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Appendix C

Committee Meeting Agendas
Open Sessions

FIRST COMMITTEE MEETING
September 20, 2011
The Dupont Circle Hotel
1500 New Hampshire Avenue, Washington, DC 20036

10:15 am

Welcome and Introductions

Thomas Graedel, Clifton R. Musser Professor of Industrial Ecology, Yale University; Chair of the National Research Council Committee on Sustainability Linkages in the Federal Government

10:30 am

Charge from Sponsors

Paul Anastas, Assistant Administrator, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Kai Lee, Program Officer, Conservation and Science Program, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation (teleconference)

Thomas Grumbly, Vice President, Civil Government Programs, Lockheed Martin

Carl Shapiro, Senior Economist, U.S. Geological Survey

Andrew Szilagyi, Director, Office of Deactivation and Decommissioning, U.S. Department of Energy

James Leatherwood, Director, Environmental Management Division, National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Ann Bartuska, Deputy Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Margaret Cavanaugh, Deputy Assistant Director for Geosciences, National Science Foundation

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Larry Robinson, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Ellen Williams, Chief Scientist, BP

Marilu Hastings, Program Director, The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation (teleconference)

12:20 pm

General Discussion and Q&A on Sponsor Perspectives

12:40 pm

LUNCH

1:30 pm

State and Local Government Perspective on Sustainability Linkages

David Paylor, Director, Virginia Department of Environmental Quality

Howard Neukrug, Commissioner, City of Philadelphia

2:10 pm

Industry Perspective on Sustainability Linkages

Hank Habicht, Managing Partner, SAIL Capital Partners

Edwin Pinero, Executive Vice President, Veolia Water

North America (teleconference)

2:50 pm

BREAK

3:05 pm

Nongovernmental Perspective on Sustainability Linkages

Rebecca Shaw, Associate Vice President, Environmental Defense Fund

Marty Spitzer, World Wildlife Fund

3:45 pm

National Perspective on Sustainability Linkages

Sally Ericsson, Director, Natural Resource Programs, Office of Management and Budget

Bruce Rodan, Senior Policy Analyst, Office of Science and Technology Policy

4:25 pm

Department of Defense Perspective on Sustainability Linkages

Richard G. Kidd IV, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army, U.S. Department of Defense

4:40 pm

Open Microphone Session: Brief Comments from Interested Parties

Comments will be limited to 5 minutes, if you would like to address the committee please send an email to sustainability@nas.edu

5:15 pm

Open Session Adjourns

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Committee Meeting Agendas Open Sessions." National Research Council. 2013. Sustainability for the Nation: Resource Connections and Governance Linkages. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13471.
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SECOND COMMITTEE MEETING
February 7-8, 2012
Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture
Located near the University of Washington Campus
17th Ave and 45th Street, NE

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

9:00 am

Welcome and Introductions

Marina Moses, Science and Technology for
Sustainability Program, National Academies
Julie Stein, Executive Director, Burke Museum of Natural
History and Culture

9:10 am

Introduction to Linkages of Sustainability
Thomas Graedel, Committee Chair, Yale University

9:30 am

Overview of Sustainability Linkages in Coastal Systems
Josh Baldi, Special Assistant to the Director, Washington
State Department of Ecology

Opportunities and Challenges to Puget Sound as a Coastal System

Moderator: Robert Stephens, President, Multi-State Working Group on
Environmental Performance

10:00 am

Alan Durning, Executive Director and Founder, Sightline Institute

10:15 am

Mike Grady, Transportation Branch Chief and Federal
Green Challenge, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration-NWR representative

10:30 am

BREAK

10:45 am

Billy Frank, Jr., Chairman, Northwest Indian Fisheries
Commission

11:00 am

Michael Rylko, Senior Technical Coordinator, Puget Sound
National Estuary Program, EPA Region 10

11:15 am

Panel Discussion

12:00 pm

LUNCH BREAK

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Energy in the Pacific Northwest

