Symposium
Next Generation Conservation:
The Government's Role in Emerging Ecosystem Service Markets
Agenda for 2009 Symposium
co-sponsored by the Office of Ecosystem Services and Markets, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Friday, October 23
8:30 a.m.
Registration & Coffee
9:00 a.m.
Welcome
Patrick Duggan, DELPF Editor-in-Chief
Sally Collins, Director, Office of Ecosystem Services and Markets, U.S. Department of Agriculture
9:15 a.m.
PANEL ONE: The Role of Federal Lands
Facilitator: Jim Salzman, Samuel F. Mordecai Professor of Law and Professor of Environmental Policy, Duke University Law School
- Kit Batten, Science Advisor, Office of the Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior
- Joel Holtrop, Deputy Chief, National Forest System, U.S. Forest Service
- J.B. Ruhl, Matthews & Hawkins Professor of Property, Florida State University College of Law
- George Kelly, Director and Founder, Environmental Banc & Exchange
- John Forgach, Chairman, Equator LLC
10:45 a.m.
Coffee break
11:00 a.m.
PANEL TWO: Standards Development
Facilitator: Tim Profeta, Director, Nicholas Institute of Environmental Policy Solutions
- Sally Collins, Director, Office of Ecosystem Services and Markets, U.S. Department of Agriculture
- Larry Elworth, Agricultural Liason, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Gail Achterman, Institute for Natural Resources, Oregon State University
- David Antonioli, CEO, Voluntary Carbon Standard Association
- Chris Adamo, Legislative Counselor, Office of Senator Debbie Stabenow
12:30 p.m.
Lunch
1:30 p.m.
KEYNOTE: A USDA Perspective:
- Robert Bonnie, Senior Advisor to the Secretary for Environment and Climate, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
2:00 p.m.
PANEL THREE: The Role of Federal Dollars
Facilitator: Lydia Olander, Senior Associate Director for Ecosystem Services, Nicholas Institute of Environmental Policy Solutions
- Gia Schneider, Partner, EKO Asset Management Partners
- Adam Davis, President, Solano Partners, Inc
- John Finisdore, Associate, World Resources Institute
- Laurie Wayburn, President, Pacific Forest Trust
- Richard Swenson, Director, Animal Husbandry and Clean Water Division, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
3:30 p.m.
Coffee Break
3:45 p.m.
General Discussion
Facilitated by Duke Students
4:15 p.m.
Reception
Duke's Environmental Law Society invites you to continue discussions during a post-symposium cocktail reception with hors d'oeuvres and drinks. Attendance gives chance for panelists and audience members to interact and further facilitate discussions in a more intimate manner.
Registration is FREE and open to the public, but please register here in order to facilitate planning. Registration can also be completed on the day of the symposium. Please join us for this exciting chance to discuss the new era of U.S. conservation.
*** CLE credit will be offered for the symposium. Attendees can receive CLE credit by giving their bar numbers and names at the registration tent on Friday morning, and DELPF members will send this information in once CLE accreditation has been completed.
*** Airport information and driving directions: http://www.law.duke.edu/guide/visitor.html
*** Parking:
Visitor parking is located on Science Drive within a short walk of the Law School. Go to the pay station in the visitor lot across from the Fuqua School of Business. If the visitor lot is full, then additional parking is available at the Bryan Center garage, which is located off of Science Drive adjacent to the Bryan Center. To get to the garage, pass the Law School on Science Drive going towards the main campus (away from Hwy-751/Cameron) and it will be on your right.
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