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Monday, March 8, 2004

Ambassador Ballroom
Washington Duke Inn & Golf Club

5:30 p.m.

Registration

6:30 p.m.

Dinner

7:15 p.m.

Welcome
William Schlesinger, Dean, Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences,
   Duke University
Peter Nicholas, Chairman, Board of Trustees, Duke University

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7:30 p.m.M

Keynote Address
Joseph Stanislaw, President, Cambridge Energy Research Associates

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Tuesday, March 9, 2004

Geneen Auditorium
R. David Thomas Executive Conference Center
   

7:30 a.m.

Registration & Continental Breakfast

8:00 a.m.

Introduction & Welcome

Paul Risher, Private Investor and Past President, Duke University
   Alumni Association
William Schlesinger, Dean, Nicholas School of the Environment and
   Earth Sciences, Duke University

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8:15 a.m.

Realities of Energy Production and Use

Moderator: Matthew Simmons, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
   Simmons & Company International

Panelists:
   Christopher Flavin, President, Worldwatch Institute
   Howard Gruenspecht, Deputy Administrator, Energy
       Information Administration
   William Shutkin, President, New Ecology, Inc.
   Rhonda Zygocki, Vice President, Health, Environment & Safety,
     ChevronTexaco

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9:30 a.m.

Break

9:45 a.m.

Transitions: Drivers

Moderator: Art Smith, Chairman & CEO, John S. Herold, Inc.

Panelists:
   John Hahn, Partner, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw,
       Washington, DC
   Fred Krupp, President, Environmental Defense
   Steve Leer, President & CEO, Arch Coal, Inc.
   Aubrey McClendon, Chairman & CEO, Chesapeake Energy Corporation
   Kathleen McGinty, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of
       Environmental Protection
   Paul Portney, Senior Fellow & President, Resources for the Future

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11:30 a.m.

Luncheon
Luncheon speaker: Larry Burns, Vice President, General Motors

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1:30 p.m.

Transitions: Strategies

Moderator: William Schlesinger, Dean, Nicholas School of the
   Environment and Earth Sciences, Duke University

Panelists:
   William Cavanaugh, CEO, Progress Energy
   Jeremy Leggett, CEO, solarcentury
   Todd Mitchell, President, Houston Advanced Research Center
   Tom Tombrello, Chair, Division of Physics, Math and Astronomy,
       California Institute of Technology
   Michael Walsh, Senior Vice President, Chicago Climate Exchange

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3:15 p.m.

Break

3:30 p.m.

Sustainability in Action

Moderator: Joseph Stanislaw, President, Cambridge Energy Research Associates

Panelists:
   Thomas Capps, Chairman, President & CEO, Dominion Resources
   William Friedrich, Deputy Chief Executive, BG Group plc
   David Hawkins, Director, Climate Center, Natural Resources
       Defense Council
   John Manzoni, Chief Executive, Refining & Marketing,
       British Petroleum
   Susan Tomasky, CFO, American Electric Power

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5:15 p.m.

Break

5:30 p.m.

Roundtable Discussion

Moderator: Simon Rich, Chairman, Board of Visitors, Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Duke University and Past CEO, Louis-Dreyfus Holding Company

Panelists:
   Lincoln Pratson, Associate Professor of Sedimentary Geology,
       Duke University
   Ruth Shaw, President, Duke Power Co.   
   Art Smith, Chairman & CEO, John S. Herold, Inc.
   Joseph Stanislaw, President, Cambridge Energy Research Associates
   Jonathan Wiener, Professor of Law and Environmental Policy,
       Faculty Director of the Center for Environmental Solutions, Duke University

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6:30 p.m.

Cocktails & Conversation

 

 

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