Transition Toward Sustainability after 15 Years:
Where Do We Stand in Advancing the Scientific Foundation?
A Workshop
Hyatt Regency Newport Beach
Newport Beach, CA
JANUARY 14, 2016
| 9:00 AM | Welcome from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine |
| Ralph J. Cicerone, National Academy of Sciences | |
| 9:10 AM | Introductions and Meeting Goals |
| David Dzombak (Chair) (NAE), Carnegie Mellon University, Committee Chair | |
| Jerry Miller, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine | |
| 9:30 AM | Keynote Remarks – Sustainability Science: Overview of the State of the Field |
| Pamela Matson (NAS), Stanford University | |
| 10:15 AM | A Brief Update on the Sustainability Roundtable 2015 Sessions on Sustainability Indicators and Metrics |
| David Dzombak (NAE), Carnegie Mellon University, Roundtable Co-chair | |
| 10:30 AM | BREAK |
| 10:45 AM | Panel I: Sustainability and Economic and Population Growth |
| Moderator: Susan Trumbore (NAS), Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry | |
| John Weyant, Stanford University | |
| Joseph Arvai, University of Michigan | |
| Wolfgang Lutz, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis |
| 11:45 AM | Q&A and Discussion |
| 12:15 PM | LUNCH |
| 1:15 PM | Panel II: Urban Systems and Resource Sustainability |
| Moderator: Stephen Polasky (NAS), University of Minnesota | |
| John Crittenden (NAE), Georgia Institute of Technology | |
| William Solecki, Hunter College | |
| Karen Seto, Yale University | |
| 2:15 PM | Q&A and Discussion |
| 2:45 PM | BREAK |
| 3:00 PM | Panel III: Sustainable Manufacturing |
| Moderator: Thomas Graedel (NAE), Yale University | |
| Anthony Ku, GE Global Research | |
| Julie Zimmerman, Yale University | |
| Steven Skerlos, University of Michigan | |
| 4:00 PM | Q&A and Discussion |
| 4:30 PM | Summary Discussion |
| David Dzombak (NAE), Carnegie Mellon University | |
| 5:00 PM | Adjourn |
| JANUARY 15, 2016 | |
| 9:00 AM | Welcome and Re-Cap from Previous Day |
| David Dzombak (NAE), Carnegie Mellon University | |
| 9:15 AM | Panel IV: Sustainable Food Systems and Diet |
| Moderator: Prabhu Pingali (NAS), Cornell University | |
| Gerald Nelson, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign | |
| Mark Howden, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation | |
| Prabhu Pingali (NAS), Cornell University | |
| 10:15 AM | Q&A and Discussion |
| 10:45 AM | BREAK |
| 11:00 AM | Panel V: Ocean Sustainability |
| Moderator: Roberta Marinelli, University of Southern California | |
| Robert Costanza, Australian National University | |
| Steven Lohrenz, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth | |
| Margaret Leinen, University of California, San Diego | |
| 12:00 PM | Q&A and Discussion |
| 12:30 PM | LUNCH |
| 1:15 PM | Panel VI: Integrated Analysis |
| Moderator: Kristie Ebi, University of Washington | |
| Elena Bennett, McGill University | |
| Thomas Dietz, Michigan State University | |
| 2:15 PM | Q&A and Discussion |
| 2:45 PM | BREAK |
| 3:00 PM | A Path Forward: The State of Sustainability Science: Future Needs and Opportunities |
| Moderator: David Dzombak (NAE), Carnegie Mellon University | |
| Steve Skerlos University of Michigan | |
| William Clark (NAS), Harvard University | |
| 4:15 PM | Summary Remarks |
| David Dzombak (Chair) (NAE), Carnegie Mellon University | |
| 4:30 PM | Workshop Conclusion |