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Thursday, November 2nd

9 am – 11:00	Closed Meeting of the NECSC Steering Committee
10:45 am	Departure from Omni Hotel Lobby for Tours
11 am – 12:30	Tours of Yale and New Haven Sustainability Projects (Pre-registration required) Walking Tour of the Yale Co-Generation Plant (Power Plant Tour Cautions) Tour Leaders: Thomas Downing, Thomas Starr, Robert "Jess" Muir, Yale University Facilities Yale Sustainable Food Project and Garden (via shuttle bus fueled with B20/ULSD) Tour Leaders: Cathy Jones and Joshua Viertel, Yale Sustainable Food Project Walking Tour of the Farmington Canal Heritage Rail-Trail through Yale Campus and nearby Community Gardens Tour Leader: Chris Ozyck, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies New Haven Environmental Justice tour (in electric trolley) Tour Leader: Lynne Bonnett, Chair, New Haven Environmental Justice Network Walking Tour of Green Cleaning Strategies at Yale in relation to Sustainable Building Design using Yale's new LEED-certified Malone Building as the context Tour Leader: Robert Young, Yale University; Paul Stoller, Atelier 10 New York
Noon – 1:30	Registration at the Yale-New Haven Omni Hotel (Note: all panels and workshops are at the Omni Hotel)
1:15 pm	Opening Remarks Julie Newman, Yale University
1:30 – 1:45	Welcome \| Google Video Dr. Richard Levin, President, Yale University
2:00 – 3:30	Session I: Concurrent Workshops Engaging Students in Sustainable Behavior Caroline Howe, Yale University '07 Dan Worth, National Association of Environmental Law Societies Emily Biesecker, Yale University '08 University-based Models for Sustainable Food Systems Tom Kelly, University of New Hampshire Kelly Brownell, Yale University Strategies for Institutionalizing Sustainability in Higher Education Julie Newman, Yale University Matt St. Clair, University of California Appropriate and Practical: Setting Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets on Campus Steven Lanou, Massachusetts Institute of Technology John Bollier, Yale University Jennifer Schroeder, Clean Air Cool Planet Tools for Smart Growth and Sustainable Campus Development Rich Miller, University of Connecticut Michael Dietz, University of Connecticut
3:30 – 4:00	Break
4:00 – 5:30	Session II: Concurrent Workshops Building a Business Model for a Climate Neutral Campus Leith Sharp, Harvard University Robert L. Pratt, Henry P. Kendall Foundation Sustainable Development in Higher Education: A Swedish Perspective Fredrik Gröndahl, Swedish Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) Nils Brandt, Swedish Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) College-Community Environmental Sustainability Initiatives: Local and State Partnerships in Pennsylvania Richard Bowden, Allegheny College Donald Brown, Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection Setting the Bar High in Design and Clearing It in Construction Kurt Teichert, Brown University Paul Stoller, Atelier Ten Best Practices in Green Purchasing Services Jacob Park, Green Mountain College Chantal Line Carpentier, Commission for Environmental Cooperation, Montreal John Turenne, Sustainable Food Systems, LLC Corinna Lowe, Green Mountain College '07
6:00 – 7:00	Reception Music by the Bellaventi Trio
7:00 – 9:00	Bistro Style Dinner Catered by the Yale Sustainable Food Project Please note: Reception and dinner are in the President's Room, Woolsey Hall, 2nd Floor, Yale University Campus

Friday, November 3rd

8 am	Continental Breakfast
9:00-10:00	Keynote Address: Climate Change in Institutions of Higher Learning \| Google Video Gus Speth, Dean, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and author of Red Sky at Morning: America and the Crisis of the Global Environment
10:00-10:30	Break
10:30-noon	Session III: Concurrent Workshops Sustaining Environmental Justice On and Around the Campus Eliezer Lee Cruz, Community Foundation for Greater New Haven Vernice Miller-Travis, Groundwork USA Mark Mitchell, Connecticut Coalition for Environmental Justice Colleen Murphy-Dunning, Yale University Energy and Climate Change: Risk and Opportunity Sarah Hammond Creighton, Tufts University William Leahy, Eastern Connecticut State University Does the Faculty Care? Engaging Faculty Across Campus on Sustainability Issues Kim Marsella, Skidmore College Sandra Wachholz, University of Southern Maine Jack Byrne, Middlebury College Recycling and Sustainability: A Practical and Theoretical Pairing Mary Jensen, Keene State College Mark Lennon, Institution Recycling Network Rob Gogan, Harvard University Advancing Sustainability on Campuses: An International Exchange of Experiences Bernd Kasemir, Novatlantis: Sustainability at the ETH Domain, Zurich, Switzerland, and sustainaserv Inc., Boston Keisuke Hanaki, University of Tokyo Leith Sharp, Harvard University
Noon – 1 pm	Buffet Lunch
12:30 pm	Luncheon Presentations Calculating the Carbon Offsets for this Conference Dudley Greeley, University of Southern Maine AASHE: What's in it for You? Judy Walton and Julian Dautremont-Smith, Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education Federal Funding and Legislative Opportunities (PDF) James Elder, Campaign for Environmental Literacy
1:15 – 2:30	Closed Meeting for College and University Administrators: Administering Sustainability on Campus
1:30 – 3:00	Session IV: Concurrent Workshops Building a Credible Carbon Offsets Portfolio Bradford Gentry, Yale University Derek Murrow, Environment Northeast Katherine Hamilton, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies '06 Jim Heath, Ecosecurities The Movement Towards Sustainable Campuses in Canada: Processes and Experiences Melissa Garcia Lamarca, Concordia University Chris Caners, University of Toronto Melanie McDonald, University of Sherbrooke Anjali Helferty, Sierra Youth Coalition Measurement Equals Management: Conducting a Greenhouse Gas Inventory Jenn Schroeder, Clean Air Cool Planet Ryan Levinson, World Resources Institute Sustainability Indicators Working Session Gioia Thompson, University of Vermont Sarah Hammond Creighton, Tufts University
3:15	Plenary Session: Challenges to institutionalizing sustainability on campus Facilitator: Julie Newman, Yale University
4:00	Close