President Emeritus Gifford Pinchot has been invited to present the keynote address at Washington’s Innovation Summit in April 2009.

Washington Technology Center (WTC) was established in 1983 to help companies develop and commercialize technology products and services in Washington State. WTC’s mission is to spark ideas, form connections between people and resources, and foster job growth to position Washington as a national technology leader. For more than two decades, WTC has successfully channeled state and federal funding for research and business development and fostered mutually beneficial partnerships between technology companies, academic researchers, and laboratory facilities across the state.

Washington's Innovation Summit 2009 will bring together more than 400 innovators and thought leaders in sustainability and technology who are driving industry development in sustainable energy, innovative materials & manufacturing, urban sustainability, and healthy ecosystems. Washington is a global leader in creating the appropriate atmosphere for new businesses and concepts to be brought to life and to flourish. Washington's Innovation Summit 2009 theme is consistent with, and complementary to, the work of the 11 Innovation Partnership Zones established by Governor Gregoire and the legislature in 2007.
 
This year’s Summit focuses on how we are developing innovative and sustainable approaches to realize our opportunities and overcome challenges.
 
Washington's Innovation Summit 2009,  Thursday, April 9, 2009, 7:30 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Meydenbauer Center, 11100 NE 6th Street, Bellevue, WA 98004  http://watechcenter.org/
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The hallmark of the Bainbridge Graduate Institute program is the infusion of sustainability principles emphasizing social and environmental responsibility into every single course, including the MBA core.  Our goal is to produce graduates who will lead their organizations to a more sustainable future.  As such, our mission and vision support the PRME initiative. The PRME are a timely global call for all business schools and universities worldwide to gradually adapt their curricula, research, teaching methodologies and institutional strategies to the new business challenges and opportunities.

The Principles for Responsible Management Education. 
"As institutions of higher learning involved in the education of current and future managers, we are voluntarily committed to engaging in a continuous process of improvement of the following Principles, reporting on progress to all our stakeholders and exchanging effective practices with other academic institutions.
Principle 1 Purpose: We will develop the capabilities of students to be future generators of sustainable value for business and society at large and to work for an inclusive and sustainable global economy.
Principle 2 Values: We will incorporate into our academic activities and curricula the values of global social responsibility as portrayed in international initiatives such as the United Nations Global Compact.
Principle 3 Method: We will create educational frameworks, materials, processes and environments that enable effective learning experiences for responsible leadership.
Principle 4 Research: We will engage in conceptual and empirical research that advances our understanding about the role, dynamics, and impact of corporations in the creation of sustainable social, environmental and economic value.
Principle 5 Partnership: We will interact with managers of business corporations to extend our knowledge of their challenges in meeting social and environmental responsibilities and to explore jointly effective approaches to meeting these challenges.
Principle 6 Dialogue: We will facilitate and support dialog and debate among educators, business, government, consumers, media, civil society organizations and other interested groups and stakeholders on critical issues related to global social responsibility and sustainability.  

We understand that our own organizational practices should serve as example of the values and attitudes we convey to our students."