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Fall COMPAS Conference: Sustainability: Visions and Values

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October 1 - October 2, 2015
1:45PM - 1:45PM
Thompson Library, 11th Floor

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Add to Calendar 2015-10-01 13:45:00 2015-10-02 13:45:00 Fall COMPAS Conference: Sustainability: Visions and Values Time: Various Event Host: COMPAS Short Description: Fall COMPAS Conference "Sustainability: Visions and Values" will take place on October 1-2, 2015. TThe COMPAS program is organized by Ohio State’s Center for Ethics and Human Values. This event is co-sponsored by the Mershon Center for International Security Studies. Fall COMPAS Conference "Sustainability: Visions and Values?" will take place on October 1-2, 2015. The COMPAS program is organized by Ohio State’s Center for Ethics and Human Values. This event is co-sponsored by the Mershon Center for International Security Studies.Thursday, October 1, 2015Coffee and Welcome — 1-1:15 p.m.Session I: What is Sustainability? — 1:15-3 p.m.What is it we're trying to sustain? What would a sustainable future look like?Omnibus Panel (all available conference participants)Moderator: Piers Turner (Ohio State University)Session II: Institutional Responses — 3:30-5:30 p.m.What sorts of institutions and institutional responses do we need to meet challenges and make sustainability practical, especially in business, local communities, and universities?Albert Cho (Xlyem Inc.)Elena Irwin (Ohio State University)David Orr (Oberlin College)Moderator: Greg Hitzhusen (Ohio State University)Reception — 5:30-6:30 p.m.Friday, October 2, 2015Session III: Global Justice — 9-10:30 a.m.How are the costs, risks, and benefits of achieving sustainable systems to be shared within and between countries and regions?Allen Thompson (Oregon State University)Robert Mendelsohn (Yale University)Moderator: Michael Neblo (Ohio State University) Session IV: Future Generations — 10:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.What are we preserving for future generations? What are we trying to provide for future generations? Do our processes for evaluating policies reflect those goals?Marc Fleurbaey (Princeton University)Bryan Norton (Georgia Institute of Technology)Moderator:  Don Hubin (Ohio State University)Session V: International Institutions and Cooperation — 2:30-4:30 p.m.How can we meet the challenges posed by global environmental problems within the current international political, economic, and legal regime?Cinnamon Carlarne (Ohio State University)Andrew Light (George Mason University, U.S. Department of State)Alexander Thompson (Ohio State University)Moderator/Participant: Brent Sohngen (Ohio State University) For more information, visit the COMPAS website. Thompson Library, 11th Floor College of Arts and Sciences asccomm@osu.edu America/New_York public
Time: Various
Event Host: COMPAS
Short Description: Fall COMPAS Conference "Sustainability: Visions and Values" will take place on October 1-2, 2015. TThe COMPAS program is organized by Ohio State’s Center for Ethics and Human Values. This event is co-sponsored by the Mershon Center for International Security Studies.


Fall COMPAS Conference "Sustainability: Visions and Values?" will take place on October 1-2, 2015. The COMPAS program is organized by Ohio State’s Center for Ethics and Human Values. This event is co-sponsored by the Mershon Center for International Security Studies.


Thursday, October 1, 2015

Coffee and Welcome — 1-1:15 p.m.

Session I: What is Sustainability? — 1:15-3 p.m.
What is it we're trying to sustain? What would a sustainable future look like?

  • Omnibus Panel (all available conference participants)
  • Moderator: Piers Turner (Ohio State University)

Session II: Institutional Responses — 3:30-5:30 p.m.
What sorts of institutions and institutional responses do we need to meet challenges and make sustainability practical, especially in business, local communities, and universities?

  • Albert Cho (Xlyem Inc.)
  • Elena Irwin (Ohio State University)
  • David Orr (Oberlin College)
  • Moderator: Greg Hitzhusen (Ohio State University)

Reception — 5:30-6:30 p.m.


Friday, October 2, 2015

Session III: Global Justice — 9-10:30 a.m.
How are the costs, risks, and benefits of achieving sustainable systems to be shared within and between countries and regions?

  • Allen Thompson (Oregon State University)
  • Robert Mendelsohn (Yale University)
  • Moderator: Michael Neblo (Ohio State University) 

Session IV: Future Generations — 10:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
What are we preserving for future generations? What are we trying to provide for future generations? Do our processes for evaluating policies reflect those goals?

  • Marc Fleurbaey (Princeton University)
  • Bryan Norton (Georgia Institute of Technology)
  • Moderator:  Don Hubin (Ohio State University)

Session V: International Institutions and Cooperation — 2:30-4:30 p.m.
How can we meet the challenges posed by global environmental problems within the current international political, economic, and legal regime?

  • Cinnamon Carlarne (Ohio State University)
  • Andrew Light (George Mason University, U.S. Department of State)
  • Alexander Thompson (Ohio State University)
  • Moderator/Participant: Brent Sohngen (Ohio State University) 

For more information, visit the COMPAS website.

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