Program Agenda and Videos
April 27, 2007
9 a.m. - 5 p.m
Welcome
Michael Drake, Chancellor of the University of California, Irvine
Keynote Speaker
Professor F. Sherwood Rowland, Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry (View Video)
Coffee Break
Understanding the Implications of the Science of Global Climate Change for
Cities Assisting Decision-makers in Confronting Climate-Related Risks
Michele Betsill, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Colorado State University (View Video)
Hannah Campbell, Ph.D., Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments (RISA) Program Manager, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Climate Program Office (View Video)
Holly Hartmann, Ph.D., Assistant Physical Scientist, Dept. of Hydrology and Water Resources, University of Arizona (View Video)
Diane Pataki, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Dept. of Earth System Science and Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine (View Video)
Kelly Redmond, Ph.D., Regional Climatologist/Deputy Director, Western Regional Climate Center (WRCC), Desert Research Institute (DRI), Reno, NV (View Video)
Amy Snover, Ph.D., JISAO/ISMA Climate Impacts Group, Center for Science in the Earth System, University of Washington (View Video)
Lunch
Highlighting the Actions of City Decision-Makers in Confronting the Risks of Global Climate Change in Local Context
Led by Mayor Beth Krom, City of Irvine
Mayor Mark Ruzzin, Boulder, Colorado (View Video)
Mayor Helen Klanderud, Aspen, Colorado (View Video)
Vicki Bennett, Environmental Program Manager for Salt Lake City, Utah (View Video)
Technologies Emerging to Address Climate Change (View Video)
Scott Samuelsen, Ph.D., Professor, Mechanical, Aerospace, and Environmental Engineering,
Director National Fuel Cell Research Center at University of California, Irvine
Opportunity to view alternative energy vehicle
Moving from Science to Action: Roundtable (View Video)
Led by Helen Ingram, Ph.D., Professor, Warmington Chair, University of California, lrvine
Climate Change and Mobilizing the Public to Collective Action
David Meyer, Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of Sociology, University of California, Irvine
California’s Greenhouse Gas Policy and What it Means for Cities
Pam Doughman, Ph.D., University of Illinois, Springfield
Policy Change Through Knowledge Networks
David Feldman, Ph.D., University of California, Irvine
Science Citizenship and the Obligation of Living In a Changing Climate
Barbara Morehouse, Ph.D., Deputy Director, Inst. for the Study of Planet Earth, Univ. of Arizona