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 |
• 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) |
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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 |
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 |
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9:00 am |
Welcome and Introductions Marina Moses, Science and Technology for |
9:10 am |
Introduction to Linkages of Sustainability |
9:30 am |
Overview of Sustainability Linkages in Coastal Systems |
Opportunities and Challenges to Puget Sound as a Coastal System |
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Moderator: Robert Stephens, President, Multi-State Working Group on |
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10:00 am |
Alan Durning, Executive Director and Founder, Sightline Institute |
10:15 am |
Mike Grady, Transportation Branch Chief and Federal |
10:30 am |
BREAK |
10:45 am |
Billy Frank, Jr., Chairman, Northwest Indian Fisheries |
11:00 am |
Michael Rylko, Senior Technical Coordinator, Puget Sound |
11:15 am |
Panel Discussion |
12:00 pm |
LUNCH BREAK |
Energy in the Pacific Northwest |
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Moderator: Lisa Graumlich, Dean, College of the Environment, University |
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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 |
2:15 pm |
Panel Discussion |
3:00 pm |
BREAK |
The Built Environment, Land Use, and Public Health around Puget Sound |
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Moderator: Howard Frumkin, Dean, School of Public Health and Professor, University of Washington |
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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 |
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 |
Wednesday, February 8, 2012 |
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9:00 am |
Welcome and Introduction to Linkages of Sustainability |
Opportunities and Challenges to the Great Lakes as a Coastal System |
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Moderator: Rich Moy, Commissioner, US Section of the International |
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9:15 am |
Deborah L. Swackhamer, Professor, School of Public Health and |
9:30 am |
James P. Bruce, Co-Chair, Public Interest Advisory Group |
9:45 am |
Hugh MacIsaac, Professor, Department of Fisheries and Oceans |
10:00 am |
Roy Stein, Emeritus Professor, Aquatic Ecology Laboratory and |
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 |
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Moderator: Victoria Pebbles, Program Director, Great Lakes Commission |
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1:00 pm |
Jennifer Read, Acting Director, Michigan Seat Grant and |
1:15 pm |
Jim LaGro, Department of Regional and Urban Planning, |
1:45 pm |
Nancy Frank, Associate Professor, School of Architecture and |
2:00 pm |
Panel Discussion |
2:45 pm |
BREAK |
Management and Governance in the Great Lakes Region |
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Moderator: Dave Naftzger, Executive Director, Council of Great Lakes Governors |
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3:00 pm |
Cameron Davis, Senior Advisor to the Administrator on Great |
3:15 pm |
Dave Naftzger, Executive Director, Council of Great |
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 |
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 |
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8:45 am |
Welcome and Introductions |
9:00 am |
Overview of Sustainability Linkages in Nonurban Systems Lynn Scarlett, Resources for the Future |
Introduction to Sustainability Linkages in the Mojave Region |
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9:30 am |
Introduction to the Mojave Region |
9:45 am |
Introduction to Sustainability Linkages in the Mojave Desert |
10:00 am |
Q&A |
10:20 am |
BREAK |
Interagency Coordination – Desert Managers Group |
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Moderator: Robert Anex, Professor of Biological Systems, University of |
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10:30 am |
Introduction to the Desert Managers Group |
10:55 am |
Management across agency boundaries—obstacles and opportunities: USMC Perspective |
11:20 am |
Management across agency boundaries – obstacles and opportunities: DOI Perspective |
11:55 am |
Panel response to questions from the committee |
12:25 pm |
LUNCH |
Interagency Coordination – Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan (DRECP) |
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Moderator: Robert Anex, Professor of Biological Systems, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
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1:25 pm |
Overview of the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan (DRECP) |
1:50 pm |
Management across agency boundaries – obstacles and opportunities |
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 |
3:30 pm |
Open Session Adjourns |
Thursday, April 12, 2012 |
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8:45 am |
Welcome and Introductions |
Introduction to Sustainability Linkages in the Platte River Basin |
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9:00 am |
Introduction to the Platte River Basin—Brief History |
9:35 am |
Sustainability Linkages, Complexities, and Uncertainties in the Platte River Basin |
10:10 am |
BREAK |
Resource Linkages and Competing Uses: Integrating Science and Action |
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Moderator: Lynn Scarlett, Resources for the Future |
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10:30 am |
Adaptive Management as an Integrating Process |
10:55 am |
Integrating Science and Action: Fish & Wildlife Service Perspective |
11:20 am |
Panel response to questions from the committee |
11:50 am |
LUNCH |
Interagency Coordination—Platte River Recovery Implementation Program and Governance Committee |
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Moderator: Lynn Scarlett, Senior Visiting Scholar, Resources for the Future |
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12:45 pm |
Introduction: Platte River Recovery Implementation Program and Governance Committee |
1:10 pm |
Management across agency boundaries—obstacles and opportunities: Bureau of Reclamation Perspective |
1:35 pm |
Management across boundaries – obstacles and opportunities: Water User Perspective |
2:00 pm |
Lessons Learned—A Decade of Evolving Governance |
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 |
3:30 pm |
Open Session Adjourns |
FOURTH COMMITTEE MEETING
June 11-12, 2012
Arizona State University (ASU) Wrigley Hall
800 S. Cady Mall Tempe, AZ 85287
June 11, 2012 |
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8:30 am |
Welcome and Introductions; Discussion of Matrix and Framing Questions* |
“Plenary” Session: Urban Sustainability and Linkages |
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9:00 am |
Urban Sustainability: Overview of Key Issues Including Energy |
9:30 am |
Forging Interagency Linkages on Sustainability |
Urban Sustainability and Linkages: Phoenix |
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10:00 am |
Overview of Sustainability Challenges in Phoenix |
10:30 am |
Conservation of Threatened Species and Habitats |
11:00 am |
Urban Heat Islands and Public Health |
11:30 am |
Panel Discussion |
12:00 pm |
LUNCH |
1:00 pm |
Water Resources and Sustainability in Phoenix |
1:30 pm |
Design of the Urban Landscape |
2:00 pm |
Overview of Current Sustainability Efforts in Phoenix |
2:30 pm |
Panel Discussion |
3:00 pm |
Meeting Wrap-up |
3:15 pm |
Open Session Adjourns |
June 12, 2012 |
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7:00 am |
Meet in lobby of hotel for field trip to tour Phoenix (led by |
ASU Wrigley Hall |
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10:15 am |
Welcome and Introductions; Discussion of Matrix and Framing Questions* |
Urban Sustainability and Linkages: Philadelphia |
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10:30 am |
Overview of Sustainability Challenges in Philadelphia |
11:00 am |
Public Health Issues and Sustainability in Philadelphia |
11:30 am |
Panel Discussion |
12:00 pm |
LUNCH |
1:00 pm |
Transportation Issues and Sustainability in Philadelphia Erik Johanson, Strategy and Sustainability Planner, |
1:30 pm |
Water Resources and Sustainability in Philadelphia |
2:00 pm |
Panel Discussion |
2:30 pm |
Meeting Wrap-up |
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 |
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9:00 am |
Welcome and Introductions |
9:15 am |
Forging Interagency Linkages on Sustainability: Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Perspective |
9:45 am |
Forging Interagency Linkages on Sustainability: Department of Energy’s Perspective |
10:15 am |
BREAK |
10:30 am |
Public Administration Perspectives on Forging Interagency Linkages on Sustainability |
11:00 am |
Collaborative Governance and Sustainability |
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 |
12:30 pm |
Open Session Adjourns |