Moderator: Lisa Graumlich, Dean, College of the Environment, University
of Washington

1:15 pm

Chuck Clarke, Chief Executive Officer, Cascade Water Alliance

1:30 pm

Angus Duncan, Founder and President, Bonneville Environmental Foundation

1:45 pm

K.C. Golden, Policy Director, Climate Solutions

2:00 pm

Phil Rockefeller, (Senator, D-Bainbridge Island), Northwest
Power and Conservation Council

2:15 pm

Panel Discussion

3:00 pm

BREAK

The Built Environment, Land Use, and Public Health around Puget Sound

Moderator: Howard Frumkin, Dean, School of Public Health and Professor, University of Washington

3:15 pm

Gene Duvernoy, President, Cascade Land Conservancy

3:30 pm

Gerry O'Keefe, Executive Director, Puget Sound Partnership

3:45 pm

David Fleming, Director and Health Officer, Seattle and
King County

4:00 pm

Panel Discussion

4:45 pm

Open Microphone Session: Brief Comments from Interested Parties

Comments will be limited to 5 minutes, if you would like to address the committee please send an email to sustainability@nas.edu

5:00 pm

Meeting Wrap-up

Thomas Graedel, Committee Chair, Yale University

5:15 pm

Meeting Adjourns

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Committee Meeting Agendas Open Sessions." National Research Council. 2013. Sustainability for the Nation: Resource Connections and Governance Linkages. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13471.
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Wednesday, February 8, 2012

9:00 am

Welcome and Introduction to Linkages of Sustainability
Thomas Graedel, Committee Chair, Yale University

Opportunities and Challenges to the Great Lakes as a Coastal System

Moderator: Rich Moy, Commissioner, US Section of the International
Joint Commission (IJC)

9:15 am

Deborah L. Swackhamer, Professor, School of Public Health and
Co-Director, Water Resources Center, University of Minnesota

9:30 am

James P. Bruce, Co-Chair, Public Interest Advisory Group

9:45 am

Hugh MacIsaac, Professor, Department of Fisheries and Oceans
Invasive Species Research Chair, Director, Canadian Aquatic
Invasive Species Network (CAISN)

10:00 am

Roy Stein, Emeritus Professor, Aquatic Ecology Laboratory and
Department of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology, The
Ohio State University

10:15 am

Panel Discussion

11:00 am

BREAK and Closed Session for Committee Discussion

Land Use, Built Environment, and the Great Lakes Regional Economy

Moderator: Victoria Pebbles, Program Director, Great Lakes Commission

1:00 pm

Jennifer Read, Acting Director, Michigan Seat Grant and
Executive Director, Great Lakes Observing System (via
teleconference)

1:15 pm

Jim LaGro, Department of Regional and Urban Planning,
University of Wisconsin

1:45 pm

Nancy Frank, Associate Professor, School of Architecture and
Urban Planning, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee

2:00 pm

Panel Discussion

2:45 pm

BREAK

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Management and Governance in the Great Lakes Region

Moderator: Dave Naftzger, Executive Director, Council of Great Lakes Governors

3:00 pm

Cameron Davis, Senior Advisor to the Administrator on Great
Lakes, Environmental Protection Agency (via teleconference)

3:15 pm

Dave Naftzger, Executive Director, Council of Great
Lakes Governors

3:30 pm

Victoria Pebbles, Program Director, Great Lakes Commission

3:45 pm

Panel Discussion

4:00 pm

Open Microphone Session: Brief Comments from Interested Parties

Comments will be limited to 5 minutes, if you would like to address the committee please send an email to sustainability@nas.edu

4:45 pm

Meeting Wrap-up
Thomas Graedel, Committee Chair, Yale University

5:00 pm

Open Session Adjourns

THIRD COMMITTEE MEETING
April 11-12, 2012
Courtyard Omaha Downtown/Old Market Area
101 South 10th Street Omaha, NE 68102

