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 # John Picard to Speak About The Ray at Sustainatopia

 


 

 May 9, 2017 1:30 PM ET

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 John Picard, Founding Board Member, The Ray 

 

May 9, 2017 /3BL Media/ - John Picard, Advisory Board Member for the **[Ray C. Anderson Foundation](http://www.raycandersonfoundation.org)** and Founding Board Member for **[The Ray](http://www.theray.org)** will be speaking today and tomorrow in two panel discussions at **[Sustainatopia](http://www.sustainatopia.com)** in San Francisco.

Today, Picard will be part of a breakout session at 11:45 a.m. Pacific Time entitled **"Designing & Catalyzing Public-Private Impact Partnerships."** He will be able to shed light on a new kind of partnership that has emerged with The Ray; **The Public-Private-Philanthropic Partnership (P4).**

Tomorrow, Picard will be part of another breakout session entitled **"Clean Energy Future Under a Trump Presidency."** He will highlight the various renewable energy projects that The Ray is engaged in from **right-of-way solar on a Georgia highway**, to **solar road (Wattway) test installations** to **solar powered electric vehicle charging stations.**

If you are at Sustainatopia, be sure to attend these two sessions.

Sustainatopia: [***http://www.sustainatopia.com***](http://www.sustainatopia.com)



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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