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Conference Program
Welcoming remarks by Lewis Gilbert, Interim
Director, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, UW-Madison
Governor Jim Doyle (Introduction by Tia
Nelson, Co-Chair, Governor's Task Force on Global Warming)
Keynote: Scientific Uncertainty and Climate Change Risks:
Jay Gulledge, Senior Scientist and Program
Manager for Science and Impacts, Pew Center on Global Climate Change (Introduction by Judy Ziewacz, Director, Office of Energy
Independence)
Climate Change in Wisconsin:
Daniel Vimont, Assistant Professor, Center for
Climatic Research and Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences, UW-Madison
Concurrent Sessions on Greenhouse Gas Mitigation and Energy Independence
- The Eye of the Storm: Agriculture and the Energy Security and Climate Stewardship Dilemma
Moderator: Ben Miller,
Associate Dean, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, UW-Madison
- Gary Radloff, Department of
Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
- Donald Wichert, Director,
Renewable Energy Program, Focus on Energy
- John Vrieze, Owner and
Operator, Baldwin and Emerald Dairies (Note: The first 20 seconds has audio but no video. There were some problems with the
video line. However, the audio is clear, introduces Mr. Vrieze.)
- Peter Taglia, Staff
Scientist, Clean Wisconsin
- Working Toward Energy Independent Communities, Homes and Businesses
Moderator: Greg Nemet, Assistant Professor, Public Affairs and Environmental Studies, UW-Madison
- Incentives for Local Energy Independence: Judy Ziewacz, Director, Office of Energy Independence
- The Benefits Add Up When We "Focus on Energy": Kathy Kuntz, Director of Energy Programs and Acting Director for Business Programs, Focus on Energy
- Reducing the Energy Appetite of Businesses and Communities: Sarah Else, Director of Renewable Energy Resources, Alliant Energy
- Designing Efficient Land Use and Transportation Systems
Moderator: Kurt Paulsen, Assistant Professor, Urban and Regional Planning and Environmental Studies
- Land Use and Climate Change: Steve Hiniker, Executive Director, 1000 Friends of Wisconsin
- Sustainability and Freight Transportation: Teresa Adams, Director, Center for Freight and Infrastructure Research and Education, UW-Madison
- Finding Economic Opportunities in Greenhouse Gas Mitigation
Moderator: Tom Eggert, UW-Madison School of Business and Department of Natural Resources
- Milwaukee Energy Efficiency Project: Joel Rogers, Director, Center on Wisconsin Strategy
- Wisconsin's Energy Future in a Carbon-Constrained Economy: Michael Potts, Executive Vice President, Orion Energy Systems, Inc.
- Economic Opportunities from Wisconsin's Renewable Energy Resource: Charlie Higley, Executive Director, Citizens Utility Board of Wisconsin
Lunch and presentation: Identifying and Adapting to Climate Change Impacts in Wisconsin:
John Magnuson, Professor Emeritus, UW-Madison; Co-Chair, Wisconsin
Initiative on Climate Change Impacts
Concurrent Sessions on Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation
- Climate Change Impacts on Wisconsin's Natural Resources
Moderator: Richard Lathrop, Department of Natural Resources; Co-Chair, Wisconsin Initiative
on Climate Change Impacts
- Economic Decision Making in a Climate of Uncertainty
Moderator: Pete Nowak, Professor, Nelson Insitute for Environmental Studies, UW-Madison
- Climate Change Implications for Agriculture: Christopher Kucharik, Researcher, Center for
Sustainability and the Global Environment, UW-Madison
- Sustainability Risk Management: Dan Anderson, Professor, School of Business, UW-Madison
- Urban Water Management: Kenneth Potter, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering/Environmental Studies, UW-Madison
- Losing Our Sense of Place: Stories from the Front Lines
Moderator: Curt Meine, Senior Fellow, Aldo Leopold Foundation; Director for Conservation Biology and History, Center for Humans and Nature
- Ed Monroe, Mayor of Ashland
- Michael Meyer, Wildlife Researcher, Department of Natural Resources
- Dan Kohler, Executive Director, Wisconsin Environment
- Human Health Challenges of Climate Change
Moderator: Marty Kanarek, Professor, School of Medicine and Public Health/Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, UW-Madison
- Implications for Human Health: Sarah Olson, Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment, Nelson Institute, UW-Madison
- Climate Change and Air Quality: Tracey Holloway, Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies/
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, UW-Madison
- Monitoring, Evaluation, Prioritization and Planning - Public Health Surveillance and Climate Change in Wisconsin: Kristen Malecki, Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services
Leadership Panel on Policy Options:
Moderator: Steve Born, Professor Emeritus, Urban and Regional Planning and Environmental Studies
- Linda Bochert, Partner, Michael Best & Friedrich
- Matt Frank, Secretary, Department of Natural Resources
- Tia Nelson, Executive Secretary, Board of Commissioners of Public Lands and Co-Chair, Governor’s Task Force on Global Warming
- Mark Miller, Chair, Senate Commmittee on Environment and Resources
- Clay Nesler, Vice President for Global Energy and Sustainability, Johnson Controls, Inc.
- Keith Reopelle, Program Director, Clean Wisconsin
- Todd Stuart, Executive Director, Wisconsin Industrial Energy Group
- Roy Thilly, Chief Executive Officer, Wisconsin Public Power Inc. and Co-Chair, Governor’s Task Force on Global Warming
