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A Senior-Level Dialogue on Climate Change Strategy
“Reframing the Climate Change Debate:
Jobs, Trade, Security and a Revised Research Agenda”
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Thursday, June 2, 2005
Hale Auditorium |
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5:00 p.m. |
Keynote
Remarks: Dean Robert Dolan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business,
University of Michigan
Dean Rosina Bierbaum, School of Natural Resources and Environment,
University of Michigan
Keynote: Hon. Carl Levin, US Senate (D-Michigan)
“Federal Action on Climate Change: Issues and Challenges” |
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| 6:00 p.m. |
Cocktails Phelps Lounge |
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| 6:30 p.m.
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Dinner Phelps Lounge |
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Friday, June 3, 2005
2740 Wyly Hall |
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| 9:00 a.m.
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Registration and Refreshments |
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| 9:30 a.m.
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Session I: Achieving success on climate change?
Problem definition: What does progress mean on climate change? For whom? Has
it been achieved? How might the issue be reframed for greater success?
What’s gone right so far? What’s gone wrong? How can we be more successful
on climate change?
Moderator: Dr. Andrew Hoffman, Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable
Enterprise, University of Michigan
Panelists: Steve Cochran, Director of Strategic Communications,
Environmental Defense
Michelle Manion, Senior Analyst, Global Environment Program,
Union of Concerned Scientists
Truman Semans, Director of Markets and Business Development, Pew
Center on Global Climate Change
Gerry Anderson, President, DTE Energy |
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| 11:00 a.m.
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Coffee Break
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11:15 a.m.
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Session II: Climate Change as an Issue of Jobs and Trade
What is the relationship between climate change and jobs/trade? Will
controls on greenhouse gas emissions reduce or increase the number of jobs
in the United States? For which industries? Will greenhouse gas controls
disadvantage American Corporations? Will continued inaction reduce domestic
competitiveness?
Moderator: Dr. Thomas Lyon, Dow Professor of Sustainable Science,
Technology and Commerce, University of Michigan
Panelists: Bernard Tod Delaney, President, First Environment Corp.,
Business Council for Sustainable Energy
Eugene Trisko, Attorney, United Mine Workers of America
Dr. Micheline Maynard, Reporter Automobile and Airline Issues, New
York Times
Bracken Hendricks, Executive Director, Apollo Alliance |
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| 12:45 p.m.
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Lunch |
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2:00 p.m.
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Session III: Climate Change as an Issue of Energy and
National Security
What is the relationship between greenhouse gas controls and national
security? How important is American dependence on foreign oil to the debate
over climate change? Is it a viable strategy to suggest that greenhouse gas
reductions can impact the war on terror?
Moderator: Dr. Andrew Hoffman, Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable
Enterprise, University of Michigan
Panelists: Dan Lashof, Climate Center Science Director, Natural
Resources Defense Council
Dr. John Felmy, Chief Economist and Statistics Director, American
Petroleum Institute
Reid Detchon, Executive Director, Energy Future Coalition; Senior
Advisor, United Nations Foundation
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| 3:30 p.m.
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Coffee Break
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| 3:45 p.m.
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Session IV: Reflections from the outside looking in.
In order to provoke a broad discussion that is inclusive of the diversity of
perspectives presented in the Friday session, four scholars will reflect
upon what they have heard and offer comments that will stimulate deeper
discussion of the climate change issue.
Moderator: Dr. Jerry Davis, Sparks Whirlpool Corporation Research
Professor, University of Michigan
Provocateurs: Dr. Karl Weick, Rensis Likert Distinguished University
Professor of Organizational Behavior and Psychology, University of Michigan
Dr. Marina Whitman, Professor of Business Administration and Public
Policy, University of Michigan
Dr. James Walsh, Gerald and Esther Carey Professor of Management and
Organizations, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan
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| 5:15 p.m.
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Conclude |
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Saturday, June 4, 2005
Implications for Academic Scholarship
0770 Wyly Hall |
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| 9:00 a.m.
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Registration and Refreshments |
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9:30 a.m.
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Scholar’s Roundtable
An optional meeting of academics to assess the content of Friday’s sessions
and their implication for an ongoing and new research agenda.
Panelists: Dr. Jerry Davis, Sparks Whirlpool Corporation Research
Professor; Professor of Management and Organizations, University of Michigan
Dr. Joyce Penner, Professor, Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences,
University of Michigan
Dr. Knute Nadelhoffer, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology,
Director of the Biological Station, University of Michigan
Dr. E. Ian Robinson, Assistant Research Scientist; Co-Director,
Institute for Labor and Industrial Relations, University of Michigan
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Lunch and
Conclusion |
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