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

8:45 am

Welcome and Introductions
Thomas Graedel, Committee Chair, Yale University
Marina Moses, Science and Technology for Sustainability
Program, National Academies

9:00 am

Overview of Sustainability Linkages in Nonurban Systems

Lynn Scarlett, Resources for the Future

Introduction to Sustainability Linkages in the Mojave Region

9:30 am

Introduction to the Mojave Region
Buford Crites, Former Mayor, Palm Desert, CA and
Professor, College of the Desert

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Committee Meeting Agendas Open Sessions." National Research Council. 2013. Sustainability for the Nation: Resource Connections and Governance Linkages. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13471.
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9:45 am

Introduction to Sustainability Linkages in the Mojave Desert
Laura Crane, Director, Renewable Energy Initiative, The
Nature Conservancy

10:00 am

Q&A

10:20 am

BREAK

Interagency Coordination – Desert Managers Group

Moderator: Robert Anex, Professor of Biological Systems, University of
Wisconsin-Madison

10:30 am

Introduction to the Desert Managers Group
Henri Bisson, Senior Advisor for Renewable Energy
Development, Marstel Day, LLC and former Deputy Director
for Operations, U.S. Department of the Interior

10:55 am

Management across agency boundaries—obstacles and opportunities: USMC Perspective
Pat Christman, Director, Western Region Environmental Office, U.S. Marine Corps

11:20 am

Management across agency boundaries – obstacles and opportunities: DOI Perspective
Russell Scofield, Coordinator, Desert Managers Group,
U.S. Department of the Interior

11:55 am

Panel response to questions from the committee
Dennis Schramm, former Superintendent, Mojave National
Preserve, National Park Service (via teleconference)

12:25 pm

LUNCH

Interagency Coordination – Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan (DRECP)

Moderator: Robert Anex, Professor of Biological Systems, University of Wisconsin-Madison

1:25 pm

Overview of the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan (DRECP)
Karen Scarborough, Landscape Architect, Former
Undersecretary of the California Natural Resources Agency

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1:50 pm

Management across agency boundaries – obstacles and opportunities
Wayne Spencer, Lead Scientist and Science Facilitator to
DRECP, Conservation Biology Institute

2:15 pm

Panel response to question from the committee

2:45 pm

BREAK

3:00 pm

Open Microphone Session: Brief Comments from Interested Parties

Comments will be limited to 5 minutes, if you would like to address the committee please send an email to sustainability@nas.edu

3:15 pm

Meeting Wrap-up
Thomas Graedel, Committee Chair, Yale University

3:30 pm

Open Session Adjourns

Thursday, April 12, 2012

8:45 am

Welcome and Introductions
Thomas Graedel, Committee Chair, Yale University
Marina Moses, Science and Technology for Sustainability
Program, National Academies

Introduction to Sustainability Linkages in the Platte River Basin

9:00 am

Introduction to the Platte River Basin—Brief History
David Freeman, Professor Emeritus, Colorado State University

9:35 am

Sustainability Linkages, Complexities, and Uncertainties in the Platte River Basin
Chad Smith, Headwaters Corporation, Director of Natural Resources

10:10 am

BREAK

Resource Linkages and Competing Uses: Integrating Science and Action

Moderator: Lynn Scarlett, Resources for the Future

10:30 am

Adaptive Management as an Integrating Process
Chad Smith, Director of Natural Resources, Headwaters Corporation

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10:55 am

Integrating Science and Action: Fish & Wildlife Service Perspective
Mike Thabault, Assistant Regional Director, Ecological
Services, Mountain-Prairie Region

11:20 am

Panel response to questions from the committee

11:50 am

LUNCH

Interagency Coordination—Platte River Recovery Implementation Program and Governance Committee

Moderator: Lynn Scarlett, Senior Visiting Scholar, Resources for the Future

12:45 pm

Introduction: Platte River Recovery Implementation Program and Governance Committee
Jerry Kenny, President and CEO, Headwaters Corporation;
Executive Director, Platte River Recovery Implementation
Program

