Focus the Nation Agenda

8:30 am – 9:00 am

Coffee/Tea

9:00 am – 9:15 am

Welcome - Nathan Brostrom, Vice Chancellor - Administration, UC Berkeley

9:15 am – 10:15 am

The Future of the Planet - Climate Science for Citizen Action
(Moderated by Daniel McGrath of the Berkeley Institute of the Environment)
With Professors Inez Fung, Bill Nazaroff, Bill Collins, John Chiang and Nathan Sayre

10:20 am -10:50 am

Keynote: Fran Pavley, Former California Assemblywoman

11:00 am – 12:00 pm

 Climate Solutions – Institutional, Local, Individual  
(Moderated by Prof. Dan Kammen, Energy and Resources Group)
With panelists from Cal Climate Action Partnership, City of Berkeley, Berkeley Energy and Resources Collaborative, Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on Sustainability, the Berkeley Institute of the Environment, and 1Sky

12:30 pm – 12:45 pm

Performance by the Golden Overtones

Solutions for America
(student led parallel breakout sessions on topic areas)

Local Action:
1) Reducing Cal's Climate Impact
2) "Reaching Beyond the Choir": an innovative approach to reducing our individual carbon footprint

1:55 pm - 2:55 pm

Policy Debates:
1) State, Regional, and Local Leadership on Sustainable Transportation
2) Presidential Candidate Debate: Who is Prepared to Make the US a Climate Action Leader?

Local Action:
1) Reducing Cal's Climate Impact
2) "Reaching Beyond the Choir": an innovative approach to reducing our individual carbon footprint
3) The Green Initiative Fund – Speed Dating

3:30 pm – 4:00 pm 

Concluding Keynote: Dr. Steven Chu, Nobel Laureate and Director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory