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Plenary Session
(0800 – 0930)
Unconventional Partnering
Mr. Reginald Van Lee, Senior Vice President, Booz Allen Hamilton
Major General (Ret.) George B. Patrick III, Executive Coordinator, South Carolina Military Base Task Force
Brigadier General Hanson Scott, USAF (Ret), Director, Office of Military Base Planning and Support, State of New Mexico
The plenary session will highlight the importance forming new partnering arrangements to address increasingly complex issues- the underlying complex of “megacommunities”. The idea of a megacommunity recognizes the necessity (and power) of business, government, and civil society working together on complex, multiple mission objectives. A megacommunity is a new approach to solving problems that span business, government and the communities. Embracing the principle of megacommunities, regional partnerships like Southeast Regional Partnership for Planning and Sustainability (SERPPAS) and Western Regional Partnership (WRP) convene stakeholders from federal and state governments and NGOs to address shared cross-boundary sustainability challenges, such as land use and natural resource conservation, in a common collaborative framework. It has become increasingly clear to the Department of Defense that "business as usual" will not work nor can such sustainability challenges be met through single agency action. Regional partnerships- like megacommunities- can improve decisions for all partners involved through collective actions that result in multiple and mutual benefits stemming from overlapping missions.
Plenary Session
(1000 – 1200)
Climate Change
Moderator: Ms. Sullivan, Director of Environmental Management, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Installations & Environment)
Ms. Ruth Greenspan Bell, Senior Fellow, Climate & Energy Program, World Resources Institute
Major General Richard Engel (Ret.), Director, Climate Change and State Stability Program, Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Mr. John Wiens, Chief Conservation Science Officer, PRBO Conservation Science
Dr. Jeff Marquese, Executive Director of SERDP/ESTCP
Climate change will impact both global stability as well as military testing, training and operations. This session will begin with a summary of the challenges the Department of Defense (DoD) will face as the earth’s climate warms. Topics to follow include: the federal government’s response to the issue; how climate change will impact global stability; and how climate change is altering habitat. A final presentation will discuss research and development being conducted by DoD to improve climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies. The session will conclude with a question and answer period.
Plenary Session
(1300 – 1430)
Energy
Moderator: Mr. Bill Van Houten, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Installations & Environment)
Dr. Dianne Nielson, Energy Advisor, Office of the Governor, Utah
Mr. Al Haggerty, American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE)
Brigadier General (ret) Joseph R. "Bob" Barnes, Senior Policy Advisor (Department of Defense) The Nature Conservancy
Dr. Diane Nielson, Energy Advisor to the Governor of Utah, Mr. Christopher Myers, Lockheed Martin’s Vice President for Solar Programs, representing the American Council on Renewable Energy, and Brigadier General (Ret.) Bob Barnes, Senior Policy Advisor, The Nature Conservancy, will discuss their organizations’ perspectives on the expansion and new development of energy resources. Mr. Bill Van Houten, Office of the Secretary of Defense, will moderate the session and provide a brief overview of Department of Defense (DoD) concerns with energy infrastructure. Energy has returned as a national priority and private industry, non-governmental organizations, and local, state and federal governments have missions and equities at stake.
Plenary Session
(1430 – 1530)
Senior Stakeholder Wrap Up Session- Presentation not available
A key issue for the 2009 Sustaining Military Readiness Conference is to facilitate more effective integration of program topics, both formally within panel presentations and informally in off-line discussions by conference participants. To further this integration theme, conference organizers have invited several individuals to comprise a conference Senior Stakeholders Panel, bringing unique expertise from the varied subject areas represented at the 2009 Conference. Panel members will attend each of the Wednesday track sessions and are tasked to observe/audit each track session to 1) capture key points, 2) make observations concerning session topics from their particular expertise perspective, 3) note success in addressing integration, 4) suggest further integration targets of opportunity, and 5) generally reflect on session outcomes relative to the track and conference focus. Based on their observations, the Senior Stakeholders Panel will prepare an interesting and thought provoking wrap up panel discussion. Join us to actively engage with the panelists for this closing dialogue.
Afternoon Workshop and Service Breakouts
(1530 – 1700)
Partnering with DoD Stakeholders - No Presentations
This 2-hour session will provide an opportunity to hear from a wide spectrum of those outside the Department of Defense that are crucial partners for our ability to sustain our military mission. It will highlight best practices for changing confrontation into conversation, case studies on success, and lessons learned and applied. Then join our speakers for light appetizers and an opportunity for conversation. Speakers include representatives from groups of: State Officials, Environmental and Conservation NGOs, Local Governments, Developers and State Legislators.
Service Breakouts - No Presentations
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