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Government Conference Center — 2 Rideau Street, Ottawa, Canada
Tuesday, 24 June 2008
The purpose of this conference is 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 will be on those areas where a cooperative response from
each of our countries — Canada, Mexico, and the United States — is most necessary.
North America 2030 - An Environmental Outlook
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Welcoming remarks: Jane Gardner, JPAC
Chair
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Overview presentation – Trends Driving the
Environmental Agenda:
Adrián Vázquez, CEC Executive Director
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Keynote address:
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)
- OECD Global Environmental Outlook (2030):
Robert Visser, Deputy-Director, Environment Directorate, Head - Environment, Health and Safety Division,
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Download Presentation (PPT/ 509 KB)
Panel I: Continued Growth and Integration of North American
Societies
- 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
- 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
- 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
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Agenda
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