MN Climate Forum - Conversations w/ Policy & Industry Leaders
Join sustainability leaders for a day of peer-to-peer sharing of actions and realities in mitigating climate change and adapting for a better future for our environment and public health. Business and non-profit leaders, researchers, sustainability professionals, policy experts, students, and anyone interested in the intersection of public and private efforts to address climate change are invited. Listen and engage with two panels: one with experts from the policy, advocacy, and legal fields and another with Minnesota industry leaders from healthcare, consumer products, and commercial real estate. Panelists will showcase their specific impact and achievements in reducing greenhouse gas emissions in Minnesota, define the obstacles inherent to their company and industry, and lay out their goals for future, scalable climate action. Following the panel discussions, stay for networking to reflect on perspectives and strategies and connect with fellow attendees and speakers. Program Schedule 10 - 10:30 am Registration / Check-in 10:30-10:45 am Opening remarks: Susan Craddock, PhD, Director, Center for Bioethics, Andrew Jameton, PhD, Professor Emeritus, University of Nebraska Medical Center 10:45 am-12:30 Public Sector Panel Leili Fatehi, JD, Owner and Principal, Apparatus Public Affairs; Adjunct Associate Professor of Law, UMN Law School J. Drake Hamilton, Science Policy Director, Fresh Energy James Kelly, M.S., Environmental Surveillance & Assessment, Minnesota Dept of Health Ben Lilliston, Director of Corporate Strategies and Climate Change, Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy (IATP) Moderated by Joel Wu, JD, MPH, MA, Fellow, Clinical Ethics Dept, Children's Minnesota, Senior Lecturer, Senior Fellow, Division of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, UMN 12:30-1:15 pm Lunch 1:15-3 pm Private Sector Panel Jeff Thompson, MD, Former Chief Executive Officer, Gundersen Health System Catherine Gunsbury, Director of Corporate Social Responsibility, General Mills Amy Skoczlas Cole, Managing Director, The Water Main, American Public Media; former sustainability president for Pentair and Ebay David Bergstrom, CPM, FMA, RPA, Chief Operating Officer, Wellington Management Moderated by Jennifer Schmitt, Program Director and Lead Scientist, NorthStar Initiative at the Institute on the Environment, UMN 3 - 3:15 pm Synopsis and Closing Remarks 3:15 - 4:30 pm Networking |
MN Climate Forum - Conversations w/ P...
Date and Time
Friday Apr 27, 2018
10:00 AM - 4:30 PM CDT
Location
Mayo Auditoruim
University of Minnesota Campus
Fees/Admission
Advanced Registration: $15/public & UMN faculty & staff; $5/UMN student
Day of Registration: $25/public & UMN faculty & staff; $10 UMN student
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