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Project Title:
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Sustainability Linkages in the Federal Government
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PGA-STS-10-01
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Major Unit:
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Policy and Global Affairs
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Sub Unit:
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Science & Technology for Sustainability Program
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RSO:
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Saunders, Jennifer
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Subject/Focus Area:
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Agriculture; Behavioral and Social Sciences; Energy and Energy Conservation; Environment and Environmental Studies; Health and Medicine; Policy for Science and Technology
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Sustainability Linkages in the Federal Government
February 6, 2012 - February 8, 2012
Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Seattle, WA
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If you would like to attend the sessions of this meeting that are open
to the public or need more information please contact:
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| Contact Name:
Dominic Brose
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| Email:
dbrose@nas.edu
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| Phone:
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Fax:
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Agenda:
Monday, February 6, 2012
3:00 pm Argosy Boat Tour Puget Sound
Speaker: Scot Redman, Technical Programs Director, Puget Sound Partnership
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Open Session
9:00 am Welcome and Introductions
Marina Moses, Science and Technology for Sustainability Program, National Academies
Julie Stein, Executive Director, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture
9:10 am Introduction to Linkages of Sustainability
Thomas Graedel, Committee Chair, Yale University
9:30 am Overview of Sustainability Linkages in Coastal Systems
Josh Baldi, Special Assistant to the Director, Department of Ecology, Washington State
Opportunities and Challenges to Puget Sound as a Coastal System
Moderator: Robert Stephens, Founder and President of the Multi-State Working Group on Environmental Performance
10:00 am Alan Durning, Executive Director and Founder, Sightline Institute
10:15 am Mike Grady, Transportation Branch Chief and Federal Green Challenge, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration-NWR representative
10:30 am Billy Frank, Jr., Chairman, Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission
10:45 am Break
11:00 am Michael Rylko, EPA Region 10's Senior Technical Coordinator for our Puget Sound National Estuary Program
11:15 am Panel Discussion
12:00 pm Lunch Break
Energy in the Pacific Northwest
Moderator: Lisa Graumlich, Dean, College of the Environment, University of Washington
1:00 pm Chuck Clarke, Chief Executive Officer, Cascade Water Alliance
1:15 pm Angus Duncan, Founder and President, Bonneville Environmental Foundation
1:30 pm K.C. Golden, Policy Director, Climate Solutions
1:45 pm Break
2:00 pm Phil Rockefeller, (Senator, D-Bainbridge Island), Northwest Power and Conservation Council
2:15 pm Panel Discussion
The Built Environment, Land Use, and Public Health around Puget Sound
Moderator: Howard Frumkin, Dean, School of Public Health and Professor, Env. and Occ. Health Sciences, University of Washington
3:00 pm Break
3:15 pm Gene Duvernoy, President, Cascade Land Conservancy
3:30 pm Gerry O'Keefe, Executive Director, Puget Sound Partnership
3:45 pm David Fleming, Director and Health Officer, Seattle and King County
4:00 pm Panel Discussion
4:45 pm Open Microphone Session: Brief Comments from Interested Parties
Comments will be limited to 5 minutes, if you would like to address the committee please send an email to sustainability@nas.edu
5:00 pm Meeting Wrap-up
Thomas Graedel, Committee Chair, Yale University
5:15 pm Meeting Adjourns
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
9:00 am Welcome and Introduction to Linkages of Sustainability
Thomas Graedel, Committee Chair, Yale University
Opportunities and Challenges to the Great Lakes as a Coastal System
Moderator: Rich Moy, Commissioner, US Section of the International Joint Comission (IJC)
9:15 am Deborah L. Swackhamer, Professor, School of Public Health and Co-Director, Water Resources Center, University of Minnesota
9:30 am James P. Bruce, Co-Chair, Public Interest Advisory Group
9:45 am Hugh MacIsaac, Professor, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Invasive Species Research Chair, Director, Canadian Aquatic Invasive Species Network (CAISN)
10:00 am Break
10:15 am Roy Stein, Emeritus Professor, Aquatic Ecology Laboratory and Department of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology, The Ohio State University
10:30 am Panel Discussion
11:15 am Break
11:30 am Closed Session for Committee Discussion
Land Use, Built Environment, and the Great Lakes Regional Economy
Moderator: Victoria Pebbles, Program Director, Great Lakes Commission
1:00 pm Jennifer Read, Acting Director, Michigan Seat Grant and Executive Director, Great Lakes Observing System (By Phone)
1:15 pm Jim LaGro, Department of Regional and Urban Planning, University of Wisconsin
1:45 pm Nancy Frank, Associate Professor, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee
2:00 pm Panel Discussion
2:45 pm Break
Management and Governance in the Great Lakes Region
Moderator: Dave Naftzger, Executive Director, Council of Great Lakes Governors.
3:00 pm Cameron Davis, Senior Advisor to the Administrator on Great Lakes, Environmental Protection Agency (By Phone)
3:15 pm Dave Naftzger, Executive Director, Council of Great Lakes Governors
3:30 pm Victoria Pebbles, Program Director, Great Lakes Commission
3:45 pm Panel Discussion
4:30 pm Open Microphone Session: Brief Comments from Interested Parties
Comments will be limited to 5 minutes, if you would like to address the committee please send an email to sustainability@nas.edu
4:45 pm Meeting Wrap-up
Thomas Graedel, Committee Chair, Yale University
5:00 pm Meeting Adjourns
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Closed Session Summary Posted After the Meeting
The following committee members were present at the closed sessions of the meeting:
Thomas Graedel
Robert Anex
Deborah Swackhamer
Anna Palmisano
Faye Duchin
Stephen Polasky
Howard Frumkin
Robert Stephens
Lauren Zeise
Glen Daigger
Paulo Ferrão
William Carroll
The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:
Report outline and panel presentations
The following materials (written documents) were made available to the committee in the closed sessions:
None
Date of posting of Closed Session Summary:
February 14, 2012
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