Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Monday, May 21
7:30 a.m. 5:30 p.m. 7:30 a.m. 9:00 p.m. 8:00 a.m. 9:30 a.m. Registration on the main level near the Continental Ballroom Exhibit area open BREAKFAST
Welcome: Joseph Bast, president, and James Taylor, senior fellow, The Heartland Institute Keynote: Joe Bastardi Global Sea Ice, Accumulated Cyclone Energy, and How It Explains the Climate
Nir Shaviv, Ph.D. The Solar/Cosmic Ray Connection and Its Implication to the Understanding of Present Day Climate Change Howard Hayden, Ph.D. What Physics Tells Us About the Sensitivity of Climate to CO2 Forcing Don Easterbrook, Ph.D. Are Forecasts of a 20-Year Cooling Trend Credible?
John Dunn, M.D. Does Global Warming Harm Human Health? Paul Driessen Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Human Welfare Alan Carlin, Ph.D. EPAs Proposed Carbon Pollution Standard for New Power Plants Richard Trzupek The Regulatory Tsunami: A Closer Look at Rules in Place and on the Way
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Group Discussion Climate Change and the Blogosphere Larry Bell, University of Houston Tom Harris, International Climate Science Coalition Marc Morano, ClimateDepot.com
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Craig Idso, Ph.D. Global Warming and Ocean Acidification Craig Loehle, Ph.D. Enhanced Crop, Forest, and Ecosystem Health in a Warmer World Patrick Michaels, Ph.D. The Role of Public Choice in Climate Science
William Gray, Ph.D. Why Computer Models Overestimate Global Warming Stanley Goldenberg, Ph.D. Hurricanes and Other Extreme Weather Events Anthony Lupo, Ph.D. Is Global Warming Causing Extreme Weather Events?
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Reception/book sales-signing in the exhibit area (cash bar) with authors Patrick Michaels and Larry Bell 5:30 p.m. 8:00 p.m. DINNER
James Taylor Real Science Joseph Bast Real Choices Hon. Vaclav Klaus, Ph.D., president, Czech Republic
9:00 p.m.
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Group Discussion: The NASA Letter Writers Harrison Schmitt, Ph.D., Apollo 17 Walter Cunningham, Apollo 7 Harold Doiron, former NASA scientist Thomas Wysmuller, former NASA scientist Leighton Steward, CO2 Is Green (moderator)
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10:30 a.m. 11:30 a.m. PANEL 5 Attribution: What Causes Climate Change? Willie Soon, Ph.D. Almighty CO2, Giant Boa Snake and the Sun
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Anthony Watts How Reliable Are 20th Century Temperature Reconstructions? Richard Keen, Ph.D. The Pacific Decadal Oscillation and Global Climate Models
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Bob Carter, Ph.D. TBA Madhav Khandekar, Ph.D. Global Warming Effects on Regional Climate Dennis Avery, Ph.D. -6,000 Years of Civilizations Collapsed by Abrupt Climate Change 4:00 p.m. 5:30 p.m. BREAK
Reception/book sales-signing in the exhibit area (cash bar) with Brian Sussman and S. Fred Singer
DINNER
9:00 p.m.
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Peter Ferrara, J.D. The Economic Implications of High-Cost Energy Donn Dears Why It Is Virtually Impossible to Cut CO2 Emissions by 80 Percent Ken Haapala, M.S. Wind and Solar: The Past or the Future?
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PANEL 9 Communicating Climate Change (concurrent session taking place in the Continental Ballroom)
Jay Lehr, Ph.D. Teaching Climate Change to the public. Steve Goreham The Mad, Mad, Mad World of Climatism Richard Trzupek TBA
Myron Ebell, J.D., The Political Challenges and Opportunities of Piecemeal Implementation of Energy Rationing Agendas Julian Morris, M.S., J.D. Climate Change and Sustainable Development Christopher Horner, J.D. TBA
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Sebastian Luning, author, Die kalte Sonne (The Cold Sun) The Medieval Warm Period within the Context of Millennial Scale Climate Cycles
CONCLUDING REMARKS
2:15 p.m.
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