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)
*Sunday, June 26, Field Trips:
- DC Neighborhood Visit to UDC Urban Food Hubs
- Urban Agriculture and Urban Sustainability Research Farm
- LEEDS Platinum Buildings in Washington DC
- Urban Forestry and Recreation at DC Rock Creek Park
- Water Management at DC Blue Plains
- Washington DC and its Symbols
- The Smithsonian Museum of Natural History
- The Smithsonian Botanical Gardens
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