NCEL	2015	National	Issues	Forum – Draft	Agenda

Cedarbrook	Lodge	! Seattle,	Washington __________________________________________________________________________________________

Friday,	July	31

9:30 - 12:30	PM Green	Schools	Pre-Session Summit	Auditorium

U.S.	Green	Building	Council

12:00	- 1:00	PM Conference	Registration	Open

1:00 - 1:15 PM Welcome	and	Introductions The	Cedars	Room

1:15 - 2:15 PM Plenary	Session—Clean	Power	PlanUpdate The	Cedars	Room

								 Representative	from	the	U.S. EPA

2:15 - 3:30 PM Plenary	Panel—State	Options	for	Carbon	Reductions The	Cedars	Room

• Modular	and	regional	state	options:	RAP

• Carbon	Pricing

3:30	- 3:45	PM Break

3:45	- 4:45 PM Regional	Breakout Sessions

• Great	lakes/	MS	River - Nutrient	Pollution	(Summit	Auditorium)

• Coastal	States	- Coastal	Flooding	(Cedars)

• Western	States	- Public	Lands (TBD)

4:50	- 5:50	PM Plenary	Session-State	Chemical	Policy	post-TSCA	Reform The	Cedars	Room

		 									 Laurie	Valeriano,	Washington	Toxics	Coalition

5:50	- 6:30 PM Reception Evergreen	Lawn

6:30	- 8:00	PM Dinner	and	Keynote	Address Tamarack	Hall

NCEL	Board	Chair	Pricey	Harrison	and	Rachel	Gutter,	USGBC

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Saturday,	August	1

7:00	-8:	30	AM Breakfast available	in	Tamarack	Hall

8:30	- 9:30	AM Plenary	Session-Building	a	new	consensus	on climate The	Cedars	Room

Mitch	Hescox,	Evangelical	Environmental	Network

9:30	- 10:30	AM Plenary	Panel-Environmental	Justice The	Cedars	Room

Jacqui	Patterson, NAACP

10:30 - 10:45	PM Break

10:45	- 11:45	AM Issue	Breakout	Sessions

1) Water	Scarcity The	Cedars	Room

2)	Aquatic	Invasive	Species Summit	Auditorium

11:50 – 12:55 PM										Lunch	and	Plenary	Panel: Private	Sector	Leadership	on	Sustainability	 The	Cedars

12:55	PM Break	and	room	rearrangement
National	Caucus	of	Environmental	Legislators

1:15	– 2:15 PM Regional	Breakout	Sessions	 Cedars	& Summit	

• West	Coast	and	mountains – Regional	Climate	Plans

• Great	Lakes	and	MS	River- Pollinators

• East	Coast - Ocean	Acidification

2:15	– 3:15 PM Breakout	Sessions

1) Chemical	Policy	– Disclosure (Cedars	1)

2) International	Trade	Agreements	and	

Environmental Polic (Cedars	2)

3) Clean	Energy	– Integrated	Resource	Planning

(Cedars	3)

4) Industrial	Hemp (Summit	Auditorium)

3:15 - 3:30 PM	 Break

3:30	- 4:25 PM Breakout	Sessions

1) Chemical	Policy	– Incentives	to	promote	green	

chemistry	in	the	market	(Cedars	1)

2) Conservation	- Wetland	Restoration (Cedars	2)

3) Clean	Energy	- Electric	Vehicles (Cedars	3)

4) Hydraulic	Fracturing	Safety (Summit)

4:30	- 5:30	PM Breakout	Sessions	

1) Chemical	Policy- Green	Procurement (Cedars	1)

2) Conservation	- Land	Fragmentation (Cedars	2)

3) New	Technologies	in	

Energy	Efficiency	(Cedars	3)

5) Recycling – Extended Producer Responsibility 

(Summit)

6:00	PM	 Depart	for	Reception

7:00	- 9:00	PM Dinner	/ Reception Pike	Brewing	Co.

Seattle	Mayor	Ed	Murray	

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Sunday,	August	2

7:00	– 8:00	AM BREAKFAST The	Cedars	Room

8:00 – 8:55 AM Plenary	Session	- Living	Buildings The	Cedars	Room

Sustainability	in	the	Built	Environment

9:00	- 10:00 AM Breakout	Panel:	Oil	Train	Safety The	Cedars	Room

Breakout	Panel:	Banning	Endangered	Species	Products Summit	Auditorium

10:00 - 10:15 AM BREAK

10:15 - 11:15 AM Breakout:	Clean	Energy	- Successes	and	Setbacks	in	RPS	

Policies	(Cedars	3)

The	Cedar Room

Breakout:	Microbeads	 Summit	Auditorium

11:15 - 11:45 AM	 State	Breakouts	- Priorities	for	the	coming	year

11:45	AM	- 12:15 PM	 Large	Group	- NCSL	Preview,	wrap	up	and evaluation The	Cedars	Room

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