Wednesday January 16, 2008

8:00 am

Registration

9:30 am  -
 12:00 pm

Pre-conference Skill-building Workshops  (registration required)

~ 20 Workshops led by partners grouped under the following themes:

• Campus-based/ University Inititiatives
• Government and Policy Solutions
• Community Initiatives
• Climate Change Education: Formal and Informal
• Monitoring and Assessment Tools
• Communicating Climate Change

12:00 pm

Lunch (on your own)
Showcase of Solutions – Exhibition and Scientific Poster presentations open

1:00 pm

Climate Change: Science to Solutions – What do we know? How do we act in time and in appropriate scale?     

Watch the Welcome and Keynote Address

Welcome - Ambassador Richard Benedick, President, National Council for Science and the Environment

Keynote Address - Mohan Munasinghe , Vice Chair, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC); Chairman, Munasinghe Institute for Development (MIND)- (PowerPoint)

The Honorable  Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, President of Iceland, was scheduled to provide recorded opening remarks but is unfortunately unavailable.  He has provided us with a  chapter he wrote in the following book:

MacCracken, M. C., F. Moore, and J. C. Topping, Jr. (editors), 2008: Sudden
and Disruptive Climate Change: Exploring the Real Risks and How We Can Avoid
Them, Earthscan Publishers, London, UK, 320 pp.

2:00 pm

Plenary Presentation
Summarizing Global Change Science and the Likely Implications of Global Climate Change (Video)

Moderator and IPCC Overview:    Mohan Munasinghe, Vice Chair, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Chairman, Munasinghe Institute for Development (MIND)

• The Atmosphere and the Cryosphere- Michael MacCracken, Chief Scientist for Climate Change Programs, The Climate Institute
• Biodiversity and Ecological Impacts -   Tom Lovejoy, President, The H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics, and the Environment
• Human (Health and Well Being) Impacts-  Sarah James, Alaskan Gwitch’in Steering Committee and Goldman Environmental prize-winner
• National Security Impacts-  Sherri Goodman, General Counsel, The CNA Corporation

3:30 pm

Plenary Presentation
Tackling Global Change: Key Social and Ecological Issues for Mitigation and Adaptation (Video)

Moderator: Arden Bement, Jr. , Director, National Science Foundation

• Forest Management Response to Climate Change -  Abigail Kimbell , Chief, US Forest Service
• Oceans - Carbon Sink or Sinking Ecosystems -   Margaret Leinen , Chief Scientific Officer, Climos
• Ecosystem and Health Challenges  - Mary C. Pearl, President, Wildlife Trust
• People- The Solution-  Thomas Dietz, Director of the Environmental Science and Policy Program, Michigan State University

4:30 pm

Plenary Roundtable
Tackling Global Change: Key Energy and Technology Issues for Stabilization (Video)

Moderator: Mark Myers , Director, US Geological Survey

• Global Energy and Technology Strategy-   Leon Clarke ,  Staff Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
• Healthy Solutions for a Low Carbon Economy (overview)-   Paul Epstein , Associate Director, Center for Health and the Global Environment, Harvard Medical School
• Role of Technology in Mitigating Global Climate Change-  Frank Princiotta , Director, Air Pollution Prevention and Control Division, US EPA ORD 
• A Post Bali Framework for Climate Technology Innovation  (abstract)-  Lewis Milford, President, Clean Energy Group
• Commentary on Energy and Technological Challenges - David Rodgers, Deputy Assistant Secretary, United States Department of Energy

5:30 - 
 6:30 pm

Reception
Showcase of Solutions– Exhibition and Scientific Poster presentations

6:30 -
 8:00 pm

Perspectives of the Next Generation of Climate Change Leaders (Video)

Moderator:   Douglas Cohen, US Partnership for Education and Sustainable Development, National Youth Initiatives

Openning remarks by Eban Goodstein, Lewis and Clark College, Organizer, Focus the Nation

• The Envirolution: Alex Gamboa, Timothy Polmateer, Antuan Cannon
• Scott Beall, DoRight Enterprises
• Jessy Tolkan, Energy Action Coalition

