SUNY Conversations in the Disciplines:
The Feasibility of a NYS Energy Conservation/Global Warming Consortium
SUNY will host a consortium on September 19, 2003 on the ESF campus in the Alumni Lounge located in Marshall Hall. The event is called, "Conversation in the Disciplines Event: The Feasibility for a New York State Energy Conservation/Global Warming Consortium".
Experts will explore hot topics that revolve around creating a
consortium in NYS. Issues such as energy conservation, global gas reduction, climate change and atmosphere research will be
actively debated in a forum with a variety of policy makers and researchers
from the SUNY system.
Specific objectives of this consortium include:
- Find strategies to support regional energy conservation and greenhouse gas reduction policy research network;
- Determine ways to introduce and expand energy curriculum development in NYS schools;
- Identify key activities of independent resources for energy policy review that focus on self-sufficiency; and key activities that complement existing energy extension/institutional practice activities; especially linkages to industry, institutions, college campuses and households.
Agenda:
8:30-9:30 am: Registration and poster sessions
9:30-10:00 am: Opening and welcoming remarks
10:00-11:20 am: Review of ongoing research activity (3 simultaneous sessions)
- Regional climate modeling and environmental affects
- Greenhouse gas reduction/energy conservation strategy research
- Energy policy research: alternatives, incentives & implementation
11:30-12:30 pm: Global warming/energy curriculum
- Middle school/high school
- Undergraduate programs
- Community- related programs
12:30-1:30 pm: Lunch and poster sessions
1:30-2:40 pm: Energy Extension/Institutional Practice
- Agency programs, e.g. NYSERDA, PSC, etc.
- University Programs
- NGO Programs
2:40-3:00 pm: Coffee Break
3:00-4:00 pm: Keynote presentation by Donald Brown, Director of Pennsylvania Consortium
4:00-5:00 pm: Discussion of feasibility discussion for NYS, E-consortium plus Next steps Summary and wrap up
Richard Smardon, Professor and Chair of the Environmental Studies Faculty
Office: 106 Marshall Hall
Phone: (315) 470-6636
Fax: (315) 470-6915
Email: rsmardon@mailbox.syr.edu