MARCH 8 - 10, 2009 · NEW YORK CITY WAS IT EVER REALLY A CRISIS? 2 0 0 9 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CLIMATE CHANGE HOST COSPONSORS 60 Plus Association Citizens’ Alliance Hispanic Leadership Fund Liberty Institute United States for Responsible Energy United States India United States Accuracy in Academia IceAgeNow.Com Manhattan Libertarian Party United States Climate Sceptics Party United States United States Australia Accuracy in Media ICECAP Mannkal Economic Education United States Climate Strategies Watch United States Foundation United States Australia African Centre for Advocacy and The Idea Channel Human Development Committee For a Constructive United States Minimal Government Thinkers Nigeria Tomorrow Philippines United States Initiative for Public Policy Analysis Alternate Solutions Institute Nigeria New Zealand Centre for Political Pakistan Competitive Enterprise Institute Research United States Institute for Liberty New Zealand Americans for Prosperity United States United States Congress of Racial Equality Oregon Institute United States Institute for Private Enterprise of Science and Medicine Americans for Tax Reform Australia United States United States Cornwall Alliance United States Institute of Public Affairs Pacific Research Institute American Policy Center Australia United States United States Economic Thinking - E Pluribus Unum Films Istituto Bruno Leoni Public Interest Institute Atlas Economic Research Foundation United States Italy United States United States European Coalition Instituto De Libre Empresa Science & Environmental Australian Libertarian Society for Economic Growth Peru Policy Project Australia Austria United States Instituto Juan de Mariana Ayn Rand Institute Freedom Foundation of Minnesota Spain Science & Public Policy Institute United States United States United States Instituto Liberdade Business & Media Institute Hayek Institut Brazil Sovereignty International, Inc. United States Austria United States International Climate The Carbon Sense Coalition Frontiers of Freedom Institute Science Coalition Tennessee Center For Policy Research United States United States Canada United States Cascade Policy Institute George Marshall Institute John Locke Foundation The Heritage Foundation United States United States United States United States Center for the Study of Carbon Grassroot Institute of Hawaii Liberales Institut The Lavoisier Group Dioxide and Global Change United States Switzerland Australia United States Young America’s Foundation United States 2 2 0 0 9 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CLIMATE CHANGE FROM YOUR HOST Welcome to the 2009 International Conference on Climate Change, the second major international con- ference devoted to answering questions overlooked by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Approximately 800 people have registered for this event, nearly twice as many as attended last year’s conference. They include scientists, economists, elected officials, and public policy experts from around the world. We are delighted to demonstrate once again the breadth and high quality of support that the “skeptical” perspective on climate change enjoys. Speakers at this conference will address questions that go to the very heart of the international debate over climate change: • Does the plateau in global temperatures during the past eight years contradict computer model pre- JOSEPH L. BAST dictions, and therefore requires a reexamination of the greenhouse theory? PRESIDENT THE HEARTLAND INSTITUTE • Do proxy records of ancient climates contradict how computer models characterize the role of carbon dioxide in climate change? • Does the modern warming have the “fingerprint” of having been caused by greenhouse gases, or is it more likely the result of other forcings? • Is there a case—either in science or economics—for governments to legislate reductions in greenhouse gas emissions? Should such efforts be suspended until the case for anthropogenic global warming is stronger? These are hotly debated topics within the scientific community. Many of the world’s leading scientists (some of whom are speaking at this conference) have taken positions that are decidedly at odds with those expressed by the IPCC and other government agencies of the United Nations, the U.S., and other countries. These scientists believe global warming is not a crisis. Regrettably, the mainstream media seems unwilling or unable to question the authority of government spokespersons, or to go directly to the real scientists and policy experts for a more informed, and less institutionally biased, perspective. The Heartland Institute is pleased to be your host for this important event. We extend our thanks to the 59 other organizations that acted as cosponsors of this event, listed on the page facing this one. Without TABLE OF CONTENTS their help, we could not have put together the incredible line-up of speakers or attracted so large an audience. Schedule . 