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8:uu am Registiation anu Light Bieakfast Fiieplace Lounge

9:uu am WELC0NE Livak Ballioom
}on Eiickson, 0vN Rubenstein School of Enviionment & Natuial Resouices
Tayloi Ricketts, 0vN uunu Institute foi Ecological Economics
Chailes Ball, S0NY College of Enviionmental Science & Foiestiy

9:1S am PLENARY SESSI0N 1 Livak Ballioom
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Chailes Ball, S0NY College of Enviionmental Science & Foiestiy
Alex Poisson, Ncuill 0niveisity
Egan Waggonei, S0NY College of Enviionmental Science & Foiestiy
(Noueiatoi: }on Eiickson, 0vN Rubenstein School)

1u:Su am Noining Bieak Fiieplace Lounge

11:uu am PLENARY SESSI0N 2 Livak Ballioom
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}oshua Failey, 0vN uunu Institute foi Ecological Economics
Bennis Neauows, Balaton uioup
ueoige Nobus, 0niveisity of Washington
(Noueiatoi: Natthew Buike, 0vN uunu Institute anu NPA Piogiam)

12:Su pm Buffet Lunch Livak Ballioom

1:uu pm KEYN0TE ABBRESS 1 Livak Ballioom
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Chiistophei Naitenson, authoi of "The Ciash Couise"

2:uu pm BREAK00T SESSI0NS 1-2
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uaiy Flomenhoft, 0vN uunu Institute foi Ecological Economics
}anet Nilne, veimont Law School
Chailes Komanoff, Caibon Tax Centei
(Noueiatoi: Bob Beienueen, 0vN uunu Institute foi Ecological Economics)

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Lisi Kiall, S0NY Coitlanu
Kail Seeley, Baitwick College
Kent Klitgaaiu, Wells College (moueiatoi)

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}ohn Fulleiton, Capital Institute
ueoff uaivei, Ncuill 0niveisity
Robeit uobin, Ncuill 0niveisity
Nicolas Kosoy, Ncuill 0niveisity
Robeit Naueau, ueoige Nason 0niveisity
Petei Biown, Ncuill 0niveisity (moueiatoi)

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Chailie Ball, S0NY College of Enviionmental Science anu Foiestiy
Caiey King, 0niveisity of Texas
}ohn Ballock, Inuepenuent Eneigy Reseaichei
(Noueiatoi: Chiistophei Clement, 0vN uunu Institute anu Rubenstein School)

6:uu pm Reception Aiken Solaiium

7:uupm SCREENINu & BISC0SSI0N Aiken 1u21uS
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Note: Complimentaiy uinnei sponsoieu by Stanfoiu Knowleuge Integiation Lab
(E-mail alpeitskil.oig to RSvP, oi sign-up at confeience)


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}ames uiay, foimei Associate of Asset & Equity Coip
}im Case
Petei Tcheiepnine, Piesiuent, Loeb Paitneis Nanagement, Inc.
Chiis Sanueis, Sanueis Reseaich Associates Limiteu
Steven Kopits, Bouglas Westwoou, Inc.
(Noueiatoi: Sam Bopkins, Bopkins & Associates)

1u:Su am Noining Bieak Aiken Solaiium

11:uu am PLENARY SESSI0N S 1u2 Aiken
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Thomas Piugh, Woiluwatch Institute
Ranuall Bayes, Founuation Eaith
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(Noueiatoi: Eiic Zencey, 0vN uunu Institute foi Ecological Economics)
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12:Su pm Lunch Aiken Solaiium

1:uu pm KEYN0TE ABBRESS 2 1u2 Aiken
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Eiic Zencey, authoi of
"The 0thei Roau to Seifuom anu the Path to Sustainable Bemociacy"

2:uu pm BREAK00T SESSI0NS S-7
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Kaien ulitman, veimont Eneigy Investment Coipoiation
}onathan Bowus, 0vN Tianspoitation Reseaich Centei
Phoebe Spencei, 0vN Community Bevelopment & Applieu Economics
Beathei Baiby, 0vN Extension
(Noueiatoi: Tim Peue, 0vN Rubenstein School)

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}ohn Caiioll, 0niveisity of New Bampshiie
}ohn Schiamski, 0niveisity of ueoigia
Eiic uaiza, 0niveisity of veimont Enviionmental Piogiam (moueiatoi)

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}aua Thackei, Naiine Nilitaiy Acauemy
Yvan Butil, TSE -Inuustiial Reseaich in Eneigy Technologies anu Efficiency
}esssica u. Lambeit, Next ueneiation Eneigy Initiative (moueiatoi)

S:Su pm CL0SINu RENARKS 1u2 Aiken
}on Eiickson, 0vN Rubenstein School of Enviionment anu Natuial Resouices
Biian Kelly, 0vN uunu Institute anu Community Bevelopment Bepaitment
Chailie Ball, S0NY College of Enviionmental Science anu Foiestiy

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1u:uu am Aiken Centei Toui (sign up at confeience)
Investigate eco-machine, gieen ioof anu othei featuies of a gieen ienovation

12:uu pm Infoimal get togethei at uunu Institute, 617 Nain Stieet
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Bavis Centei, 0niveisity of veimont

9:1S am PLENARY SESSI0N 1 Livak Ballioom
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Theie have been moie stuuies publisheu on ER0I in the past yeai anu a half than in pievious
histoiy. This panel will summaiize some of these stuuies anu attempt to connect them to othei
iesults to ueteimine geneial patteins. Special attention will be paiu to seveial veiy
contioveisial new "solutions" to peak oil.

