October 17–19, 2024
Thursday, October 17
Introduction and Welcome
Time: 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Location: Gerlinger Lounge
Chris Poulsen, Tykeson Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
A. Aneesh, Executive Director, School of Global Studies and Languages
Panel: The Power of Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Time: 4:30 PM – 5:45 PM
Location: Gerlinger Lounge
Moderator: Yvonne Braun
- Energy Transitions and Unintended Consequences
Richard York - Perspectives on Uncertainty and Responses to Climate Change
Rachael Shwom - Overcoming Unproductive Conflict and Enacting Positive Social Change
Max Boykoff
Moderator: Yvonne Braun
Dinner: 6:00-7:30 PM
Friday, October 18
Coffee & Snacks: 8:45 AM
Panel: Climate Governance and Policy
Time: 9:00 AM – 10:15 AM
Location: Great Hall, Global Scholars Hall
Moderator: Pedro Garcia-Caro
- Promises and Pitfalls of UN Climate Negotiations
Lauren Eastwood - After the War: “Climate-Attentive Post-War Reconstruction” in Ukraine
Ron Mitchell - Growing Resilience: Engaging Unhoused Communities in Urban Greening and Climate Action
Yekang Ko
Coffee break: 10:15-10:45 AM
Panel: Navigating Social Dimensions and Equity Risks in Climate Action
Time: 10:45 AM – 12:00 PM
Location: Great Hall, Global Scholars Hall
Moderator: Dorothee Ostmeier
- The Risks of Gender-Blind Climate Security Action
Marisa O. Ensor - Climate Clashes as Generational Conflicts? An Educational Perspective on Protest Activities of Young People
Annika Wilmers - The Potential Risks of Pursuing Carbon Neutrality on Indigenous Rights and Safety
Michael Charles
Lunch: 12:00-1:00 PM
Panel: Power Plays: Energy Interests, Policy, and Representation
Time: 1:15 PM – 2:45 PM
Location: Great Hall, Global Scholars Hall
Moderator: Jina Kim
- The American Model for Global Growth
David Bernell - Power Structures of Dirty Energy
Michael Dreiling - Incorporating Agriculture into ‘Green’ Transitions: ‘Dataist’ States, Technoscientific Capitalism, and Agrarian Dispossession in the Majority World
Ali Malik - Plastics and Climate Change: A Dirty Love Affair
Rhodalyn Tetteh
Coffee break: 2:45-3:00 PM
Panel: Shaping Narratives: Communication, Aesthetics, Media, and Climate Change
Time: 3:00 PM – 4:15 PM
Location: Great Hall, Global Scholars Hall
Moderator: Jeffrey Librett
- Framing the Future: Media, Power, and the Fridays for Future Movement
Lena von Zabern - Exclusion Zones: Depictions of Nuclear Disaster in the Works of German-Speaking Artists from the 1950s to the 2020s
Katharina Gerstenberger - From Planetary to Societal Boundaries
Barbara Muraca
Shuttle drop off at Graduate Hotel: 4:30 PM
Saturday, October 19
Coffee & Snacks: 8:45 AM
Panel: Building Tomorrow: Resilience, Adaptation, and Sustainable Practices
Time: 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Location: Great Hall, Global Scholars Hall
Moderator: Michael Stern
- Resilience Reset: Creating Resilient Cities in the Global South
Aditya Bahadur - Contesting Hidden Waters: Conflict Resolution for Groundwater and Aquifers
Todd Jarvis - Indigenous Agro-Ecosystems to Address Climate Change
Jean Faye - Cameroon Needs an AgTech Legal Framework to Help Small-Scale Farmers Adapt to Climate Change
Bernard Ngalim
Coffee break: 10:30-10:45 AM
Panel: Global is Local: Local Challenges, Local Actions
Time: 10:45 AM – 12:00 PM
Location: Great Hall, Global Scholars Hall
Moderator: Robert Davis
- Beyond Toxics
Lisa Arkin, TBA - Remarks by Lucy Vinis, Mayor of Eugene
- TBA
Closing Remarks
Time: 12:00 PM – 12:15 PM
To be announced