Ottawa, Canada
Tuesday, 24 June 2008

The purpose of this conference was to provide a forum for public and expert discussion of some of the emerging trends that will affect North America’s environment over the next twenty years. A priority focus was on those areas where a cooperative response from each of our countries — Canada, Mexico, and the United States — is most necessary.

• Discussion Paper - The issues presented in this discussion paper informed the agenda of the conference. [PDF - 850 KB]

Part I: Introductory Remarks [View Webcast]

• Jane Gardner, JPAC Chair.  Welcoming remarks
• Adrián Vázquez, CEC Executive Director. Overview presentation – Trends Driving the Environmental Agenda

Keynote Speakers

• Thomas Homer-Dixon. George Ignatieff Chair of Peace and Conflict Studies at the Trudeau Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, University College, University of Toronto  Download Presentation [PPT - 2 MB]
• Robert Visser. Deputy-Director, Environment Directorate, Head - Environment, Health and Safety Division, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. OECD Global Environmental Outlook [2030]. Download Presentation [PPT - 509 KB]

Panel I: Continued Growth and Integration of North American Societies [View Webcast]

• Ellen Kraly, William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Geography; Director of the Upstate Institute, Colgate University Download Presentation [PPT - 4.6 MB]
• Isabel Studer, Director of the Center for Dialogue and Analysis on North America, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (Mexico City campus) Download Presentation [PPT - 404 KB]
• Rodolfo Lacy, Research coordinator of energy and environment projects, Mario Molina Center for Strategic Studies on Energy and Environment Download Presentation [PPT - 10 MB]
• Martin Adelaar, Principal, Marbek Resource Consultants, Ltd. Download Presentation [PPT - 1.8 MB]
• Moderated discussion led by Jane Garner, JPAC Chair and member for the United States

Panel II: Global Environmental Change; the Challenge for North America [View Webcast]

• Gordon McBean, Professor of Geography, University of Western Ontario and Chair for Policy in the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction Download Presentation [PPT - 4.6 MB]
• Victor Magaña, Professor of Atmospheric Science and head of the Department of Meteorology, Center of Atmospheric Science, National Autonomous University of Mexico [UNAM], and member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Download Presentation [PPT - 10.3 MB]
• Jorge Soberón, Professor, Division of Ornithology, University of Kansas Download Presentation [PPT - 1.4 MB]
• Kristie L. Ebi, independent consultant (ESS, LLC), and a lead author for the human health chapter of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report Download Presentation [PPT - 2.1 MB]
• Moderated discussion led by Eduardo Rincón Meijía, JPAC member for Mexico

Panel III: Environmental Security [View Webcast]

• Hamid Arastoopour, Henry R. Linden Professor of Energy, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology-IIT Download Presentation [PPT - 18.4 MB]
• Jatin Nathwani, Ontario Research Chair in Public Policy and Sustainable Energy Management; Executive Director, Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy [WISE], University of Waterloo Download Presentation [PPT - 3.2 MB]
• Deborah Popper, Visiting lecturer, Princeton Environmental Institute [PEI], Princeton University Download Presentation [PPT - 109 KB]
• Sylvain Charlebois, Associate Dean, Kenneth Levene Graduate School of Business, University of Regina Download Presentation [PPT - 1 MB]
• Armand B. Peschard-Sverdrup, Senior Associate, Americas Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies [CSIS]
• Moderated discussion led by Gordon Lambert, JPAC member for Canada

Wrap Up

• Irene Henriques, JPAC member for Canada Download Presentation [PPT - 68 KB]