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Schedule of Events
 Ursinus Focus
the Nation will include a four-day conference on the Ursinus
campus from Wednesday, January 30th through Saturday,
February 2nd. This conference will feature the
following events and activities:
FTN Schedule January 30th - February 2nd,
2008
Schedule in
Booklet PDF format
Schedule in Full Page PDF format
January 30th
(Wednesday)
|
Speaker/Event |
Location |
Time |
|
Climate Change Teach-in with Ursinus faculty
|
Various locations around campus |
12:00pm - 1:30pm |
|
Brian Hill
and
Nancy
Cole "The
Pennsylvania Climate Road Map." |
Pfahler Auditorium |
5:00pm - 6:30pm |
|
Refreshments |
Pfahler Auditorium |
6:30pm - 7:30pm |
|
Timothy J. Ragen "Marine Mammals and
Climate Change." |
Pfahler Auditorium |
7:30pm |
January 31st
(Thursday)
|
Speaker/Event |
Location |
Time |
|
Richard Kerr,
"Climate, Oil, and
the Media--The Making of a Climate Crisis." |
Lenfest Theater |
6:00pm – 7:30pm |
|
Refreshments |
Kaleidoscope Atrium |
7:30pm – 8:00pm |
|
Richard Alley,
"Get Rich and Save
the World…or Else!" |
Lenfest Theater |
8:00pm |
February 1st (Friday)
|
Speaker/Event |
Location |
Time |
|
Dale Jamieson,
"The Moral and Political Challenge of Climate Change." |
Pfahler Auditorium |
12:00pm – 1:20pm |
|
Refreshments |
Pfahler Atrium |
1:30pm – 2:00pm |
|
Henry Pollack,
"Scientific Uncertainty and Climate Policy: Moving on
Without All the Answers." |
Pfahler Auditorium |
2:00pm – 3:20pm |
|
Joe Kruger, "The Evolution of
U.S. Climate Policy: Where Do We Go from
Here?" |
Pfahler Auditorium |
3:30pm – 4:30pm |
|
Conference Banquet with speaker
Judy
Wicks "Local, Living
Economies: Meeting the Challenge of Climate Change."
|
Wismer Lower Level |
4:45pm – 7:00pm |
|
Political Forum with State Senator
John Rafferty, State
Representative
Mike Vereb, State Representative Bob Mensch,
Congressman
Jim Gerlach, others. |
Lenfest Theater |
7:30pm |
February 2nd
(Saturday)
|
Speaker/Event |
Location |
Time |
|
Refreshments |
Pfahler Atrium |
9:15am –
10:00am |
|
Margaret Bowman,
"Funding Policy-Relevant Scientific Research."
|
Pfahler Auditorium |
10:00am – 11:30am |
|
Pick Up Box Lunches |
Pfahler Atrium |
11:30am - 12:00pm |
|
Sara Steele,
"Blueprints for Paradise: An Artist's Visual Commentary
on the State of our Environment." |
Pfahler Auditorium |
12:00pm – 1:30pm |
|
Andrew Revkin,
"The Daily Planet: On the Front Lines of Climate Change,
from the North Pole to the White House." |
Lenfest Theater |
2:00pm – 4:00pm |
|
Heidi Cullen,
"Talking Climate on The Weather Channel" |
Olin
Auditorium |
4:30pm – 6:00pm |
|
Buffet dinner |
Wismer Lower Level |
6:00pm – 7:30pm |
|
Closing Concert featuring
Dar Williams
with
Andrew Revkin |
Lenfest Theater |
8:00pm |
Lunch on Saturday will be a catered box lunch that attendees can
pre-order and pick up in Pfahler Atrium and bring into the
sessions in Pfahler Auditorium.
On Saturday, in the
Atrium of Pfahler Hall, there will be children’s activities,
alternative energy and conservation organization demonstrations
and information, tours of local solar and alternative energy
homes, a climate-related children’s art show, and other
wonderful ways to engage the issues.
All events are
handicapped-accessible. Please contact us at
ftn@ursinus.edu if you have questions or need
assistance. |
