Presidential Lecture on Energy and Environmental Sustainability
November 4, 2009
4:00 PM – 5:15 PM
Photonics Center Auditorium, Room 206
8 St Mary’s Street, Brookline, MA.
This program is no charge but seating is limited. Arrive early, priority seating will be given to those who pre-registered.
Steve Fludder, Vice President, ecomagination, GE
“Green is Green: ecomagination at GE”
From Wall Street to Main Street and from Boston to Beijing, how is GE leading society and business to a prosperous, greener future? Ecomagination is GE’s business strategy driving innovation and growth of profitable environmental solutions. GE has brought to market over 80 innovative ecomagination solutions with a simple proposition: Green is Green. Using examples of environmental challenges and solutions from aviation to healthcare, from clean energy to residential homes, Fludder will discuss how GE is helping customers and society embrace a greener, prosperous future.
Steven Fludder, in October 2008, became head of GE’s heralded ecomagination initiative. The 25-year GE veteran leads this company-wide business strategy, which has made GE a world leader in providing profitable environmental solutions in a world where the environment and the economy have become inextricably connected. Ecomagination represented nine percent of GE’s total revenue in 2008 and grew, that year, by 21 percent. Among the milestones of the initiative are innovative programs in carbon mitigation, water resources, and energy efficiency. Fludder brings to the assignment years of international experience.
Fludder led GE businesses based in Hong Kong, Jakarta, Dubai, Shanghai and Beijing, and in several posts with Asia and world-wide responsibilities. Fludder has expertise across a wide range of GE businesses. He’s held leadership posts, with growing responsibilities, in GE Aircraft Engines, in GE Energy and GE Oil & Gas, and most recently, as vice president of sales, at GE Water & Process Technologies. He was appointed a GE company officer in 2006. His education includes a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology as well as Bachelor’s degrees from both Providence College and Columbia University.
Boston University began its Presidential Lecture Series on Energy and Environmental Sustainability in February 2009. “The Link between Energy and Financial Markets.” , the inaugural lecture, featured Joseph T. Kelliher, former chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
The BU Presidential lectures provide a forum to learn from leaders about best practices, leading edge research, and policy and market trends in the fields of clean technology and energy sustainability. Drawing a diverse audience from academia, industry, venture and government, these lectures provide a catalyst for discussion around technology, development, and research requirements that drive market growth and innovation in this crucial sector.