PROGRAM

Friday, September 27

12:30 p.m. Welcome Roy Culpeper and Elder Verna MacGregor

1:00 p.m. Discussion: Generation to Generation: How did we get here?

Moderator: Adrian Harewood, Carleton University Journalism Professor 

Speakers: Vanessa Fiori (uOttawa Environmental Science graduate); Rolly Montpellier (Below2˚C) 

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2:00 p.m. Keynote Address: Fossil Fuel Non-proliferation Treaty
Keynote Speaker: Tzeporah Berman, Chair, Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Initiative

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4:40 p.m 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

Moderator : Sylvie Lemieux, Group of 78

Speakers: Tariq Rauf, UN Institute for Training and Research; Cara Pike, Climate Access 

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10:15 a.m. Break

10:45 a.m. Litigation to Fight Climate Change

Moderator: Susan Tanner 

Speakers: Reid Gomme, Ecojustice; Alex Neufeldt, Youth Litigator 

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12:00 p.m. Lunch

1:00 p.m. Keynote: Should climate advocates engage in international climate politics? The value of COPs and the UN climate regime

Keynote Speaker: Catherine Abreu, Executive Director, Destination Zero

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2: 00 p.m. Panel: Civil Society Circle (Where do we go from here?)
Moderator: Richard Harmston, Former Chair, Group of 78   

Speakers: Robb Barnes, CAPE; Angela Keller-Herzog, CAFES Ottawa; Akash Maharaj, Nature Canada; Julia Levin, Environmental Defence; Lisa Gue, David Suzuki Foundation 

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3.00 p.m. Tea and Create Collaborative Action Plan followed with the closing of the conference at 4:30 p.m.

5:00 Networking