Third Annual Global Forum: Becoming One with the Environment
United Nations, New York
June 6-8, 2007
Co-sponsored by the United Nations University - New York Office

Presenters

• Professor Michael Oppenheimer, Princeton University
  
• Mr. Kenneth Mankoff, Columbia Center for Climate Systems Research at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies
  

Panelists

Connecting the Dots

• Professor Gabriele Hegerl
  Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Duke University
• Professor Henry Pollack
  University of Michigan Geological Sciences

Creating a Moral Imperative

• H.E. Ambassador Maged Abdelfattah Abdelaziz
  Permanent Representative of Egypt to the United Nations
• H.E. Ambassador Stuart Beck
  Permanent Representative of Palau to the United Nations
• H.E. Ambassador Hyun Cho
  Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations
• H.E. Ambassador Hjálmar W. Hannesson
  Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations
• H.E. Ambassador Prasad Kariyawasam
  Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations
• H.E. Ambassador Kirsti Lintonen
  Permanent Representative of Finland to the United Nations
• H.E. Ambassador Frank Majoor
  Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the United Nations
• H.E. Ambassador Peter Maurer
  Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the United Nations, Co-Chair of the Informal Consultative Process on the Institutional Framework for the UN’s Environmental Activities
• H.E. Dr. Kaire M. Mbuende
  Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Republic of Namibia to the United Nations
• H.E. Ambassador João Salgueiro
  Permanent Mission of Portugal to the United Nations
• H.E. Ambassador Takashiro Shinyo
  Deputy Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations
• H.E. Ambassador Piragibe Tarragô
  Deputy Permanent Representative of Brazil to the United Nations
• H.E. Ambassador Michael von Ungern-Sternberg
  Deputy Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations

Optimizing Technology

• Mr. Tom Arnold - Chief Environmental Officer, Terrapass
• Mr. Adam Procell - VP Energy Services, AECOM
• Ms. Kellene M. Burn-Roy, P.E. - Senior Vice President, Camp Dresser & McKee (CDM)
• Mr. Doug Corcoran - Director, Special Projects, Waste Management
• Dr. Alan J. Gotcher - President and CEO, Altairnano
• Lukas Haynes - Vice President, Mertz Gilmore Foundation
• Commissioner Cynthia Ruiz - President, City of Los Angeles Board of Public Works
• Mr. Richard Saines - Partner, Head of U.S. Climate Change Group, Baker & McKenzie
• Mr. John S. Shegerian - Chairman and CEO, Electronic Recyclers
• Mr. Chris Walker - Director, United States, The Climate Group
• Jean Marc Coicaud - Director, New York Office, United Nations University