Conference Schedule

Northland Bioneers Conference 2010

All plenary showings and keynote presentations took place in the John B. Davis Auditorium (JBD), lower level of the Ruth Stricker Dayton Campus Center (CC); the bookstore and exhibits were on the 2nd floor of the same building. There were separate silent auctions on Saturday and Sunday.

Saturday, October 23.

7:45 AM Registration, Exhibits and Silent Auction open
8:20 Welcome and Introductions. Gene Artishon will give the opening blessing.
8:35 Plenary #1, Dr. John Francis, the Planet Walker, 22 years walking, 17 years in silence in behalf of the Environment and World Peace
9:15 Keynote #1, Dr. Massoud Amin, University of Minnesota, The Need for a Smart Electrical Grid
10:15 Break – exhibits and silent auction
10:35 Plenary #2, Jessica Rimington, “One World Youth Project"
11:20 Lunch – on or off campus, and Brown Bag Session (CC and JBD)
12:40 Plenary #3, Dr. Anthony Cortese, “Second Nature”, Greening Higher Education
1:20 Keynote #2, Dr. Roopali Phadke, Macalester College, Wind Power and Public Perception
2:20 Workshop Session #1 Please attend one of six workshops
3:25 Session #2 Macalester Campus Sustainability tour or Children's Program-Teaching Compassion (Room 216)
4:25 Plenary #4, Dr. Elizabeth Kapu'uwailani Lindsey, National Geographic Ethnographic Rescue, Climate Change in the Pacific
5:00 Plenary #5, Dr. James Hansen, “Climate Change Policy”
5:40 Closing of Saturday silent auction and break for dinner

5:45

Intergenerational Reception and Networking. (Old Main 4th Floor)

7:00 – 9:00 PERMACULTURE ROUNDTABLE (JBD).

The Permaculture Roundtable will include brief panel-style presentations from Bill and Rebecca Wilson, Paula Westmoreland, Daniel Halsey and others from the Permaculture Research Institute Cold Climate. There will be a chance for the audience to work in small groups in an "open space" format to discuss how to move permaculture principles into the mainstream and other topics.

Sunday, October 24

8:15 AM Registration Opens (JBD); Exhibits and Silent Auction opens (CC)
9:20 Plenary #6, Andy Lipkis, the Urban Forestry Movement
9:55 Entertainment break (JBD)
10:05 Keynote #3, “Summer of Solutions” and “Grand Aspirations,” college student-initiated and coordinated national programs for connecting and supporting students working for green jobs and clean energy, Timothy DenHerder-Thomas and others.
11:05 BREAK – silent auction and exhibits
11:25 Plenary #7, Dr. John Warner, “Green Chemistry” new approaches
12:00 LUNCH on or off campus, Brown Bag Session (CC, JBD)
1:20 Plenary #8, Malika Dutt, “Changing the Game, Media, Arts and Culture as Tools for Public Dialogue”
2:00 Keynote #4, Bill Wilson, Midwest Permaculture, “So, How Do We Build Permanent Cultures?”
3:10 Workshop Session or Macalester Campus Sustainability Tour
4:20 Plenary #9, John Powell, JD, Race, Ethnicity and Climate Change
5:05 Plenary #10, Dr. Jane Goodall, UN Messenger of Peace, “Hope for Animals and Their World”
5:40 Wrap-up and closing of Sunday conference (JBD)
6:15 – 6:45 Networking and silent auction closes