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Below is the program for this upcoming event.
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March 9th, 2023
8:30AM to 9:15 AM Registration and Breakfast
Welcome Remarks: Dean Antony Page, FIU College of Law
9:15 AM to 10:25 AM Financial Engineering and Environmental Data Analytics
Prof. Mike Sukop, FIU Dept. of Earth and Environment
Dan Krekelberg, Policy Director, The Climate Registry
Prof. Enrique Villamor, FIU Dept. of Mathematics
Moderator: Prof. Pablo Olivares, Toronto Metropolitan Univ. Dept. of Mathematics
10:35 AM to 11:45 AM Climate at the United Nations: Science, Policy, and Diplomacy
Dr. Henri Schneider, CEO, Swiss Federation of Small and Medium Enterprises
Prof. Mathew Burgess, University of Colorado Boulder Dept. of Environmental Studies
Prof. Hugh Willoughby, FIU Dept. of Earth & Environment
Prof. Tiffany Troxler, FIU Dept. of Earth & Environment
Moderator: Prof. Mario Loyola, FIU Institute of Environment, FIU College of Law
12:15 PM to 1:00 PM Lunch and Keynote Conversation
Melissa Roberts, Executive Director, American Flood Coalition
1:00 PM to 1:50 PM Endangered Species Act at 50
Prof. Jonathan Adler, Case-Western University Law School
Prof. Alex Erwin, FIU College of Law
2:00 PM to 3:10 PM Biodiversity Protection, Property Rights, and ESA Reform
Prof. Mike Ross, FIU Dept. of Earth & Environment
Dr. Steve Davis, Everglades Foundation
Prof. Dominic Parker, University of Wisconsin-Madison Dept. of Economics
Prof. Nancy McLaughlin, University of Utah College of Law
3:20 PM to 4:30 PM Sustainable Energy: Obstacles and Opportunities
Prof. James Coleman, Southern Methodist University School of Law
Prof. David Adelman, University of Texas School of Law
Michael Buschbacher, Boyden Gray and Associates
Karen Hanley, Permitting Institute
Moderator: Mario Loyola, FIU
6:30 PM Reception and Dinner
FIU Int’l Center for Tropical Botany (Kampong) Coconut Grove (By invitation)
Dean Michael Heithaus, FIU College of Arts Sciences and Education
Keynote TBA
March 10th, 2023
8:30AM to 9:15AM Breakfast
Special Presentation: Sustainable Futures
Silvio Pupo-Casco, Logos Capital, “The Promise of High-Tech Innovation”
9:15 AM to 10:25 AM: Environmental Justice, CBA, and the OIRA Regulatory Process
Prof. Abigail Flemming, University of Miami Environmental Justice Clinic
Dr. Richard Belzer, Consultant, Former Chief Economist, OIRA
Michael Fitzpatrick, Brunswick Group, Former Deputy Head of OIRA
Joanne Spalding, Chief Climate Counsel, Sierra Club
Prof. Max Sarinsky, New York University School of Law
Moderator: Paul Ray, Heritage Foundation
10:40 AM to 11:50 PM: ESG Investing: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Richard Morrisson, Senior Fellow, Competitive Enterprise Institute
Prof. Flavio Carrillo, FIU Dept. of Finance
Prof. Max Schanzenbach, Northwestern University Law School
Alex Moreira, Aska Impact
Moderator: Prof. Luis Seco, University of Toronto Dept. of Mathematics
12:30 PM to 2:00pm Lunch and Inaugural VoLo Foundation Lecture
A Conversation with Bret Stephens, Pulitzer Prize winning New York Times Columnist: “Science, Free Speech, and Public Choice”