Please find below the agenda for a high-level conference here a month from now focusing on emerging markets for ecosystem services. We are following the model of our conference last Spring on climate change and the Clean Air Act, co-sponsored that event with the Air Office of EPA. EPA's direct involvement ensured participation from key government officials on panels and in the audience, as well as focusing discussion on policy-relevant questions. The Duke Environmental Law and Policy Forum is co-sponsoring this conference with USDA’s Office of Ecosystem Services and Markets, the first new office in USDA in three decades. This Office is already playing a central role in the discussions over offsets in greenhouse gas trading schemes. An impressive range of experts from academia, industry, NGOs, and government will be attending. Folks on the listserve are more than welcome to come, as well. The conference will also be webcast (I’ll send out the URL as the date approaches).
Conference details and registration links are on the web at: http://www.law.duke.edu/journals/delpf/symposium best regards, -js _____________________________________________________________________________ Next Generation Conservation: The Government's Role in Emerging Ecosystem Service Markets Friday, October 23 8:30 a.m. Registration & Coffee 9:00 a.m. Welcome Patrick Duggan, DELPF Editor and Chief Sally Collins, Director, Office of Ecosystem Services and Markets, U.S. Department of Agriculture 9:15 a.m. PANEL ONE: The Role of Federal Lands Facilitator: Jim Salzman, Samuel F. Mordecai Professor of Law and Nicholas Institute Professor of Environmental Policy, Duke University Law School ● Kit Batten, Science Advisor, Office of the Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior ● Joel Holtrop, Deputy Chief, National Forest System, U.S. Forest Service ● J.B. Ruhl, Matthews & Hawkins Professor of Property, Florida State University College of Law ● George Kelly, Director and Founder, Environmental Banc & Exchange ● Laurie Wayburn, President, Pacific Forest Trust ● John Forgach, Chairman, Equator LLC 10:45 a.m. Coffee break 11:00 a.m. PANEL TWO: Standards Development Facilitator: Tim Profeta, Director, Nicholas Institute of Environmental Policy Solutions ● Sally Collins, Director, Office of Ecosystem Services and Markets, U.S. Department of Agriculture ● Larry Elworth, Agricultural Counselor to the Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency ● Gail Achterman, Institute of Natural Resources, Oregon State University ● David Antonioli, CEO, Voluntary Carbon Standard Association ● Chris Adamo, Legislative Counselor, Office of Senator Debbie Stabenow ● Ken Newcombe, CEO, C-Quest Capital (invited) 12:30 p.m. LUNCH: EPA/USDA Perspectives: ● Robert Bonnie, Senior Advisor to the Secretary for Environment and Climate, U.S. Department of Agriculture. ● David McIntosh, Senior Counsel, Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations, Environmental Protection Agency (invited) 2:00 p.m. PANEL THREE: The Role of Federal Dollars Facilitator: Lydia Olander, Senior Associate Director for Ecosystem Services, Nicholas Institute of Environmental Policy Solutions ● Gia Schneider, Partner, EKO Asset Management Partners ● Adam Davis, President, Solano Partners, Inc ● John Finisdore, Associate, World Resources Institute 3:30 p.m. Coffee Break 3:45 p.m. General Discussion Facilitated by Duke Students 4:15 p.m. Reception Duke's Environmental Law Society invites you to continue discussions during a post-symposium cocktail reception with hors d'oeuvres and drinks. Attendance gives chance for panelists and audience members to interact and further facilitate discussions in a more intimate manner. <>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<> Jim Salzman Samuel Fox Mordecai Professor of Law Nicholas Institute Professor of Environmental Policy Duke University P.O. Box 90360 Durham, NC 27708 tel. (919)613.7185 fax (919)613.7231 <>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>