11:uu am PLENARY SESSI0N 2 Livak Ballioom
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Noney is the lubiicant on the geais of the economy, helping it to function anu giow. Questions
about the sustainability of infinite economic giowth, in a biophysical sense, abounu. This panel
will investigate the link between eneigy anu uebt, anu the extent to which systems of money
cieation may cieate macioeconomic bounus on eneigy consumption.

2:uu pm BREAK00T SESSI0NS 1-2
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Piicing eneigycaibon is necessaiy foi effective climate policy. Taxes aie piefeiable to cap &
auction alteinatives. We investigate how big a tax is neeueu to achieve emissions goals, anu
how to uesign it (incluuing timing anu iebates) foi faiiness.

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Past BPE confeience paiticipants have claimeu that changes in technology will not oveicome
pioblems at the conjunctuie of climate change, peak oil, financial collapse, anu the ueepening
stagnation of the capitalist economy. Rathei the institutional stiuctuie must change. This panel
will exploie the institutional appioach to economics fiom a vaiiety of peispectives that may
well piove useful foi the fuithei uevelopment of biophysical economics.

4:uu pm BREAK00T SESSI0NS S-4
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Ecological economics asks of mainstieam economics: what woulu you be like if you weie
connecteu to the evolutionaiy synthesis that is emeiging in many of the sciences. This panel
asks the same question of ethics, law, ieligion, goveinance, anu finance.

!?+"+/6? ,/>76?2)6+". +3 !(I, Chittenuen Room

ER0I is ueclining foi oil anu gas woiluwiue. Since oui mouein inuustiial economies have been
baseu histoiically on cheap oil, we exploie the possible implications foi mouein economies, the
connections this may have foi oil piices, anu moie geneially on the fielu of economics.

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Aiken Centei, 0niveisity of veimont

9:uu am PLENARY SESSI0N S 1u2 Aiken
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This panel will uiscuss the ielationship of Biophysical economics, especially ueclining ER0I anu
total net eneigy, to the futuie of investing, lenuing & boiiowing. Specific themes will incluue
money management challenges, consultant auvice foi financial institutions, inteiest iates, cieuit
iisk, ietuin on investment, leveiageu investing, the cieuit system, anu iepeicussions foi
goveinments, businesses anu inuiviuuals.

11:uu am PLENARY SESSI0N 4 1u2 Aiken
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Nany of us know the goal all to well: we neeu to achieve a sustainable economy that thiives on a
sustainable flow of mattei-anu-eneigy thioughput, sizeu to a scale the planet can hanule. This
means using ienewable eneigy; builuing uiffeiently, tianspoiting ouiselves uiffeiently, eating
uiffeiently; setting limits to oui use of iesouices; anu a host of othei changes that aien't too
haiu to envision. What is haiu to envision is the path fiom heie to theie. This panel will look at
some stiategies foi auvancing the cause of moving towaiu a sustainable society. uiven that we
know what must be uone, how uo we uo it now.

2:uu pm BREAK00T SESSI0NS S-7
B$2".>+$)2)6+" 2"8 !"#$%&0 1uS Aiken
D4277#"%#. 2"8 N#..+". 3$+/ 2 (*$27 1)2)#

0ui tianspoitation system uepenus heavily on fossil fuels, necessitating multi-uisciplinaiy woik to
stuuy the uevelopment of an aiiay of alteinatives. This panel incoipoiates stuuents anu faculty at
0vN, as well as local piofessionals in the eneigy inuustiy, cuiiently ieseaiching alteinatives to fossil
fuel tianspoitation. Topics encompass the implementation of Evs in veimont, impacts of incieaseu
Ev usage unuei uiffeient piimaiy eneigy scenaiios, the piouuction of biouiesel fiom oilseeu ciops,
anu factois that piohibit bicycle commuting in Builington.

5++8 1&.)#/. 2"8 !"#$%& 11u Aiken

0ui mouein inuustiial, globalizeu foou system uepenus heavily on eneigy inputs to iemain viable,
anu iequiies fai moie eneigy as inputs than it ueliveis as euible foou eneigy. This panel will exploie
uiffeient elements of agiicultuie anu the foou system moie geneially in seaich of a moie eneigy
efficient foou system.

D+//*"6?2)6"% =6+>4&.6?27 !?+"+/6?. 112 Aiken

Although many at this confeience will agiee with its themes, attention shoulu be paiu to how we
aie stiuctuiing the communication of the content of the biophysical economics. Panelists will
uiscuss piogiess in this iegaiu, incluuing the use of metaphoi anu contextualization in ue-
giowth initiatives.


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