Yale Environmental Sustainability Summit 2019 - Friday Welcome, Keynote and Plenary

9:30am - Welcome Remarks
Miranda Massie, MA ‘92 , Director, The Climate Museum

9:45am - Carlos Pineda (MEM and MBA ‘00) Memorial YESS Opening Keynote Address
Jon Shenk, BA ‘91, Partner at Actual Films, Director and Cinematographer, The Island President; Co-Director, An Inconvenient Sequel

10:30am - Pathways to Decarbonization

This TED-talk style plenary features presentations on how to decarbonize carbon-intensive industries with a focus on scalable solutions that can have a transformative impact on curbing global emissions. The presentations will be followed by a facilitated panel discussion.

Panelists:

Decarbonizing Electricity Production: Brian Bartholomew, U.S. Power Analyst, Bloomberg NEF

Decarbonizing Yale: John Bollier, Vice President, Facilities and Campus Development, Yale University

Decarbonizing Transportation: Judi Greenwald, Principal, Greenwald Consulting; Former Senior Climate Advisor to Energy Secretary Moniz

Decarbonizing Agriculture: Darcy Shiber-Knowles, MBA ‘13, Senior Quality, Sustainability & Innovation Manager, Dr. Bronner’s

Moderator:

Julie Zimmerman, Senior Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Yale F&ES; Professor of Green Engineering, Yale SEAS; Assistant Director for Research, Yale Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering