\n Chief Econom ist of Policy Research Center of State Environmental Protection Administrat ion (SEPA) of China\n
\n\n Chief Expert of Trade and Environment Exp ert Group for WTO New Round Negotiation\, State Environmental Protection Ad ministration (SEPA) of China\n
\n\n Member of Lead Expert Group\n
\n\n China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and De velopment (CCICED)\n
\n\n Adjunct Professor of Beijing Normal Univer sity\n
\n\n Visiting Professor of University of Oregon\, USA\n
\n\n Research areas covering Environmental Policies\, Management and Gove rnance\,\n
\n\n Environmental and Natural Resources Economics\, Trad e and Environment Issue\, and Globalisation and Climate Change Issue\n
\ n\n Policy and environmental economic consultant for several internatio nal and foreign aid organizations\, such as World Bank\, Asian Development Bank\, UNDP\, UNEP\, GEF\, DfID\, SIDA\, NORAD\, CIDA et al.\n
DTSTART:20080219T200000Z DTEND:20080219T213000Z X-OSU-ADDRESS:2501 SW Jefferson Way X-OSU-CITY:Corvallis X-OSU-CONTACT-DEPT:College of Business Dept X-OSU-CONTACT-EMAIL:wuz@bus.oregonstate.edu X-OSU-CONTACT-PHONE:1 541 737 3514 X-OSU-COST:Free X-OSU-LOCATION:Memorial Union X-OSU-ROOM:206 - Asian/Pacific-American X-OSU-STATE:OR LAST-MODIFIED:20080204T174447Z CREATED:20080204T174447Z DTSTAMP:20080204T174447Z CONTACT:Zhaohui Wu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20080218T200000Z-16658@calendar.oregonstate.edu CLASS:PUBLIC SUMMARY:College of Business Sustainability Lecture - Lorrie Vogel\, General Manager\, Considered Products\, Nike\, Inc. DESCRIPTION:\n Cur rently Lorrie is the General Manager for Nike's Considered team. Considered is the team responsible for introducing sustainable products and business models. Prior to becoming the GM Lorrie was\n the Innovation Director for Nike Footwear\, Apparel and Equipment. Her innovative thinking has lead to several new product technologies with patents to prove it. Her passion for design\, innovation\n and sustainability brought her to the role as a lead er in bringing sustainability to all facets of Nike product. Environmentall y sound shoes are one thing\, but to carry the Swoosh\, Nike Considered\n products are still tasked with being authentic\, innovative\, with uncompro mising performance. With an Industrial Design Degree from Syracuse Universi ty\, Lorrie has become a leading expert in design\n innovation. She starte d out as a Toy Designer working on products like "Speak and Spell"\, and th en moved into Advanced R&\;D for Texas Instruments where she conceptuali zed applications and\n products for emerging technologies. One example is her work on developing new RF Identification Systems with foreign governmen ts for tracking animals\, i.e. pigs in Holland\, reindeer in Finland\, and\ n cattle in Australia\, to control the spread of disease. She has also wor ked for one of the top design consulting firms\, S.G. Hauser in Los Angeles \, designing a variety of products\, from ophthalmic\n laser handpieces to lady shavers\, for which she received an award for consumer product of the year. When not discovering how to make processes and performance product m ore sustainable\, Lorrie\n spends time with her husband and four children. \n
DTSTART:20080226T200000Z DTEND:20080226T213000Z X-OSU-ADDRESS:725 SW 26th Street X-OSU-CITY:Corvallis X-OSU-CONTACT-DEPT:College of Business Dept X-OSU-CONTACT-EMAIL:gwen.wolfram@bus.oregonstate.edu X-OSU-CONTACT-PHONE:1 541 737 4330 X-OSU-COST:Free X-OSU-LOCATION:CH2M HILL Alumni Center X-OSU-ROOM:Ballroom 110 C X-OSU-STATE:OR X-OSU-SUBTITLE:"How Nike is Reducing Its Environmental Footprint and Incorp orating Sustainability into Its Products" LAST-MODIFIED:20080116T004432Z CREATED:20071218T000352Z DTSTAMP:20071218T000352Z CONTACT:Gwen Wolfram END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR