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7th Annual Environmental Policy Luncheon & ConferenceCLE Credits

Featuring Climatologist Pat Michaels
Lunch is preceded by morning panel discussions on new environmental regulations, eco-fads and the success of market-based environmentalism.

Date: Thursday, July 23, 2009
Time: 7:30 AM - 1:30 PM (See agenda below)
Lunch: 12:00 PM
Location: The Westin Seattle
1900 Fifth Ave, Seattle, 98101

$60.00 Lunch and Conference | $55.00 for WPC Supporters
$35.00 Lunch Only | $30.00 for WPC Supporters
$500.00 Table of 8
$20 for 3.25 CLE Credits

Please call Lindsay at 206-937-9691 to register

The first morning panel, “Precautionary Principle”, will feature Dr. John Hill, Senior Fellow, Alabama Policy Institute; Dr. Angela Logomasini, Director of Risk and Environmental Policy, Competitive Enterprise Institute; and Tom Holt, President and Government and Public Affairs Director, The Holt Company. Dr. Hill’s remarks will focus on WPC’s latest publication, Environmental Indicators, answering key questions such as, what is the state of our environment and is it improving or getting worse. Dr. Logomasini will discuss Precautionary Principle and the role that this principle plays in moving environmental policies. Finally, Mr. Holt will discuss the issue of drugs in the environment and the advancement of policies to regulate industry as a reaction. Mel Oleson of Boeing will moderate the “Precautionary Principle” panel.

The second panel, “Free-Market” Environmentalism, will feature Todd Myers, Director, WPC’s Center for the Environment, discussing what it means to be a “Free-Market” Environmentalist. He will be joined by Representative Shelly Short (R) of the 7th Legislative District and Ranking Member of the House Ecology and Parks Committee. Rep. Short will provide a review of environmental legislation from the 2009 Legislative Session, focusing on legislative attempts to pass a cap-and-trade bill and the Governor’s Executive order on cap-and-trade.

Following lunch, Dr. Patrick Michaels will make his keynote speech.Patrick Michaels

A Past President of the American Association of State Climatologists, Dr. Patrick Michaels will be discussing the global warming science they don't want you to know and his new book Climate of Extremes. Patrick Michaels is a research professor of environmental sciences at the University of Virginia, a contributing author and reviewer of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. His writing has been published in major scientific journals, including Climate Research, Nature, and Science.

Prior to the keynote, Dr. Bruce Lippke, Professor of Forest Economics at the University of Washington, will be presented with the Environmental Innovator Award for his innovative work on forest sustainability.

Agenda

7:30 Registration & Breakfast
8:20 Welcome:
        Daniel Mead Smith, President, WPC
        Todd Myers, Director, WPC’s Center for the Environment
8:30 1st Panel: Precautionary Principle
        Dr. John Hill, Senior Fellow, Alabama Policy Institute
        Dr. Angela Logomasini, Director of Risk and Environmental Policy, Competitive Enterprise Institute
        Tom Holt, President and Government and Public Affairs Director, The Holt Company
10:00 Break
10:15 2nd Panel:
        What it means to be a “Free-Market” Environmentalist
        Todd Myers, Director, WPC’s Center for the Environment
        Environmental Issues from the 2009 Legislative Session and the Governor’s Executive Order
        Rep. Shelly Short, 7th Legislative District (R) Ranking Member of the House Ecology and Parks Committee
12:00 Lunch
12:20 Presentation of Environmental Innovator Award:
        Dr. Bruce Lippke, Professor of Forest Economics at the University of Washington, for his work on forest sustainability
12:30 Dr. Pat Michaels keynote address
1:30 Conclusion