Tuesday, March 3, 2009 (8:30am – 5:00pm)
8:30am – 9:00am BREAKFAST – Entrance to FW Olin Life Sciences Building
9:00am – 9:05am OPENING COMMENTS
Gordon L. Nelson (Dean, College of Science, Florida Tech)
9:00am – 10:30pm CLIMATE CHANGE & ADAPTATION - Auditorium, FW Olin Life Sciences Building
(1) Mark B. Bush (Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida Tech)
Abrupt Climate Change & History
(2) Robert van Woesik (Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida Tech)
Influences of Sunlight, Warming & Disease on Corals
(3) Rich Aronson (Department Head, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida Tech)
Response of Coral Reefs to Climate Change
10:30am – 10:45am SESSION BREAK – Entrance to FW Olin Life Sciences Building
10:45am – 12:15pm
(4) Randy Parkinson (Consultant, Brevard County Climate Change Group, Melbourne, FL)
Sea Level Change
(5) Joe Dwyer (Professor, Department of Physics & Space Sciences, Florida Tech)
Lightning Intensity
(6) Steven Lazarus (Associate Professor, Dept of Marine & Environmental Systems, Florida Tech)
Predicting Climate in Florida
12:15pm – 1:45pm BANQUET LUNCH & KEYNOTE SPEAKER – Denius Student Center, Hartley Room
(7) David Nolan (Associate Professor, Division of Meteorology & Physical Oceanography, Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science, University of Miami , Miami, FL)
Predictions of Frequency & Intensity of Hurricanes
1:45pm – 3:15pm TOURISM & ECONOMICS - Auditorium, FW Olin Life Sciences Building
(8) Ken Lindeman (Executive Director, Coastal Science & Policy Inc, Satellite Beach, FL)
Sustainable Tourism Criteria: Theory and Practice in the Northwest Caribbean
(9) Mike Slotkin (Associate Professor, College of Business, Florida Tech)
Alex Vamosi (Associate Dean, Academic Affairs; Associate Professor, College of Business, Florida Tech)
Surf Tourism & Surf Economics
(10) Chad Nelsen (Environmental Director, Surfrider Foundation, San Clemente, CA; Doctoral Candidate, Environmental Science & Engineering, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA)
Pratte’s Reef Requiem & The Lessons for Sustainability
3:15pm – 3:30pm SESSION BREAK – Entrance to FW Olin Life Sciences Building
3:30pm – 5:00pm
(11) Paul Cosentino (Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Florida Tech)
New Economic Possibilities for Florida’s Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement
(12) Janos Szlávik (Professor, Budapest University of Technology & Economics, Budapest, Hungary)
Miklos Füle (Associate Professor, Budapest University of Technology & Economics, Budapest, Hungary)
Plenary - Economic Consequences of Climate Change
(13) Isabella Bunn (The Robert L. Long Professor of Ethics at the College of Business, Florida Tech)
The United Nations & Climate Change: Legal & Policy Developments
Wednesday, March 4, 2009 (7:45am – 5:30pm)
7:45am – 8:15am BREAKFAST – Entrance to FW Olin Life Sciences Building
8:15am – 10:15pm SUSTAINABILITY, TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION - Auditorium, FW Olin Life Sciences Building
(14) Imre Hronszky (Professor, Budapest University of Technology & Economics, Budapest, Hungary)
Assessing & Managing Emerging Sciences & Technologies
(15) Gerhard Banse (Senior Scientist, Institute for Technology Assessment (ITAS) at the Research Center, Karlsruhe, Germany)
Technology Assessment & Sustainable Development: Information Society & Eastern Europe
(16) Fan Chunliang (Professor, Institute of Policy & Management, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China)
China’s Technology Policies Related To A Sustainable Environment
(17) Medardo Tapia Uribe (Research Scientist, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico)
Sustainability in Mexico
10:15am – 10:30am SESSION BREAK – Entrance to FW Olin Life Sciences Building
10:30am – 12:30pm SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES: HOW CLIMATE CHANGE WILL IMPACT HOW WE GROW IN FLORIDA - Auditorium, FW Olin Life Sciences Building
Introduction & Directive Comments – Sue Carlson (Brevard County Commissioner 1998 – 2006)
(18) Phil Laurien (Executive Director, East Central Florida Regional Planning Council, Maitland, FL)
Natural Resources of Regional Significance: Sustaining Regional Development by Connecting Green Space
(19) Pierce Jones (Director, Program for Resource Efficient Communities, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL)
Resource Efficient Communities
(20) Rob Fontaine (Owner, Electric Avenue of Central Florida, Melbourne, FL)
Green Building Design & Manufacture of Electric Vehicles
(21) Cliff Bragdon (Dean, University College, Florida Tech)
Resilient Communities
(22) Craig Connors (Sr VP for Business Development, The Pugilese Company & Destiny Florida)
Roz Gatewood (VP for Business Development, The Pugilese Company & Destiny Florida)
Destiny, Florida: America's First Eco-Sustainable City
12:30pm – 2:00pm BANQUET LUNCH & KEYNOTE SPEAKER – Denius Student Center, Hartley Room
Anthony J. Catanese (President, Florida Tech)
(23) Mike Sole (Secretary, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Tallahassee, FL)
Energy & Climate Change
2:00pm – 5:15pm RENEWABLE (SUSTAINABLE) ENERGY - Auditorium, FW Olin Life Sciences Building
Introduction & Directive Comments – Frank Leslie
(24) Frank Leslie (Adjunct Prof, Dept of Marine & Environmental Systems, Florida Tech)
Florida’s Approach to 20% Renewable Energy Transition
(25) Frank Jackalone (Senior Field Rep in FL, Sierra Club, Tampa, FL)
Energy Solutions
(26) Lawrence Maxwell (VP, Florida American Institute of Architects (AIA), Tallahassee, FL)
Building Efficiency and Sustainable Design
(27) Bill Young (Senior Research Engineer, Florida Solar Energy Center, Cocoa, FL)
Emergency Power for Critical Home Items
(28) Charles Whalen (Publicity Director, Florida Electric Auto Assn, Tallahassee, FL)
Electric Cars Used In Florida
(29) Fran Sullivan-Fahs (Prius PHEV Owner, Florida Electric Auto Assn, Tallahassee, FL)
Third Party Conversion to Production Vehicles/Plug-In Hybrid Vehicles
(30) George Maul (Dept Head, Department of Marine & Environmental Systems, Florida Tech)
The “Green Ship” – Conservation at Sea
5:15pm CONFERENCE CONCLUSION
Gordon L. Nelson (Dean, College of Science, Florida Tech)