Agenda

 

Agenda 
Eccles Conference Center, Utah State University, Logan, Utah

 

In the Morning, 9:00 am ... Plenary Session
• Welcome by Utah State University Vice President of Research Brent Miller
• Video Introduction by the Governor Jon Huntsman Jr.

Speakers
The Climate in Utah’s Windshield
Dr. Robert R. Gillies heads the Utah Climate Center and serves as associate professor of climate at Utah State University.  Dr. Gillies served on the science panel of Governor Huntsman’s Blue Ribbon Advisory Commission on climate change.

Energy, Climate, Security: Converging Solutions
Ned Farqhuar is past senior policy advisor on energy for New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, and former chair of the New Mexico Renewable Energy Transmission Authority.  He has been staff director for the Alaska House Resources Committee and special assistant to Alaska’s natural resources commissioner.

Ethics and Stewardship: Exploring the Moral Imperative of Climate Change
Rt. Rev. Carolyn Tanner Irish is the 10th Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Utah.  At the time of her election and consecration in 1996 she became the fourth woman in the Episcopal Church to hold the office of Bishop.  She holds honorary doctoral degrees from Virginia Theological Seminary, Westminster College in Salt Lake City, the University of Utah, and The Church Divinity School of the Pacific, the Salt Lake Community College, and Utah State University.
 
Lunch 12:00 - 1:30
Taggart Student Center - West Ballroom. Includes Elementary Schools Exhibit:
"What will Cache valley look like in the future?"
 
 
In the Afternoon, 1:30pm ...
Each discussion panel will start with a 5 - 10 minute presentation from high school students taking part in the "Clean Air Quality Marketing Campaign" competition.
Session 1 (1:30-3:00pm)

The Science of Climate
Robert Gillies - State of Utah Climatologist
Robert Davies - Associate, Utah Climate Center
Larry Hipps - USU Department of Plants, Soils and Climate
Tim Garrett - Department of Meteorology, University of Utah
Joel Pederson - USU Department of Geology (paleoclimate)
Brian McInerney - National Weather Service
David Naftz - US Geological Survey

Business and Agriculture
Fred Wagner - USU Department of Wildland Resources
Joe Fuhriman - Chair, Cache Valley Ag Advisory Board
Ned Farquhar - Former Energy Advisor to NM Gov. Bill Richardson, NRDC
Orrin Farnsworth - President, Utah Solar Energy Association
Andrea Bohmholdt - Policy Analyst, Economist, Author
Diane Alston -Entomologist, USU Department of Biology
*Brent Black - Extension Fruit Specialist, USU College of Agriculture
Dan Drost - Extension Vegetable Specialist - Plants, Soils and Climate
Corey Ransom - Weed Scientist - Plants, Soils and Climate
Ed Stafford - Associate Professor - Business Administration
Cathy Hartman - Professor - Business Administration

Ethics and Stewardship
Carolyn Tanner - Irish Bishop, Episcopal Church, State of Utah
Paul Heins - Pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Logan
Steve Ritchey - Utah Interfaith Power and Light
David Sakrison - Moab Mayor, Episcopalian priest
Kevin Young - Biologist and member of the LDS Church
 

Session 2 (3:30-5:00pm)
Energy and Water

Jim Evans - USU Department of Geology
Orrinn Farnsworth - President, Utah Solar Energy Association
Jim Miller - Owner, Solar Design Tech
David Tarboton - Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, USU
Carl Austin - Geothermal (Idatherm)
Vanessa Pierce - Nuclear power (HEAL Utah)
Jason Berry - Utah Geological Survey, State Energy Program
Kelly Knutsen - Utah Clean Energy
David Naftz - US Geological Survey
Jeff Niermeyer - Salt Lake City Public Utilities

  

Health and Air Quality
Brian Moench - Utah Physicians for Clean Air
Ed Redd - Bear River Health Department
Randy Martin - USU Dep’t of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Craig Petersen - Cache County Council 

 

Wildlife and Outdoor Recreation
Fred Wagner - USU Department of Wildland Resources
Mike White - USU Department of Watershed Sciences
Kelly Leishman - President, Top of Utah Snowmobile Association
Brent Giles - Park City Mountain Resort
Mark Fels - Nordic United

* Indicates either tentative and not yet confirmed.

Presentation of award for Clean Air Quality Marketing Campaign will be made during this event.  Concurrently with the panel sessions - movies and documentaries will be shown in the main auditorium.