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Global Warming

Schedule of Events

Friday, June 6, 2008

Reception & Dinner
6 p.m., Tiger Inn, Settle Hall

Session I
8 p.m., Crawley Forum
Welcoming Remarks
Dr. Robert T. Herdegen, Professor of Psychology and Dean of the Faculty (elect),
Hampden-Sydney College

“Global Climate Change:
An Overview From the Perspective of Industry”

Ronald C. Shiflett, Jr. '74
Executive Director, International Utility Efficiency Partnership Inc.;
Member of Advisory Board, C-Trade

Evening in the Tiger Inn
9:30 – 11 p.m., Tiger Inn, Settle Hall

Saturday, June 7, 2008

Breakfast
7:30 a.m., Settle Hall

Session II
8:30 – 10 a.m., Crawley Forum
“Is Global Warming A Man-Made Problem? The Views From Science”

Dr. C. Brannon Andersen, Furman University
Dr. Patrick J. Michaels, CATO Institute


Session III
10:15 – 11:45 a.m., Crawley Forum
“Sustainability and Development: the Global Warming Challenge for Economy and Politics”
 
Dr. Saranna R. Thornton, Hampden-Sydney College
Dr. Kenneth N. Townsend, Hampden-Sydney College

Lunch
Noon – 1 p.m., Crawley Forum

Session IV
1 – 2:30 p.m., Crawley Forum
“Climate Change and Development: The Case for Business Leadership”

Mr. Christopher T. Chapel ’93, Florida Power & Light

Session V
2:45 – 4:30 p.m., Crawley Forum
Critical Viewing and Analysis of “An Inconvenient Truth”

Reception & Dinner
6 p.m., Tiger Inn, Settle Hall

Evening in the Tiger Inn
8 – 10 p.m., Tiger Inn, Settle Hall

Sunday, June 8, 2008

Breakfast
7:30 a.m., Settle Hall

Session VI
8:30 – 10 a.m., Crawley Forum
“Mitigation, Adaptation, and Suffering or Prosperity?
Sustainable Development in the Era of Global Warming

Dr. Hank Shugart, Director of Center for Regional Environmental Studies (CRES), The University of Virginia
Dr. Samuel B. (Sandy) McLaughlin '65, Research Professor, University of Tennessee
Former Senior Research Scientist with the Ecosystem Studies Section of the Environmental Sciences Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)

Session VII
10:15 – 11:45 a.m., Crawley Forum
“Communicating Climate Science to the Public
Through the Media: Balance?”

Dr. Charles W. Sydnor, Jr., Former CEO and President Commonwealth Public Broadcasting Corporation


updated 3-17-2008