Thursday, April 18, 2013
OPENING KEYNOTE EVENT
7:00-9:00 PM Hangar Theater, Ithaca NY
Free and Open to the Public!
Welcome and Overview: Gay Nicholson, Sustainable Tompkins
Preparing for Climate Change: Barbara Lifton, 125th Assembly District
Keynote Presentation: Mark Hertsgaard, Independent Journalist
“Winning the Climate Fight”
Roundtable: Climate Adaptation and Mitigation in New York State
Mark Hertsgaard, Moderator
Shorna Allred, Dept Natural Resources, Cornell University
Barbara Lifton, New York State Assembly
Gay Nicholson, Sustainable Tompkins
Mark Watson, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority
Friday, April 19, 2013
8:00 AM – 1:00 PM NYS Grange Building Auditorium, Cortland NY
“Weather or Not: Effects of Changing Weather on Local Agriculture”
8:00-9:00 AM Registration and Breakfast
9:00-12:00 PM Panel Presentation
Moderator: Amanda Barber, Cortland Soil & Water Conservation District Manager
What is Climate Change? Resulting Regional Implications: Larry Klotz, Biological Sciences Dept., SUNY Cortland
Increasing Climate Variability in Upstate New York: Dave Eichorn, Div. Environmental Studies, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Adapting Agriculture to the Changing Climate: David Wolfe, Dept of Horticulture, Cornell University
12:00-1:00 PM Lunch and Informal Discussion with Local Producers
Farmer Panel: Mike McMahon, EZ Acres
Kathie Arnold, Twin Oaks Dairy
Allan Gandelman, Main Street Farms
LEGAL TRACK – 12:00 – 1:00 PM
LEGAL TRACK (Hosted by Tompkins County Bar Association and Finger Lakes Women’s Bar Association)
Free and Open to the Public!
12:00 – 1:00 PM Tompkins County Public Library, Ithaca NY
“Climate Change and Your Legal Practice”
Moderator: Leslie Danks Burke, Pinnisi & Anderson
Speakers: Susan Brock, Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York
David Ferris, PW Wood & Son Insurance