Global Change Forum 47
Forum booklet (agenda and speaker bios)
Participant list (password protected)
Presentations (password protected)
Session 1. Sustainability Science: Integrated Modeling of Nature-Society Systems
Noelle Selin • MIT CS3 • Director; Professor, MIT Institute for Data, Systems, and Society and MIT Earth, Atmospheric & Planetary Sciences
Rebecca Saari • University of Waterloo • Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Brent Boehlert • Industrial Economics, Incorporated • Principal
Session 2. Sustainability Science: Institutions, Markets, and Incentives
Jennifer Morris • MIT CS3 • Principal Research Scientist
Gregory Characklis • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill • William R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering; Director, Institute for Risk Management and Insurance Innovation
Michael Davidson • UC San Diego • Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and School of Global Policy and Strategy; Director, Power Transformation Lab
Session 3. Feedbacks, Nonlinearities, and “Tipping Points”
Adam Schlosser • MIT CS3 • Deputy Director; Senior Research Scientist
Robert Kopp • Rutgers University • Professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences
Chris Bauch • University of Waterloo • Professor, Department of Applied Mathematics
Climate Missions of the Climate Project at MIT
Decarbonizing energy and industry: Elsa Olivetti • MIT • Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Restoring the atmosphere, protecting the land and oceans: Jesse Kroll • MIT • Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Inventing new policy approaches: Christopher Knittel • MIT • Professor; Associate Dean for Climate and Sustainability, Sloan School of Management
Wild Cards: Sarah McGrath • MIT • Managing Director, The Climate Project at MIT
Designing resilient and prosperous cities: Christoph Reinhart • MIT • Professor, Architecture
Keynote
Susan Solomon • Professor, MIT Earth, Atmospheric & Planetary Sciences; Chair, EAPS Program in Oceans, Atmospheres and Climate; Lee and Geraldine Martin Professor of Environmental Studies
Session 4. Integrating Equity in Addressing Global Change
Sergey Paltsev • MIT CS3 • Deputy Director; Senior Research Scientist
Jan Kwakkel • Delft University of Technology • Professor, Decision-Making under Deep Uncertainty
Amanda Giang • University of British Columbia • Assistant Professor and Canada Research Chair, Mechanical Engineering; Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability
Session 5. Sustainability Strategy at Global Scale
Amy Luers • Microsoft • Global Director, Sustainability Science and Innovation
Edward Wack • MIT Lincoln Laboratory • Division Head, Biotechnology and Human Systems
Poushali Maji • Schmidt Sciences • Program Scientist