Monday, December 4
Session I. The Climate Change Phenomenon and Sustainability
9:00 a.m. Introductory Remarks: Robert Watson, Deputy Director, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
9:15 Keynote Address: Bert Bolin, Chairman, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, "IPCC Assessment - An Overview"
10:00 The Carbon Cycle, Pieter Tans, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
11:00 Detection of Climate Change, Thomas Karl, National Climate Data Center
Session II. Sustainability and Climate Change: Impacts, Adaptation and Mitigation Options
Chair: Adam Markham, Director, Energy and Climate Policy, World Wildlife Fund
1:15 p.m. Ecosystem Adaptation - Terrestrial Systems, Stephen Hamburg, Center for Environmental Studies, Brown University
1:45 Impacts on Agriculture and Food Supply, David Wolfe, Center for the Environment, Cornell University
2:15 Health Impacts, Jonathan Patz, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University
3:15 Marine and Coastal Systems - Impacts and Adaptation, Victor Kennedy, Hornpoint Environmental Research Laboratory, University of Maryland
3:45 Mitigation Options - Energy Supply, Denny Ellerman, Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
4:15 Mitigation Options - Demand Side Management, Meredydd Evans, Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories
Tuesday, December 5
Session III. Sustainable Development and Climate Change: Economic Assessment
Chair: Martin Smith, Chief Environmental Scientist, Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation
9:00 a.m. Economic Estimates of Climate Change Impacts, Samuel Fankhauser, Global Environment Facility
9:30 Estimating the Costs of Mitigating Greenhouse Gas Emissions, David Montgomery, Charles River Associates
10:30 Application of Cost-Benefit Analysis to Climate Change, Mohan Munasinghe, World Bank
11:00 Integrated Assessment - What Can It Tell Us?, Jae Edmonds, Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories
Session IV. Sustainable Development and Climate Change: Science for Policy in the Face of Uncertainty
Chair: Joanne Fox-Przeworski, Director, United Nations Environment Programme Regional Office for North America
1:15 p.m. Business Perspectives, John Shlaes, Global Climate Coalition; Paul Walitsky, Philips Lighting Company
1:45 Environment Perspective, Jeremy Leggett, Greenpeace International
2:00 State-Local Government Perspective, Abby Young, Cities for Climate Protection
2:15 Counter Perspective, Patrick Michaels, Environmental Sciences Department, University of Virginia
3:00 Conference of Parties Perspectives, Arturo Sanchez, Costa Rica
3:30 U.S. Government Perspectives, Mark G. Hambley, Chief U.S. Negotiator on Climate Change, U.S. Department of State; Patrick Ramage, Global Legislators for a Balanced Environment
4:30 Closing Address: Mack McFarland, Principal Scientist, Atmosphere Unit, United Nations Environment Programme, "UNEP Perspective"