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CONFERENCE AGENDA

Hosted by
Environmental and Energy Systems Institute
James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy


Click on links below for conference presentations

PLENARY ADDRESSES: Global Perspectives

Opening Remarks
Mr. Christian Holmes

Executive Director, Shell Center for Sustainability

Sustainability and Development
Dr. Malcolm Gillis

President, Rice University

Prudence Pays: Practical Steps to Bridge Conflicting Views on Climate Change
Sir Philip Watts

Chairman of the Committee of Managing Directors, The Royal Dutch/Shell Group

European Perspective

Mr. Guy Hascoet

Former French Minister of State for Social Economy

The Chicago Climate Exchange:
Creating a Market for Greenhouse Gases Emissions Trading

Dr. Richard Sandor

Chairman and CEO, Chicago Climate Exchange

Paths to a Sustainable Future: U.S. Policy on
Sustainable Development, Energy and Climate Change

Dr. Paula Dobriansky

U.S. Undersecretary of State for Global Affairs

Bio-diversity Challenges
Dr. Francisco Dallmeier
Director, Monitoring and Assessment of Biodiversity Program
National Zoological Park Conservation and Research Center
Smithsonian Institute


PANEL DISCUSSIONS

LESSONS LEARNED:
MARKET BASED SOLUTIONS AND PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS


AIR
Moderator, Dr. Matthew Fraser

Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Rice University

Toyota’s Challenge on Sustainable Mobility
Mr. Hiroyuki Watanabe
Senior Managing Director, Toyota Motor Corporation

Connecting the Dots: Building Clean Air Partnerships That Work

M r. Hank Habicht
President, Global Environment Technology Foundation

Technology and Sustainability
Dr. Kyriocos Zygourakis
Chair, Chemical Engineering Department, Rice University

ENERGY
Moderator, Ms. Amy Myers Jaffe

Wallace Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies - James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy
Environmental and Energy Systems Institute - Associate Director for the Rice Energy Program

The Role of Public/Private Partnerships in Improving Access by
Poor Communities in Developing Countries to Modern Energy Services

Mr. Kurt Hoffman

Director, Shell Foundation

Perspectives on Partnerships: Energy
Dr. David Victor
Director, Stanford University Program on Energy and Sustainable Development

WATER
Moderator, Dr. Mark Wiesner

Director, Environmental and Energy Systems Institute

Sustainability and Water for Texas
Mr. Jim Blackburn

Chair, Galveston Bay Conservation and Preservation Association

Promoting Sustainability Where It is at Risk

Dr. Alain Dangeard

Chairman and CEO, M.E.E. Development


CLOSING ADDRESS

Bringing It All Together: The Corporate Challenge
Mr. Bjorn Stigson

President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development


WORKSHOPS
March 13, 2003

AIR QUALITY & URBAN SUSTAINABILITY

Coordinating Environmental TechnologyResearch and Development in Texas

C
hair, Dr. David Allen

Texas Council on Environmental Technology

Co-Chair, Dr.Alberto Mendoza Dominguez
Head of the Air Quality Laboratory, Monterray Technical Institute
Monterray, Mexico

ENERGY
Chair, Dr. Nancy Kete
Senior Fellow and Co-Director of the EMBARQ Center for Transport and the Environment
World Resources Institute

Co-Chair, Dr. Rahul Tongia
Carnegie Mellon University

WATER
Chair, Dr. Mark Wiesner
Director, Environment and Energy Systems Institute
Rice University

Co-Chair, Dr. Alain Dangeard

Chairman and CEO, M.E.E. Development