Second National Conference of Lawyers Committed to Addressing the Climate Emergency

When

April 20, 2018 12:00 pm — 5:30 pm

Where

Washington, DC (and webcast)

Co-sponsored by the Environmental Law Institute, A Call To The Bar, and George Washington University Law School

Agenda

12:00 pm	Registration
12:30 pm	Welcome and Keynote: Filling the Federal Climate Action Gap Scott Fulton, President, Environmental Law Institute Yolanda Pagano, Treasurer, A Call to the Bar Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
12:50 pm	The Economic Risk and Rewards of Climate Action Jennifer Huang, International Fellow, Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES), Moderator Kenneth L. Adams, Partner, Adams Holcomb LLP and US Coordinating Counsel, Center for Climate Integrity Bob Litterman, Chairman, Risk Committee & Founding Partner, Kepos Capital
1:40 pm	Companies and NGOs Taking Action on Climate Change Michael G. Mahoney, Vice President & Assistant General Counsel, Chief Environmental Counsel, Pfizer Inc., Moderator Greg Bertelsen, Senior Vice President, Climate Leadership Council Michelle Billig Patron, Director of Sustainability Policy, Microsoft Sally Fisk, Assistant General Counsel, Pfizer Inc.
2:30 pm	Networking Break
3:00 pm	State and Local Climate Action Strategies C. Baird Brown, Principal, eco(n)law LLC, Moderator Vicki Arroyo, Executive Director, Georgetown Climate Center, Assistant Dean of Centers and Institutes, and Professor from Practice, Georgetown University Law Center John Byrne, Director & Distinguished Professor of Energy and Climate Policy, University of Delaware and Chairman & President, Foundation for Renewable Energy & Environment Mike Grainey, Principal, Michael W. Grainey, Consulting LLC
3:50 pm	Climate Litigation Now William J. Snape, III, Fellow, Practitioner-In-Residence, and Assistant Dean of Adjunct Faculty Affairs, American University Washington College of Law, and Senior Counsel, Center for Biological Diversity, Moderator Dena Adler, Climate Law Fellow, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, Columbia Law School Tom Lorenzen, Partner, Environment & Natural Resources and Government Affairs groups, Crowell Moring Ed McTiernan, Partner, Arnold & Porter
4:40 pm	How Can You Take Action on the Climate Crisis? John Dernbach, Commonwealth Professor of Environmental Law and Sustainability and Director, Environmental Law and Sustainability Center, Widener University Commonwealth School of Law Steve Harvey, President, A Call to the Bar Yolanda Pagano, Treasurer, A Call to the Bar
5:30 pm	Reception

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