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May 18-20, 2009 Jackson Lake Lodge
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Speakers
Keynote Speaker
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Five
Stages
of Climate Grief in the Northern Rockies
Tuesday,
May 19 - 9:00 am
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Dr. Steven W. Running
University of Montana
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Steven
W. Running is
trained as a
terrestrial ecologist, receiving B.S. (1972) and M.S. (1973) degrees
from Oregon State University, and a Ph.D. (1979) in Forest Ecology from
Colorado State University. He has been with the University of Montana,
Missoula since 1979, where he is a University Regents Professor of
Ecology. His primary research interest is the development of
global and regional ecosystem biogeochemical models by integration of
remote sensing with climatology and terrestrial ecology. He
is a
Team Member for the NASA Earth Observing System, Moderate Resolution
Imaging Spectroradiometer, and he is responsible for the EOS global
terrestrial net primary production and evaporative index datasets. He
has published over 240 scientific articles.
Dr. Running has recently served on the standing Committee for Earth
Studies of the National Research Council and on the federal Interagency
Carbon Cycle Science Committee. He is a Co-Chair of the National Center
for Atmospheric Research Community Climate System Model Land Working
Group, a Member of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Program
Executive Committee, and the World Climate Research Program, Global
Terrestrial Observing System. Dr. Running shared the Nobel Peace Prize
in 2007 as a chapter Lead Author for the 4th Assessment of the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Dr. Running is an elected
Fellow of the American Geophysical Union and is designated a Highly
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Banquet Speaker
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Dan Grossman
Regional Director,
Environmental Defense Fund
Rocky Mountain Office
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Learn how Environmental Defense
has evolved since its founding in 1960s as an environmental litagator
to pioneering the corporate partnership model. EDF does
not enlist companies to enact conservation strategies or grow corporate
philanthropic programs. Instead, their national partnerships are
strategically designed to simultaneously provide business benefits,
produce environmental results and pave the way for transformational
industry change. They recently partnered with the Global Environmental
Management Initiative (GEMI) to release the Guide to Successful Corporate-NGO
Partnerships, a guide to designing, implementing and
measuring the success of business-non-profit collaboration. Dan
Grossman will explain why EDF views the environment as their only
client, and businesses their partners in pursuit of common aims.
Dan Grossman is the Regional
Director for Environmental Defense Fund's Rocky
Mountain Regional
Office in Boulder, Colorado. He joined the organization in May of 2006,
after serving ten years in the Colorado General Assembly.
Dan leads the organization's efforts to protect land, water and wildlife
in the interior West. His work focuses on:
- agricultural policy
- water rights
- endangered species
- habitat conservation.
Background
He served six years in the Colorado House of Representatives, including
two years as House Minority Leader, the youngest person in Colorado
history to serve in that capacity.
Dan also served four years in the Colorado Senate, where he was the
chairman of the Judiciary Committee and vice chairman of the
Agriculture, Natural Resources and Energy Committee. |
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Plenary Panelists:
Response Panel:
Surveying the
Political Landscape re: Climate Change
Tuesday,
May 19 - 10:30 am
(please click on the speaker name for bio) |
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Paul
Cartwright
Energy Advisor to
Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer |
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John Kotek
Principal Partner -
Gallatin Public Affairs
Representing the State of Idaho |
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Laura
Ladd
Energy and
Economics Advisor to Wyoming Governor Dave
Freudenthal |
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Tom
Olliff
Chief
of Science
and
Resource Management for Yellowstone National Park |
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