CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS AND CHALLENGES FOR NEW JERSEY BUSINESSES AND COASTAL COMMUNITIES

FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 2010, 8:30 AM – 1:30 PM
MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY, WILSON HALL AUDITORIUM

You Hear The Buzz Words … Sea Level Rise, Global Warming, Climate Change. What Does It All Mean For Us?
Expert panelists will focus on the impacts of climate change on coastal communities and businesses and what
we can/should be doing to mitigate, adapt and become more resilient.
Event Sponsor: New Jersey Natural Gas

Host Organizations: Jersey Shore Partnership;Monmouth-Ocean Development Council;NJ Marine Sciences Consortium/NJ Sea Grant Extension Program;Rutgers Climate and Social Policy Initiative; Urban Coast Institute at Monmouth University.

Registration: 8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast
Keynote: 8:30 a.m. Commissioner Mark Mauriello, Department of Environmental Protection

Panel I 9:00 a.m.
Potential Impact on Coastal Communities: Response and Adaptation Strategies
Moderator: Dr. Robin Leichenko, Associate Professor, Dept. of Geography, Rutgers University
Panelists: Dr. Radley Horton, Assoc. Research Scientist, Center for Climate Systems Research, Columbia University
Dr. Jon Miller, Research Assistant Professor, Stevens Institute of Technology, NJMSC/NJ Sea Grant Program,
Kenneth Pringle, Esq., Managing Partner, Pringle Quinn Anzano,PC, Mayor of Belmar, NJ

Panel II 10:30 a.m.
Effective Loss Prevention and Sustainable Business Practices
Moderator: Tony MacDonald, Director, Monmouth University, Urban Coast Institute
Panelists: Howard Marshall, Vice President and Engineering Standards Manager, FM Global, Inc.
Wylie Donald Esq., Partner McCarter and English LLP, Climate Change and Renewable Energy Specialty Group
Joan Verplanck, President, New Jersey Chamber of Commerce

Luncheon: 12:15 p.m.
Keynote: 1:00 p.m. Laurence M. Downes, Chairman and CEO, New Jersey Natural Gas
Climate Change: What's happening and what customers can do about it.
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