4th Annual Biophysical Economics Conference
OCTOBER 26-28, 2012
Gund Institute for
Ecological Economics
Rubenstein School of
Environment and Natural Resources
University of
Vermont, Burlington, Vermont
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26
Davis Center, University of Vermont
8:00 am Registration
and Light Breakfast Fireplace
Lounge
9:00 am WELCOME Livak
Ballroom
Jon
Erickson, UVM Rubenstein School of Environment & Natural Resources
Taylor
Ricketts, UVM Gund Institute for Ecological Economics
Charles
Hall, SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry
9:15 am PLENARY
SESSION 1 Livak
Ballroom
Energy
Return on Investment: State of the Field
Charles
Hall, SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry
Alex
Poisson, McGill University
Egan
Waggoner, SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry
(Moderator: Jon Erickson, UVM Rubenstein School)
10:30 am Morning
Break Fireplace
Lounge
11:00 am PLENARY
SESSION 2 Livak
Ballroom
Money,
Debt, and Energy: Biophysical Realities for Fairytale Economies
Joshua
Farley, UVM Gund Institute for Ecological Economics
Dennis
Meadows, Balaton Group
George
Mobus, University of Washington
(Moderator: Matthew Burke, UVM Gund Institute and MPA
Program)
12:30 pm Buffet
Lunch Livak
Ballroom
1:00 pm KEYNOTE
ADDRESS 1 Livak
Ballroom
Peak Prosperity on a Finite Planet
Christopher
Martenson, author of ÒThe Crash CourseÓ
2:00 pm BREAKOUT
SESSIONS 1-2
Energy
Taxes in a Fiscally Challenged Politics Jost
Room
Gary
Flomenhoft, UVM Gund Institute for Ecological Economics
Janet
Milne, Vermont Law School
Charles Komanoff, Carbon Tax Center
(Moderator: Bob Herendeen, UVM Gund
Institute for Ecological Economics)
Great Economic Thinkers &
Biophysical Economics Chittenden
Room
Lisi Krall, SUNY Cortland
Karl Seeley, Hartwick
College
Kent Klitgaard, Wells
College
(Moderator: Brian Kelly, UVM Gund Institute &
Community Development Dept.)
3:30 pm Afternoon
Break Fireplace
Lounge
4:00 pm BREAKOUT
SESSIONS 3-4
Connecting
our Normative Disciplines to Science: Jost
Room
Helping
the Orphan Disciplines find a Biophysical Home
Geoff
Garver, McGill University
Robert Gobin, McGill University
Nicolas Kosoy, McGill University
Robert
Nadeau, George Mason University
(Moderator: Peter Brown, McGill
University)
Economic
Implications of EROI Chittenden
Room
Charlie
Hall, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Carey
King, University of Texas
John
Hallock, Independent Energy Researcher
(Moderator: Christopher Clement, UVM Gund Institute and
Rubenstein School)
6:00 pm Reception Aiken
Solarium
7:00pm SCREENING
& DISCUSSION Aiken
102/103
How
Much Degrowth is Enough?
Note: Complimentary dinner sponsored by Stanford Knowledge
Integration Lab
(E-mail alpert@skil.org to RSVP, or sign-up at conference)
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27
Aiken Center, University of Vermont
8:00 am Registration
and Light Breakfast Aiken
Solarium
9:00 am PLENARY
SESSION 3 102
Aiken
Biophysical
Economics and the Financial System and Industry
Peter Tcherepnine, President, Loeb Partners
Management, Inc.
Chris
Sanders, Sanders Research Associates Limited
Steven
Kopits, Douglas Westwood, Inc.
(Moderator: Sam Hopkins, Hopkins & Associates)
10:30 am Morning
Break Aiken
Solarium
11:00 am PLENARY
SESSION 3 102
Aiken
Energy, Democracy, and the Political
Economy of Change:
Strategies
for the Change We Know is Needed
Thomas Prugh, Worldwatch Institute
Neil Glazer, Foundation Earth
Jim
Case, American Petroleum Institute
(Moderator: Eric Zencey, UVM Gund Institute for
Ecological Economics)
12:30 pm Lunch Aiken
Solarium
1:00 pm KEYNOTE
ADDRESS 2 102
Aiken
Energy as Master Resource
Eric
Zencey, author of ÒThe Other Road to SerfdomÓ
2:00 pm BREAKOUT
SESSIONS 5-7
Transportation
and Energy: 104
Aiken
Challenges and Lessons from a
Rural State
Karen Giltman, Vermont Energy Investment Corp.
John Dowds, UVM Transportation Research Center
Phoebe
Spencer, UVM Community Development & Applied Economics
Heather Darby, UVM Extension
(Moderator: Tim Pede, UVM Rubenstein School)
Energy
Use in Food Systems: 116
Aiken
The
Realities of Relocalization
John Carroll, University of New Hampshire
John
Schramski, University of Georgia
Eric
Garza, University of Vermont Environmental Program (moderator)
Communicating
Biophysical Economics 311
Aiken
Jada
Thacker, Marine Military Academy
Yvan Dutil, T3E -Industrial Research in Energy Technologies
and Efficiency
Jesssica G. Lambert, Next Generation Energy Initiative
(moderator)
3:30 pm CLOSING
REMARKS 102
Aiken
Jon Erickson, UVM Rubenstein School of Environment and
Natural Resources
Brian Kelly, UVM Gund Institute and Community
Development Department
Charlie Hall, SUNY College of Environmental Science
and Forestry
5:00 pm FILM
SCREENING 102
Aiken
Growthbusters:
Hooked on Growth