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You are invited to the

Institute for European Studies

International Conference

Post-Kyoto Strategies Compared:

European & North American

Pathways to

Carbon-Neutral Market Economies

October 30 & 31

CK Choi Building, Room 120

1855 West Mall

The University of British Columbia

Please RSVP by October 16 for1) Friday, Oct 30 - Round Table & Reception, and/or

2) Saturday, Oct 31 - Panel Presentations

E-mail: europe@interchange.ubc.ca or (604) 822-1452

Please see enclosed program for content, times, and map.

Thank you to our sponsors whose generous

support has made this conference possible.

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FRIDAY, 30 OCTOBER

18:00 Opening

18:15 Keynote Presentation

Prof. Dr. Klaus Tpfer

Former Executive Director of the United NationsEnvironment Programme, 1998- 2006

19:15 Round Table

Giovanni Di Girolamo - EU Gelegation, Ottawa

Ingrid Iremark - Swedish Ambassador to Canada

Georg Jrgens - Charg daffaires, German Embassy,

Ottawa

Till Kotter - Heinrich-Bll Foundation, Washington

James Mack - Climate Secretariat BC

A reception will follow the Round Table Discussion.

SATURDAY, 31 OCTOBER09:00 Jan Nill

EU Commission, Brussels

The Climate and Energy Package as Cornerstone of the

Economic Post-Kyoto Strategy of the European Union

09:45 Ulrich Petschow

Institute for Ecological Economic Research, Berlin

Transformation of Energy Systems: Germanys Pathway to aLow Carbon Economy: Challenges and Opportunities

10:45 Michael Mehling

Ecologic Institute, Washington DC

Facing Climate Change across the Atlantic: How far apart are

the EU and the US?

10:30 Coffee Break

11:30 Kathryn HarrisonPolitical Science, UBC

A Tale of Two Taxes: The Fate of Environmental Tax Reform

in Canada and the Province of British Columbia

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12:15 Lunch

13:30 Ulrich Oberndorfer

Zentrum fr europische Wirtschaftsforschung ZEW,

Mannheim

Economic Consequences of Emission Trading: First Lessons

from the EU ETS

14:15 John B. Skjrseth

Fritjof Nansen Institute, Oslo

The EU Climate and Energy Package: Emissions Trading and

Effort Sharing

15:00 John Whalley & Sean Walsh

CIGI, The University of Western Ontario

The International Trade Dimensions of the EU and US Cap-

and-Trade Emissions Reduction Regimes

15:45 Coffee Break

16:00 Miranda Schreurs

Environmental Policy Research Centre, FU Berlin

Transatlantic Climate Politics and the Arctic: Where Energy,

Security, and Climate Politics Meet

16:45 Felix Matthes

Institute for Applied Ecology, Freiburg

Carbon Storage: The Solution of Carbon Dioxide Emission

Regulation?

17:30 Patricia Reid & Kurt Hbner

Institute for European Studies, UBC

Greening and Stimulus: A Comparative Analysis

18:15 Free time

19:00 DINNER

Location: TBA

Institute for European Studies

The University of British Columbia

3231855 West Mall

Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2europe@interchange.ubc.ca; (604) 822-1452

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