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Thursday, December 1

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

Session/Time 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

Session/Time 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