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Friday, November 19 | 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM | Exley Science Center
6:00: Registration
7:30: Welcome from Wesleyan University
7:40: Program preview: Laura Bonham, conference organizer
7:50: Announcements: Million Letter March; “Pricing Carbon: The Wesleyan Proclamation”
8:00: Rep. John Larson, Member, U.S. Congress (D, CT), Democratic Caucus Chair
8:30: Friday Keynote Address: Bill McKibben, author, founder, 350.org
9:30: Informal networking
10:00: Adjourn
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Saturday, November 20 | 8:00 AM - 5:50 PM, Science Center | 8:00 - 10:30 PM, Beckham Hall
8:00: Registration, light breakfast
8:15: Announcements, Tom Stokes, Price Carbon Campaign
8:45: Plenary Panel 1: Economic Rationale for Pricing Carbon
-Gary Yohe, Wesleyan University
-Frank Ackerman, Tufts University
-Elaine Kamarck, Harvard University
-Charles Komanoff, moderator, Carbon Tax Center
10:05: Saturday Keynote Address: James Hansen, author, climatologist
11:00: Break
11:10: Workshops 1
A: Complementary Approaches to Pricing: EPA Regulation
-Nate Richardson, Resources for the Future
-Bill Snape, Center for Biological Diversity
-Frank Ackerman, Tufts University
B: Learning from Abroad: Failure of the European Trading System; How British Columbia’s Carbon Tax Works
-Elaine Kamarck, Harvard University
-Richard Littlemore, DeSmog Blog
-Janet Milne, Vermont Law School
C: Moral and Religious Imperative of Pricing CO2 Pollution
-Paul Mayer, Climate Crisis Coalition
-Ibrahim Abdil-Mu’id Ramey, Muslim American Society Freedom Foundation
-Arthur Waskow, Shalom Center
-Vernon Williams, Perfect Peace Ministry
D: Citizen Organizing and Building Political Will
-Brent Blackwelder, Friends of the Earth
-Laura Bonham, Progressive Democrats of America
-Ted Glick, Chesapeake Climate Action Network
-Marshall Saunders, Citizens Climate Lobby
E: Students for a Just and Stable Future
12:30: Lunch
1:30: Plenary Panel 2: Members of the Congress - Politics and Other Realities
-Rep. Jim McDermott (D, WA)
-Rep. Bob Inglis (R, SC)
-Rep. Bob Filner (D, CA)
-Brent Blackwelder, moderator, Friends of the Earth
2:50: Break
3:00: Workshops 2
F: Can There Be a Radical Middle? Building Republican Support for a Price on Carbon
-Rep. Bob Inglis, Member, U.S. Congress (R, SC)
-Bill Shireman, Future 500
G: Offsets, Environmental Justice, and Emissions Trading
-Michelle Chan, Friends of the Earth
-Laurie Williams & Alan Zabel, Environmental Attorneys
-Daphne Wysham, Institute for Policy Studies
H: Who Gets the Money? Revenue Treatment: Tax Shifting or “Green Checks”
-Peter Barnes, Sky Trust
-James Handley, Carbon Tax Center
-Elaine Kamarck, Harvard University
I: Media and Messaging
-Steve Kent, Kent Communications
-Richard Littlemore, DeSmog Blog
-Steve Valk, Citizens Climate Lobby
-Janet Larsen, Earth Policy Institute
J: Students for a Just and Stable Future
4:20: Break
4:30: Plenary Panel 3: Debate: How Best to Price Carbon
-Dan Lashof, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
-Peter Barnes, Sky Trust
-Charles Komanoff, Carbon Tax Center
-Marc Eisner, moderator, Wesleyan University
5:50-6:30: Informal Networking
8:00-11:00: Party, with live rock band, dancing, and a place to chat with new friends, Beckham Hall |
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Sunday, November 21 | 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM, Goldsmith Family Cinema
8:30: Registration, light breakfast
9:00: Plenary Panel 4: Moving Beyond the Traditional Environmental Movement
-Brent Blackwelder, Friends of the Earth
-Cecil Corbin-Mark, West Harlem Action for Environmental Justice (WEACT)
-Tim DeChristopher, Peaceful Uprising
-Katie MacDonald, Students for a Just and Stable Future
-Marshall Saunders, Citizens Climate Lobby
-Juliet Schor, Boston College
-Bill Shireman, Future 500
-Ted Glick, moderator, Chesapeake Climate Action Network
10:50 Break
11:00 Town Hall Discussion
12:00: Announcements and Closing Comments
12:30: Adjournment
2-4 PM: Price Carbon Campaign debriefing and planning meeting, PAC Building (The Public Affairs Center)
Students for a Just and Stable Future planning meeting, PAC Building |
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