2008-2009: Energy and the Environment

Table of Contents

Keynote Address

Friday, March 6, 2009

7:00 pm - War Memorial Hall, University of Guelph
EVERYONE WELCOME!

Paul Roberts

Author

Fueling The Future: The Political and Environmental Implications of the Energy Revolution

Part 1 - Symposium

Saturday, March 7, 2009

9:30 am

Pinetree A Room, The Ramada Hotel and Conference Centre, Guelph
SPACE IS LIMITED - RESERVE YOUR SEAT

10:00 a.m.
Human Appropriation of Net Primary Production Can the Earth Keep Up?
Dr. Marc Imhoff
(Project Scientist for Terra, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland)

11:00 a.m.
Energy and the Environment: Actions and Policies for GHG Reduction? 
Dr. Mark Jaccard
(Professor of Resource and Environmental Management , Simon Fraser University)

1:00 p.m.
The Prophet, the Pessimist, and the Petroleum Geologist/ How We Used to Think About the Future of Energy

Dr. Peter Shulman
(Assistant Professor of History, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio)

2:00 p.m.
Urban Megatrens and Energy Impacts
Peter Garforth
(Principal - Senior Consultant, Garforth International, Toledo, Ohio)

Part 2 - Commentaries and Perspectives

3:30 p.m.
Panel Discussion

Dr. Peter Tremaine (Professor, University of Guelph), Moderator

The Hammond Lectures are free and open to the public.  Space is limited at the Symposium on Saturday, March 8. 

Please RSVP to:  hls@uoguelph.ca