Thursday, June 5, 2008 Conference

Afternoon sessions are open to ACUPCC Signatories only

Noon - 1:30pm	Signatory Lunch & Keynote Ray Anderson, Founder and Chairman of Interface, Inc. Education for a Secure and Sustainable Future Sponsor: Au Sable Institute and Haley & Aldrich
1:45pm - 3:15pm	Working Sessions: Reducing the Carbon Footprint of Existing Campus Buildings Energy use in existing buildings results in a significant portion of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. This session will highlight strategies for addressing and improving energy performance in buildings, as well as the ACUPCC - Clinton Climate Initiative partnership, in order to exponentially increase the number of large-scale energy efficiency retrofits for campus buildings in cost-effective manners. or Carbon Offsets Protocol Working Group The ACUPCC Offset Protocol Project is a coordinated effort of the American academic community to develop a collective evaluation of the carbon offset market. This project is being led by David Hales, President of College of the Atlantic and a working group of interested signatories, representatives from the UNFCCC, as well as experts in finance, policy, energy, land-use, climate science, and other relevant arenas. This session is a designated meeting time for members of this on-going working group. Interested signatories are welcome to attend.
3:15pm - 3:30pm	Break
3:30pm - 5:00 pm	Working Sessions: Pedagogical Approaches to Climate Change and Sustainability Higher Education’s greatest contribution to combating climate disruption is to reorient its curriculum to formally prepare students and thus society with the knowledge and skills necessary to address the critical, systemic challenges faced by the world in this new century. By providing this knowledge, higher education will better serve their students, institutions, and local communities, thereby meeting their social mandate to contribute to a thriving, ethical, and civil society. or Town/Gown Synergies: Scaling Up Climate Action through Community Engagement Higher education institutions are both influential role models for society and key milieus for learning and dialogue. By modeling ways to minimize global warming emissions and engaging local communities, colleges and universities can better serve all of their stakeholders, and meet their social mandate to help create a thriving, ethical and civil society. This session will examine examples of this community engagement at work.
5:00pm - 6:00 pm	Break & Non-signatory Registration

Thursday evening, June 5, 2008

Open to all attendees

6:00pm - 7:15pm	Welcome Reception Grand Rapids Art Museum Sponsor: Steelcase
7:30pm - 9:30pm	Dinner & Keynote T. M. Franklin Cownie, Mayor of the City of Des Moines, Iowa The U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement: Opportunities for cross-sectoral partnerships to accelerate greenhouse gas reduction. Sponsor: Aramark

Friday, June 6, 2008

Open to all attendees

8:00am - 9:00am	Networking Breakfast James L. Elder, Founder, Campaign for Environmental Literacy Update on Federal Legislation
9:00am - 10:15am	Presidential Panel: Leadership Now for Climate Neutrality This session will be a unique opportunity to hear from current signatory presidents regarding the steps they have taken on their campuses to achieve climate neutrality. This will be a time of sharing success stories and will include a question and answer session.
10:15am - 10:30am	Break
10:30am - 12:30pm	World Cafe: Accelerating Learning and Action for Addressing Climate Change Sponsor: Greenopolis This session will provide summit delegates an opportunity to learn from each other through discussing the following question: "In light of the need for a swift acceleration of learning and action to address the looming 'tsunami' of climate change, what can I and my institution do to facilitate rapid, effective learning and action toward greenhouse gas reduction?"
12:30pm - 1:30pm	Lunch & Closing Address Sponsor: WindStreet Energy