2008 Conference of Governors on Climate Change —
Agenda

Background

Agenda

Expected Outcomes

Contact

Agenda

April 17, 2008
4:00	Panel Discussion: State-level responses to climate change
	Venue: Bowers Auditorium, Sage Hall, 205 Prospect Street
	Gina McCarthy, Connecticut Commissioner of the Environment
	Mary Nichols, Chairman of the California Air Resources Board (to be confirmed)
	Ian Bowles, Secretary, Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs
	Michael Northrop, Program Director, Sustainable Development, Rockefeller Brothers Fund
	Stewart Hudson, President, Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation
8:00	Dinner in honor of President Theodore Roosevelt and Gifford Pinchot A keynote address by Theodore Roosevelt IV and Gifford Pinchot III
April 18, 2008
10:30	Discussion of Governors on State-level innovation Venue: Yale Law School Auditorium, 127 Wall Street Moderator: Scott Pelley, 60 Minutes Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich Quebec Premier Jean Charest Manitoba Premier Gary Doer
1:30	Signing Session for Governors
	Welcome addresses by President Levin and Governor M. Jodi Rell
	Governors in attendance: Rod Blagojevich (Illinois), Jon Corzine (New Jersey),
	Jodi Rell (Connecticut), Arnold Schwarzenegger (California), Kathleen Sebelius (Kansas)
	Additional State Officials: Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Maine,
	New York, Washington
	Observers: Quebec Premier Jean Charest, Manitoba Premier Gary Doer,
	Czech Environment Minister Martin Bursík, Sonoran Minister of Ecology Angel Lopez Guzman
	Public addresses Venue: Woolsey Hall Auditorium Introductions: Yale President Richard Levin Nobel Laureate Dr. R.K. Pachauri California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
* Attendance to be confirmed

The 2008 Conference of Governors on Climate Change is a carbon-neutral event - click here for more information