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2007 SUMMER POLICY COLLOQUIUM
Agenda
Washington Court Hotel
525 New Jersey Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20001
NOTE: ALL SESSIONS ARE IN THE MONTPELIER ROOM
ALL BREAKFASTS AND LUNCHES ARE IN THE
MADISON ROOM. CHECK SCHEDULE FOR LOCATION OF
EVENING EVENTS
SUNDAY, JUNE 3
5:30 pm-7:00 pm Cocktail Buffet Reception (Atrium)
7:00 pm-9:00 pm Welcome/Introductions/Colloquium Overview
Rick Anthes, President, AMS
Keith Seitter, Executive Director, AMS
Bill Hooke, Director, AMS Policy Program
MONDAY, JUNE 4
7:30 am-8:00 am Continental Breakfast
8:00 am-10:00 am Policy Fundamentals
Policy Overview
Toby Smith, Senior Federal Relations Officer,
Association of American Universities
10:00 am-10:30 am Break
10:30 am-11:45 pm Policy Fundamentals (Continued)
2. The Federal Budget Process
Kei Koizumi, Director, R&D Budget and Policy Program, AAAS
11:45 pm-12:30 pm Lunch
12:30 pm leave for Russell Senate Office Building Room SR253
1:00 pm-4:30 pm Capitol Hill Visit (Senate)
1:00 pm-1:45 pm
Scott Gudes, Chief of Staff, Senate Committee on the Budget
2:00-3:00
Paul Higgins, Senior Policy Fellow, AMS
3:00 pm-3:15 pm Break
3:15 pm-4:00 pm
Jonathan Black, Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
4:00 pm return to Washington Court (depending upon the weather, may
stop for a group photograph)
TUESDAY, JUNE 5
7:30 am-8:15 am Continental Breakfast
8:15 am-9:45 am Policy Fundamentals
3. The White House
Sarah Horrigan, Office of Management and Budget
9:45 am-10:00 am Break
10:00 am-11:00 am Scientists and Ethics
David Verardo, National Science Foundation
11:00 am-12:00 pm 3. The White House continued
Gene Whitney, Assistant Director, Environment, OSTP
12:00 pm-1:15 pm Lunch
1:30 pm leave for House of Representatives, Rayburn 2325
2:00 pm-3:00 pm Capitol Hill visit (House Science Committee)
Chuck Atkins, Chief of Majority Staff, House Science
Committee
Janet Poppleton, Chief of Staff (minority)
House Committee on Science and Technology
House of Representatives continued (move to Rayburn 2322)
3:00 pm-4:30 pm Congressional Science Fellows
James Bradbury, AMS-UCAR Congressional Science
Fellow, on staff for Congressman Jay Inslee
(D-WA)
Allyson Anderson, AGI Congressional Science fellow,
Environment and Natural Resources
Jonna Hamilton, on staff for Senator Richard Durbin,
(D-IL)
4:30 pm return to Washington Court (may stop for group photo on the
return)
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6
7:30 am-8:00 am Continental Breakfast
8:00 am-9:30 am Case Study 1. The National Assessment
Michael MacCracken, The Climate Institute
9:30 am-10:00 am Break
10:00 am-11:30 am Case Study 1. The National Assessment (continued)
Lynne Carter, Regional Liaison
Mike Slimak, Associate Director EPA
12:00 pm-1:00 pm Lunch
1:00 pm-2:00 pm Participant Group Exercise: The Next National Assessment
Introduction
Michael MacCracken
2:00 pm-3:15 pm Participant Group Exercise (Continued) Initial Discussions
3:15 pm-3:30 pm Break
3:30 pm-6:00 pm Participant Group Exercise (Continued) Preparation
6:30 pm-8:30 pm Dinner - followed by special presentation (Springwood)
Chris Mooney, author
THURSDAY, JUNE 7
7:30 am-8:00 am Continental Breakfast
8:00 am-10:00 am Policy fundamentals: the role of the media
Chris Mooney, author
Matthew Nisbet, American University
10:00 am-10:30 am Break
10:30 am-12:00 pm Policy fundamentals: the role of the media continued
Vincent Kiernan, Assistant Dean, Georgetown’s School of Continuing Studies
12:00 pm-1:00 pm Lunch
1:00 pm-3:30 pm What’s hot in climate?
Dr. Robert W. Corell Program Director, Global Change The H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics, and the Environment
3:30 pm-3:45 pm Break
3:45 pm-5:00 pm The Chicago Heat Wave of 1995: a Preview for a Warmer
World?
Dr. Eric Klinenberg, Associate Professor of Sociology
New York University
FRIDAY, JUNE 8
7:30 am-8:00 am Continental Breakfast
8:00 am-9:20 am Participant exercise (small groups continued)
9:20 am-12:00 pm Personal Perspectives on Executive Leadership
9:20 am-10:40 am Dr. George M. Gray, EPA Assistant Administrator for Research
and Development
10:40 am-11:00 am Break
11:00 am-12:20 pm Participant exercise (small groups continued)
12:30 pm-1:30 pm Lunch
1:30 pm-3:00 pm Participant Exercise (second session). Group approaches
To the Next National Assessment
3:00 pm-3:20 pm Break
3:20 pm-5:20 pm Participant Exercise; Group approaches to the Next National
Assessment (second session continued).
The Experts Respond
SATURDAY, JUNE 9
8:30 am Shuttle Pick-up at Washington Court
9:00 am-10:45 am Brunch at the Hookes’ Home
11:00 am-2:00 pm Tour of Mount Vernon
(Driving directions for those not going on the bus will be made
available)
3:00 pm Shuttle Returns to Washington Court
SATURDAY LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY LATE AFTERNOON
FREE TIME FOR WASHINGTON-AREA ACTIVITIES
SUNDAY, JUNE 10
5:30 pm-7:00 pm Cocktail Buffet Reception (Atrium)
7:00 pm-8:30 pm
Speaker: Dr. John H. Marburger, III, Science Adviser to the President, and Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy
MONDAY, JUNE 11
7:30 am-8:00 am Continental Breakfast
8:00 am-9:30 am Case Study 2. “The Supply of Natural Resources Information
Infrastructure: Issues in the Theory and Practice of
Managing Cost”
Molly Macauley, Senior Fellow, and Director of Academic Programs, Resources for the Future
9:30 am-10:00 am Break
10:00 am-12:30 pm Case Study 2 continued
Cristina Chaplain, Director, Acquisition and Sourcing Management, Government Accountability Office
David Arthur, Congressional Budget Office
12:30 pm-1:30 pm Lunch
1:30 pm-3:30 pm Mock Climate Bill Voting Exercise
Paul Higgins, Senior Policy Fellow, AMS
Kit Batten, Director of Environmental Policy, Center for American Progress
Sarah Holligren
3:30 pm-4:00 pm Break
4:00 pm-5:30 pm Mock Climate Bill Voting Exercise (continued)
TUESDAY, JUNE 12
7:30 am-8:30 am Breakfast
8:30 am-9:30 am Where Are They Now? An encounter with Summer Policy
Colloquium Alumni working in “non-standard” jobs
Ian Kraucunas, NAS/NRC Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate
Bryan Mignone, Brookings Institution
9:30 am-10:00 am Break
10:15-12:00 pm
Brenda Ekwurzel, Union of Concerned Scientists
Tegan Blaine, U.S. Department of State
Lauren Faber, British Embassy, Washington, DC
12:00 pm-1:00 pm Lunch
1:00 pm-4:00 pm Participant Feedback Session
Final Logistics; Concluding Remarks
Adjourn
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