BREAKOUT SESSIONS- CONCURRENT
Thursday, January 17, 2008, 1:30- 5 p.m.

Breakout Session Room Assignments

A.  Strategies for Stablization, Mitigation and Adaptation

1. Stabilization/Mitigation:

a. End-use Technologies:

Building Sector:

• Green Buildings and Building Design  . Chair: Eric Carlson, AIA, LEED; Discussants: Maurice Bechard, Johnson-Diversey; Dr. William Roper, Director of Environmental Services for Arlington County

Transportation Sector:

• Moving Forward on Transportation and GHG Emissions Reduction . Chair: Diana Bauer, EPA/DOT; Discussants: James Corbett, University of Delaware; John Davies, US EPA; Alex Farrell, UC Berkeley; Carl Burleson, FAA; Marcy Schwartz, Chair, Transportation Research Board Special Task Force on Energy and Climate Change
  

Agriculture:

• Animal Agriculture and Climate Change . Chair: Danielle Nierenberg, The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS); Discussants: David J. Meisinger, Executive Director, U.S. Pork Center of Excellence; Kate Clancy, Minnesota State University Institute for Sustainable Agriculture; Eric Rice, owner Country Pleasures Farm; Roni Neff, Research Director, Center for a Livable Future, John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health 
• Agriculture: Minimizing Agricultural Impacts on Climate; Minimizing Climate Impacts to Agriculture . Chair: Margaret Walsh, USDA; Discussants: Dave Miller, Iowa Farm Bureau

Non-CO₂ Greenhouse Gases:

• Mitigating Greenhouse Gases other than CO₂.  Chair: Paul Gunning, US EPA Air Office and Frank Princiotta, EPA ORD; Discussants: Dave Stirpe, Executive Director, Alliance for Responsible Atmospheric Policy; Ronald D. Sands, Senior Economist, Joint Global Change Research Institute, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Battelle, University of Maryland; William G. Hohenstein, Director, Global Change Program Office, US Department of Agriculture; Sally Rand, Team Leader, High-GWP Partnership Programs, US Environmental Protection Agency

Energy Sources:

• Energy Efficiency: Tapping the First Fuel in the Race for Clean Energy . Chair: Bill Prindle, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy; Discussants: Catherine S. Norman, Johns Hopkins University, Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering; Skip Laitner, Senior Economist at ACEEE
• Biofuel Industry and CO₂ Emissions: Implications for Policy Development.  Rick Cruse, Iowa State University and the Ecological Society of America
• Solar: Scaling Up –Science and Policy Needs .  Chair: Scott Sklar, The Stella Group, Ltd.; Discussants: Nancy Bacon, Energy Conversion Devices, Inc
• Wind Power: How to Ensure Wind Energy is Green Energy .  Edward B. Arnett, Bat Conservation International; Michael Fry, American Bird Conservancy; Tom Kunz, Boston University
• Nuclear Energy and Climate Change: A Systems Perspective.   Chair: David M. Hassenzahl, University of Nevada- Las Vegas, Discussants: : Nathan Hultman, Georgetown University; Robert E. O'Connor, National Science Foundation; Tom Cochran, Natural Resources Defense Council; Dan Kammen, Energy Resources Group, University of California- Berkeley; Angelina S. Howard, Vice President, Office of the President and Executive Adviser to the President, Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI)

b. Economics and Policy:

• Economics: Setting the Price for Carbon  . Chair: Karl Hausker, ICF; Discussants: Dallas Burtraw, Resources for the Future; Jamie Heller, Hellerworx, Inc.; Joe Krueger, National Commission on Energy Policy; Robert Sussman, Center for American Progress
• Forests and Markets for Ecosystem Services .  Chair: Sarah LaPlante, USDA Forest Service; Discussants: Robert Costanza, University of Vermont; Discussants: Robert Costanza, Gund Institute for Ecological Economics at the University of Vermont; Sandra Brown, Ecosystem Services Unit, Winrock International; Brian Murray, Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions
• Policy: Challenges of GHG Rulemaking: Where the Rubber Meets the Road.  Chair: Alan W. Strasser, Esq., Regulatory Affairs Division, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, U.S. DOT; Discussants: Donald Arbuckle, University of Texas at Dallas; Philip J. Harter, Esq., University of Missouri; M. Granger Morgan, Carnegie Mellon University; Eric V. Schaeffer, Esq., The Environmental Integrity Project; Allison D. Wood, Esq., Hunton & Williams
• Engaging China on a Pathway to Carbon Neutrality . Chair: Jeff Logan, Congressional Research Service; Discussants: Trevor Houser, China Strategic Advisory, NY; Joanna Lewis, Pew Center on Climate Change

c. Population and Consumption:

• Human Population and Demographics: Can Stabilizing Population Help Stabilize Climate? An Examination of the Role of Human Population at Global and Local Levels . Organizer: The Population-Health-Environment Policy and Practice Coalition (Conservation International, Izaak Walton League of America, National Audubon Society, Population Action International, Population Institute, Population Reference Bureau, Sierra Club,
  United States Agency for International Development, Woodrow Wilson Center, World Wildlife Fund, Worldwatch Institute) Moderator: Robert Engelman, Vice President for Programs, Worldwatch Institute; Discussants: Frederick A.B. Meyerson, University of Rhode Island; Judy Oglethorpe, World Wildlife Fund; J. Joseph Speidel, Bixby Center for Reproductive Health Research & Policy, University of California, San Francisco

