Schedule of Events
Online registration is now closed. On-site registration will be available both days in the tent behind Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall. Because we anticipate a high volume of attendees, we suggest that all Forum registrants arrive with enough time to check in and pick up your name tag, which is needed to attend conference events.
The conference also will be live-streamed on Princeton’s Media Central Live.
Thursday, October 24, 2019
3:30PM Alexander Hall Tent |
Registration Opens |
4:30PM – 5PM Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall |
Welcome — Michael Celia, Director, Princeton Environmental Institute; Theodora Shelton Pitney Professor of Environmental Studies; Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Opening Remarks — Christopher L. Eisgruber ’83, President of Princeton University. |
5PM – 6PM Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall |
Opening Session — Breaking the Environmental Logjam
Moderator: Juliet Eilperin ’92, Senior National Affairs Correspondent, The Washington Post. Panelists: |
Friday, October 25th, 2019
7:30AM Alexander Hall Tent |
Registration Opens |
7:30AM – 8:30AM Alexander Hall Tent |
Light Breakfast |
8:30AM Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall |
Welcome — Katharine Hackett ’79, Executive Director, Princeton Environmental Institute. |
8:35AM – 9:45AM Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall |
Panel 1 — It’s Getting Hot Out There … Weird Weather and Other Climate Change Anomalies
Moderator: Gabriel Vecchi, Professor of Geosciences and the Princeton Environmental Institute. Panelists: |
9:45AM – 11AM Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall |
Panel 2 — Getting the Solutions Right
Moderator: Robert Socolow, Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Emeritus. Panelists: |
11AM – 11:15AM Alexander Hall Tent |
Break |
11:15AM – 12:25PM Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall |
Panel 3 — Do Wildlife and Wildlands Have a Place in the 21st Century?
Moderator: David Wilcove, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Public Affairs and the Princeton Environmental Institute. Panelists: |
12:30PM – 2PM Alexander Hall Tent |
Megatrends and the Big Pivot: Doing Business in a Hotter, Scarcer, More Open and Connected World
Luncheon and Remarks by Andrew Winston ’91, Author. This event is FULL. Video will be posted to the PEI website after the Forum. |
2PM – 3:10PM Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall |
Panel 4 — Drought and Deluge: How Shifts in the Water Cycle Are Impacting the Environment and Society
Moderators: Amilcare Porporato, Thomas J. Wu ’94 Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Princeton Environmental Institute. Corina Tarnita, Associate Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Panelists: |
3:10PM – 3:25PM Alexander Hall Tent |
Break |
3:25PM – 4:30PM Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall |
Panel 5 — Imagining Transformation: The Rise of the Environmental Humanities
Moderator: Rob Nixon, Thomas A. and Currie C. Barron Family Professor in Humanities and the Environment; Professor of English and the Princeton Environmental Institute. Panelists: |
4:30PM – 5:40PM Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall |
Panel 6 — Breaking the Logjam: The Way Forward
Moderator: Stephen Pacala, Frederick D. Petrie Professor in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Panelists: |
5:40PM – 5:45PM Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall |
Closing Remarks — Michael Celia, Director, Princeton Environmental Institute; Theodora Shelton Pitney Professor of Environmental Studies; Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering. |
5:45PM – 7PM Alexander Hall Tent |
Reception |