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ISEE2016 Conference Schedule

May 24, 2016

Updated: 25 May 2016

26 June 2016

2:00-7:00 P.M. – Registration Opens

2:00-5:00 P.M. – DC Area Field Trips*

3:00-5:00 P.M. – ISEE Board Meeting, Sabine O’Hara, Chair

5:00-7:00 P.M. – Regional Societies Meetings

SMEE – Bernardo Aguilar-González, Mezo A.m.erica Society for Ecological Economics
ANZEE – Boyd Blackwell, Australia New Zealand Society for Ecological Economics
ASAUEE – Alberto Calderon, Asociación Argentino Uruguaya de Economía
USSEE – Jonathan Harris, US Society for Ecological Economics
ASEE – Jane Kabubo-Mariara, African Society for Ecological Economics
RSEE – Pavel Kasyanov, Russian Society for Ecological Economics
CANSEE – Andreas Link, Canadian Society for Ecological Economics
ECOECO Brazil – Peter May, Brazilian Society for Ecological Economics
INSEE – Rajeswari Sarala Raina, Indian Society for Ecological Economics
ANDEAN – Mario Alejandro Perez Rincon, Andean Society for Ecological Economics
ESEE – Irene Ring, European Society for Ecological Economics

7:00 P.M. – Opening Reception

27 June 2016

9:00 A.M. – Welcome and Opening Remarks Ronald Mason, UDC President Muriel Bowser, DC Mayor

9:30 A.M. – Opening Plenary: Moderator: Dr. Sabine O’Hara, ISEE Michelle Obama, First Lady (invited) Tom Vilsack, USDA Secretary (invited)

10:30 A.M. – Coffee Break

10:45 A.M. – Parallel Sessions

Sustaining Food and Water
Sustaining Sources and Sinks
Urban Sustainability and other Regional Approaches
Transforming Economic Growth and Redefining Economic Measures
Social Stability and Economic Behavior
Public Policy for Local and Global Sustainability
Ecological Economics Education and Communication

12:00 Noon – Boulding Award Luncheon and Lecture; Moderator: Joan Martinez Alier

Speaker and Award Recipient: Prof. Kanchan Chopra

1:30 P.M. Parallel Sessions

Sustaining Food and Water
Sustaining Sources and Sinks
Urban Sustainability and other Regional Approaches
Transforming Economic Growth and Redefining Economic Measures
Social Stability and Economic Behavior
Public Policy for Local and Global Sustainability
Ecological Economics Education and Communication

2:45 P.M. – Roundtables

Feminist Ecological Economics. Whitney Lash Marshall, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry.
Preparing a Latin American Position Paper. Joseph S. Weiss, Brazilian Society for Ecological Economics
The Food, Water, Energy Nexus: New Frontiers in Research. Sonny Ramaswamy, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, United States Department of Agriculture.
Why and How Ecological Economics Must Change its Tactics. Peter Brown, McGill University; Jon Erickson, University of Vermont; William Rees, University of British Columbia.

3:45 P.M. – Coffee Break

4:00 P.M. – Plenary I: The Food-Water-Energy-Justice Nexus; Moderator: Dr. Peter May, ECOECO Brazil

Marina Silva: Former Environment Minister and Senator, and Environmental Justice Advocate, Brazil Jairam Ramesh, Former Environment Minister of India

5:15 P.M. – Parallel Sessions

Sustaining Food and Water
Sustaining Sources and Sinks
Urban Sustainability and other Regional Approaches
Transforming Economic Growth and Redefining Economic Measures
Social Stability and Economic Behavior
Public Policy for Local and Global Sustainability
Ecological Economics Education and Communication

6:30 P.M. – Refreshments

8:00 P.M. – Sustainable DC – An Evening of Inspiration and Celebration

Frances Moore Lappé, Alternative Nobel Prize Recipient and author of Diet for a Small Planet

