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Seminar Speakers
Over the past
several years the following seminar speakers have been brought to
the Miami campus at the invitation of CSSS.
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John
Ganzi, President, Environment and Finance Enterprise, Adjunct
Professor of Finance at The UNC Kenan-Flagler Graduate Business
School and Executive Director of the Finance Institute for Global
Sustainability. “Global Capital Markets in the 21st Century—Profitably
Integrating Environmental Considerations.”
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Stephen
H. Schneider, Professor of Biological Sciences at Stanford
University delivered an address on March 18, 1999 titled "Will
Climate Change Help (or Hurt) the Economy." The Dolibois
funds supplemented funds provided by the Sigma Chi Foundation
/William P. Huffman Scholars-in-Residence Committee to sponsor
Professor Schneider's visit. Professor Schneider worked with
the U.S. government in the development of the Kyoto Agreement
on Global Warming. In his talk, Professor Schneider addressed
the difficulty of conveying the consensus of most scientists
on the effects of global warming with a media focused on sound
bites.
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John
Sparks: Mr. Sparks is presently employed by the Design for the
Environment Program, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics,
United States Environmental Protection Agency. He has also served
with the Stratospheric Protection Division, Office of Air and
Radiation, as the project manager for the ozone depleting solvents
sector of the CFC phaseout mandated under Title Vl of the Clean
Air Act and the Montreal Protocol treaty. Mr. Sparks spoke on
"Voluntary Programs in Sustainability: An Alternative Approach
to Environmental Protection" on March 2, 1999.
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Professor
John Weins, Colorado State University, spoke on the role of
science and advocacy in the case the Exxon Valdez disaster.
This was the Zoology Department's 1999 Hefner lecture, co-sponsored
by the Center.
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Dr. Nevin Cohen,
a private consultant to industry and former program director
of INFORM, Inc. presented a seminar "Creating a Sustainable
Digital Economy" on November 4th. Dr. Cohen speaks and
writes often on the effect of e-commerce on the environment.
Prior to the talk, Dr. Cohen met with MIS faculty and students.
In his talk, Dr. Cohen gave many examples of the effects of
e-commerce on the environment and demonstrated the difficulty
in determining the net effect of change. (See article)
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Dr.
Linda Fisher, Vice President, Federal Government Affairs
for the Monsanto Corporation spoke on the topic "Sustainable
Business Practices: Challenges and Opportunities" on November
11, 1999, during which she addressed the biotechnology challenges
Monsanto is facing within the context of a company trying to
operate sustainably. She also described some of Monsanto's efforts
in the development of genetically altered crops and some of
the private and public policy issues inherent in this work.
(See article)
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Bjorn Erik
Dahlberg, Senior Vice President of the Norsk-Hydro Company,
Oslo, Norway, gave a presentation entitled “Proactive Environmental
Approaches of European Industries.”
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Dr. Thomas
N. Gladwin, then Professor of Management and International Business
and Director, Global Environmental Program, Leonard N. Stern
School of Business, New York University, spoke on “Envisioning
Global Sustainable Development and Enterprise.”
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Graham E.
Mitchell, Chief, Office of Federal Facilities Oversight Ohio
EPA, Southwest District, spoke on “Improved Working Relationships—Regulators,
Industry, and the Public—A Requirement for a Productive
Sustainability Dialogue.”
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Dr. Nancy
Kubasek, Professor of Legal Studies, Bowling Green State University,
spoke on “Alternative Legislative Approaches for Encouraging
Sustainable Development.”
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