Thursday, January 17, 2008

8:00 am

Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00 am

Keynote Address
Climate Change: Science to Solutions – The Case for Business Leadership (Video)
James E. Rogers ,Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Duke Energy Corporation

10:00 am

Plenary Roundtable
Solutions: Engaging Communities Large and Small (Video)

Moderator: Peter Senge , Founding Chairperson, Society for Organizational Learning

• Energizing the Faithful - Rev. Richard Cizek, Vice-President, National Association of Evangelicals
• Engaging the Campuses -  Michael Crow , President, Arizona State University
• Engaging the Populace -  Bill McKibben , Author, Scholar-in-residence in Environmental Studies at Middlebury College
• Bringing Together Jobs, Justice, Environment and Community-   Dan Seligman, Director, Apollo Alliance, Washington Office

11:00 am

Plenary Roundtable
Solutions: Science and Policy on a Global Scale (Video)

Moderator and Opening Remarks: Global Leadership for Climate Action - A Post- 2012 Framework -  Reid Detchon, Executive Director, Energy Future Coalition

• Post-Kyoto International Agreements - Amb.  Richard Benedick , President, National Council for Science and the Environment
• IPCC: Future Role beyond the 4th Assessment-  Stephen Schneider , Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University
• Global Energy Assessment-  Bob Corell,  Global Change Director, The H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics, and the Environment
• Perspective on Bali and Beyond-  Jonathan Pershing, Director, Climate, Energy and Pollution Program, World Resources Institute

12:15 pm

Lunch(on your own)

1:30 -
 5:00 pm

Breakout Sessions (concurrent)
Developing a Blueprint for the Low Carbon Economy     

~40 Sessions grouped under the following themes:

• Strategies for Stabilization, Minimization, Mitigation and Adaptation   
  • Stabilization/Mitigation
    • End-use Technologies
    • Economics and Policy
    • Population and Consumption
  • Adaptation
• Guiding and Fostering Multi-disciplinary Research   
• Expanding Understanding: Information, Education and Communication 
  • Communicating Science to Decisionmakers and the Public
  • Managing Global Change Science Information
  • Integrating Global Change into Education at All Levels and Across the Curriculum

Lifetime Achievement Award
Robert W. Corell (Video)
Global Change Director, The H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment
Presented by Margaret Leinen, NCSE Board of Directors

8th John H. Chafee Memorial Lecture on Science and the Environment
Meeting the Climate-Change Challenge (Video)
John P. Holdren
President and Director, The Woods Hole Research Center
Teresa and John Heinz Professor of Enviornmental Policy, Harvard University

7:00 pm

Reception

Friday, January 18, 2008

8:00 am

8:45 am

American Perspective on Climate Change (Video)
Jon Krosnick, Professor of Communication, Political Science, and Psychology, Stanford University

9:00 am

Plenary Roundtable
Developing Political Solutions to Climate Change (Video)
(discussion with political leaders from Administration, Congress, state, local and other national governments)

Moderator: Ray Suarez , Senior Correspondent, The News Hour

• Ross C. "Rocky" Anderson, Mayor, Salt Lake City, Utah (2000-2008)
• Lynn Scarlett,   Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior
• Representative Jay Inslee,  U.S. House of Representatives, 1st District, Washington state; message from Rep. Jay Inslee to conference participants

10:30 am

Symposia   (concurrent)