2. Adaptation

• Urban Responses to Climate Change in Coastal Cities . Chair: Leonard Berry, Florida Atlantic University; Discussants: Ricardo Alvarez, Florida International University; David Major, Columbia University; Jaap Vos, Florida Atlantic University 
• Climate Change Adaptation for the Developing World: Expanding Africa’s Climate Change Resilience . Chairs: Cristina Rumbaitis del Rio, Rockefeller Foundation; Lakhdar Boukerrou, Florida Atlantic University; Discussants: Molly Brown Senior Research Scientist, Science Systems and Applications, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; James W. Hansen, the Earth Institute at Columbia University; Jenny Olson, Michigan State University
• Coastal Managers and Climate Change.  Co-Chairs: Carrie Hall, NOAA Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, Coastal Programs Division and NOAA Coastal Services Center; Sarah van der Schalie, NOAA; Stephanie Fauver, NOAA; Discussants: Lesley Ewing, California Coastal Commission; Zoe Johnson, Maryland Coastal Program; Kristen Fletcher, Coastal States Organization
• Forest Management and Climate Change . Chairs: Linda Joyce and Connie Millar, US Forest Service; Discussants: Geoffrey Blate, AAAS Fellow at EPA; Mark Nechodom, USDA Forest Service
• Climate Change, Wildlife Populations and Disease Dynamics . Organizers: Leslie Dierauf and Scott Wright, USGS National Wildlife Health Center; Discussants: Andrew Dobson, Princeton University, Anthony DeGange, USGS, Thierry Work, USGS

B. Guiding and Fostering Multi-disciplinary Research – Needs and Strategies

• The US Global Change Research Program – What do we want from the Next Administration?    Bob Corell, The H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics, and the Environment; Discussants: Ari Patrinos, Synthetic Genomics Inc; William J. Brennan, U.S. Climate Change Science Program; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• Availability of Technology to Mitigate Climate Change. Chair: Adel Sarofim, University of Utah; Discussants: Joseph Romm, Center for Energy and Climate Solutions; Robert Marlay, Climate Change Technology Program, USDOE; Frank Princiotta, Director, Air Pollution Prevention and Control Div.,ORD, EPA
• CO₂Capture and Storage - How Can it Play a Major Role in Mitigating Climate Change?.  Chair: Ed Rubin, Carnegie Mellon University; Discussants: Jim Dooley, Joint Global Change Research Institute; David Hawkins, NRDC; Dennis Welch, AEP
• Counting Carbon: Tracking and Communicating Emitted and Embodied Greenhouse Gases in Products, Services, Corporations and Consumers. Chair: Mark S. McCaffrey, University of Colorado at Boulder; Discussants: Jack Barkenbus, Center for Environmental Management Studies, Vanderbilt University; Taryn Fransen, World Resources Institute; Bella Tonkonogy, Climate Leaders, US EPA; Adam Hirsch, NOAA Carbon Tracker Program; Zoe Riddell, Carbon Disclosure Project; Jim Kohm, Federal Trade Commission; Jim Sweeney, The Climate Conservancy; Barbara Lippiatt, NIST
• Ocean Fertilization for Carbon Sequestration . Chair: Margaret Leinen, Chief Scientific Officer, Climos; Discussants: Tony Michaels, USC; Richard Moss, World Wildlife Federation; Ann Zulkosky, US Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee staff
• Geoengineering as Part of a Climate-Change Response Portfolio . Chair: Tom Wigley, National Center for Atmospheric Research; Discussants: Ken Caldeira, Carnegie Institution; Alan Robock, Rutgers University; Michael MacCracken, The Climate Insitute
• Looking into the Past to Understand Future Climate Change. Chair: Catherine O’Riordan. Consortium for Ocean Leadership; Discussants: Jerry McManus, Woods Hole Oceanography Institution; David Anderson, NOAA Paleoclimatology Program; Christina Ravelo, University of California- Santa Cruz; David Feary, National Research Council, The National Academies
• A National Strategy for Wildlife Adaptation to Climate Change: What Should it Include? Organizers: Bob Dreher, Vice President for Conservation Law, Defenders of Wildlife; Discussants: Mary Pearl, President, Wildlife Trust; Dan Ashe, Science Advisor, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  

C. Expanding Understanding: Information, Education and Communication

1. Communicating Science to Decisionmakers and the Public

• Mass Action- Public Voices for Climate Change.  Mary Worzala, Academy for Educational Development (AED)
• Should There be a National Climate Service? If So, What Should it do and Where Would it be?  Chair: Mark Schaefer, Foundation for our Future; Discussants: Nancy Colleton, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies; Fred Anderson, McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP; Chester Koblinsky, Climate Program Office, NOAA
  

2. Managing Global Change Science Information

• Communicating Information for Decision-makers: Climate Change at the Regional Scale . Eugene S. Takle, Iowa State University; Linda Mearns, National Center for Atmospheric Research; Hannah Campbell, NOAA
• Adaptation and Ecosystems: What Information do Managers and Decision Makers Need?   Robin O’Malley and David P. Bernard, The H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment

3. Integrating Global Change into Education at All Levels and Across the Curriculum

• Diverse Perspectives on Climate Change Education – Integrating Across Boundaries. Jennie C. Stephens, Clark University and Amanda C. Graham, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Building People's Capacities for Implementing Mitigation and Adaptation Actions.  Chairs: Diane Pruneau and Omer Chouinard, Université de Moncton; Discussants: ; Lynne Cherry; Jimmy Therrien, Université de Moncton; Mélanie Demers, Université de Moncton
• New! Climate Change and Human Health: Engaging the Public Health Community .   Chair: Mary Gant, NIEHS; Discussants: Georges Benjamin, APHA; Howard Frumkin, NCEH, CDC/ATSDR; John Balbus, ED; Paul Epstein, Harvard University, Dennis McBride, Milford Health Department