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LOCATION: The conference will be held
in the Jack Morton Auditorium located in the Media & Public
Affairs Building (805 21st St., NW) on GW's campus. Registration
will be located on the main level of the building. Lunch will be on
the lower level and the receptions, will be held on the 2nd floor of the
Media & Public Affairs Building. Parking is available across the
street at the Marvin Center.
 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22 - EARTH DAY
2009
Subtheme: Climate Policy, Economics, and
Business
Join us for an exciting day of lively discussions
on climate action in policy, economics, and business.
Wednesday At a Glance
8 am - Registration and Breakfast
9 am - Welcome and Introductions
10 am - Policy Introduction
11 am - Policy Panel
12 pm - Lunch
1 pm - Economics Introduction
2 pm - Economics Panel
3 pm - Break
3:15 pm - Business Introduction
4:15 pm - Business Panel
5:15 pm - Wrap-up & Announcements
5:30 pm
- 8
pm - Reception & Discussion
Wednesday - Detailed
Program
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8 am |
Registration and Continental
Breakfast |
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9 am |
Welcome and
Introductions |
Mark Starik |
Department Chair and Professor of Strategic Management
and Public Policy; Director of the Institute for Corporate
Responsibility's Environmental Sustainability Program, The George
Washington University |
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John Forrer |
Professor and Executive Director of the GW Center for
the Study of Globalization, The George Washington
University |
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9:15-9:30 am |
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Steven Knapp |
President, The George Washington
University |
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am |
Climate
Change Presentation |
Michael Gillenwater |
Dean, the Greenhouse Gas Management
Institute |
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10 am |
Policy Introduction |
Claudine Schneider |
Consultant; Former House of
Representatives (RI) |
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11 am |
Policy Panel Presentations |
Linda
Yarr |
Senior
Research Scientist and Director, Program for International Studies
in Asia, The George Washington
University |
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Dean
Scott |
Senior
Climate Change Reporter, Bureau
of National Affairs |
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David Michaels |
Research Professor and Associate Chairman in the
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health (EOH) at the
George Washington University School of Public Health and Health
Services |
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12 pm |
Networking Lunch |
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1
pm |
Economics Introduction |
Mark
Nechodom |
Climate Science Policy Coordinator for the
Pacific Southwest Region of the USDA Forest Service |
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2 pm |
Economics Panel
Presentations |
Jay
Gulledge |
Program
Manager for Science and Impacts, Pew Center on Global Climate
Change |
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Will
Ferretti |
Vice
President, Chicago Climate Exchange |
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Josefina
Doumbia |
Principal Environmental and Social Specialist,
Environment and Social Development, IFC/World Bank |
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3 pm |
Break |
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3:15
pm |
Business
Introduction |
Jeff
Erikson |
Vice
President of Client Services and Director of US Business,
SustainAbility |
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4:15
pm |
Business
Panel Presentations |
Mark
Rentschler |
VP of
Institutional Greening Programs, Green Seal, Inc. |
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Anca
Novacavici |
Eco-Coach; Board Member of the Sustainable
Business Network of Washington |
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Amy
Townsend |
Executive Coordinator for the Institute for
Corporate Responsibility/Strategic Management and Public Policy;
Adjunct Professor of SMPP, The George Washington University |
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5:15
pm |
Wrap-up
& Announcements |
Mark
Starik |
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5:30
pm |
Reception |
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Co-Hosted by the GW School of Business,
Institute for Corporate Responsibility, and Bureau of National
Affairs |
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Reception
Speaker |
George
Hawkins |
Director, District of Columbia Department of
Environment |
THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 2009
Subtheme: Energy,
Food & Water, and Infrastructure
Join us for our second exciting day as we explore
climate action in the areas of energy, food and water, and
infrastructure.
Thursday At a Glance
8 am - Registration and Breakfast
9 am - Welcome and Introductions
9:15 am - Sustainability at GW
9:30 am - Energy Introduction
10:30 am - Energy Panel
12 pm - Lunch
1 pm - Food & Water Introduction
2 pm - Food & Water Panel
3 pm - Break
3:15 pm - Infrastructure Introduction
4:15 pm - Infrastructure Panel
5:15 pm - Wrap-up & Announcements
5:30 pm - 9 pm - Reception & Discussion
Thursday - Detailed Program
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8 am |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
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9 am |
Welcome
and Introductions |
Mark
Starik |
Department Chair and Professor of Strategic
Management and Public Policy; Director of the Institute for
Corporate Responsibility's Environmental Sustainability Program, The
George Washington University |
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John
Forrer |
Professor and Executive Director of the GW
Center for the Study of Globalization, The George Washington
University |
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Susan
Phillips |
Dean and
Professor of Finance in the School of Business, The George
Washington University |
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9:30
am |
Energy
Introduction |
Scott
Sklar |
President, The Stella Group, Ltd. |
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10:30
am |
Energy
Panel Presentations |
Jonathan
Miles |
Founder
of the Virginia Wind Energy Collaborative; Professor of Integrated
Science and Technology at James Madison University |
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Ken
Zweibel |
Director, Institute for Analysis of Solar
Energy, The George Washington University |
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Emerson
Kloss |
First
Secretary, Agriculture and Biofuels Division, Embassy of Brazil |
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12
pm |
Networking Lunch |
Guest Speaker: Meghan
Chapple-Brown |
Director, Office of Sustainability, The George
Washington University
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1 pm |
Food
& Water Introduction |
Lester
Brown |
President, Earth Policy Institute |
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2 pm |
Food
& Water Panel Presentations |
Claudia
Ringler |
Senior
Research Fellow and Leader of Water Research Group, Environment and
Production Technology Division, International Food Policy Research
Institute |
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Rumana
Riffat |
Associate Professor, Department of Civil &
Environmental Engineering, The George Washington University |
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Adele
Ashkar |
Director, Landscape Design Program, The George
Washington University |
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3 pm |
Break |
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3:15
pm |
Infrastructure & the Built Environment
Introduction |
Doug
Gatlin |
VP of
LEED Market Development, US Green Building Council |
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4:15
pm |
Infrastructure & the Built Environment Panel
Presentations |
Franziska
Borer |
Visiting
Scholar and Part-time Faculty, The George Washington University |
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Paul S.
Hughes |
President, DeConstruction Services, LLC |
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Grady
O'Rear |
CEO and
Founder, Green Advantage |
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5:15
pm |
Wrap-up
& Announcements |
Mark
Starik |
GWSB/ICR |
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5:30
pm |
Reception |
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Co-Hosted by the GW School of Business,
Institute for Corporate Responsibility, and Bureau of National
Affairs |
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