Coastal Cities Summit 2008

Coastal Cities Summit: Coastal Values and Vulnerabilities
Tentative Agenda

November 17-20, 2008
All events at Tradewinds Island Grande Resort unless otherwise indicated.

November 17 – Monday

10.00 a.m. - 4.p.m.	Registration – Grand Palm Colonnade
6.30 p.m. - 8.30 p.m.	Welcome Reception & Opening Remarks
	Mayor Michael Finnerty, St. Pete Beach
	Dr. Christopher D’Elia, Director, IOI-USA

November 18 – Tuesday

7.00 a.m. – 4.00 p.m.	Registration – Grand Palm Colonnade
7.30 a.m. – 8.45 a.m.	Continental Breakfast
9.a.m.	Plenary Session: *Coastal City Challenges*
	Video welcome by David Rockefeller, Jr.
	Keynote: Saskia Sassen – Helen & Robert Lynd Professor of Sociology, Columbia University
	Panel:
	Alex Sink, Chief Financial Officer, State of Florida Carlos Fernandez-Jauregui – Director, United Nations Water Decade
	Wayne Joseph – Chair, Global Water Partnership, Caribbean Region Alex Domijan – Professor, Power Quality & Distributed Energy Lab, University of South Florida
11.00 a.m.	Break
11.30 a.m. - 12.15 p.m.	Special Session: Feliep Decorte- Disaster, Post Conflict and Safety Section, UN-HABITAT
12.15 p.m.	Lunch
	Jack Dunnigan - John H. Dunnigan is the Assistant Administrator for NOAA’s Ocean Service. (read more)
1.30 p.m.	Concurrent sessions
3.00 p.m.	Break
3.30 p.m.	Concurrent Sessions
5.00 p.m.	Break
5.45 p.m.	Buses to the Mahaffey Theater
6.30 p.m.	Opening Reception – Mahaffey Theater
8.00 p.m.	Welcome Comments:
	Governor Charlie Crist (invited)
	Mayor Rick Baker, St. Petersburg
	Dr. Karen White, Regional Vice Chancellor, University of South Florida St. Petersburg
	Jeff Lyash - President & CEO, Progress Energy Florida; " The Balanced Solution Needed to Secure our Energy Future"
	Keynote: Martin Parry – Co-Chair, Working Group II, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
	Google Earth presentation
	Entertainment by Dundu Dole
9.30 p.m. approx.	buses return to the TradeWinds

November 19 – Wednesday

7.30 a.m. – 5.30 p.m.	Registration – Grand Palm Colonnade
7.30 a.m. – 8.30 a.m.	Continental Breakfast
8.30 a.m.	Concurrent sessions
10.00 a.m.	Break
10.30 a.m.	Plenary: Coastal City Leadership Keynote: Jeremy Harris, former Mayor of Honolulu, Hawaii
	Panel:
	Mayor Rick Baker, St. Petersburg, FL, USA Mayor Pan Iorio, Tampa, FL, USA Mayor Dennis O’Keefe, St. John’s, Newfoundland Mayor Bas Verkerk, Delft, the Netherlands
12.30 p.m.	Break for lunch on you own OR
	Board busses leave for field trips
	Field Trip Options
	Pier Aquarium/afternoon in St. Petersburg Desalination plant/Manatee Viewing Tampa Bay Watch/kayaking tour Dunedin, FL -water and wastewater treatment and LEED certified community center Cockroach Bay Environmental Studies Center JB Starkey Flatwoods & BBQ Pinellas County Beach Nourishment TradeWinds Hotel – back of the scenes tour of the hotel efforts to become environmentally friendly

November 20 – Thursday

7.30 a.m. – 5.30 p.m.	Registration – Grand Palm Colonnade
7.30 a.m. – 8.45 a.m.	Continental Breakfast
9.00 a.m.	Plenary Session: *Coastal City Solutions*
	Keynote: Roberto Rosselli – Manager of System Information, Venice, Italy Water Authority
	Panel:
	Michael Orbach – Professor of the Practice of Marine Affairs and Policy, Duke University Marine Lab Robert Miles - Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Hunt Energy Enterprises Paul Holthus - Executive Director, World Ocean Council
11:00 a.m.	Break
11.30 a.m - 12.15 p.m.	Special Session: Warren Evans - Director, World Bank Environment Department
12.15 - 1.30 p.m.	Lunch
1.30 p.m.	Concurrent Sessions
3.00 p.m.	Break
3.30 p.m. - 5.00 p.m.	Concurrent Sessions
5.30 p.m.	Beachside cocktails at sunset
6.30 p.m.	Closing dinner, program, entertainment
Speakers:	Dr. Robert Ballard – Professor, Graduate School of Oceanography and Director, Institute of Archaeological Oceanography, University of Rhode Island; President, Institute for Exploration, Mystic Aquarium in Mystic, Connecticut; discoverer of the Titanic