Agenda

PROGRAM

8:00-9:00	Registration Continental Breakfast
9:00-9:05	Opening & Welcome Dr. Ted Boadway Chair – Executive Committee on Transboundary Air Pollution
9:10-9:30	Premier’s Keynote Address The Honourable Dalton McGuinty Premier of Ontario
9:30-10:00	Keynote Address (live via videoconference) John Kerry Senator, Massachusetts
10:00-10:15	Break
10:15-11:15	Health and Science Panel Recent studies indicate that air pollution is the cause of 5,800 premature deaths in Ontario every year and causes close to $10 billion in damages, including over $6 billion in health care costs. With this panel, the audience will hear more indepth analysis of the science behind air pollution and its impacts on the health care system. Participants will also hear a testimonial to clean air from one of Canada’s premier athletes and Olympic medal winner. Dr. James Young Jim Young Atmospheric Services Inc. Member, Advisory Committee on Transboundary Science Dr. Kenneth Chapman, Respiratory Physician, Professor and Researcher, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network and University of Toronto Sara Renner, Clean Air Champion and Olympic Silver Medalist (Turin, 2006)
11:15-11:45	Keynote Remarks Monsieur Claude Béchard Ministre du Développement durable, de l’Environnement et des Parcs, Québec
11:45-1:30	Lunch with Speaker Dr. Roberta Bondar, World’s First Neurologist in Space, Acclaimed Photographer and Author
1:30-3:00	CEO Panel To effectively address the challenges of air pollution will require concerted efforts between Governments, the private sector and others. The private sector can provide leadership, new technologies and innovative solutions to the problems of air pollution. This panel will discuss potential innovations in technology and corporate leadership in air quality management as well as the relationship between air quality and competitiveness. Thomas R. Casten, CEO, Primary Energy Ventures Gord Lambert, VP Sustainable Development, Suncor Bill Napier, VP Inco Vicky Sharpe, CEO, Sustainable Development Technology Canada
3:00-3:15	Break
3:15-4:30	State Panel The U.S. is also facing major air quality challenges. Much of the responsibility for implementing programs and policies to deal with air quality issues falls upon State legislators and State Governments. During this panel discussion, Summit participants will hear about the particular challenges which State Governments and legislators face in the battle for clean air. They will also hear about innovative approaches being adopted in the U.S. in dealing with the challenges of air pollution. Christopher Recchia, Executive Director Ozone Transport Commission Karen May, Illinois State Representative and member of National Caucus of Environmental Legislators (NCEL) Paul Miller, Deputy Director Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management (NESCAUM) John Paul, Director of the Dayton, Ohio Local Air Pollution Control Program and President of Association of Local Air Pollution Control Officials (ALAPCO)
4:30-5:00	Closing Remarks Minister Laurel C. Broten
5:00-7:00	Closing Reception