2024 Conference PROGRAM

Friday, September 27 Virtual & In-person

1:00 p.m. Moderated Discussion: How did we get here?
Youth speaker (FFF:O?), Betty Plewes (Seniors 4 Climate)
2:00 p.m. Keynote Address: Fossil Fuel Non-proliferation Treaty
Tzeporah Berman, Chair, Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Initiative
4:30 p.m. Reception/Networking

Saturday, September 28 Virtual & In-person

8.30 a.m. Indigenous welcome: Elder Verna MacGregor
9:00 a.m. Panel: Lessons from the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty
Sylvie Lemieux, Group of 78; Tariq Rauf, UN Institute for Training and Research; Cara Pike, Climate Access.
10:15 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m. Litigation to Fight Climate Change
Reid Gomme, Ecojustice; Alex Neufeldt, Youth Litigator.
12:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 p.m. Keynote: Advocacy at International Conferences
Catherine Abreu, Executive Director, Destination Zero
2: 00 p.m. Panel: Civil Society Circle (Collaboration on Ways to be More Effective)
Robb Barnes, CAPE; Angela Keller-Herzog, CAFES; Aakash Maharaj, Nature
Canada; Environmental Defence; Suzuki (tbc)
3.00 p.m. Break
3.30 p.m. Discussion circles
5:00 p.m. Conference Closing followed by Reception