1:10 pm

Management across agency boundaries—obstacles and opportunities: Bureau of Reclamation Perspective
Gary Campbell, Deputy Regional Director, Great Plains Regional Office, Bureau of Reclamation

1:35 pm

Management across boundaries – obstacles and opportunities: Water User Perspective
Don Kraus, Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District

2:00 pm

Lessons Learned—A Decade of Evolving Governance
David Freeman, Professor Emeritus, Colorado State University

2:25 pm

Panel responses to questions from the committee

2:55 pm

BREAK

3:05 pm

Open Microphone Session: Brief Comments from Interested Parties

Comments will be limited to 5 minutes, if you would like to address the committee please send an email to sustainability@nas.edu

3:15 pm

Meeting Wrap-up
Thomas Graedel, Committee Chair, Yale University

3:30 pm

Open Session Adjourns

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Committee Meeting Agendas Open Sessions." National Research Council. 2013. Sustainability for the Nation: Resource Connections and Governance Linkages. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13471.
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FOURTH COMMITTEE MEETING
June 11-12, 2012
Arizona State University (ASU) Wrigley Hall
800 S. Cady Mall Tempe, AZ 85287

June 11, 2012

8:30 am

Welcome and Introductions; Discussion of Matrix and Framing Questions*
Thomas Graedel, Committee Chair, Yale University

“Plenary” Session: Urban Sustainability and Linkages

9:00 am

Urban Sustainability: Overview of Key Issues Including Energy
Paulo Ferrao, Professor, Instituto Superior Tecnico,
Technical University of Lisbon

9:30 am

Forging Interagency Linkages on Sustainability
Xavier Briggs, Associate Professor of Sociology and
Urban Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Urban Sustainability and Linkages: Phoenix

10:00 am

Overview of Sustainability Challenges in Phoenix
Dan Childers, Professor, ASU School of Sustainability and Director, Central Arizona-Phoenix LTER

10:30 am

Conservation of Threatened Species and Habitats
Kimberly McCue, Program Director, Conservation of Threatened Species and Habitats, Desert Botanical Garden

11:00 am

Urban Heat Islands and Public Health
Diana Petitti, Professor, ASU’s Department of Biomedical Informatics

11:30 am

Panel Discussion
Moderator: Anna Palmisano, U.S. Department of Energy (retired)

12:00 pm

LUNCH

1:00 pm

Water Resources and Sustainability in Phoenix
Ray Quay, ASU Decision Center for a Desert City and Former Assistant Director, Water Services, City of Phoenix

1:30 pm

Design of the Urban Landscape
Billie Turner, Gilbert F. White Professor of Environment and Society, ASU’s School of Geographical Sciences

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2:00 pm

Overview of Current Sustainability Efforts in Phoenix
Colin Tetreault, Senior Policy Advisor of Sustainability to Mayor Stanton

2:30 pm

Panel Discussion
Moderator: Paulo Ferrao, Professor, Technical University of Lisbon

3:00 pm

Meeting Wrap-up
Thomas Graedel, Committee Chair, Yale University

3:15 pm

Open Session Adjourns

June 12, 2012

7:00 am

Meet in lobby of hotel for field trip to tour Phoenix (led by
Dan Childers and Stevan Earl, ASU)

ASU Wrigley Hall

10:15 am

Welcome and Introductions; Discussion of Matrix and Framing Questions*
Thomas Graedel, Committee Chair, Yale University

Urban Sustainability and Linkages: Philadelphia

10:30 am

Overview of Sustainability Challenges in Philadelphia
Mark Alan Hughes, Distinguished Senior Fellow, University of Pennsylvania

11:00 am

Public Health Issues and Sustainability in Philadelphia
Charles Branas, Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Director of the Cartographic Modeling Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania

11:30 am

Panel Discussion
Moderator: Glen Daigger, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, CH2M HILL

12:00 pm

LUNCH

1:00 pm

Transportation Issues and Sustainability in Philadelphia

Erik Johanson, Strategy and Sustainability Planner,
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority

