April 18, 2008

9:00 a.m., Welcome
Marvin Krislov, President, Oberlin College
Bruce Latimer, Exec. Dir., Cleveland Museum of Natural History

9:15 a.m., Plenary #1, Solutions Overview
Fred Krupp, President, Environmental Defense Fund

10:00 a.m., Plenary #2, Utility-Scale Solar
John O'Donnell, Executive Vice President, Ausra Solar

10:45 a.m., Break

11:00 a.m., Panel #1: New Energy Sources
Moderator: Karen Florini, Senior Attorney, Environmental Defense Fund
Solar PV (and more) – Rich Wells, Vice President - Energy, Dow Chemical Co.
Utility-scale Wind – Richard Stuebi, BP Fellow for Energy and Environmental Advancement, The Cleveland Foundation
Distributed Energy – Steven J. Strong, President, Solar Design Associates
Low-carbon Coal – David Ball, Program Manager, Battelle Memorial Research Institute’s Midwest Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership

12:30 p.m., Lunch

1:00 p.m., Keynote: Ohio and Climate
The Hon. Lee Fisher, Lieutenant Governor of Ohio

2:00 p.m., Panel #2: Key Sources
Moderator: David Orr, Paul Sears Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies and Politics, Oberlin College
Buildings – Rebecca Flora, Executive Director, U.S. Green Building Council
Transportation – Scott Bernstein, President, Center for Neighborhood Technologies
Agriculture – Laura Sands, Senior Associate, The Clark Group
Forests – Stephan Schwartzman, Co-director, International Program, Environmental Defense Fund

3:15 p.m. Break

3:30 p.m., Plenary #3: Climate Solutions for Midwestern Cities
Sadhu Johnston, Chief Environmental Officer, Deputy Chief of Staff, Mayor's Office, City of Chicago

4:15 p.m., Plenary #4: Climate and Jobs
Van Jones, President and Founder, Green For All

5:00 p.m., Lewis Center Tour & Reception
Prof. David Orr, Oberlin College

Location:

The Oberlin College Science Center
West Lecture Hall
119 Woodland Street, Oberlin, Ohio
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Registration:

Advance registration requested
$20 general registration fee
$10 fee for students
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