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Thursday, January 24, 2008 |
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| 4:00 p.m. |
Book Show and Reception |
| 6:30 p.m. |
Welcome
Keynote
Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization
Janet Larsen
Director of Research
Earth Policy Institute |
| 7:30 p.m. |
Dinner and Networking |
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| 8:15 a.m. |
Check-in |
| 9:00 a.m. |
Welcome
Stephen Freedman
Senior Vice President and Chief Academic Officer
Fordham University
Keynote
Global Warming: The Gap between Science and Policy
Michael Oppenheimer
Albert G. Milbank Professor of Geosciences and International Affairs
Princeton University
Q & A Session |
| 10:15 a.m. |
Break |
| 10:30 a.m. |
Commentary – Is America Serious About Climate Change?
Bill Shore,
Executive Secretary, Nature-Network
Roundtable
Political and Cultural Response: The Problem of the Problem |
| Moderator: |
Andrew Revkin
Science Reporter
The New York Times |
| Participants: |
Edward Morris
Founder and Executive Director
The Canary Project
Lexi Shultz
Washington Representative for Climate Policy
Union of Concerned Scientists
Spencer Weart
Director of the Center for History of Physics
American Institute of Physics |
| 12:00 p.m. |
Lunch |
| 1:30 p.m. |
Panel
Manhattan to Lake Tear of the Clouds: Impacts on the Hudson Valley |
| Moderator: |
William Solecki
Director, CUNY Institute for Sustainable Cities
Chair, Department of Geography
Hunter College (CUNY)
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| Participants: |
Peter Iwanowicz
Director of the Climate Change Office
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Jennifer Phillips
Assistant Professor, Bard Center for Environmental Policy
Bard College
Esther Siskind
Assistant Commissioner
New York City Department of Environmental Protection
Brian Troy
Adjunct Professor, Pace Law School
Senior Environmental Specialist
Con Edison |
| 3:00 p.m. |
Break |
| 3:15 p.m. |
Curriculum Collaboration Task Force
Climate Change Resources Review |
| 3:40 p.m. |
Closing Remarks
Eban Goodstein
Project Director
Focus the Nation |
| 4:00 p.m. |
Book Room Open |
| 5:00 p.m. |
Adjourn |
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