March 11^th Agenda

9:00 – 9:30 a.m. Registration

9:30 – 9:40 a.m. Welcome

9:40 – 9:50 a.m. Mission and Goals                     

9:50 – 10:30 a.m. Opening Speech

10:30 - 10:45 a.m. Coffee Break

10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Voices for Change Panel

·             David Beers, Founding Editor, The Tyee

·             Kathryn Harrison, Professor, Department of Political Science

·             Hadi Dowlatabadi, Professor, Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability (IRES)

·             Emmanuel Prinet, Executive Director, One Earth Initiative

·             Candis Callison, Professor, School of Journalism

·             Bill Rees, Professor, School of Community and Regional Planning(Moderator)

12:15 – 12:45 p.m. Lunch Break

12:45 – 2:15 p.m. Sustainability Education Panel

·             Jean Marcus, Project Manager, Advisory Committee on Academic Programs on Sustainability

·             Kai Chan, Professor, Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability (IRES)

·             Alexandre Hebert, Sustainability and Energy Manager, British Columbia Institute of Technology

·             Tom Sullivan, Professor, Faculty of Land and Food Systems

·             Nicholas Coop, Professor & Co-chair, UBC Sustainability Academic Program (Moderator)

2:15 – 2:30 p.m. Coffee Break

2:30 – 4:00 p.m. Closing Keynote

Peter Victor, Managing without Growth: Slower by Design, Not Disaster