28 June 2016

8:45 A.M. – Parallel Sessions

Sustaining Food and Water
Sustaining Sources and Sinks
Urban Sustainability and other Regional Approaches
Transforming Economic Growth and Redefining Economic Measures
Social Stability and Economic Behavior
Public Policy for Local and Global Sustainability
Ecological Economics Education and Communication

10:00 A.M. – Plenary II: Food and Justice; Moderator: Irene Ring, ESEE

Renato Maluf, President Emeritus of the National Food Security Council, Brazil Dr. Shi Yan, Founder of the Chinese CSA Movement, Beijing, China

11:00 A.M. – Coffee Break

11:15 A.M. – Roundtables

Bio-Physical and Ecological Economics: A Dialogue. Robert Ayres, IIASA; John Gowdy, RPI
Building Practical, Interdisciplinary Ecological Economics Pedagogy. Patricia Ellie Perkins, York University
Promoting a New Economics. Inge Roepke, Aalborg University; Tim Foxon, University of Sussex.
Rural, Peri-Urban and Urban Agriculture: Building Collaborations. Rudy Arredondo, National Latino Farmer and Ranchers Trade Association.

12:15 P.M. – Lunch

12:30 P.M. – Speed Talk Sessions

1:30 P.M. – Parallel Sessions

Sustaining Food and Water
Sustaining Sources and Sinks
Urban Sustainability and other Regional Approaches
Transforming Economic Growth and Redefining Economic Measures
Social Stability and Economic Behavior
Public Policy for Local and Global Sustainability
Ecological Economics Education and Communication

2:45 P.M. – Plenary III: Water and Justice; Moderator: Rajeswari Sarala Raina, India Society for Ecological Economics Mokgadi Mona.m.ati, Senior Resource Specialist, Botswana

Peter May, Senior Scientist, Bio-habitats Inc. and University of Maryland

3:45 P.M. – Coffee Break

4:00 P.M. – Roundtables

After Paris: Carbon Reduction Paths for Developed and Developing Nations. Jonathan Harris, Tufts University.
Why Ecological Economics Deserves a Nobel Prize. Stuart Scott, United Planet Faith & Science Initiative
Social Metabolism and Neoextractivism: a Perspective from the South. Walter Alberto Pengue. Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento.
The UDC Urban Farm Project: Partnerships for Triple Bottom Line Transformation. Dwane Jones, UDC.

5:00 P.M. – ISEE Membership Meeting

8:00 P.M. – Boulding Award Banquette and Boulding Lecture; Moderator: Bina Agarwal

Speaker and Award Recipient: Arlid Vatn, Norway

29 June 2016

8:45 A.M. – Parallel Sessions

Sustaining Food and Water
Sustaining Sources and Sinks
Urban Sustainability and other Regional Approaches
Transforming Economic Growth and Redefining Economic Measures
Social Stability and Economic Behavior
Public Policy for Local and Global Sustainability
Ecological Economics Education and Communication

10:00 A.M. – Plenary IV: The Food Water Energy Justice Nexus; Moderator: Brynhildur Davidsdottir

Gar Alperovitz, Principal of the Democracy Collaborative,
Lionel R. Bauman Prof. of Political Economy UMD
Gus Speth, Founder, Natural Resources Defense Council, and World Resources Institute (invited)

11:00 A.M. – Coffee Break

11:15 A.M. – Parallel Sessions

Sustaining Food and Water
Sustaining Sources and Sinks
Urban Sustainability and other Regional Approaches
Transforming Economic Growth and Redefining Economic Measures
Social Stability and Economic Behavior
Public Policy for Local and Global Sustainability
Ecological Economics Education and Communication

12:15 P.M. – Closing Plenary Panel: The Future of Ecological Economics; Moderator: Clovis Cavalcanti, President-Elect, ISEE

Panelists: Madame Lagarde, International Monetary Fund (invited); Ernest Moniz, U.S. Secretary of Energy (invited); Lester Brown, Worldwatch Institute (invited)