4 The Heartland Institute is a 25-year-old national nonprofit organization based in Chicago. Its work on cli- Book Signing . 6 mate change can be found on its two Web sites, www.heartland.org and www.globalwarmingheartland. org. Heartland addresses a wide range of public policy topics (not just environment issues) from a free- Break Out Sessions . 7 market perspective. Its funding in 2008 came from foundations (76 percent), corporations (13 percent), and individuals (7.5 percent). Speakers . 13 We thank the individuals and foundations whose gifts made this year’s conference possible. No corporate Cosponsors . 29 funding was used to support this conference. I hope you enjoy the conference, and I look forward to seeing you at future events. Sincerely, Joseph L. Bast President 3 2 0 0 9 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CLIMATE CHANGE SCHEDULE OF SPEAKERS AND PANELS SUNDAY, MARCH 8 Registration 5th Floor 3:00pm - 8:00pm Exhibit Hall 5th Floor 3:00pm - 7:00pm Reception 6th Floor - Broadway Ballroom foyer 5:00pm - 6:30pm Opening Dinner 6th Floor - Broadway Ballroom 6:30pm - 9:30pm Joseph Bast, Welcome Hon. Vaclav Klaus, Ph.D., No Progress in the Climate Change Debate Richard Lindzen, Ph.D., Climate Alarm: What We Are Up Against, and What to Do 9:30pm - 10:30pm 6th Floor - Broadway Ballroom foyer Networking & Reception MONDAY, MARCH 9 Breakfast 6th Floor Broadway Ballroom 7:00am - 8:30am James Taylor, J.D., Welcome Hon. Tom McClintock, Inconvenient Question Lawrence Solomon, Our Green Friends Track 1 - 5th Floor Track 2 - 5th Floor Track 3 - 5th Floor Track 4 - 5th Floor Session 1 Paleoclimatology Climatology Climate Change Impacts Economics & Politics 8:45am - 10:15am Tom V. Segalstad J. Scott Armstrong Alexandre Aguiar Marlo Lewis Syun Akasofu Kesten Green Craig Idso Ross McKitrick David Evans Terry Dunleavy David Legates David Kreutzer Session 2 Paleoclimatology Climatology Climate Change Impacts Economics & Politics 10:30am - 12:00pm Fred Goldberg William Kininmonth John Dale Dunn Marc Morano Craig Loehle Brian Valentine Joel Schwartz Chris Horner Tim Patterson Jan Veizer Howard Maccabee Myron Ebell Lunch 6th Floor - Broadway Ballroom 12:15pm – 2:00pm Myron Ebell, M.Sc., Welcome Hon. Harrison Schmitt, Ph.D., Climate Facts that Really Are Facts Arthur Robinson, Ph.D., Nobel Prize for Death 4 2 0 0 9 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CLIMATE CHANGE SCHEDULE OF SPEAKERS AND PANELS MONDAY, MARCH 9 Track 1 - 5th Floor Track 2 - 5th Floor Track 3 - 5th Floor Track 4 - 5th Floor Session 3 Paleoclimatology Climatology Climate Change Impacts Economics & Politics 2:15pm - 3:45pm Dennis Avery Patrick Michaels Indur Goklany Barun Mitra Joe D’Aleo William Cotton Paul Reiter Cal Beisner Anthony Lupo Stanley Goldenberg Roy Innis Session 4 Climatology Climatology Economics & Politics Economics & Politics 4:00pm - 5:30pm Richard Keen Anthony Watts Roger Helmer Kenneth P. Green David Douglass Steve McIntyre Benny Peiser Bob Ferguson Nir Shaviv James J. O’Brien Gabriel Calzada Tom Tanton DINNER ON YOUR OWN Dessert Reception Exhibit Hall - 5th Floor 8:00pm - 11:00pm TUESDAY, MARCH 10 Breakfast 6th Floor - Broadway Ball Room 7:00am - 8:30am Joe D’Aleo, Welcome Hon. John H. Sununu, Ph.D., The Politics of Science: It Ain’t Pretty Robert Ferguson, Welcome Willie Soon, Ph.D., Disconnects in Sun-climate Studies: Removing Politics from the Science Session 1 Track 1 - 5th Floor Track 2 - 5th Floor Track 3 - 5th Floor Track 4 - 5th Floor 8:45am - 10:15am Climatology Climatology Climate Change Impacts Economics & Politics S. Fred Singer George Taylor Laurence Gould Christopher Booker Christopher Essex Roy Spencer Howard Hayden Iain Murray Piers Corbyn William Gray Keith Lockitch Yaron Brook Session 2 Climatology Climatology – Findings of the NIPCC Economics & Politics Economics & Politics 10:30am - 12:00pm Don Easterbrook Fred Singer Michelle Foss Rob Bradley Mike Jungbauer Richard Lindzen Francisco Capella Joanne Nova Christopher Monckton Jay Lehr John Coleman David Douglass Christopher Essex Lunch and 6th Floor - Broadway Ballroom Closing Remarks Jay Lehr, Ph.D., Welcome 12:00pm – 3:00pm Bob Carter, Hon. FRSNZ, The problem is NATURAL Climate Change, Stupid! John Theon, Ph.D., Is Climate Change Driven by Mankind: My Personal Journey Lord Christopher Monckton, Magna est veritas, et praevalet (Great Is Truth, and Mighty Above All Things) Joseph Bast, Concluding Remarks 5 2 0 0 9 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CLIMATE CHANGE BOOK SIGNING OPPORTUNITIES MONDAY Robert L. Bradley, Jr. Patrick J. Michaels 10:30 AM 4 PM Capitalism at Work: Business, Climate of Extremes: Government and Energy Global Warming Science