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Summer School on Global Sustainability
TIME ACTIVITY

Week 1

Sunday, July 12th
4:00 p.m. Check-in at Bishop's Lodge Resort
5:00 - 6:00 p.m. Program registration in the Tesuque Pavilion (below the main lodge building)
6:00 - 8:00 p.m. Welcome reception and dinner in the Tesuque Pavilion (below the main lodge building)

Monday, July 13th
9:00 a.m. - 9:20 a.m. Geoffery West, Welcoming Remarks
9:25 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. Jessika Trancik, Overview of School and Open Questions in Sustainability
9:50 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. J. Doyne Farmer, Complex Systems Approaches
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Break
11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Matthew England, "Climate Change - Overview, History, GHG's, Radiative Forcing "
12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Lunch
2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Joellen Russell, "Southwest Climate, the Westerly Winds and Climate Model Projections"
3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Break
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Group Discussion

Tuesday, July 14th
9:00 a.m - 10:15 a.m. Matthew England: "Climate Change - Observations (Atmosphere, Cryosphere, Oceans) and Paleoclimate "
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Break
11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Joellen Russell, "The Once and Future Battles of Thor and the Midgard Serpent, or: The Westerlies and the Antarctic Circumpolar Current in Global Climate"
12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Lunch
2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Don Paul, "Understanding The Global Energy System"
3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Break/Group Discussion
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Partha Dasgupta: Development Economics (Informal Lecture)

Wednesday, July 15th
9:00 a.m - 10:15 a.m. Matthew England, "Climate Change - Models, Projections, Detection & Attribution"
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Break
11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Don Paul, "Energy Technology And The Implications For Sustainability"
12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Lunch
2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Partha Dasgupta, "Discounting Climate Change"
3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Break
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Group Discussion

Thursday, July 16th
9:00 a.m - 10:15 a.m. Andrew Hargadon, Networks of Innovation I
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Break
11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Partha Dasgupta, "Sustainable Development and Green National Accounts"
12:30 p.m. -2:00 p.m. Lunch
2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Chuck Kutscher: "The Urgency of Climate Change and How to Address It With Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (the American Solar Energy Society study) "
3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Break
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Group Discussion
7:30 p.m. Public Lecture: "Will It Cost the Earth to Save the Planet?" - Amory Lovins and Partha Dasgupta
James A. Little Theater, New Mexico School for the Deaf

Friday, July 17th
9:00 a.m - 10:15 a.m. Andrew Hargadon, Networks of Innovation II
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Break
11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Amory Lovins, "Winning the Oil Endgame"
12:30 p.m. -2:00 p.m. Lunch
2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Amory Lovins, "Winning the Coal Endgame"
3:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. Break
3:45p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Julie Rehmeyer, Science Writing
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Group Discussions
6:00pm Field trip into town! Meet in the lobby at 6:00 and we'll organize rides. People with cars are encouraged to share/carpool.

Saturday, July 18th
Mini-Symposium
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. "Impacts, The Bigger Picture"
Discussion/interleaving of all three presentations led by Jessika Trancik and Doyne Farmer
9:00 a.m - 9:45 a.m John Schellnhuber, "Cold War, Global Warming: A Tale of Two Prisoners Dilemma"
10:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Doug Arent, "Insights or Confusion: Analysis of Climate and Energy Systems"
11:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Geoffrey West, "Sustainability and the Complex Systems Approach"
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Comments and response to questions from student groups
Panel: Partha Dasgupta, Murray Gell-Mann, Arnulf Grübler, Andrew Hargadon, Chuck Kutscher, Joellen Russell
3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Break
3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Sustainability in the Media
Panel: Jim Giles, Mark Hertsgaard, Julie Rehmeyer, Andrew Revkin

Week 2

Sunday, July 19th
Free Day Free Day
9:00am Possible [field trip] to El Rancho de Las Golondrinas

Monday, July 20th
9:00 a.m - 10:15 a.m. Arnulf Grübler, "Climate Change and Urbanization"
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Break
11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Carlo Rubbia, "Earth, Environment Energy: Fossil Fuels"
12:30 p.m. -1:30 p.m. Lunch
1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Chuck Kutscher, "Concentrating Solar Power (CSP)"
3:00 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. Tea at SFI (Shuttles depart at 3:00)
4:45 p.m. Return to Bishop's Lodge

Tuesday, July 21st
9:00 a.m - 10:15 a.m. Arnulf Grubler, "Climate Change and Industrial Production "
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Break
11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Carlo Rubbia, "Earth, Environment Energy: Solar-Based Energy"
12:30 p.m. -2:00 p.m. Lunch
2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Nebojsa Nakicenovic, technology
3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Break
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Group Discussions

Wednesday, July 22nd
9:00 a.m - 10:15 a.m. Arnulf Grubler, "Climate Change: Rates of Change and Constraints for Adaptation and Mitigation Measures"
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Break
11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Carlo Rubbia "Earth, Environment Energy: Nuclear Power"
12:00pm Climate Change Education Session w/ Irene Lee and Ginger Richardson (SFI Project GUTS)
12:30 p.m. -2:00 p.m. Lunch
2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Nebojsa Nakicenovic, technology
3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Break
4:00 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. Ottmar Edenhofer, "How To Avoid a Global Bluff"

Thursday, July 23rd
9:00 a.m - 10:15 a.m. Nebojsa Nakicenovic, technology
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Break
11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Dennis Meadows, "Obstacles to Effective Climate Policy"
12:30 p.m. -2:00 p.m. Lunch
2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Ottmar Edenhofer, "The Economics of Atmospheric Stabilization"
3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Break
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Dennis Meadows, "Fishbanks: A Strategic Game about Renewable Resource Use"

Friday, July 24th
9:00 a.m - 10:15 a.m. Dennis Meadows, "The Structural Foundations of Sustainable Resource Use"
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Break
11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Ottmar Edenhofer, "Towards a Global Contract on Climate Change"
12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Lunch
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Wrap Up
3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Break
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Closing Remarks

Saturday, July 25th
9:00 a.m. Departures after breakfast