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Thursday, December 1

James L Allen Center, 2169 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208

	Climate & Energy Transition Track	Resilient Communities Track
8:00am	Registration & Breakfast
9:00am	Welcome & Opening Plenary* Julio M. Ottino, Dean, McCormick School of Engineering, Northwestern University Tim Stojka (McC '89), Founder, Agentis
Session 1 10:00am	Lessons from Effective Public Engagement for Climate Action Beth Baranski, League of Women Voters in Jo Daviess County Bonnie Cox, League of Women Voters in Jo Daviess County Michael Kennedy, Dept. of Neurobiology; Science in Society Michael Metzger, The Block Museum	Promise or Fallacy: The Future of Autonomous Mobility Kristian Hammond, Dept. of Computer Science Qi Zhu, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Session 2 11:00am	Northwestern Perspectives from COP27 Diana Elhard, Dept. of Political Science Taylor Nchako, Pritzker School of Law Niloufar Sarvian, Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences	Synthetic Biology and Circular BioEconomy Michael Koepke, LanzaTech Amy Rosenzweig, Depts. of Chemistry; Molecular Biosciences Danielle Tullman-Ercek, Dept. of Chemical and Biological Engineering
12:00pm	Lunch Break
Session 3 1:30pm	Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is: ESG, Divestment, and Fiduciary Responsibility Amy Falls, Northwestern University Investment Office Max Schanzenbach, Pritzker School of Law Aaron Yoon, Dept. of Accounting Information & Management
Session 4 2:30pm	Regenerative Agriculture and Climate Megan Baskerville, The Nature Conservancy Allison Miller, Danforth Plant Science Center; Saint Louis University Tyler Strom, Illinois Agri-Food Alliance Nyree Zerega, Chicago Botanic Garden; Plant Biology and Conservation Program	Envisioning Resilient and Sustainable Infrastructure Tracy Farrell, International Union for Conservation of Nature Stacy Mahler, Siemens Alessandro Rotta Loria, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering Amanda Stathopoulos, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Session 5 3:30pm	Beyond Neutrality: Jumpstarting the Carbon Negative Economy Grace Andrews, Vesta, PBC Wil Burns, Environmental Policy and Culture Program Sam Schiller, Carbon Yield Ted Sargent, Dept. of Chemistry	Plastics, Plastics, Everywhere Mohamed Bouguettaya, BASF Julia Kalow, Dept. of Chemistry Mark Stumpf, Alliance to End Plastic Waste John Torkelson, Dept. of Chemical and Biological Engineering
4:30pm	Closing Plenary - Dean Fireside* Adrian Randolph, Dean, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Northwestern University Brad Sageman, ISEN Co-Director, MSES Academic Director, Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University
5:00pm	Reception

Friday, December 2

James L Allen Center, 2169 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208

	Climate & Energy Transition Track	Resilient Communities Track
8:00am	Registration & Breakfast
9:00am	Welcome & Opening Plenary* Hari M. Osofsky, Dean, Pritzker School of Law, Northwestern University Paul Marushka (LAW '96), Sphera
Session 6 10:00am	Major Questions and the Administrative State: The Future of U.S. Climate Regulation Michael Barsa, Pritzker School of Law Michael Panfil, Environmental Defense Fund Robert Weinstock, Environmental Advocacy Center; Pritzker School of Law	Climate Modeling and Public Health Daniel Horton, Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences Abel Kho, Feinberg School of Medicine Raed Mansour, Chicago Department of Public Health
Session 7 11:00am	Hot Potato - Who Holds the Climate Liability Bag? Nesha Abiraj, Stop Ecocide International Michael Barsa, Pritzker School of Law Ian Hurd, Dept. of Political Science	PFAS, Emerging Contaminants, and Trace Organics Remediation Dean Alonistiotis, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD) William Dichtel, Dept. of Chemistry Angel Gebeau, U.S. West Water, AECOM Aaron Packman, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Mechanical Engineering
12:00pm	Midday Plenary - Dean Fireside* Charles Whitaker, Dean, Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Communications, Northwestern University Gabrielle Levy (Medill '11), Climate Nexus
12:30pm	Lunch Break
Session 8 1:30pm	Critical Minerals for the Clean Energy Economy Amy Falls, Northwestern University Investment Office Max Schanzenbach, Pritzker School of Law Aaron Yoon, Dept. of Accounting Information & Management	Climate Migration of People Julia Behrman, Dept. of Sociology Annelise Riles, Buffett Institute for Global Studies Juliet Sorensen, Pritzker School of Law
Session 9 2:30pm	The Evolving Hydrogen Economy Sossina Haile, Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering Di-Jia Liu, Argonne National Laboratory Uuganbayar Otgonbaatar, Constellation Randall Snurr, Dept. of Chemical and Biological Engineering	Science Communication, Misinformation, and Climate Yarrow Axford, Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences Erik Nisbet, Dept. of Communication Studies David Rapp, Dept. of Psychology; Learning Sciences (SESP)
3:30pm	Concluding Remarks