NCSE Energy for a Sustainable and Secure Future Conference: Plenary Sessions
Ross Pillari, President of BP America will provide the keynote address on January 26.
Henry Habicht, President of the Global Environmental Technology Foundation (and a member of the National Energy Commission), will chair a panel Opportunities for Decisionmaking, which will include Hazel O’Leary, President, Fisk University; Secretary of Energy 1993-1997; Katie McGinty, Pennsylvania Secretary of the Environment, Chair, Council on Environmental Quality 1993-2000; Mark Levine, Director, China Energy Program, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab and Bob Greco, Director of Policy Analysis, American Petroleum Institute.
Chip Groat, Director of the US Geological Survey, 1998-2005, will chair a panel, Opportunities from Science and Technology, including Volker Hartkopf, Director, Center for Building Performance and Diagnostics, Carnegie Mellon University, Daniel Kammen, Director, Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory, UC, Berkeley, James Lake, Associate Director for Nuclear Programs, Idaho National Lab, and Lee Lynd, Professor of Engineering, Dartmouth College.
NCSE will provide its Lifetime Achievement Award to Russell Train, first Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality (1970-73), second Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (1973-77) and the World Wildlife Fund’s co-founder (1968), President (1978-85) and Chairman (1985-94).
National Academy of Sciences President Ralph Cicerone, a leading atmospheric scientist, will present the 6th John H Chafee Memorial Lecture on Science and the Environment.
Dian Ogilvie, Senior Vice President and Chief Environmental Officer, Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A. will present the keynote address on January 27.
Phil Sharp, President, Resources for the Future, a Congressman from Indiana 1975-95 will chair a Roundtable Building Collaborations for Progress, which will include Rev. Sally Bingham, Director, The Regeneration Project and founder of Interfaith Power and Light, Rob Donkers, Washington Delegation Environment Counselor, Delegation of the European Commission to the U.S., Phil Harter, Earl F. Nelson Professor of Law, University of Missouri, and Wayne Shirley, Director, Regulatory Assistance Project.
Vijay Vaitheeswaran, Global Environment & Energy Correspondent, The Economist will moderate the closing session on Integrating Climate Change into Energy Planning, including Marilyn Brown, Director, Engineering Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Congressman Jay Inslee, from the 1st district of Washington, David Conover, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and International Affairs, U.S. Department of Energy, and Joe Romm, Founder and Executive Director, Center for Energy and Climate Solutions; former Acting Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
Inspired by these leading thinkers and doers, over 800 conference participants will view more than 25 poster sessions, more than 20 exhibits and meet in 19 concurrent breakout sessions and 5 symposia to develop strategies to transform the role of science in shaping energy aspects of sustainable development.
Please visit www.ncseonline.orgto register for the conference and to view the latest program updates, details on the exhibition, poster session, and sponsorship opportunities, and information on travel and lodging. Please note: the deadline for online registration is January 22, 2006. Please direct general conference questions to conference2006@NCSEonline.org or call 202-530-5810.
