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Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Prime Minister Trudeau to Address GLOBE 2016.

Dear Friends,

We are thrilled and honoured to share with you that The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, will deliver a keynote address to open the GLOBE 2016 Leadership Summit and Innovation Expo in Vancouver on March 2, 2016.

“The future belongs to countries and businesses that become leaders of clean technologies, innovation, and sustainability. Canada is building the partnerships and making the investments necessary to take advantage of the growing opportunities in these markets,” said Honourable Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada.

As the first major North American business event to follow COP21, GLOBE 2016 will host hundreds of leaders from industry, government, and civil society to discuss how best to maximize the economic opportunities presented by the Paris Agreement.

The Prime Minister’s remarks will set the tone for these important conversations.

We look forward to seeing you at GLOBE 2016.

Sincerely,

Mike Gerbis, Chief Executive Officer

Nancy Wright, Chief Operating Officer

Chris Henderson, Chairman

GLOBE Series

globeseries.com

More than 200 speakers will join Prime Minister Trudeau at GLOBE 2016, including:

Fariba Alamdari, Vice President, Marketing, Boeing Commercial Airplanes

James Alexander, Head of the Finance and Economic Development Initiative, C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group

Ger Baron, Chief Technology Officer, City of Amsterdam

John Battelle, Founder & CEO, NewCo

Joey Bergstein, Chief Marketing Officer, Seventh Generation

Yvo de Boer, Director General, Global Green Growth Institute

Michelle Edkins, Managing Director, Global Head of Investment Stewardship, BlackRock

Yves Desjardins-Siciliano, President & CEO, Via Rail, Canada

David Gilford, Vice President & Director, Innovation & Sustainability, New York City Economic Development Corporation

Wolfgang Grosse Entrup, Senior Vice President, Bayer AG

Martin Grosskopf, Vice President & Portfolio Manager, Sustainable Investing, AGF Investments Inc.

Deb Frodl, Global Executive Director, ecomagination, GE

Brian Geller, Senior Vice President, Corporate Sustainability, Citi

Judy Glazer, Global Head, Product & Service Sustainability, HP

Frank Jensen, Lord Mayor, City of Copenhagen

Erika Karp, Founder & CEO, Cornerstone Capital Group

Michael Kobori, Vice-President, Sustainability, Levi Strauss & Co.

Linda Kuhn, Senior Vice President, Sustainability & Public Affairs, Maple Leaf Foods

Amory Lovins, Co-Founder & Chief Scientist, Rocky Mountain Institute

Wen Pei Mao, Deputy Director, Shanghai Environmental Protection Bureau

Richard Mattison, Chief Executive Officer, Trucost Plc

Richard Michos, Chief Marketing Officer, IBM

Tim Mohin, Senior Director, Corporate Responsibility, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)

Steve Polski, Senior Director, Sustainability, Cargill

Michael Porter, Bishop William Lawrence University Professor, Harvard Business School

Thomas Odenwald, Overseas Business Development Partner, COMACO & Former Senior Vice President for Sustainability Strategies and Business Innovation, SAP

Curtis Ravenel, Global Head of Sustainability, Bloomberg LP

Gregor Robertson, Mayor of Vancouver

Glenn Schmidt, Vice President, Government and External Affairs, BMW

Arnaud Soirat, President & CEO, Primary Metal at the Aluminium Group, Rio Tinto Alcan

Stefan Sjöstrand, President, IKEA Canada

Wayne Smith, Chairman & CEO, BASF

Nelson Switzer, Chief Sustainability Officer, Nestle Waters North America

Terry Tamminen, President & Founder, 7th Generation Advisors

Trisa Thompson, Vice President, Corporate Responsibility & Talent and Capabilities, Dell Inc.

Scott Vaughn, President & CEO, International Institute for Sustainable Development

Harry Verhaar, Head of Global Public & Government Affairs, Philips Lighting

Jonathan Weisgall, Vice President Government Relations, Berkshire Hathaway