Agenda
Hawai‘i Island Summit: Rethink, Revalue, Reframe
A Long-Term Industrial Ecosystem Model of Hawai‘i Island
Program Co-chairs:
Professor Marian Chertow, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
Director Randy Kurohara, County of Hawai‘i Department of Research and Development
Dr. Matthews Hamabata, Executive Director, The Kohala Center
Thursday, May 21
| 5:00 p.m. | Registration and no host cocktails |
| 6:00 p.m. | Dinner |
| 7:00 p.m. | Welcome: Mayor William Kenoi, County of Hawai‘i |
| “The Value of the Long View: A Long-Term Industrial Ecosystem Model of Hawai‘i Island” Prof. Marian Chertow, Industrial Environmental Management Program, Yale University School of Forestry & Environmental Studies |
Friday, May 22
| 8:15 a.m. | Registration and breakfast |
| 9:00 a.m. | Call to order: Dr. Kamanamaikalani Beamer, Mellon-Hawai‘i Postdoctoral Fellow |
| 9:05 a.m. | Welcome: Dr. Matthews Hamabata, The Kohala Center Director Randy Kurohara, County of Hawai‘i Department of Research and Development |
| 9:25 a.m. | “Remembering Our Future – Moving Beyond Sustainability” Dr. Gregory Chun, Bishop Holdings Corporation |
| 9:45 a.m. | “The Long View, Part II” Prof. Marian Chertow |
| 10:15 a.m. | “The Island of Hawai‘i as a Model for Understanding How the World Works” Prof. Peter Vitousek, Population and Resource Studies, Stanford University |
| 11:00 a.m. | Short Break |
| 11:15 a.m. | “Interlinkages between Societies and Ecosystems – Examples from Europe” Prof. Helmut Haberl, Institute for Social Ecology, Vienna, Austria |
| Noon | “Turning Information into Usable Knowledge” Group discussion and questions with Matthew Eckelman, Yale University School of Engineering |
| 12:30 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:30 p.m. | “The Agricultural Landscape and Ecosystem Services” Prof. Osamu Saito, Waseda Institute for Advanced Study, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2:15 p.m. | Panel discussion and questions |
| 3:15 p.m. | Short Break |
| 3:30 p.m. | “Turning Information into Usable Knowledge II”: Matthew Eckelman and all participants |
| 4:30 p.m. | Closing Remarks: Prof. Marian Chertow Deputy Director Diane Ley, County of Hawai‘i Department of Research and Development |
| 4:45 p.m. | Closing: Dr. Kamanamaikalani Beamer |