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1:30 pm

Water Resources and Sustainability in Philadelphia
Christopher Crockett, Director of Planning & Research, Philadelphia Water Department (via teleconference)

2:00 pm

Panel Discussion
Moderator: Deborah Swackhamer, Professor, University of Minnesota

2:30 pm

Meeting Wrap-up
Thomas Graedel, Committee Chair, Yale University

3:00 pm

Open Session Adjourns

*Framing Questions

1.   What are the barriers to linkages, integration and synergy among agencies supporting urban sustainability efforts?

2.   What are positive examples of linkages among agencies that have promoted urban sustainability?

3.   How can the Federal government facilitate improvement in linkages, integration and synergy to promote urban sustainability?

4.   What research, development and demonstration projects are needed to achieve this goal?

FIFTH COMMITTEE MEETING
July 16-19, 2012
J. Erik Jonsson Woods Hole Center
314 Quissett Ave Falmouth, MA 02543

This meeting was closed in its entirely.

SIXTH COMMITTEE MEETING
October 11-12, 2012
Keck Center of the National Academies
500 Fifth St NW Washington, DC 20001

October 11, 2012

9:00 am

Welcome and Introductions
Dr. Thomas Graedel, Committee Chair, Yale University

9:15 am

Forging Interagency Linkages on Sustainability: Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Perspective
David Kaufman, Director, Office of Policy and Program Analysis, Federal Emergency Management Agency

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9:45 am

Forging Interagency Linkages on Sustainability: Department of Energy’s Perspective
Mark Gilbertson, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Site Restoration, Office of Environmental Management, U.S. Department of Energy

10:15 am

BREAK

10:30 am

Public Administration Perspectives on Forging Interagency Linkages on Sustainability
DeWitt John, Thomas F. Shannon Distinguished Lecturer in Environmental Studies, Bowdoin College

11:00 am

Collaborative Governance and Sustainability
Kirk Emerson, Professor of Practice in Collaborative
Governance, University of Arizona

11:30 am

Open Microphone Session: Brief Comments from Interested Parties

Comments will be limited to 5 minutes, if you would like to address the committee please send an email to sustainability@nas.edu

12:20 pm

Meeting Wrap-up
Thomas Graedel, Committee Chair, Yale University

12:30 pm

Open Session Adjourns

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A "sustainable society," according to one definition, "is one that can persist over generations; one that is far-seeing enough, flexible enough, and wise enough not to undermine either its physical or its social system of support." As the government sector works hard to ensure sufficient fresh water, food, energy, housing, health, and education for the nation without limiting resources for the future generations, it's clear that there is no sufficient organization to deal with sustainability issues. Each federal agency appears to have a single mandate or a single area of expertise making it difficult to tackle issues such as managing the ecosystem. Key resource domains, which include water, land, energy, and nonrenewable resources, for example, are nearly-completely connected yet different agencies exist to address only one aspect of these domains.

The legendary ecologist John Muir wrote in 1911 that "when we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe." Thus, in order for the nation to be successful in sustaining its resources, "linkages" will need to be built among federal, state, and local governments; nongovernmental organizations (NGOs); and the private sector. The National Research Council (NRC) was asked by several federal agencies, foundations, and the private sector to provide guidance to the federal government on issues related to sustainability linkages. The NRC assigned the task to as committee with a wide range of expertise in government, academia, and business. The committee held public fact-finding meetings to hear from agencies and stakeholder groups; examined sustainability management examples; conducted extensive literature reviews; and more to address the issue. Sustainability for the Nation: Resource Connection and Governance Linkages is the committee's report on the issue.

The report includes insight into high-priority areas for governance linkages, the challenges of managing connected systems, impediments to successful government linkages, and more. The report also features examples of government linkages which include Adaptive Management on the Platte River, Philadelphia's Green Stormwater Infrastructure, and Managing Land Use in the Mojave.

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