Final agenda for March 9 Forum on Natural Gas Pipelines – registration is free!
The Cabell Brand Center has announced the final agenda for the March 9 Forum on Natural Gas Pipelines. This session at Virginia Western Community College and FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Roanoke Valley Cool Cities Coalition helped organize and fund this event, which gives local citizens a chance to hear multiple perspectives on natural gas pipelines in one setting, with an opportunity to ask questions.
Registration is handled through the Cabell Brand Center: http://www.cabellbrandcenter.org/#!CBC-will-Convene-Expert-Natural-Gas-Pipeline-Forum-on-March-9th/c19rc/09A62F4F-8E76-41C1-A85D-544C922885D3
Please direct any questions about logistics to Angela Conroy the CBC’s Executive Director aconroy10@gmail.com
The Cabell Brand Center Forum on Natural Gas Pipelines
Whitman Theater, Business Science Building
Virginia Western Community College, Roanoke, Virginia
Monday, March 9, 2015, 8:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Moderator: Dr. M. Rupert Cutler, Board Member, Cabell Brand Center
Agenda
8:30 a.m. Registration, coffee
9:00 a.m. – 9:05 a.m. – Opening remarks, Dr. Tamim Younos, President, Cabell Brand Center
9:05-9:15 a.m. – Welcome, Dr. Robert H. Sandel, President, Virginia Western Community College
Overview of Mountain Valley Pipeline Project
9:15 – 9:45 – Importance of the proposed pipelines for local economic development, John D’Orazio, President and CEO, Roanoke Gas Company
9:45 – 10:15 a.m. – Proposed route of the Mountain Valley pipeline, Joseph Dawley, Corporate Director of Government Affairs, EQT Corporation
10:15-10:45 – Environmentalists’ concerns, Joe Lovett, Executive Director, Appalachian Mountain Advocates
10:30-10:45 – Coffee break
Panel of Government Representatives
10:45 – 11:05 a.m. – The role of local government – Charlotte Moore, Member, Roanoke County Board of Supervisors
11:05 – 11:25 a.m. – The role of state government – John S. Edwards. Member, Senate of Virginia (21st District)
11:25 – 11:45 a.m. – The role of the federal government, Gwen Mason, Regional Director, the Office of U.S. Senator Tim Kaine
11:45 a.m. – 12 noon – Panel interaction
12 noon – 12:30 p.m. – Box Lunches (in cafeteria adjoining auditorium)
Potential Project Impacts
12:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. – Insurance-related risks and macroeconomic issues associated with pipelines, Freeda Cathcart, FLMI
1:00 – 1:30 p.m. – Impacts on the Appalachian Trail, Laura Belleville, Director of Conservation, Appalachian Trail Conservancy
1:30 – 2:00 p.m. – Landscape impacts of natural gas and other forms of energy, David Perry, Executive Director, Blue Ridge Land Conservancy
2:00 – 2:30 p.m. – Fracked natural gas: bridge fuel or bridge to nowhere?, Diana Christopulos, President, Roanoke Valley Cool Cities Coalition
| 2:30 – 3:00 p.m. – Assessing critical habitats and future energy development in the Central Appalachians, Marek Smith, Director, Allegheny Highlands Program, The Nature Conservancy |
3:00 p.m. – Adjourn
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