Program: 2017 Climate Change Symposium

Wendy Abrams, Founder, Cool Globes, Inc.

Kaitlin Raimi, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan

Hans Breiter, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine

*Moderated by Abigail Foerstner, Assistant Professor, Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications

Track 1: Policy (Hilton) “Cities and States take the Spotlight: Case Studies in Sub-National Leadership” with Amy Morsch, Senior Solutions Fellow, Director of Sustainability and Engagement, Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES)

Track 2: Science (Hardin Hall) "Coral in the Coal Mine: What are the Oceans Telling Us?” with Luisa Marcelino, Research Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northwestern University

Track 3: Business (Women's Club) “Financing Conservation Pays Climate Dividends” with Tom Hodgman, Senior Director, Product Development – NatureVest, The Nature Conservancy

Track 1: Policy (Hilton) “A Snapshot in International Climate Action” with Varun Sivaram, Philip D. Reed Fellow for Science and Technology and “Promoting India’s Sustainable Growth” Project Expert, Energy Security and Climate Change Program, Council on Foreign Relations

Track 2: Science (Hardin Hall) “How Hot is Too Hot? -- Heat Indices and Public Health Risk” with Matthew Huber, Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Purdue University

Track 3: Business (Women's Club) “Corporate Climate Action Between Financial Reporting and Social Responsibility” with Klaus Weber, Associate Professor of Management and Organizations, Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University     

Track 1: Policy (Hilton) “Carbon Tax, Redux: A Consensus Carbon Dividends Plan” with Greg Bertelsen, Senior Vice President, Climate Leadership Council

Track 2: Science (Hardin Hall) “The Ocean’s Role in the Climate System" with Malte Jansen, Assistant Professor of Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago

Track 3: Business (Women's Club) “Black Gold: Carbon Utilization Markets” with Jennifer Holmgren, Chief Executive Officer, LanzaTech 

Ma Jun, Dr. Scholl Foundation Visiting Fellow on US-China Relations, Founding Director, Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs (Beijing, China)

*Introduction by Michael R. Wasielewski, Clare Hamilton Hall Professor of Chemistry at Northwestern University; Executive Director of ISEN; Director of the Argonne-Northwestern Solar Energy Research (ANSER) Center

Track 1: Policy (Hilton) “NextGrid Illinois: A Plan for the Future” with Andrew Barbeau, Senior Clean Energy Consultant at Environmental Defense Fund (EDF); President of The Accelerate Group

Track 2: Science (Hardin Hall) “The Signal and the Noise: What can we Learn From Climate Modeling?" with Jennifer Kay, Assistant Professor of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Colorado at Boulder

Track 1: Policy (Hilton) “Whither Climate Policy? The Endangerment Finding, the Clean Power Plan, and What Comes Next” with Janet McCabe, Senior Law Fellow, Environmental Law and Policy Center (ELPC); former Acting Assistant Administrator, EPA Office of Air and Radiation

Track 2: Science (Hardin Hall) “Force Multiplier: Sea-Level Rise and the West Antarctic Ice Sheet” with Rob DeConto, Professor of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Track 3: Business (Women's Club) “Business Takes the Lead: A Rising Tide of Corporate Carbon-Free Procurement” with Mark Porter, Manager, Business Renewables Center (BRC) at Rocky Mountain Institute

Nancy Loeb, Clinical Associate Professor of Law, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law; Director, Environmental Advocacy Center

Chad Frischmann, Vice President & Research Director, Project Drawdown

*Introduction by Daniel Horton, Assistant Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University