2012 Climate Leadership Summit

Agenda

Thursday, June 21, 2012

The Registration and Welcome Dinner will take place in the Katzen Arts Center:
4400 Massachusetts Ave, Washington, DC, 20016
4:00pm Registration opens
5:00pm Welcome Reception hosted by Bon Appetit
6:00pm Launch of the ACUPCC Five-Year Report:
Celebrating Five Years of Climate Leadership | The Progress and Promise of the American College & University Presidents' Climate Commitment
6:30 Welcome to the ACUPCC Climate Leadership Summit hosted by American University

• David Hales - Chair of the Board, Second Nature; President Emeritus, College of the Atlantic
• Neil Kerwin - President, American University

6:45pm Keynote Address:
Dianne Dillon-Ridgley
7:15pm Gala Awards Dinner
Friday, June 22, 2012

All events will take place in the Mary Graydon Center
7:00 - 10:00am Registration
7:30am Networking Breakfast
8:15am Visionary Leadership Award Presentation and Address
Recipient: David Orr, Paul Sears Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies and Politics and Special Assistant to the President of Oberlin College
Introduction: Marvin Krislov - President, Oberlin College
9:00am Working Session I: World Cafe
Facilitator: Mitchell Thomashow, Director, Presidential Fellows Program, Second Nature and President Emeritus, Unity College

The purpose of the session is to inspire an open-ended conversation regarding the main themes of the conference, organized around three converging areas of interest: preparedness, opportunity, and innovation.
10:30am Break
11:00am Working Session II: Strategies for Federal Investment and Academic Integration of Sustainability
Facilitator: Mitchell Thomashow, Director, Presidential Fellows Program, Second Nature and President Emeritus, Unity College

Guided group dialogue on how to catalyze presidential leadership to implement the recommendations of reports reflecting the year-long work of ACUPCC committees to provide strategic guidance and prospects for incorporating sustainability with federal investment, national educational leadership, and campus-wide academic integration.
11:05am Higher Education and Energy: Opportunities for National Leadership
Liz Clark, Director, Congressional Relations, NACUBO
11:45am Strategy for Advancing Sustainability in Higher Education
Debera Johnson, Academic Director of Sustainability, Pratt Institute and Roy Koch, Provost, Portland State University
12:30pm Luncheon
1:00pm Panel Discussion: Uniting Higher Education and Communities for a Sustainable Future
Moderator: Neil Kerwin, President, American University
Panelists: Peter Bardaglio – Senior Fellow, Second Nature, Tompkins County Climate Protection Initiative; John Childers – President and CEO, Consortium of Universities (Washington, DC); Savante Myrick – Mayor, Ithaca, NY

The Panelists will address the question of how do we amplify and expand exemplary community development partnerships that advance sustainability by engaging higher education, business, and government?
2:15pm Working Session III

Participants will discuss how to implement the next stage of higher education presidential leadership to advance climate action planning, sustainability, and economic vitality. Breaking into small groups linked to the key themes of the conference – opportunity, innovation, and preparation – participants will discuss the following questions:
1) What should the ACUPCC do in the next five years around this theme?
2) What is the role of senior leadership in ensuring real impact?
3) How do we maximize the effectiveness, stature and reach of the ACUPCC while accomplishing these objectives?
4) What steps will you take on your individual campus to advance these goals?
3:45 Closing