October 21, 2011 – October 23, 2011 Location: Burlington Vermont<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Conference: Environmental Diplomacy and Security in International Relations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n CONFERENCE CONCLUDED SUCCESSFULLY. Summaries of discussions were posted on the IEDS Blog<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n University of Vermont – Burlington, Vermont USA<\/p>\n\n\n\n October 21 \u2013 23, 2011<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Friday October 21, 2011<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Opening Ceremony and Reception 5:00pm<\/strong> sharp in Billings Center (labeled as “Billings Library” on the sign outside but note this is NOT the main university library) — Great Hall in this building is right thorugh the main front entrance where conference registration will take place as well as most lectures (Address for GPS: 48 University Place, Burlington — adjacent to UVM “Green”).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Parking is free on weekends in most UVM Lots. See Campus map by clicking here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Opening keynote speakers — (speeches will start PROMPTLY — please arrive at 5:15pm )<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ambassador Richard Benedick, President, National Council on Science and the Environment<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Matt Dunne, Manager for Community Relations, Google Corporation<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Film screening, Oct. 21 7:00-8:30pm in Fleming Museum auditorium (walking distance behind Billings hall — volunteers available to guide guests after reception)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fambul Tok International, Postconflict reconciliation in Sierra Leone<\/a> comments and discussion with execuitive producer Libby Hoffman<\/p>\n\n\n\n Saturday October 22 Panels:<\/strong> All will be in Billings Center Great Hall (University Place adjacent to UVM “Green”)<\/p>\n\n\n\n A) Bridging Eurasia: Energy Infrastructure, Conservation and Culture – Saturday, Oct. 22 8:30-10:30am<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Panel Chair: William Keeton (UVM)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n a) Erika Weinthal (Duke University) <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n b) Mersudin Avdibegovic (University of Sarajevo, Bosnia)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n c) Bernhard Wolfslehner (European Forest Institute, Vienna, Austria)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n B) Polar Diplomacy: Energy, the Environment and International Security – Saturday, Oct. 22 11:00am-1:00pm<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Panel Chairs: Betsy Baker<\/a> (Vermont Law School — in absentia due to family emergency) <\/p>\n\n\n\n Ross Virginia (Dartmouth College) <\/a>will be chairing this panel in Betsy’s absence<\/p>\n\n\n\n a) Rasmus Bertelsen (United Nations University)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n b) Glenn Sheehan (Barrow Arctic Science Consortium<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n c) Sam Gardiner (National Defense University) <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n d) Damien Degeorges (French Institute for Strategic Research)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Buffet lunch served in Billings Great Hall (1 to 2pm)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Visiting environmental artists from Cuba will present their work during lunch sponsored by Vermont Institute for the Caribbean<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n C) Chemical Diplomacy: Negotiating Treaties around Hazardous Pollutants – Satuday, Oct. 22 2:00-4:00pm<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Panel Chair: Saleem H. Ali (University of Vermont)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n a) Michael Bender ( Lead UNEP Mercury Global Supply\/Storage Partnership, Zero Mercury Working Group)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n b) Pia Kohler (Williams College, Earth Negotiation Bulletin)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n c) Kenneth J. Davis (US Environmental Protection Agency)<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n D) Beyond African \u201cExceptionalism\u201d: Ecological approaches to improving the African Union – Saturday, Oct. 22 4:30-6:30pm<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Panel Chair: Mark Freudenberger (Tetra Tech ARD)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n a) Fenda Akiwumi (University of South Florida)<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n b) Allard Blom (World Wildlife Fund) <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Saturday, October 22, Dinner: 7 to 9pm: Billings Great Hall (University Place adjacent to UVM “Green”) Keynote speakers at dinner:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Colonel Tom O’Donovan (Retd.), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Former commander in Afghanistan)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Tariq Banuri, Director emiritus of United Nations Sustainable Development Division<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Sunday October 23<\/strong> — Morning panel: Billings Center Great Hall (University Place adjacent to UVM “Green”)<\/p>\n\n\n\n E) The Social Ecology of Borders: Environmental Regionalism and Globalization – Sunday, Oct. 23 8:30-10:30am<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Panel Chair: Anna Grichting Solder (Bordermeetings & Qatar University) via Skype<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n a) Todd Walters, International Peace Park Expeditions<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n b) Charlie Chester (Tufts University & Yellowstone to Yukon Initiative)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n c) Michele Zebich-Knoss (Kennesaw State University)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Video screening during panel of<\/p>\n\n\n\n Transcending Boundaries: Conservation Across Borders<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n 10:30 to 11:30 Screening of Transparent Radiation — UVM porduced documentary (Billings Lecture Hall)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n 11:30 to 12:45 — time to stroll down to Burlington Waterfront at leisurely pace and explore before cruise<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cruise on Lake Champlain – Sunday, Oct. 23 1:00-4:00pm aboard the Spirit of Ethan Allen. Departure from Burlington Waterfront dock at the end of College St. Parking available nearby — please be at pier by 12:45pm<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Cruise Keynote Speaker: Deb Markowitz (Secretary, VT Agency of Natural Resources)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Cruise Discussion Speakers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Annette Smith,( Executive Director, Vermonters for a Clean Environment)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Mary Watzin <\/a>(Dean, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, UVM)<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Kerrick Johnson, (Vice President for External Affairs, Vermont Electric Power Company)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Registration is available here.<\/a> (For more information, please email rpincus1@uvm.edu<\/a>.) <\/p>\n\n\n\n Please follow IEDS on Facebook<\/a> or Twitter<\/a> or join our mailing list for updates (links provided at the top right hand corner of this site).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" October 21, 2011 – October 23, 2011 Location: Burlington Vermont Conference: Environmental Diplomacy and Security in International Relations CONFERENCE CONCLUDED SUCCESSFULLY. Summaries of discussions were posted on the IEDS Blog University of Vermont – Burlington, Vermont USA October 21 \u2013 23, 2011 Friday October 21, 2011 Opening Ceremony and Reception 5:00pm sharp in Billings Center … <\/p>\n