Agenda
53rd Leonard v.B. Sutton Colloquium in International Law
Climate Change and the Clean Energy Transition: Global Perspectives on Policy, Capacity, and Equity
The 2021 Sutton Colloquium will offer expert perspectives on the fast-paced, climate change-driven global transition to clean energy. The rapidly advancing transition will broadly impact law and legal professionals - the presenters in this Colloquium will address issues of interest and concern in three panel discussions to take place on three consecutive mornings, October 27, 28 and 29 from 7:30 – 8:45 am Mountain Time.
COLLOQUIUM OPENING & SESSION 1 | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27 | 7:30 AM
WELCOME – 7:30-7:35 AM
COLLOQUIUM OPENING KEYNOTE – 7:35-7:50 AM
SARAH LADISLAW, Managing Director of the Rocky Mountain Institute's U.S. Program
POLICY SESSION OPENING REMARKS - 7:50-8:05 AM
Sheila Hollis, Acting Executive Director of the United States Energy Association after serving for 15 years as Chair of its Board of Directors, Of Counsel and Founding Managing Partner at Duane Morris LLP and Member of the Board of Governors of the American Bar Association.
SESSION 1 - 8:05-8:45 AM
POLICY, LAW, AND REGULATION IN TRANSITION – Moderator - Frank Laird, Associate Professor and Director of the Sustainability Initiative at the University of Denver's Josef Korbel School of International Studies.
Sheila Hollis, Acting Executive Director of the United States Energy Association after serving for 15 years as Chair of its Board of Directors, Of Counsel and Founding Managing Partner at Duane Morris LLP and Member of the Board of Governors of the American Bar Association.
Sarah Ladislaw, Managing Director of the Rocky Mountain Institute's U.S. Program.
SESSION 2 – THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28 – 7:30-8:45 AM
FINANCING AND DEVELOPMENT CAPACITY IN TRANSITION – Moderator, Mark Safty, JD Scholar in Residence and Wirth Chair in Sustainable Development at the University of Colorado Denver School of Public Affairs
Morgan Bazilian, Director of the Payne Institute and a Professor of public policy at the Colorado School of Mines.
Paul Kaufman, Partner of the Real Estate and Land Use and Environment Practice Groups in the San Diego (Del Mar) office of the international law firm Sheppard Mullin.
Nneka Obiokoye, Senior Counsel with the international law firm of Holland & Knight.
SESSION 3 – FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29 – 7:30-8:45 AM
EQUITY AND JUSTICE IN TRANSITION – Moderator, KK DuVivier, Professor of Law and John A. Carver, Jr. Chair in Natural Resources Law at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law.
Dr. Johanna I. Höffken, Assistant Professor and Lecturer of the Year 2020 from Eindhoven University of Technology - School of Innovation Sciences, The Netherlands.
James R. May, Distinguished Professor of Law, Founder of the Global Environmental Rights Institute, and co-Founder of the Dignity Rights Project and the Environmental Rights Institute at Widener University Delaware Law School, where he has served as the H. Albert Young Fellow in Constitutional Law.
Alice Napoleon, Principal Associate of Synapse Energy Economics located in Cambridge, MA.