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UPCOMING EVENTS

Pathways to Urban Sustainability: A Focus on Portland
May 28-29, 2013
Portland, OR

Network for Emerging Leaders in Sustainability
May 14, 2013
Washington, DC

View a list of Sustainability-related meetings at The National Academies

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Past Events:

Roundtable on Science and Technology for Sustainability
December 6, 2012
Washington, DC

Critical Materials for Energy Sustainability and Technology: A Focus on Materials Recovery
December 5, 2012
Washington, DC

Sustainability Linkages in the Federal Government
October 11-12, 2012
Washington, DC

Report Launch: Sustainability Considerations for Procurement Tools and Capabilities
September 27, 2012
Washington, DC

Sustainability and the U.S. EPA Report Launch
September 15, 2011
Washington, DC

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Pathways to Urban Sustainability: A Focus on the Houston Metropolitan Region

A National Academies Workshop

January 18-19, 2012

Shell Center for Sustainability

Rice University

Bioscience Research Collaborative Auditorium

6500 Main ST.

Houston, Texas

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

9:00 AM Welcome from the National Academies

Rich Bissell, Executive Director, Policy and Global Affairs, National Academies

9:05 AM Welcome and Goals of the Workshop

Jim Lester, Vice President, Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC)

9:15 AM Why Sustainability

Katherine Lorenz, President, The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Session I: Perspectives on Urban Sustainability

Moderator: Bruce Wilcoxon, Director Climate Change, ConocoPhillips

9:30 AM John Randolph, Urban Affairs and Planning, Professor Virginia Tech

10:00 AM Philip Berke, Professor and Deputy Director, Institute for the Environment, University of North Carolina

10:30 AM BREAK

10:45 AM Armando Carbonell, Chairman, Department of Planning and Urban Form, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

11:15 AM Panel Discussion

12:00 PM LUNCH BREAK

Session II: Building Bridges

1:00 PM Natural and Built Capital

Moderator: John Nielsen-Gammon, Professor and State Climatologist, Texas A&M University

Lisa Gonzalez, Research Scientist, Houston Advanced Research Center

Carol Lewis, Associate Professor Transportation Studies and Director of the Center for Transportation Training and Research, Texas Southern University

Rives Taylor, Director Sustainable Design, Gensler

2:15 PM Human Capital

Moderator: Winnie Hamilton, Director Environmental Health, Baylor College of Medicine

Stephen Klineberg, Professor and Co-Director, Kinder Institute for Urban Research, Rice University

Brenda Reyes, Bureau Chief of the Community and Children Environmental Health, Houston Department of Health and Human Services

Herminia Palacio, Director, Harris County Public Health and Environmental Services

Natasha Prudent, Health Scientist, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention

3:30 PM BREAK

3:45 PM Breakout groups

Incentives to Change Practice and Advance Sustainability (Auditorium)

Moderator: Jennifer Ronk, Houston Advanced Research Center

Neighborhood and City-Scale Projects (Room 282)

Moderator: Lisa Lin, Sustainability Manager, Office of the Mayor, Houston

4:45 PM Report back in plenary

5:30 PM ADJOURN

Thursday, January 19, 2012

Session III: Integrating Goals, Measuring Progress, Translating Results

Moderator: Walter Peacock, Professor and Director, Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center, Texas A&M University

9:00 AM Efforts from Government

Peggy Crist, Director, Office of Planning & Program Development, Federal Transit Administration - Region VI, U.S. Department of Transportation

Patrice Parsons, Director of External Affairs, ICLEI

Jeff Taebel, Director, Community and Environmental Planning, Houston-Galveston. Area Council

10:30 AM BREAK

10:45 AM Measuring Success

Walter Peacock, Professor and Director, Hazard Reduction and Recovery Center, Texas A&M University

Bruce Wilcoxon, Director Climate Change, ConocoPhillips

Jim Blackburn, Professor of the Practice, Rice University

12:15 PM LUNCH BREAK

Session IV: “Moving Forward”

Moderator: Jim Lester, Houston Advanced Research Center

1:15 PM Catherine C. Mosbacher, President and CEO, Center for Houston’s Future

1:45 PM Breakout groups

Overcoming Barriers to Collaboration (Auditorium)

Moderator: Marilu Hastings, Environment Program Director, Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Regional Projects and Plans (Room 286)

Moderator: Dr. Lester King, Shell Center for Sustainability, Rice University

2:45 PM BREAK

3:00 PM Report back to plenary

3:45 PM Workshop Re-Cap and Major Themes

Jim Lester, Vice President, Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC)

4:00 PM ADJOURN

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