Cascais, Portugal, May 7, 2018
Expert panelist, China-US AI Tsinghua/Harvard/MIT Working Meeting, Measuring the Societal Impact of Artificial Intelligence, Beijing, China, December 2, 2017
“How Can Global Platforms Boost Innovation in Brazil?” (in Portuguese) Confederação Nacional de Indústria Innovation Congress, São Paulo, Brazil, June 26, 2017
“Complex System Simulation: Enabling Urban Innovation,” CityAge – The Innovation City, Waterloo, Ontario, October 9, 2014.
“The Resilient City” CityAge – Western Cities Summit, Edmonton, Alberta, June 23, 2014 (panel chair)
“The Internet of Things and Big Data's Impact on Clean Technology,” DLA Piper Global Technology Leaders Summit, Palo Alto, CA, October 7, 2014
“International Insights for Italian Cleantech Startups,” Italy Cleantech Network, Rome, Italy, January 28, 2013.
“Water Entrepreneurship: Funding and Support Through Strategic Partners,” WEFTEC, New Orleans, LA, October 3, 2012
“Open Innovation as a Strategic Growth Driver,” Sustainable Development Technology Canada Venture Summit, Calgary, AB, September 20, 2012 (moderator, speaker)
”Accelerating Cleantech Innovation and Economic Development,” USEPA Water Technology Innovation Cluster Conference, Dayton, OH, May 23, 2012 (keynote)
“Growing Technologies for Booming Cities,” Lux Executive Summit, Boston, MA, April 25, 2012 “Accelerating Technology Adoption,” GLOBE 2012, Vancouver, BC, March 16, 2012
”Startup Cities: Deploying Clean Technologies at Scale,” The Cities Summit, Vancouver, BC,
February 2, 2012
“Shifting Tides – The Future of Southern California Water in the Face of Unpredictable Supply, Population Growth, and Climate Change,” Opportunity Green, Los Angeles, CA, November 11, 2011
“Accelerating Innovation and Economic Development,” Water Innovations Alliance Conference, Boston, MA, September 27, 2011 (keynote)
“Encouraging Long-Term Investment,” US Manufacturing Competitiveness, Duke University Center for Sustainability & Commerce, Durham, NC, September 21, 2011
“Innovation Partnership Models,” BlueTech Forum, San Francisco, CA June 1, 2011
“Is Water the Next Carbon?” Wall Street Journal ECO:nomics, Santa Barbara, CA, March 4, 2011
“Sourcing Innovation” Sustainable Development Technology Canada Venture Summit, Toronto, ON, December 9, 2010 (keynote)
“Water: Where is the Capital Going to Come From?” Cleantech Forum, New York, NY, October 13, 2010
“Sourcing Innovation at Veolia Environnement,” Water Innovations Alliance Conference, Chicago, IL September 28, 2010 (keynote)
“Global Water Scarcity: Technology and Reuse,” Wedbush Clean Technology and Industrial Growth Conference, San Francisco, September 15, 2010
“Competitiveness and Jobs: The Role of Clean Technology in Near-Term Stimulus and Long-Term Economic Development,” Globe 2010 Conference on Business & the Environment, Vancouver, BC, March 25, 2010 (speaker, moderator, organizer).
“The Role of Cleantech in Economic Development,” The International Economic Development Development Council Annual Conference, Reno, NV, October 4, 2009.
“Overview of Cleantech and Its Role in Economic Development,” The Cleantech Forum XXIII, Boston, MA, September 9, 2009.
“The Role of Cleantech in Economic Development”, The Cleantech Forum XXI, San Francisco, CA, February 25, 2009.
“Accelerating Cleantech Implementation,” The Cleantech Forum XXI, San Francisco, CA, February 24, 2009.
“Rolling Out and Leveraging E-Learning Internationally,” Online Learning 2003, Los Angeles, CA, September 22, 2003.
“Think Different: Market Opportunities in Serving the Underserved in Latin America” Institute of the Americas Telecom/IT/Media Americas Conference, Miami, FL, June 4, 2002
Leaders Dialogue on the Future of the Converging Digital Media and Technologies Industries in the Americas (Panelist), The Digital Media Revolution in the Americas, An Institute of the Americas and USC Annenberg School Senior Executive Conference, Pasadena, CA, November 30, 2001
“The Role of Training in Molding Organizational Culture in Post Merger Integrations”, The 2001 Human Resources Conference: Strategies for Aligning HR Management with Business Goals in the Internet Age, The Conference Board, Mexico City, April 26-27, 2001.
Wescott, William F., et al. “An Overview of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory Issues”, Pew Center on Global Climate Change, August 2000.
“Technical Issues: Baselines and Inventories,” (Panel Chair) Pew Center on Global Climate Change Early Action Conference, Washington, DC, September 13-14, 1999.
“The Strategic Role of Environment, Health, and Safety Management,” (in Spanish) Second International Symposium on Environment, Health, and Safety, Mexican Petroleum Institute, Reynosa, Mexico, April 7, 1998.
“Taking Bold Steps Integrating Business and Sustainable Development,” (in Portuguese) Agenda 21 Bahia, June 8-10, 1997.
“Best Practices in Environmental Auditing,” (in Spanish) International Business Communications Conference on Environmental Management, Buenos Aires, Argentina, December 2-3, 1997.
Wescott, William F., et al., Waste Minimization in the Photoprocessing Industry, California Environmental Protection Agency, 1995
Wescott, William F., “Organizational Culture and Effectiveness: County-Level Air Pollution Control Agencies in the United States,” Greener Management International, October 1995.
Wescott, William F., and Robert Lambe, “Three Paths for Developing Countries,” Tomorrow, April/June, 1995.
"Pollution Prevention for Small and Medium Sized Companies in the United States," (in Spanish) Second Latin American Environmental Management Conference--PROPEL, Bogotá, Colombia, October, 1994.
“Evaluating Environmental Risks for Financial Institutions,” (in Spanish) FUNDES Conference on Environment and Finance, Bogotá, Colombia, February 8, 1994.
"Identifying Strategic Opportunities Through Packaging," Eighth International Association of Packaging Research Institutes (IAPRI) World Conference, São Paulo, Brazil June 23, 1993.
Wescott, William F., "Environmental Technology Cooperation: A Quid Pro Quo for Transnational Corporations and Developing Countries," Columbia Journal of World Business, Vol. 27:3/4, Fall/Winter, 1992.
“Issues and Opportunities in Plastics Recycling,” Environmental Waste Management Magazine, May 1991.
"Environmental Management in Developing Countries: The Role of Transnational Corporations," The Third International Symposium on Industry and Environment in the Developing World, Alexandria, Egypt, May 27, 1991.
Wescott, William F. and Anthony Montrone, "Waste Minimization," Industry, August 1989.
