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Please join us for the 5th Annual Northeast Campus Sustainability Consortium (NECSC) Meeting being held October 27-28, 2008 at Princeton University.
The theme this year, "The Sustainability Puzzle: Putting the Pieces Together", will look at the many interconnected and inter-disciplinary sustainability issues faced by our campuses today. The keynote address will be given by Solitaire Townsend, Chief Executive and Co-Founder of Futerra, a marketing and PR firm focused on green communications. There are also three tours to choose from as well as a master session featuring a panel discussion on nuclear power.
Sponsor: Princeton University Office of Sustainability and The New Jersey Higher Education Partnership for Sustainability
Contact: sustain@princeton.edu
Please click here for registration and more information.
Registration cost is $150.00 per person.
We hope to see you at the meeting.
Elise DeMeo
Office of Sustainability
Princeton University
MacMillan Building
Ph: (609) 258-6681
Fx: (609) 258-1508
edemeo@princeton.edu
Tentative Conference Agenda (Time of events subject to change)
Monday, October 27
- 8:00 am - Registration Begins - Forbes College Lobby
- 8:30 am - Optional Tour of Princeton Plasma Physics Lab - Tour will leave from Forbes College Lobby
- 9:30 am - Optional Tour of Cogeneration Plant - Meet in Forbes College Multipurpose Room
- 9:30 am - Optional Tour of Forbes College & Garden - Meeting in Forbes College Library
- 10:00 am - Climate Change Regulatory Roundtable - Forbes College Multipurpose Room
- 11:00 am - Registration ends for day
- 11:00 am - Introduction and Keynote Address: New Jersey’s Commissioner Lisa Jackson, NJDEP - Forbes College Dining Room
- 12:00 pm - Lunch - Forbes College Dining Room
- 1:00 pm - President's Panel - Forbes College Dining Room (Moderator, Mark Burstein, Executive Vice President for Administration, Princeton University)
- 2:15 pm - Break
- 2:45 pm - Sessions I - McCosh Hall
- 3:45 pm - Break
- 4:00 pm - Sessions II - McCosh Hall
- 5:00 pm - Break
- 5:30 pm - Reception - Chancellor Green Rotunda
- 6:30 pm - Dinner - Rocky Dining Hall
- 8:00 pm - Social Hours - TBD
Tuesday, October 28
- 6:30 am - Optional workout period - Dillon Gym
- 8:00 am - Breakfast - Rocky Dining Hall
- 9:00 am - Master Session on Nuclear Power - Rocky Mathey Common Room (Keynote: Professor Michael Oppenheimer, Princeton University. Moderator: Jeanne Fox, President, NJBPU)
- 10:30 am - Break
- 11:00 am - Vendor Fair - Dillon Gym
- 12:00 pm - Lunch - Rocky Dining Hall
- 1:00 pm - Sessions III - McCosh Hall
- 2:00 pm - Break
- 2:15 pm - Sessions IV - McCosh Hall
- 3:15 pm - Break
- 3:30 pm - Conference Wrap-Up - McCosh Hall
- 4:15 pm - Conference adjourns
Accommodations
Hotel accommodations are being provided by the Nassau Inn. Please refer to NECSC or Group #11138 when making your reservation. Room rate is $132/night + taxes. Please note that we have reserved a block of rooms for the night of Monday, October 27 only. If you are planning to stay for additional nights, please make your reservations as soon as possible.
