Convention Schedule

Time Event      
8:00 - 8:45 Registration and Coffee
8:45 - 9:00 Opening Dr. M. Slattery Director: TCU's Institute for Environmental Studies
9:00 - 10:45 Introduction
    Speaker Affiliation Topic/Theme
    Dr. N. Donovan Provost: Texas Christian University We only have one planet
    Dr. D. Frame James Martin Research Fellow: University of Oxford The science of climate change
    Mr. Laurence Gustafson Partner: Haynes and Boone Carbon emissions: The legal framework
    Mr. Peter Pfeiffer, FAIA Partner: Barley & Pfeiffer Architects Mainstreaming green - real, relevant, and "doable" green building
10:45 - 11:00 Coffee
11:00 - 12:30 Supply Side
    Speaker Affiliation Topic/Theme
    Todd Onderdonk Senior Energy Advisor, Corporate Planning Department, ExxonMobil A carbon economy
    Mr. Eric Silagy Vice President: FPL Energy The future of wind energy in Texas
    Mr. Paul Genoa Director of Policy Development: Nuclear Energy Institute A role for nuclear energy
12:30 - 13:45 Lunch
13:45 - 15:30 User Side
    Speaker Affiliation Topic/Theme
    Catherine Bottrill Lower Carbon Futures Group, University of Oxford The 40% house - personal carbon budgeting
    Dr. Maynard Dyson , MD Chairman of IRB: Cook Children's Medical Center Air quality and health
    Dr. D. Liverman Director: Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford International perspectives - developments and views from Europe and Latin America
    Mr. Garrett Boone Texas Business for Clean Air Corporate responsibility
15:30 - 15:45 Coffee
15:45 - 17:00 Keynote Addresses and Panel Discussion: Dr. Wes Jackson (President: The Land Institute)
17:00 Closing