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2018: Humans and Wild Ecosystems in a Hot World

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Fred Keeley Lecture: Steven Chu
Nobel Prize winner Steven Chu delivered the Fred Keeley Lecture. Chu served as secretary of energy under President Obama from 2009-2013 and is now a professor at Stanford University. Dean of Social Sciences, Sheldon Kameiniecki (pictured right) moderated an audience Q&A.
Opening Keynote: Ken Caldeira
Atmospheric scientist Ken Caldeira from the Carnegie Institution for Science’s Department of Ecology delivered the opening keynote.
Panel 1: Emerging Diseases, Public Health, and Climate Change
Jenny Reardon, professor of sociology and founder of the Science and Justice Research Center at UCSC, moderated. Panelists included Melinda R. Weathers, A. Marm Kilpatrick, Daniel Brooks and Mercedes Pascual.
Panel 2: Geoengineering and Climate Change
Slawek Tulaczyk, professor of Earth and planetary sciences at UCSC, served as the moderator on the panel on geoengineering, the idea that the climate can be cooled through deliberate intervention.

Waleed Abdalati, Jeffrey Kiehl, Michael Kraft, and Alan Robock approached the idea of geoengineering with hesitation.
Panel 3: The Geopolitics of Climate Change
Ronnie D. Lipschutz, professor of politics and provost of College Eight, moderated the final panel of the day.
Jacqueline Patterson, Steven Lamy, Diana Liverman, and Stacy VanDeveer discussed the major economic, political, and social issues related to climate change, especially the considerations of environmental justice.

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Keynote Lecture: Richard Alley
Richard Alley, Department of Geosciences, Penn State University delivered the keynote lecture: "Big Challenges and Bigger Opportunities on Climate Change and Energy."
Panel 1: Coastal Resilience - Weathering the Coming Storm
Mark Carr, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Department, Institute of Marine Sciences, UCSC moderated. Panelists included: Eron Bloomgarden, Kerry Emanuel, Charles Lester, Susanne Moser, and Rob Young.
Panel 2: Wicked Tradeoffs - Unavoidable Tradeoffs Between Food, Water, Energy, and Biodiversity
Daniel Press, Executive Director, Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, Department of Environmental Studies, UCSC, moderated. Panelists included: Renata Brillinger, Noah Diffenbaugh, Ellen Hanak, Lara Hansen, and Dan Schrag.

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Keynote Lecture: Michael Mann
Michael E. Mann, Distinguished Professor of Meteorology, Pennsylvania State University delivered the keynote lecture.
Fred Keeley Lecture: Susan Solomon
Susan Solomon, Ellen Swallow Richards Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry & Climate Science, MIT gave the Fred Keeley Lecture.
Panel 1: Current State of Climate Science Research
Dean Paul Koch, Division of Physical & Biological Sciences, UCSC moderated. Panelists included: Daniel Cayan, Jeffrey Kiehl, Benjamin D. Santer, and Gavin A. Schmidt.
Panel 2: Mitigating the Effects of Climate Change
Daniel Press, Executive Director, Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, Department of Environmental Studies, UCSC, moderated. Panelists included: Ken Alex, Steven Cohen, Guido Franco, and Barry Sinervo.
Panel 3: Adapting to the Future Effects of Climate Change
Erika Zavaleta, Pepper-Giberson Chair, Department of Environmental Studies, UCSC, moderated. Panelists included: Amrith Gunasekara, Mike Mielke, Andrew Revkin, and Terrie Williams.