Contact Information:

Charles W. Powers
1374 Academy Lane
Teaneck, NJ 07666
Phone: (201) 836-1374
Fax: (201) 357-2498
Email:  powerscw@charlespowersweb.com

New York Academy of Sciences' Industrial Ecology, Pollution Prevention, and the New York/New Jersey Harbor Project

Charles W. Powers, Chairman

Agenda: Workshop on the Harbor Consortium’s Findings                                
April 3, 2008            9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
New York Academy of Science, 40th Floor, 7 World Trade Center, New York City

WELCOME BY LEADERSHIP OF INVITING INSTITUTIONS                                                                                      9:00-9:20am

TELLING THE CONSORTIUM STORY:                                                                                                                        9:20-11:45am

Findings on Contamination and Harbor Health – Susan Boehme (Consortium Staff) and Joanna Burger (Rutgers) Findings on New Methods for Linking “Sources” – Sandra Valle (Consortium Staff) and Diana Bauer (EPA)
Findings on the Consortium Processes/ Success Factors – Charles Powers (Chair) and Thomas Wakeman (Stevens)
What the Consortium recommended/ what is yet to be done – Marta Panero (Consortium Staff) and Michael Aucott (NJDEP)
 
PANEL: HOW CONSORTIUM MEMBERS VIEWED THEIR PARTICIPATION AND EMPLOYED/ WILL EMPLOY THE CONSORTIUM’S WORK
          
Members from Regulatory Science Community:  Simon Litten, NYDEC; Thomas Belton, NJDEP and Lily Lee, NYCDEP

LUNCH PLENARY SPEAKER – THE HON. MICHAEL BLOOMBERG, MAYOR OF NYC 11:45 – 1:00pm

PANELS:  HOW CONSORTIUM MEMBERS VIEWED THEIR PARTICIPATION   - continued                               1:00 - 3:00pm

Members from the Industrial and Labor Communities: Russell Furnari, PSE&G; Herzl  Eisenstadt, labor attorney
and Fred Cornell, SIMS metal recycling

Members from the Public Outreach and Involvement Communities: Barbara Warren, CEC; Manna Jo
Greene, HRSCI and Carter Craft, MWA

Members from the Academic Community: Nada Marie Assaf-Anid, Manhattan College; Michael Gochfeld,
 RWJMS and Ronald Hellman, CUNY            
           
Participants from the Policy-making Public Sector:  Kathleen Callahan, EPA, Thomas Fikslin, Delaware River Basin Commission, and Richard Larrabee, NYNJPA

WHAT DOES THE CONSORTIUM EXPERIENCE MEAN?                                                                                       3:00-3:30pm
      
What does the work of the Consortium suggest for defining/implementing sustainable national and international environmental policies? 

Richard B. Stewart
Director, Hauser Global Law School Program and Center for Environmental & Land Use Law, NYU; former Assistant Attorney General for the Environment & Natural Resources Division, U.S Dept of Justice; a founder of Environmental Defense Fund; and

Christopher O. Ward
Managing Director General Contractors Association, NYC; formerly Commissioner, NYCDEP and Chief of Planning, NYNJPA

WHAT DOES THE MEDIA WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE CONSORTIUM?                                                    3:30-4:00pm

We respond to media questions