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Energy Shock and Climate Change:
Sustainable Solutions for Converging Crises

Friday, June 6, 2008
8:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

de Seversky Center

New York Institute of Technology

Old Westbury, N.Y.



8 – 9 Registration
9 – 9:15 Welcoming Remarks
Dr. Richard Pizer, Provost and V.P. Academic Affairs
9:15 – 10 Opening Presentation
Time for Plan B: Mobilizing to Save Civilization

Janet Larsen, Director of Research, Earth Policy Institute
10 – 10:45 Post Carbon Cities: Responding to Peak Oil and Climate Change
Daniel Lerch, Program Manager, Post Carbon Institute
10:45 – 11 Break
11 – 12 Panel Presentation: Responding to Energy Shock and Climate Change
  • James Hicks, NYC Office of Long Term Planning and Sustainability/PlaNYC
  • Tim Stout, Vice President for Energy Efficiency National Grid
  • Michael J. Deering, Vice President for Environmental Affairs, LIPA
12 – 12:30 The Road to Oil Independence
Michael Granoff, Head of Oil Independence Policies, Project Better Place
12:30 – 2 Buffet Luncheon

 

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