| Date |
Time |
Session |
| Tuesday, 9/28/10 |
8:30 - 9 am |
Registration |
| 9:00 am |
Introductory remarks by Trent Clark, President of ICIE |
| 9:15 - 10:30 |
Panel: The Scientific Method: What is it? Moderator: Stephen Mulkey, PhD, University of Idaho |
| Examine the scientific method and its steps: John Tracy, PhD, Director, Idaho Water Resources Research Institute, University of Idaho |
| The role of statistics in science: Bill Wright, Stochos Environmental, Inc. |
| The use of computer models: R. Brent Cain, Hydrologist, Brown & Caldwell |
| 10:45 - 12:30 pm |
Panel: Climate Change - Human caused, natural or cooling? Moderator: Stephen Mulkey, PhD, University of Idaho |
| The Case for Global Cooling: Don Easterbrook, Professor Emeritus, Western Washington University |
| The Sun, The CO2 Monster and the Earth’s Climate: Evidence and Facts: Willie Soon, PhD, Astrophysicist, Science and Public Policy Institute |
| Evidence for Human-Caused Climate Change: Von P. Walden, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Idaho |
| 12:30 - 1:10 |
Lunch and Q&A for Climate Change Panel |
| 1:10 - 1:45 |
The IPCC and its challenges: D. Craig Cooper, PhD, Idaho National Laboratory |
| 1:45 - 2:45 |
Carbon markets, cap and trade and the Western Climate Initiative: Elizabeth Lokey Aldrich, PhD, Boise State University |
| 3 - 3:45 |
Climate Change and Energy Policy - A Washington Update |
| Layne Bangerter, Office of Senator Mike Crapo |
| John Revier, Office of Rep. Mike Simpson |
| Dean Ferguson, Office of Rep. Walt Minnick |
| 3:45 - 4:30 |
Update on the regulatory environment: Steven J. Higgs, Associate, Perkins Coie |
| Wednesday, 9/29/10 |
8:30 - 9 am |
Registration |
| 9:00 am |
Opening Remarks - Trent Clark |
| 9:15 - 12:15 |
What Can We Do? Moderator: David Hawk, E2A Energy Analysis and Answers |
| Carbon Management: Travis L. McLing, Idaho National Laboratory |
| Nuclear: D. Craig Cooper, PhD, Idaho National Laboratory |
| Renewables: John Gardner, PhD, College of Engineering, Boise State University |
| Hydropower: Jon Bowling, Idaho Power Company |
| Land Management: Jay O’Laughlin, PhD, University of Idaho, Idaho Strategic Energy Alliance |
| Energy Efficiency: Bruce Folsom, Avista Corporation |
| Questions |
| 12:15 - 1:30 pm |
Lunch: The role of science in making public policy John Freemuth, PhD, Senior Fellow, Andrus Center for Public Policy, Boise State University |
| 1:45 - 4:15 |
What Should We Do? Introduction by David Hawk |
| Rick Gale, Senior VP for Corporate Responsibility, Idaho Power Company |
| Don Sturtevant, J.R. Simplot Company |
| Bruce Folsom, Avista Corporation |
| Russ Hendricks, Regional Manager-SW Idaho, Idaho Farm Bureau Federation |
| Stephen Mulkey, PhD, University of Idaho |
| Jim Kempton, Commissioner, Idaho Public Utilities Commission |
| Questions and Discussion |
