Download REGISTER NOW! Environmental Change Institute Annual Summit

REGISTER NOW! Environmental Change Institute Annual Summit
Climate Change: Agricultural Solutions, Adaptation & Mitigation
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
I-Hotel and Conference Center
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
1900 South First Street, Champaign, IL
7:45 a.m. breakfast and registration
The Environmental Change Institute at the University of Illinois is assembling a colloquium of
research scholars, business leaders, and policy makers to discuss the causes, effects and
consequences of agricultural practices on earth’s changing climate patterns.
OUR SUMMIT KEYNOTE:
Climate change over the next 50 years
Climatologist and meteorologist Mark Seeley, PhD, presents what climate changes science
indicates are anticipated in the next 50 years, and outlines implications to land use, landscape and
infrastructure. Dr. Seeley is Professor in the Department of Water, Soil and Climate at University
of Minnesota, author of Minnesota Weather Almanac and a regular contributor to Minnesota
Public Radio’s Morning Edition.
THE SUMMIT WILL SPOTLIGHT:
Mitigation strategies – Methods for alleviating adverse agricultural impacts on climate
Adapted practices – Changes in practices required to adapt to changes in climate
TOPICS AND SPEAKERS WILL INCLUDE:
Chemical Management and Soil Fertility Cliff Snyder, Nitrogen Program Director for the
International Plant Nutrition Institute and Bruce McCarl, TAMU
Food, Fuel, and Farming: John Sheehan, Scientific Program Coordinator of the Institute on the
Environment, University of Minnesota and Del Ehrich, F A E G R E & B E N S O N L L P
Precision Agriculture-Doing More With Less: Cole Pestoriuos, Taralan Cooperation and Larry
Hendrickson, John Deere
Global Land & Water Use: Madhu Khanna, Professor, Dept. of Agricultural and Consumer
Economics, University of Illinois and Sujoy Roy, Tetra Tech Research and Development
Agricultural Productivity Josiah McClellan, United Soybean Board and Andrew Leakey, Professor
of Plant Biology, Institute for Genomic Biology University of Illinois
Crop Genetics and Resource Dynamics: Ruth Grene, Professor of Plant Physiology, Virginia
Polytechnic Institute and State University and Laura Overstreet, Dept of Crop Science, UIUC
Organic and Sustainable Farming? Timothy LaSalle, Founder and Director, New Era Agriculture,
and Patricia Lovera, Assistant Director, Food & Water Watch
CLOSING KEYNOTE: Timothy Gieseke, Agricultural Resource Strategies
Please contact Karen Decker at [email protected], 217-333-0548 for further information.
http://eci.illinois.edu/news-events/eci-summit/
Second Annual Summit: Climate Change: Agricultural Solutions: Adaptations & Mitigation
Environmental Change Institute at the University of Illinois
November 9, 2010
7:45 a.m. breakfast and registration
I Hotel and Conference Center
1900 South First Street Champaign, Illinois, 61820
REGISTRATION FORM
Full Name: ______________________________________ (First name for badge) __________________________
University/Organization: __________________________________________________________________________
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Telephone: (______) __________________ Fax: (______) ____________________
Email: _______________________________________________________________
DEADLINE – November 5, 2010 - 5:00 p.m.
SUMMIT FEES:
Registration Fees (All fees listed in U.S. Funds.)
Corporate
Industry member
Academic
Student
Not for Profit org or NGO
PLEASE CHECK APPROPRIATE REGISTRATION FEE:
 $150
 $150
 $50
 $25 – waived, no charge
 $25
Summit fee will cover proceedings, material and meals (breakfast & lunch) on November 9, 2010
Count me for breakfast:  Tues
Count me in for lunch:
 Tues
Please list any ADA Special Needs: _________________________________________________________
Cancellations/Changes and Refunds: Fees will be refunded, less a $20.00 processing fee, if cancellation or change resulting
in a refund is received in writing no later than November 1, 2010. After that date, fees are non-refundable. All refunds will be
processed after the conference. Substitutions are allowed at no charge.
PAYMENT METHOD Check or Money Order must be in U.S. funds payable to: University of Illinois Urbana
Champaign. There will be a $25.00 fee charged on checks returned by the bank due to insufficient funds. Registration
confirmation/receipt and further information will be mailed. REGISTRATION will be available online at www.eci.illinois.edu by
Oct 1, 2010
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Please mail or fax completed registration form with payment to:
Phone: (217) 244-0965
FAX:
(217) 333-7709
Email: [email protected]
2010 ECI Summit
Lori Spencer
350 NSRC
University of Illinois
1101 West Peabody
Urbana, IL 61801
Please contact Karen Decker at [email protected], 217-333-0548 for further information.
http://eci.illinois.edu/news-events/eci-summit/