Friday, October 20, 2006
9:00 am – 4:00 pm
American Museum of Natural History 

8:30 am            
Registration
Please use the Museum's 77th Street entrance, between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue
Plenary Session
Kaufmann Theater

9:00 am            
Welcome
Eleanor Sterling, Director, Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of Natural History (AMNH)
Eugenia Flatow, Chair, New York City Soil and Water Conservation District

9:10 am            
Introduction
Elizabeth Johnson, Metropolitan Biodiversity Program Manager, Center for Biodiversity and Conservation,
American Museum of Natural History

9:20 am
Keynote Address: A Global Perspective on Sustainability
Charles McNeill, Environment Programme Team Manager and Biodiversity Conservation and Poverty Reduction
Advisor, United Nations Development Programme

9:50 am
Keynote Address: A Regional Perspective on Sustainability
Al Appleton, Senior Fellow, Regional Plan Association

10:20 –  10:40 am
Coffee Break          

10:45 am – 12:10 pm      
Discussion Session I         (select one of three concurrent sessions)

EDUCATION
Chanda Bennett (Moderator)  Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, AMNH
Jaimie Cloud  Executive Director, Cloud Institute for Sustainability Education 
Mary Leou Director, Wallerstein Collaborative, New York University
Anne-Marie Runfola Education Coordinator, Bronx River Alliance
Betsy Ukeritis  Environmental Educator, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Region 2
Meg Domroese (Rapporteur)   Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, AMNH
 
ARCHITECTURE AND GREEN CITYSCAPE
Luis Martinez (Moderator)   Energy Attorney, Natural Resources Defense Council
Chris Benedict  Architect, Chris Benedict, R.A.
John Krieble  New York City Department of Design and Construction
Amy Lesen Assistant Professor of Biology, Department of Math and Science, Pratt Institute
Paul Mankiewicz  Executive Director, The Gaia Institute
Jennifer Stenzel (Rapporteur)     

Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, AMNH
   
FOOD SYSTEMS
Judith LaBelle (Moderator)   Executive Director, Glynwood Center
Hilary Baum Director, New York City Food Systems Network
Elizabeth Lauck Assistant Director, Marine Program, Wildlife Conservation Society
Paula Lukats  Manager, CSA in NYC Program, Just Food
Terry Dickert (Rapporteur) Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, AMNH
 
12:15 – 2:00   
Lunch Break 

2:00 – 3:20 pm
DISCUSSION FORUM II        (select one of three concurrent sessions)

   
CONSUMER CHOICE
Tara DePorte (Moderator)   Program Director, Lower East Side Ecology Center
Paul McRandle Senior Research Editor, The Green Guide
Harriet Taub Executive Director, Materials for the Arts
Rabi Kieber Sustainability Coordinator, Environmental Protection Agency, Region 2 
Erin McCreless (Rapporteur) Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, AMNH
   
TRANSPORTATION
Hilary Kitasei (Moderator)   Writer and advocate for integrated and open-space planning
Brent Baker C.E.O., Tri-State Biodiesel
George Haikalis  President, Institute for Rational Urban Mobility
Thomas Abdallah Chief Environmental Engineer, New York City Transit 
Carter Craft Director, Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance
Joanna Underwood Underwood Energy Associates
Anne Carpenter (Rapporteur) NYC Soil and Water Conservation District
   
NATURAL SYSTEMS
Ellen Pehek (Moderator)  Wildlife Biologist, Natural Resources Group, NYC Parks and Recreation
James Gilmore 
Regional Natural Resources Supervisor,
     New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Michael Klemens   Director, Metropolitan Conservation Alliance, Wildlife Conservation Society
Don Riepe Director, Northeast Region, American Littoral Society
Carolyn Summers  Ecologist/Landscape Architect, Metro Forest Council
Felicity Arengo (Rapporteur) Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, AMNH

3:30 pm
AFTERNOON Keynote Address:
The Willow School: If Education is the Solution, What is the Problem? — Changing the Model
Mark Biedron, Co-Founder/Trustee, The Willow School

4:00 pm
CLOSING REMARKS
Shino Tanikawa, District Manager, New York City Soil and Water Conservation District
Eugenia Flatow, Chair, New York City Soil and Water Conservation District

4:15 – 6:30 pm
RECEPTION
Astor Turret, Fourth Floor