• Beyond Kyoto - Elements of a 2020 International Agreement–  Dilip Ahuja, National Institute of Advanced Studies; Scott Barrett, Professor and Director, International Policy Program, Johns Hopkins University, Jonathan Pershing, Director, Climate, Energy and Pollution Program, World Resources Institute; Richard Moss, World Wildlife Fund; Malachy Hargadon, Environment Counselor, Delegation of the European Commission
• Climate Change and International Development  - Moderator: Mohan Munasinghe, Vice Chair, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Chairman, Munasinghe Institute for Development (MIND); Thomas Schelling, University of Maryland; Adrian Vazquez, Commission for Environmental Cooperation; Ralph Cicerone, President, National Academy of Sciences
• Role of Philanthropic Foundations: Promoting Strategic Initiatives on Climate Change  –  Moderator: Sharon Alpert,   Program Officer of the Environmental Program, Surdna Foundation ; Andrew Bowman , Director of the Climate Change Initiative, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation; Kathleen Welch , Deputy Director of the Environmental Program, the Pew Charitable Trusts; Eric Heitz, President, the Energy Foundation; Elizabeth Chadri, Program Officer for Conservation and Sustainable Development,  John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation    
• Business and Finance: Opportunities and Challenges from Climate Change – Moderator:   Jeffrey Leonard , CEO, Global Environment Fund; Bruce Schlein, Vice President Environmental Affairs, Citi; Mindy Lubber, President, CERES; Bruce Mundiel, Swiss Re; Mark Tercek, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs' Center for Environmental Markets
• Forging Alliances Between Business and Society  – US Climate Action Partnership; Moderator: Tim Mealey, Senior Partner, Meridian Institute; DuPont; Exelon Corporation; Environmental Defense; The Nature Conservancy; Pew Center on Global Climate Change; Shell
• Legislative Agenda for Addressing the Carbon Problem  –L. Jeremy Richardson, 2007-2008 AAAS Roger Revelle Fellow in Global Stewardship;  Margaret Turnbull , Space Telescope Science Institute; Ken Colburn, Center for Climate Strategies;  Lexi Shultz, Representative for Climate Policy, the Union of Concerned Scientists
• Engaging State and Local Government: Developing and Implementing Climate Action Plans - Moderator: Dan Kammen,   University of California- Berkeley; Mayor Rocky Anderson, Salt Lake City; Gary Radloff, Director of Policy and Strategic Communications, Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection  
• Climate Scientists and Decisionmakers: the Communication Interface –  Moderator:Rebecca J. Romsdahl , Department of Earth Systems Science and Policy, University of North Dakota;Stacy Rosenberg, Assistant Professor, Department of Politics & Environmental Studies, SUNY Potsdam; Deborah Cowman, Assistant Research Scientist, Institute for Science, Technology and Public Policy, Texas A&M University; Chris Pyke, Constructive Technologies Group, Inc.; Kit Batten, Director of Environmental Policy, Center for American Progress; David Bookbinder , Senior Attorney, Sierra Club;  Roger Pulwarty, National Drought Information System, NOAA, Boulder, CO
• Communicating Climate Science to the Public Through the Media -  Moderator: Deborah Potter, NewsLab; David Malakoff, Editor/Correspondent, NPR Science Desk; Stephen Schneider, Melvin and Joan Lane Professor for Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University; Joe Witte, Meteorologist, WJLA-TV; Doyle Rice, USA Today Weather Editor;  Sara Espinoza, National Environmental Education Foundation
• Science for Carbon Management – Eric Sundquist, Research Geologist, US Geological Society;  Richard Birdsey, U.S. Forest Service; Sandra Brown, Winrock International; Stephen Faulkner. U.S. Geological Survey; Brian McPherson, University of Utah; Robert Trautz, Electric Power Research Institute

12:30 pm

Buffet Lunch(with youth mentoring tables)

2:00 pm

Presidential Candidates Forum: What Will the Next President do to Manage Climate Change? (Video)
Transcript

Each candidate was invited to attend or send a representative.  

Moderator:   Vijay Vaitheeswaran , Global Correspondent, The Economist, using information from the  led by former Senator Gary Hart and from other sources

• Hillary Clinton: Todd Stern, former Assistant to President William Clinton and Staff Secretary and Counselor to Secretary of Treasury Lawrence Summers, now a partner at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr.
• John Edwards: Elgie Holstein, Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy at the White House National Economic Council, Assistant Secretary of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and other leadership positions with the Clinton Administration. Currently he is with Serco, Inc., an international government services consulting firm.
• Dennis Kucinich: Representative Dennis Kucinich, U.S. House of Representatives, 10th District Ohio State
• Barack Obama: Dan Esty, Hillhouse Professor of Environmental Law and Policy, jointly with Yale Law School; Director of the Center for Environmental Law and Policy; and Director of the Yale World Fellows Program; Director, Center for Business & Environment at Yale.

3:30 pm

Adjourn