Cap & Trade: The Implications of Carbon Regulation & Pricing

Monday, February 22, 2010

(registration due Feb-16)

9:15 –3:30 (registration from 8:30-9:15)

Location: Nationwide and Ohio Farm Bureau4-H Center Auditorium, OSU Columbus Campus (northwest corner of Lane Avenue & Fred Taylor Drive, just west of the Schottenstein Center) Free parking is available in the lot west of the Schott

Registration, including lunch:$65 per person

(reduced rates are available to OSU personnel)

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Agenda of speakers and panelists from The Ohio State University and industry

9:15     Welcome – Alan Randall, Chair & Professor, OSU Dept. Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics

9:20     What we know about climate change – Matt Roberts, Associate Professor, OSU Dept. Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics

Jeff Rogers, Professor & State Climatologist, OSU Dept. of Geography, The Ohio State University

10:00    Legislative Options and Mechanics of Cap & Trade – Brent Sohngen, Professor of Environmental Economics, OSU Dept. Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics

10:45    Allowance Distribution, Allocation and the Use of Revenue  – Andy Keeler, Professor, OSU John Glenn School of Public Affairs

11:30    Lunch

12:30    Views from Industry Panel

Moderator:  Kate Bartter, Associate Director, OSU Institute for Energy and the Environment

Panel:

Bruce Braine, VP for Strategic Policy Analysis, American Electric Power

Dale Arnold, Director of Energy Policy, Ohio Farm Bureau Federation

TBA, manufacturing industry

1:30     Green Jobs – Mark Partridge, C. William Swank Chair in Rural-Urban Policy, OSU Dept. Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics

2:10     Trade Implications of Cap & Trade – Ian Sheldon, Andersons Professor of International Trade, OSU Dept. Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics

2:45     Impact to Ohio and U.S. Economy – Tim Haab, Assoc. Chair & Professor of Environmental Economics, OSU Dept. Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics

3:30     Adjourn

Direct inquiries to: econograms@osu.edu or 614-292-2701

 
 
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