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February Conference 2004 Agenda

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  Friday, February 27, 2004
  8:30 am Registration - Coffee/Continental Breakfast
  9:00 am Defining an Environmental Role for Higher Education
  Moderator:
Dr. David A. Caputo
President
Pace University
Panelists:
Professor Joanne Fox-Przeworski
Director
Bard Center for Environmental Policy
  Professor John C. Mutter
Professor, Deputy Director

The Earth Institute at Columbia University
  Professor Roger Panetta
Associate Professor
Chair of History Department
Marymount College of Fordham University
  Professor H. Daniel Peck
Professor of English
Vassar College
  Question & Answer Session
10:30 am Keynote Address
Governor George E. Pataki
11:00 am Break
11:15 am Workshop Session #1
12:30 pm Lunch & Keynote Speaker
Water and Energy Policy: Harnessing Science to Serve Society
Dr. A. Karim Ahmed
Director, International Program and Secretary-Treasurer
National Council for Science and the Environment
  1:45 pm Workshop Session #2
  3:00 pm Break
  3:15 pm Plenary Session - Teaching Values: Should We? Can We?
  Moderator:
Dr. Thomas H. Murray
President
The Hastings Center
  Panelists:
Professor Robert L. Chapman
Associate Professor of Philosophy
Coordinator Environmental Studies Program
Pace University
  Sister Brigid Driscoll
Coordinator
Rivers & Estuaries Center on the Hudson
President Emerita
Marymount College of Fordham University
  Professor Stephanie Pfirman
Professor and Chair of Environmental Science
Barnard College
  Professor Nicholas A. Robinson
Professor of Law
Pace Law School
Co-Director
Center for Environmental Legal Studies
  Question & Answer Session
  4:30 pm Roundtables
What should be the environmental mission of Hudson Valley colleges and universities?  How can a consortium help?
  6:00 pm Cocktail Hour & Displays
  7:00 pm
Dinner & Workshop
Keeping the Dream: a Hudson River workshop with
Mr. Pete Seeger, Guest of Honor
  Saturday, February 28, 2004
  9:00 am Breakfast & Keynote Speaker
Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey
10:00 am Roundtables
A message to the Governor: How the Rivers & Estuaries Center can help our institutions
11:30 am
Birds of Prey Demonstration
Mr. James Eyring
Assistant Director
Pace University Environmental Center
12:30 pm Working Lunch
Presentation of recommendations from roundtable discussions
  1:30 pm Closing remarks and future directions for the Consortium
Mr. John Cronin
Director
Pace Academy for the Environment